[6] Two Hatchetfield police officers and Chicago transfer Detective Shapiro investigate the death of Richie Lipschitz, a high school senior who was found drowned in a toilet with his nipples twisted off.
The Mayor's daughter Stephanie (Steph) Lauter asks local nerd Peter Spankoffski to help her cheat on a test.
("Literal Monster") After going home, Steph's father, Solomon Lauter, confiscates her phone and says she can have it back after she improves her grades.
While Grace eats dinner with her family, she becomes flustered and inadvertently makes multiple sexual innuendos.
The next day, Richie, Ruth, and Steph find Peter hiding in the bathroom with a black eye.
Two weeks later, the students of Hatchetfield High are happier after Max's disappearance and excited for the upcoming football game against Clivesdale ("Go Go Nighthawks").
Suddenly, Max returns from the grave as a ghost and declares himself to be free before tormenting and killing Richie.
Grace attempts to throw the police off their trail by telling them that she saw a van from Clivesdale outside of the Waylon Place on the night of Max's death.
Detective Shapiro asks if Grace left her WWJD bracelet in the principal's office after their last meeting.
When the police arrive, they accidentally target Paul Matthews, allowing Grace, Peter, and Steph to escape.
The teens discover the summoning ritual must be performed at one of many Black Altars in the town, one of which is the school.
The teens try to explain the situation to her, but she doesn't believe them until Max appears ahead of them, causing the car to crash, and knocking out Shapiro.
Peter convinces Steph to shoot and kill him, but Max shows up and stops the bullet ("Cool As I Think I Am (Reprise)").
Starkid Productions considered condensing the musical into a shorter story and making it part of the Nightmare Time web series if it was postponed for too long, but this never happened.