Kappa Kappa Tau, an exclusive sorority at Wallace University is run by Chanel Oberlin and her loyal band of minions, namely Chanel numbers 1-5. The existence of the historic group of women is threatened by Dean Cathy Munsch, activists, the campus publication, and a killer known as The Red Devil. 'Scream Queens' Season 1 Episode 1 aired on Sept. 22 on FOX.
Grace Gardner, whose mother was a member of Kappa Kappa Tau in 1995 is determined to restore the glory days of KKT. Grace becomes a pledge in memory of her mother and also to take down Chanel and her minions. Grace teams up with the editor of the campus newspaper Pete Martínez.
The Dean attempts to shut down KKT due to Chanel's actions, but the shut down is blocked by Gigi Caldwell, the National President of KKT. Gigi forces KKT to accept all people as pledges to the sorority. Chanel's reputation is broken, which causes her boyfriend Chad Radwell to break up with her.
In an attempt to scare away the new pledges whom Chanel thinks are unworthy of KKT, she pranks their maid Ms. Bean. The prank goes horribly wrong, as Ms. Bean's face is burned off and she dies. Chanel orders the pledges to stow away the dead body in the freezer.
They soon discover that Ms. Bean might still be alive. Her body mysteriously vanished from the freezer. Chanel and her minions do a blood oath, which she states is "cheaper than buying you all presents." They are unable to complete the blood oath because one of them has HPV and Chanel #2 gets scared.
Chanel #3 runs away to her room to pack in order to escape the Kappa mansion. She receives a text from a unknown number and when she turns around, she sees The Red Devil. They exchange texts while standing in front of each other and The Red Devil gives her an ultimatum by texting, "I'm going to kill you now." The killer stabs her with a kitchen knife. Chanel #3 survives the attack and kicks the killer away, which gives her time to crawl to her laptop. She updates her Facebook status to let people know that The Red Killer is killing her. The Red Devil stabs her again and she dies.
Lea Michele at the Time 100 Gala on August 2010.
‘Scream Queens’ stars Emma Roberts as Chanel Oberlin, Skyler Samuels as Grace Gardner, Lea Michele as Hester "Neckbrace" Ulrich, Glen Powell as Chad Radwell, Diego Boneta as Pete Martínez, Abigail Breslin as Chanel #5, Keke Palmer as Zayday Williams, Nasim Pedrad as Gigi Caldwell, Lucien Laviscount as Earl Grey, Oliver Hudson as Weston "Wes" Gardner, Billie Lourd as Chanel #3, Jamie Lee Curtis as Cathy Munsch, Ariana Grande as Chanel #2, Nick Jonas as Boone, Niecy Nash as Denise Hemphill, Jan Hoag as Ms. Bean, Breezy Eslin as Jennifer, Jeanna Han as Sam, Chelsea Ricketts as Amy, Anna Grace Barlow as Bethany, Grace Phipps as Mandy, McKaley Miller as Sophia, Whitney Meyer as Tiffany, Brianne Howey as Melanie Dorcas; Chanel's KKT presidential predecessor, Deneen Tyler as Shondell; Denise's friend and security guard, Evan Paley as Caufield, Austin Rhodes as Dodger, Aaron Rhodes as Roger, Jim Klock as Detective Chisolm, Tavi Gevinson as Feather, Charisma Carpenter as Mrs. Herfmann, Roger Bart as Dr. Herfmann, Jennifer Aspen as Mandy, Philip Casnoff as Cathy's husband, Patrick Schwarzenegger as Thad Radwell, Chad Michael Murray as Brad Radwell, Julia Duffy as Mrs. Radwell, Alan Thicke as Mr. Radwell.
The show’s creators are Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan. The executive producers are Alexis Martin Woodall, Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, and Dante Li Loreto. Robert M. Williams Jr. produced the show. ‘Scream Queens’ is edited by Adam Penn and John Petaja. Its production companies are 20th Century Fox Television, Prospect Films, Ryan Murphy Productions, and Brad Falchuk Teley-vision.
