At a party in the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority house at Wallace University, Amy (Chelsea Ricketts) stumbles down the stairs with blood soaked hands and warns the current president Bethany Stevens (Anna Grace Barlow) and her friends Coco (Anna Margaret Collins) and Mandy (Grace Phipps) that something has happened upstairs in the bathroom.
The only ones who stay are Grace and Zayday, along with; Hester Ulrich "Neckbrace" (Lea Michele), Tiffany DeSalle "Deaf Taylor Swift" (Whitney Meyer), and Sam "Predatory Lez" (Jeanna Han).
Instead of comforting her, her boyfriend, Chad Radwell (Glen Powell) and his best friend Boone (Nick Jonas) tell her off by saying that he can't date her if she's no longer popular.
She discuss the prank plan with Ms. Bean at the coffee shop where she has a heated argument with the barista, Pete Martínez (Diego Boneta) over Chanel's complex request for a Pumpkin Spice Latte.
"Hell Week" is about to begin for the pledges, but Grace and Chanel leave for coffee to discuss their leadership differences, which don't get resolved.
On October 20, 2014, Fox Broadcasting Company announced that it had ordered a 15-episode season of Scream Queens, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan who also co-created Glee.
[1] In January 2015, Lea Michele, Joe Manganiello, Keke Palmer, and Abigail Breslin joined the series' main cast, as well as actress/singer Ariana Grande in a recurring capacity.
[9] On March 13, 2015, previously cast Manganiello was forced to depart the series, due to publicity obligations for his film Magic Mike XXL.
Along with "Hell Week" as the two-hour series premiere, the Pilot was watched live by 4.04 million U.S. viewers and got a 1.7 rating/5 share in the adult 18-49 demographic.
Terri Schwartz from IGN stated that "Ryan Murphy has worked his TV magic again with a killer start to Scream Queens.
Scream Queens is as funny and self-aware as it needs to be to not bore audiences, but also offers up enough mystery and intrigue to keep even the biggest skeptic entertained," giving the episodes 9.7 out of 10.
[16] Melissa Maerz from Entertainment Weekly thought that "Scream Queens is flawed, but it’s worth watching, simply because there’s nothing easy about it.
[17] In a negative review, Ben Travers from Indiewire gave the two-hour premiere a C+ and added, "Scream Queens will be lucky if it survives its first season.