Grace Gardner’s character was written out after the first season of “Scream Queens.” She did not return for the second season, and her absence was not thoroughly explained within the show.
In the first season of “Scream Queens,” Grace Gardner, played by Skyler Samuels, is a central character. She enrolls at Wallace University and joins the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority, which becomes the target of a series of murders by the Red Devil killer. Grace, being one of the few relatively moral characters, takes it upon herself to investigate the murders and uncover the truth behind the killings and the dark past of the sorority.
However, after the first season, Skyler Samuels did not reprise her role as Grace. The creators and writers of “Scream Queens” decided to take the show in a different direction for the second season, which focused on a hospital setting rather than the college campus. The absence of Grace was noticeable, but it was not a central plot point in the second season. The show did not provide a clear explanation for her disappearance, leaving fans to speculate about the reasons behind the character’s departure.
Some have theorized that Grace’s character arc was largely resolved by the end of the first season, as she had achieved many of her goals, including unmasking the killer and learning about her mother’s past. Additionally, the shift in setting and tone for the second season may have led the creators to focus on new characters and storylines, rather than continuing with all of the original cast. Despite the lack of an on-screen explanation, Grace’s absence was one of the many changes that occurred between the two seasons of “Scream Queens.”