Westworld has ended (and there WILL be a final assessment as soon as I can be sure that everyone who cares about wanting to see the show sans-spoiler alerts has been given sufficient time to watch it).  I’m totally bereft, of course, so I’ve been trying to find another show on TV that will take its place, all the while thinking of that Crosby, Stills & Nash lyric, “If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with.”

So I have to say … I’m kind of loving Scream Queens.  I think it would be a Donald Trump-UUUUGE understatement to say it’s somewhat different than Westworld, but it’s totally fun.  The dialogue just whizzes past you filled with amazing one-liners and pop cultural references.  In some cases, you can hardly keep track.  Throughout this season there have been recurring references to Silence of the Lambs and the possessed hand from Evil Dead II, but the show has also been known to layer on references to the Smurfs, the rose petal bathtub scene from American Beauty, Ivana/Ivanka confusion, and Ryan Lochte hair (among other things) IN A SINGLE EPISODE.  Being mired as I am in pop culture, it’s hard not to shout out some serious respect.

This season is set in a hospital, which also allows for a lot of good-natured ribbing on medical shows that may use questionably scientific dialogue, impossibly rare diseases and a crazy amount of office romance that seems very difficult to sustain when everyone is probably really, really tired.  My favorite actors/characters are:

• Emma Roberts as Chanel, who perfectly delivers an unbelievable amount of dialogue every episode;
• John Stamos as Dr. Brock Holt, who plays up the whole “I went to Harvard” thing like, well, some of the people I know who went to Harvard (and NO, I’m not thinking of you);
• Niecy Nash, as FBI (Special) Agent Denise Hemphill, who cannot do anything that is not funny (including effective use of double negatives);
• Glen Powell as Chad Radwell, who plays dumb in the most intelligent way I’ve ever seen; and last but not least
• THE FASHION!!!!

Everything that the Chanels wear is fun and colorful and over-the-top.  It’s totally risky and not for the faint of heart, but you gotta love it.  And so, when I saw this outfit from Emilio Pucci on sale at Moda Operandi (http://www.modaoperandi.com), I thought I’d pull a page from their book and try it out.  The skirt is a wild metallic print, including a silver lame panel, and the red Lurex sweater and red boots from Gianvito Rossi (which I got from Net-a-Porter (http://www.net-a-porter.com)) tie it together (like the rug in The Big Lebowski), I think.

So if you’re feeling a little down now that Westworld isn’t coming back until 2018, try watching Scream Queens (and perhaps wear an outfit like this) to lift your spirits!