The second season of Escape the Night premiered on June 22, 2017, through YouTube Red, and concluded on August 16, 2017, after 10 episodes. The season follows Joey Graceffa, again playing "The Savant", and nine fellow internet personalities who are drawn across time to a masquerade ball at a Victorian estate, where each guest assumes an era-appropriate persona. Trapped by an evil Sorceress, the guests must recover eight gems held by her lieutenants in order to rebuild the Crown of Oblivion, the only means of defeating her.

Two guests — Andrea Russett and Tyler Oakley — survived the season and escaped, while Graceffa was killed in the finale, setting up the events of the third season.

Format The season opens after the first season's ending, in which the evil of the house survived within Joey. Joey has been missing for a few days, not answering his friends' calls or messages, when nine of them receive invitations in his name to a masquerade ball. Guests who dress as the Victorian persona assigned to them can see the carriage that carries them across time to an estate ruled by the Sorceress, who traps them there. After the guests kill the king of vampires, a gem map reveals the season's objective: eight gems, each held by one of the Sorceress's lieutenants, must be recovered to rebuild the Crown of Oblivion, which alone can destroy her. The guests have until morning, when the Sorceress's spell will be complete.

Each episode centers on one lieutenant and the gem they guard. After a recap and a scripted flashback introducing the lieutenant, the guests work through that antagonist's puzzles and demands, then typically vote two of their own into a lethal challenge, with the loser dying and the gem being claimed. Each guest votes by choosing the card bearing another guest's name, and an in-story character shuffles the cards and draws two. Variations recur throughout the season: in some episodes, the nominated guests select partners to act with or for them; one vote is restricted to the women of the group; in one episode, the two guests sent into a challenge must themselves choose which other guest dies; and one episode features a group-wide challenge with no elimination. A note in the third episode warns that "after midnight, things change", and from the eighth episode onward the lieutenants hunt the guests rather than waiting to be found.

The storyline was scripted and performed with actors, while the votes and most challenge outcomes were decided in play. Graceffa has said that Liza Koshy's elimination was arranged in advance by production because of a scheduling conflict, and that his own death in the finale was decided the night before filming, in place of a planned death for the character Alison.

Production Following the first season, which won the Streamy Award for Best Ensemble Cast, YouTube renewed the series for a second season in October 2016. A teaser released across social media introduced the new cast.

Guests

+ Guests from the second season of Escape the Night Guest Persona Status Cause of Death Andrea Russett The MysticEscaped(Episode 10) rowspan=2 Tyler Oakley The Thespian Joey Graceffa The Savant Dead(Episode 10) Stabbed by the Sorceress Alex Wassabi The Novelist Dead(Episode 9) Stabbed in the chest by the Dark Dimension Gatekeeper Gabbie Hanna The Vaudevillian Dead(Episode 7) Heart ripped out by a Promethean Tana Mongeau The Saloon Girl Dead(Episode 6) Stomach slit open by the Path of Betrayal's guardian Liza Koshy The Explorer Dead(Episode 5) Throat slit by one of the Harpies DeStorm Power Dead(Episode 4) Shot in the chest with a magic arrow by the Dark Army Jesse Wellens The Outlaw Dead(Episode 3) Eaten alive by the Jorogumo The Engineer Dead(Episode 2) Eaten alive by vampires

Cast The estate's inhabitants and the antagonists of each episode were played by actors.

Recurring Character Played by Role Outcome The Sorceress Eva Augustina Sinotte The season's main antagonist, who traps the guests at the estate Seizes the Crown of Oblivion in the finale; stabs Joey and dies after the guests free Riley, stripping her of her power Alison Lindsay Elston Dorian's daughter and the guests' principal helper Sacrifices herself to a werewolf in Episode 8 to save Andrea

The lieutenants Within the season's story, each of the Sorceress's lieutenants holds one of the eight gems needed to rebuild the Crown of Oblivion.

Lieutenant Played by Episode(s) Notes Dorian Stephen Brown 1–2 The king of vampires; killed by Andrea Jorogumo Coel Mahal 3 A spider goddess served by Kira and Haruko Cash Brad Coffey 4, 10 A Confederate gunslinger; returns in the finale, where he is caught in the explosion that breaks the final seal The Gingerbread Woman Jackie Zane 5 Burned in her own oven by her prisoner, Sampson The Ice Witch Karen Sharp 6 Withholds her gem after Sireen's deception Cedric Timothy A. Bennett 7 An inventor seeking a human heart to animate his automaton bride Atticus Zac Titus (human)Ty Quiamboa (werewolf) 8, 10 Infected by a werewolf; returns in the finale The Devourer Alexander Ward 8–10 Emerges from a portal and hunts the guests in the season's final act

Minor characters

Notes:

Guest history Legend:

+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VotedPlayers (None) DeStormLauren GabbieTana AlexDeStorm LizaTyler AndreaJoey AlexGabbie AlexAndreaJoeyTyler AlexAndrea (None) ChallengeWinner(s) DeStorm Gabbie Alex Tyler (None) Alex AlexJoeyTyler Andrea Eliminated Lauren Jesse DeStorm Liza Tana Gabbie (None) Alex Joey Andrea No vote DeStorm Liza Alex Joey Safe Andrea Safe AndreaEscaped Tyler DeStorm Tana DeStorm Joey Safe Tyler Won Joey Lauren Tana DeStorm Liza Safe Joey Won Joey Dead Alex Alex Gabbie DeStorm Joey Safe Alex Won Alex Gabbie Lauren Liza Alex Joey Safe Gabbie Tana Lauren Gabbie DeStorm Tyler Liza DeStorm Gabbie DeStorm Joey DeStorm Lauren Saved Alex Jesse Alex Dead Lauren DeStorm

Challenges Legend:

+ Episode Guest(s) Challenge Eliminated Cause of Death 2 DeStorm Power vs. Lauren Riihimaki The two completed a series of tasks while evading vampires to find a golden goblet; the loser would become the vampires' dinner. Lauren Riihimaki Eaten alive by vampires. 3 Gabbie Hanna vs. Tana Mongeau The two women raced through an assault course to reach three guests captured by the Jorogumo; the winner chose which captive to save. Jesse Wellens Eaten alive by the Jorogumo. 4 Alex Wassabi vs. DeStorm Power The two dove repeatedly into a swimming pool to find a single gem among hundreds of decoys. DeStorm Power Shot in the chest with a magic arrow by the Dark Army. 5 Liza Koshy vs. Tyler Oakley The two had to eat color-coded pies and cakes around a bakery to escape being locked inside the oven. Liza Koshy Throat slit by one of the Harpies. 6 Andrea Russett vs. Joey Graceffa The two walked the Path of Betrayal, solving riddles hidden in the woods, and together chose which of the other guests would die. Tana Mongeau Stomach slit open by the Path of Betrayal's guardian. 7 Alex Wassabi vs. Gabbie Hanna The two completed puzzles while evading Cedric's robots, who sought one of their hearts to reanimate his bride. Gabbie Hanna Heart ripped out by a Promethean. 8 Everyone All of the remaining guests had to complete an army assault course ahead of a pack of werewolves. None The guests' lives were spared. 9 Alex Wassabi vs. Andrea Russett With their chosen partners, the nominees searched the dark dimension for the final gem; the one who failed would be sacrificed to the Gatekeepers. Alex Wassabi Stabbed in the chest by the Dark Dimension Gatekeeper.

Episodes

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