Scream Queens Season 1

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Scream Queens Season 1 is available on and right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Emma Roberts is the obvious draw, but the whole ensemble earns its laughs. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Scream Queens Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. The jokes in Scream Queens Season 1 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. After a 1995 sorority pledge gone wrong, someone is out for vengeance when a college campus is rattled by a series of murders at the twentieth anniversary of the crime. Emma Roberts and Skyler Samuels lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2015. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Scream Queens Season 1 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Scream Queens Season 1 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Emma Roberts's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.