Season two of “Scream Queens” started on September 20th. So far, the new season has proved to be very different from the first. The first huge difference is the location. This season takes place in a hospital as opposed to a school. Apparently a few years after the red devil killing spree, Dean Munsch, became really rich, left her job at Wallace University, and bought a hospital. She then enlists the help of Zayday, who is currently in medical school, and the Chanels who have no medical experience, to help her run the hospital. It seems as if the only Kappa Dean Munsch didn’t ask to help her is Grace. If you’ve seen season one you know Grace was basically the main character. She was best friends with Zayday and actively played detective to find out who the red devil killer was. Her absence in the second season seems to be known to everyone but the characters. In the first two episodes she is never mentioned. The actress who plays Grace, Skyler Samuels, didn’t sign on for the second season but it still seems weird to let her character disappear without any indication as to what happened to her. Hopefully they’ll be some dialogue in future episodes about Grace but for now I’ve written my own explanation as to what she’s up to.
After the red devil plagued Wallace University, and the Chanels were taken away to the insane asylum, Grace and Zayday ran Kappa Kappa Tau as co-presidents. Neither of them went to class during the first season of “Scream Queens” so they both had to start over as freshmen. Grace was heartbroken after her boyfriend Pete was killed by Hester but she soon met someone who was even more attractive and less of a psychopath. She decided to continue pursuing detective work and after five years earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. After graduation she moved back in with her dad, and since no one needs any type of job experience in “Scream Queens”, got a job as a detective for the FBI working for Denise Hemphill. As a detective, Grace discovers what everyone else already knew, her dad is really creepy and is probably secretly in love with her. She then moved out of her dad’s apartment (taking all of her newsboy hats with her) and went to work protecting the President of the United States. The other Kappas can’t talk about or be in contact with her because she is working undercover.
Hopefully the show gives a much better explanation for Grace’s absence than this one. I’m pretty disappointed she won’t be on this season but I don’t doubt it will still be great. So far the first two episodes have had the classic “Scream Queens” combination of horror and comedy. Dean Munsch is crazy, everyone hates Chanel number five, and Chad Radwell is back and better than ever. Taylor Lautner and John Stamos were even added to the cast so there are definitely some strong characters ready to take over for Grace.
