Netflix’s new series, The Body, is definitely exactly the show you were expecting after watching the trailer. This teen mystery is set on Halloween 2004 at a Catholic school. The central story revolves around a tragedy that happens on Halloween night and the fallout involving the dance team.
“Slutty God,” the series premiere, begins with dance team tryouts at the school. The season has already started, but one of the girls on the team injured her leg and will miss the full season. So, the rest of the team is holding tryouts to replace her.
Anya (Kristina Bogic) and the rest of the team appear to have a preference for Grace (Sofia Wylie), and it’s safe to say that Lisbeth (Geena Meszaros), one of the outsiders at the school, doesn’t have much of a chance of making the team after a lackluster audition.
After tryouts, Anya hooks up with her boyfriend, Steven (Orlando Norman), but things are not going well in that department. After they are nearly caught by a nun, Elise (Sara Boustany), who is Anya’s best friend, interrupts and reminds Anya that she needs to go study. Instead, they end up in the bathroom snorting Adderall before the test.
As they are messing around, Grace accidentally interrupts and gives some saintly advice for Anya and Elise’s upcoming test: prayer.
Outside, we meet Leo (Jackson Kelly), who is Lisbeth’s brother, and he likes to draw. He draws really freaky, anti-church stuff. He, too, is an outsider, and he’s getting bullied by some of the more popular kids, which Lisbeth sees from the classroom where she’s taking the test.
Anya invites Lisbeth to the Halloween party
During the test, Anya is struggling. She takes Grace’s advice and says a prayer, but then she gets a bloody nose. Lisbeth offers her a tissue and a peek at her test. Anya takes both.
After class, she invites Lisbeth to a party that they’re having at Devil’s House for Halloween. Lisbeth is very grateful for the invitation.
Grace finds some disturbing artwork in Leo’s bag
After school, Leo goes to Grace’s house to study and do some homework. They are working on a thesis about abortion. Leo is very anti-abortion, but Grace thinks that there might be a religious explanation for why abortion is actually okay. Then, they get close to kissing, and Leo panics and runs to the bathroom and says some prayers, which seems like an abnormal thing to do, but we’ll run with it.
While he’s in the bathroom, Grace finds some of his drawings in his bag, and they include something that freaks her out. We don’t know what it is, but Grace immediately tells Leo to leave. He apologizes a bunch of times, and then he leaves.
Later that night, Grace gets ready for the party, and she gets a call from one of the girls on the team telling her that they are going to do an initiation for her because she made the team. If she wasn’t going to go, she does now!
Lisbeth is also going to be attending the party, and after watching some weird videos of her speaking in tongues and feeding her pet snakes, she drags her brother to the Halloween party, too. Leo knows Grace will be there, and he wants to apologize.
Graces takes drugs as part of her dance team initiation
When Grace arrives, Anya leads the Lions in a satanic chant that welcomes Grace to the team. She also gives all the girls on the team ecstasy, including Grace. At first, Grace pretends to take the pill, but then Elise calls her out and challenges her in front of everyone. Anya tries to get Elise to chill, but Grace takes the pill anyway.
Then, she heads out to the fire pit, where she gets awfully cozy with Anya’s boyfriend, Steven, while Elise and Anya start hooking up inside the Devil’s House. Then, Anya gets cold feet, and it doesn’t sit super well with Elise. It seems like the vibes we were picking up on were real. There’s definitely something between these two, but it doesn’t seem like Anya is ready to admit it yet.
Lisbeth has a weird reaction to the drugs that Anya gave her
Leo and Lisbeth arrive at the party, and Leo spots Grace flirting with Steven. Then, Lisbeth finds Anya, where she reveals her costume, “Slutty God,” and then she buys some drugs from Anya. Then, things start to take a turn.
Shortly after, Lisbeth doesn’t feel well. She thinks she’s having a heart attack. Anya tries to help her out, and she takes her outside. Lisbeth asks if she got invited to the party because she made the team, but Anya tells her that she didn’t make the team. They voted, and they picked Grace instead. Lisbeth stumbles through a story, and she explains that she used to have a lot of euphoric religious experiences as a kid, but she hasn’t had one in a while, not until she saw the Lions dance.
Grace “dies” on the way to the hospital
When their conversation comes to an awkward silence, Anya looks around, and she sees a body on the ground off in the distance. They walk up to her, and they find Grace on the ground. She’s burning up and starts seizing on the ground. Anya and Lisbeth try to help, but Anya doesn’t want to get everyone in trouble. She leaves Grace with Anya to go find a car to take her to the hospital. Then, a snake slithers over Grace’s body. Did Lisbeth just make that happen?
Then, Leo calls Grace's phone, and instead of answering, Lisbeth takes the phone.
Finally, Anya finds the keys to Stevie’s car, and they take Grace to the hospital. Unfortunately, on their way there, they find out that Grace is not breathing anymore. Instead of taking her to the hospital for help, Lisbeth gets an idea to take Grace home to her bed, where it will seem like she died of natural causes.
That’s exactly what they do. They take her into her house, tuck her in, and then leave her before they drive off. Elise, walking home, sees her driving, but she thinks it’s Steven, Anya’s boyfriend.
Lisbeth drives Anya home, and she claims that she’s going to take care of everything. She also finds Grace’s Lions jacket, which she puts on. How creepy! Then, there’s a dance sequence?
Grace is actually still alive
Meanwhile, Leo heads to Grace’s house to apologize to her for whatever she found in his art supplies.
The last scene of the episode features Grace taking a big breath while she lies in bed. She’s not dead after all!
So, Grace isn’t dead after all, but this mystery is just getting started. We’ll find out what’s next in The Body episode 2 on Netflix.
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