The Museum of Death Part 1

**The Museum of Death Part 1** is the first episode of Season 4 of Escape the Night*.*

## Episode Summary

*Joey travels to purgatory to rescue “deceased” YouTubers of previous seasons from The Collector of the Dead, who has locked them in her museum. His mission takes a dark turn when he discovers there’s no way home. The group learns they must recover nine Jeweled Keys to open the Collector’s mysterious vault if they have any hope of survival.*

## Plot

*"It started with an invitation to dinner... and it crept inside me."*

- *Joey Graceffa, monologuing his past.*

The episode begins with Joey remembering how the nights began, and how he became involved in each one of them, resulting in the deaths of his friends because of it. He then laments on how all the lives that were lost were his fault, and how what he wants now is to make all the wrongs he did right. The flashback then ends near the end of season 3, as Joey pulls the life crystal from the corpse of the Carnival Master. At the same time in purgatory the removal of the life crystal somehow interferes with the magic that keeps the exhibits in the Museum of the Dead frozen in place, as blue lighting emerges from the tree stump that contains the magic, and shatters the glass case containing Liza Koshy; Freeing her from the spell. Falling to her knees a bewildered Liza takes in her unfamiliar surroundings, not knowing where she is. She quickly notices the other YouTubers still frozen in their cases before the sound of approaching footsteps catches her attention, and notices two Museum guards heading straight for the exhibit; attracted by the sound of her case shattering. Quickly hiding behind the tree stump the museum guards don’t notices her and quickly leave to search for her. Liza then looks towards Alex Wassabi, still frozen in his case, before promising that she’ll be back and running into the museum.

In the museum Liza dose her best to avoid being seen by the guards, and possibly try to find a way to free the others. However, as she runs down a hallway after avoiding two guards, she suddenly hears another approaching from behind her, causing her to quickly run into a nearby room. Closing the door behind her Liza tries to catch her breath, asking aloud, “What the hell is this place?” before noticing a nearby glowing green jar. Approaching and looking into it, she is able to make-out multiple faces in it, including Shane Dawson’s, before noticing Joey’s face in a nearby crystal. Quickly moving towards it Liza tells Joey that this is his chance to make things right and calls for him to come save them. However just as she finishes The Collector suddenly enters demanding to know what Liza was doing outside her exhibit and telling her that “there will be punishment.” Liza however asks what The Collector had done to her friends, as she looks towards the jar. With The Collector stating that there wasn’t enough room in her collection to hold them all. Before sinisterly telling her that she however dose enjoy feasting on souls when she is hungry. She then stabs Liza in the gut with her spear before she could react or defend herself. Telling Liza not to fight as she the force her soul from her body and into the jar, once again killing Liza.

A year after the event of Everlock, Joey, a newly-formed member of the Society Against Evil, digs out the crate where the four cursed artifacts are encased, then heads to a rendezvous point via jeep. There, he links up with Matt, holding the life crystal and the Sorceress' Crown, respectively. Surprisingly, Bretman joins the gang, invited by Nikita, much to Joey's shock, realizing the mission would be more dangerous. Jael and Ryu, who came out from a rock arch, asking if the gang was ready. With the entire group gathered, Jael briefs in the plan to save his friends.

Jael brings out an old map of the Museum of the Dead, whom she thinks where his friends are kept. To enter, they must create an opening to the purgatory. The crown holds the power, the cursed artifact can break the barrier with the evil power in it, and the life crystal giving immortality for those who enter purgatory. Joey, Bretman, and Nikita would enter the exhibit to free his friends, while the Matt, Jael, and Ryu would enter by the roofs, not only if the crown would keep the portal opening. After powering the portal, Joey and Bretman first enter the portal, but then the portal dismantles immediately before Nikita and Matt we're about to enter. Realizing that they're trapped, there was no going back now, but only had to focus on the mission.

The Collector, along with the Gorgon, then heads off to Everlock for another "expedition" to collect more "relics" for her collection, after granting the head of the Museum guards a commanding necklace. After sneaking past the guards, the duo managed to arrive at the exhibit, and free the 8 guests entrapped in the glass case by breaking the root of it with a pickaxe.

## Characters

* Joey Graceffa
* Colleen Ballinger
* Justine Ezarik
* Rosanna Pansino
* Bretman Rock
* Alex Wassabi
* Tana Mongeau
* Timothy DeLaGhetto
* DeStorm Power
* Gabbie Hanna
* Nikita Dragun
* Matthew Patrick
* Liza Koshy
* Shane Dawson (non-physical)
* Lauren Riihimaki (non-physical)
* Jesse Wellens (non-physical)
* Safiya Nygaard (non-physical)
* Manny MUA (non-physical)
* The Sorceress
* Mortimer
* The Collector
* Mummy
* The Egyptian Guards
* The Gorgon
* Jael
* Ryu

## Trivia

* This episode is the longest episode of *Escape the Night* to date.
* The original thumbnail featured Colleen alongside Joey and Liza, however, it now features Colleen alongside Joey and Justine. But, then a day later, was changed back again.
* When Colleen is emerging from the glass case her YouTube channel is tagged as "*PsychoSoprano*", which was her channel's former name, instead of "*Colleen Ballinger*".
* The original name for this episode was "Collecting The Dead: Part 1".