My Best Friend's Exorcism

On Monday morning, Principal Major calls in Abby’s parents, saying she should withdraw from the school due to her recent behavior. Over the weekend, Wallace was drunk at a football game, and someone told Principal Major that Abby provided Wallace with alcohol. Furthermore, Gretchen said Abby stole her notebook, but Abby denies it. Principal Major receives a call, as someone stole one of the fetuses from the anatomy lab. Abby’s mother insists Abby is not a narcotics dealer and did not give alcohol to Wallace. She threatens to come to PTA meetings and cause problems for Principal Major. Abby and her parents leave, but her mother voices frustration at her lack of appreciation for attending private school.

While Abby’s walking in the school courtyard, she sees a shirtless Glee standing on top of a bell tower, scattering pieces of paper. The pages are signed by “Bruce”—Father Morgan. Glee is about to jump off the tower, but Father Morgan stops her. She screams that she wants to die and loves Father Morgan. The maintenance crew escorts her away.

Abby calls Christian Lemon, and they meet in the mall’s food court. Christian, or Brother Lemon, is obsessed with his muscles, which makes Abby doubt him, but then he accurately describes Gretchen’s symptoms. His father and brothers have performed exorcisms, but he’s only ever assisted. Abby asks why his father can’t exorcise Gretchen himself, but he argues experience isn’t important, because exorcism is ultimately a battle of wills between exorcist and demon. Brother Lemon says there are many demons, with the one possessing Gretchen, Andras, sowing discord with anger and isolation. He shows Abby his car, which has handcuffs, straps, and other exorcism tools. Though uncertain, she says she’ll call later with her decision.

Abby calls Glee, who reveals she was receiving sealed love letters allegedly from Father Morgan, saying he’d move to be with her when she goes to college. When she talked to him about it, he was clueless. She also says “she” gave her orange juice with “virtue”—implying Gretchen drugged her. As for Margaret, she has been absent from school for a couple of weeks, and Abby visits her. Margaret’s brother, Riley, admits Abby even though their parents prohibited visitors. Margaret is sick from Gretchen’s diet-supplement milkshakes, and Abby gives her flowers and ice cream. Riley blames Gretchen for Margaret’s alleged seizure. A 23-pound tapeworm starts coming out of Margaret’s throat. The family dog pulls the worm out. The doctors want to question Margaret, but ultimately sedate the screaming girl. Abby knows Gretchen gave Margaret the tapeworm eggs.

Abby looks at Gretchen’s notebook, and finds Father Morgan’s forged handwriting and drawings of Glee jumping off a tower. She calls Father Morgan, who has stopped working at the school, and tells him about Gretchen’s notebook. He says he’ll come to her house in the morning to meet with her and her parents, and possibly police. The real Gretchen calls Abby and says she shouldn’t have spoken to Father Morgan about the notebook, warning her that the demon is on its way and she should lock her doors. Abby doesn’t believe her, but then Gretchen appears in her bedroom, hits and kicks her, and takes the notebook, leaving her with no evidence. However, she leaves a shopping bag behind. Frustrated at her failed attempts to help, she rips down her posters and photographs of Gretchen, then dismembers her stuffed animals.

In the morning, the police are there, demanding to know about the missing fetus from the anatomy lab—which is in Gretchen’s shopping bag. The police and Abby’s parents think Abby stole it.

The police question Abby, then let her return home with her parents, who are disappointed and disturbed. They don’t believe her when she says she didn’t steal the fetus, and take her car away. After her parents fall asleep, she walks to a gas station and uses the payphone to call Christian, who comes to pick her up. He’s brought drugs that will knock Gretchen unconscious long enough for them to transport her. He drops Abby off at Gretchen’s house, as her parents are out watching football with friends. Abby sneaks in, planning to pour the drugs into a bottle of Diet Coke. Max the dog barks, but Gretchen calls him upstairs. Abby reaches the fridge, but then Gretchen comes downstairs and she is forced to hide. Gretchen takes out a Diet Coke bottle, then says she can smell someone, and looks for them. Abby dumps the drugs into the Diet Coke, then heads for the door, but is intercepted by Gretchen. Gretchen drinks some of the soda, then tells Abby that she wants to show her something. Abby follows Gretchen into a bathroom, where she’s tied up Max in the bathtub. Abby tells Gretchen not to hurt him, but Gretchen wants to because Max likes Abby. Abby exits the bathroom, and Gretchen shoots Max. She then asks Abby to chop him up so it will be easier to get rid of the body. Abby doesn’t move, so Gretchen comes at her with a knife, then starts stumbling due to the drugs. She passes out, and Abby calls Christian to pick them up.