The Body season 1 episode 8, “Coming Out,” is the finale of the first season of the Netflix original series, and it's an absolute game-changer.
After everything that happened in episode 7 with Lisbeth (Geena Meszaros) finding out about Anya (Kristina Bogic) and Elise (Sara Boustany) and Maddie (Shirley Chen) revealing everything to Father Franklin (Nnamdi Asomugha), it’s all about to blow up.
In the morning, Anya’s mom finds pictures of girls kissing on Anya’s computer, but she thinks that Lisbeth is a lesbian. She sneaks into Anya and Elise’s room and reveals that to them.
That’s not all. Leo (Jackson Kelly) and Catherine (Louisa Krause) find all their chickens have been slaughtered. They believe the rapture is there.
Father Franklin suspects Elise did something to Grace on Halloween night
When they get to school, things are not great. Father Franklin knows everything from Maddie’s perspective, but he brings in the whole dance team and learns everything that happened that night from each girl individually. Everything comes out, but Lisbeth lies and says that she wasn’t there or that she was included in anything. She tries to frame Grace, which works well with how Elise treated Grace.
When it’s Elise’s turn, she says that she’s going to spill the details about everything, but Franklin confronts her directly. He doesn’t believe Elise’s story that she walked home. Then, she remembers that she saw Steven going back to the part near Grace’s house.
Right then, Grace’s dad busts into Franklin’s office. He reveals that he saw Grace last night when he woke up. Now, he starts to believe that there is something supernatural at play. Now, Franklin doesn’t really think that there are miracles happening. He thinks there’s a realistic explanation for everything. Franklin takes him home before interviewing Anya.
Steven thinks Grace is dead, and it's his fault
After leaving, Elise reveals that Grace is dying, and she asks Tyler if Steven took Grace home from the party. Tyler knows too much, but he doesn’t know what to do. He tries to get Elise to stop talking about it.
Tyler tries to warn Steven, and he says that someone saw him driving. Tyler storms into the bathroom, and Elise tells him that Father Franklin knows that he saw Tyler. Then, they run into each other in the hallway, and Tyler breaks the news to Steven. He tells Steven that he needs to make a run for it and get his story straight.
Lisbeth blackmails Anya
Things go from bad to worse! Later, Lisbeth goes home and finds her mom in a celebratory mood. Lisbeth tells Leo that they need to go back to West Virginia, and she confesses to making up all the stuff about Grace. Unfortunately, Leo doesn’t believe her. He believes what his mother has been telling them all along: Lisbeth is a non-believer.
It doesn’t go well, but Lisbeth has other plans.
As they are getting ready for the Debutante Ball, Lisbeth starts shaking down Anya. She starts blackmailing her for real this time. She wants $100 per week and a place to stay for Leo and Lisbeth at Anya’s house. Anya is not cool with that, and they get into a big argument. Anya doesn’t want to take Lisbeth’s offer.
Elise realizes that it was Anya and Lisbeth that took Grace home on Halloween
Meanwhile, the girls are talking about Halloween night and who could have taken Grace home. Elise realizes that it was Anya and Lisbeth, but she doesn’t act on it yet.
Before the ball, all the girls start claiming that they were just making up all the stuff with Grace the whole time. Anya barges in looking for Steven, but she can’t find him. Then, she finds Elise, and she questions her. Anya begs her not to tell anyone that they’ve been hooking up.
Elise reveals to Anya that she’s the no. 1 suspect in Grace’s disappearance from the party. She gives Anya a chance to be honest with her. Of all the people, Elise knows that Anya took her home, and she just lied to her. More than that, she might be willing to let Elise take the fall for the crime.
The bishop wants to make Grace a saint
Back at Grace’s house, the bishop shows up with another up-and-coming priest. They have dinner together, and the bishop rolls out an idea to try to make Grace a saint to basically cash in on her story. Well, that doesn’t go over well with Franklin, who knows the truth, or most of it.
It’s all falling apart now. Catherine feels betrayed after burning all Leo’s pictures and portraits, but he still believes that she’s a saint.
Back with Franklin, he informs the bishop and Grace’s parents that Grace took ecstasy the night of Halloween. The bishop, the other priest, and Grace’s dad want to make Grace a saint still for the miracles that she has performed. They claim it’s good for Grace and good for the church. Franklin is not cool with it all, but what will he do with that information?
Anya finally confesses to what she and Lisbeth did on Halloween
At the ball, Steven is late to escort Anya out, but he shows up all he same, much to Tyler’s chagrin. I don’t really understand what is going on for this ball thing, but it’s kind of taking away from the fact that everything is about to explode. It finally does.
In the middle of the ball, Steven reveals that he thinks Grace is dead and that he thinks he drove her home on Halloween. Anya starts to have a panic attack in the middle of the dance, and she runs to Elise. They run out of the ball together. Lisbeth gathers the Lions, and she tells them that she knows who drove Grace home that night.
Steven finds Anya and Elise in the garden, and Steven reveals that he was the one who drove Grace home. Then, Elise tells the truth and reveals that it was Anya the whole time. Anya was going to let everyone take the fall for it.
Anya comes clean about everything right then. She finally tells the truth, but rightfully, Steven doesn’t want anything to do with her, and neither does Elise. They leave her in the rain.
Back at their house, Catherine drinks a bunch of bleach while she watches her husband preaching. Then, she pulls out all of the snakes.
Lisbeth tells the team that she actually resurrected Grace on Halloween
At the ball, Lisbeth falls on the sword in a way. She tells the team that she tried to take her to the hospital, but Grace died.
Then, she claims that Lisbeth brought her back to life. She also says that Anya saw it, too.
Grace finally wakes up and claims to be God
At Grace’s house, there’s a large gathering outside, and Leo and Maddie go there. They start chanting and praying for Grace. Inside, the bishop and the other priest refuse to stop this whole saint business. They leave and head outside. Anya shows up at the door, and she confesses everything, including everything with Elise. She claims that she’s the one who took Grace home that night. She begs to be saved.
Finally, we get to the moment we’ve been waiting for. After Anya confesses, a moth lands on Grace’s face, and then she just wakes up.
Her parents rush in, followed by her uncle and Anya. They ask her if they know who she is or what her name is, and then she says something bizarre. She says, “I am God.” And that’s when the season ends!
I’m speechless after what happened in the final sequence. Perhaps the best part of all of this? We don’t have a clear resolution, and that’s a very good sign for The Body season 2 on Netflix.
We’ll share more updates about the future of The Body on Netflix as we find out.
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