Scream Queens continues to play the Animal House hole card and deliver gags so fast that they seem to stumble over one another. Despite the fact that the most annoying character to ever grace a television series (Denise Hemphill) is still alive (Could show creators Murphy, Brennan and Falchuck PLEASE let the Red Devil take this major irritant out? Please!) and that the series may be too campy for many potential fans, Scream Queens continues to deliver.
Whether paying a massive homage to Silence of the Lambs, or to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (featuring that film’s maze with snowdrifts) or revealing that Chanel #5 “regularly rubs one out while watching Dora the Explorer, this comedy horror show flings the jokes out with a rapidity that almost leaves the viewer breathless.
While the sex jokes are trotted out just as quickly as the horror film references in the show, this week, Abigail Breslin’s character meets the twins who “spit roasted” her and they force her to choose which twin she wants, there are more “serious issues” being presented.
For instance, Grace (Skyler Samuels) walks in on her dad Wes, (Oliver Hudson, offspring of Bill, of the Hudson Brothers, and Goldie Hawn) going in for an evening of 90s mood music and desert after a salad date with Gigi (Nasim Pedrad). Wes’ daughter is traumatized by the sight of Gigi on top of her dad and Grace also sees the woman’s boobs.
Grace is upset but soldiers on, telling her dad that she is glad he has “moved on from mom” and “Um, but enough about me and my confusion and sad dead feeling inside.” Rather interestingly, Gigi’s boobs feature in another scene in the Red Devil’s lair. These two appendages may also prove to be a, gasp, plot point.
Standout Moment:
ZayDay down in the pit and the trapdoor being opened and seeing the devil with a small dog, a’la “Silence of the Lambs,” begins screaming. A truly funny moment that did, amidst all the other funny gags, stand out. All that was needed to top this “homage moment” was the “First it rubs the lotion in…”
After the intrepid Grace, Gigi, Wes, Denise and Pete (Diego Boneta) head to the basement where ZayDay is being held, Hemphill hands out tasers to the team as they search for Williams. Denise and Gigi team up and end up in a room full of torture instruments, bone saws and medical tools. As the two find the room and move in deeper to investigate, the lights are turned off (another Silence of the Lambs moment) and the women are stalked by the Red Devil who is wearing night vision goggles.
Denise accidentally tases Gigi in the boobs and the woman is hardly affected by the shot. She recovers quickly enough that she manages to tase the Red Devil in the throat. The “killer” is put down on the ground immediately from the shot. Later, after the group discover that ZayDay is not in the basement, Gigi is followed by the Red Devil and she tells the figure that “he has to go.” Gigi then leaves for a “very special salad date.”
The implication appears to be that either Wes or Pete are to be the next victim.
That, however, is not important. The big question is, how did Gigi manage to be tased in the boobs and not end up on the ground like the Red Devil? Are they not real? Does silicone not conduct electricity?
Or…
Does Gigi have a secret, apart from apparently knowing who the killer is, that requires her to wear fake boobs? (Before readers rush to point out cancer, and other real life reasons for fake breasts, remember this is a television show that seems to be based upon an Animal House meets Sorority Row (2009) mashup…Okay?) Any suggestions, or theories can be left in the comments below.
Meanwhile, someone turned in Chanel #1 for murdering the cook, poor old faceless Ms. Bean, and despite her father refusing to post bail, Oberlin gets out. Emma Roberts continues to kill it as the scheming vacuous sorority leader who bullies her minions and believes she owns Halloween.
Whilst ruminating on the whole Gigi boobs thing, take a moment to appreciate a show that dares to have its lead character explain to her teacher that the guy helping on an exam is “my Asian.”
Scream Queens airs Tuesdays on FOX. Tune in and let these talented folks tickle your funny bone.
Oops! Thanks for catching that?? Don’t know where my old pudding head was at…obviously thinking of Claire whilst typing Grace…Regardless, I do believe it is the first time I’ve made that particular boo-boo. Cheers and thanks, I’ve sorted it. 🙂
Her name is Grace not Claire??