Sick Girl (Masters of Horror)

"Sick Girl (Masters of Horror)"

Sick Girl is the 10th episode of the first season of Masters of Horror. It originally aired in North America on January 13, 2006. It was directed by Lucky McKee and based on a story written by McKee and Sean Hood.

Plot

Ida Teeter (Angela Bettis) is a shy and lesbian insect enthusiast who works at the McNaughton Museum. On her way home one day she finds out that she received a mysterious package containing a foreign insect from Brazil in front of her door. She decides to keep it as a pet but it eventually gets loose inside her apartment. On her way to work she sees this girl named Misty Falls (Erin Brown) and then starts to date her.Their relationship quickly progresses. She later finds out that Misty is the daughter of professor Malcolm Woolf, her college professor. Unlike most other girls that reject Ida, Misty is not bothered by all the bugs that Ida keeps in her house. But one night while Ida was having sex with Misty, the insect bites Misty in the ear, causing her to gradually start acting strange.

Ida then gets into trouble because her apartment manager, Lana Beasley (Marcia Bennett), wants her to leave because Ida's sexual desires with Misty get the best of her in public, and Lana does not approve of lesbians (mainly because of her granddaughter's presence in the building).

Erin Brown as Misty Falls

Ida later then finds out through a sent letter that the insect was sent from Professor Malcolm. It turns out the insect is dangerously venomous and aggressive. as indicated earlier in the episode when it eats Lana's dog. The insect's bite on humans causes a parasite to grow inside their brain causing them to change personalities and mutate their DNA. Ida shocked by what she finds out realizes the reason behind Misty's behavior. She goes back to her apartment to find out that Misty killed Lana. She then follows Misty back to her apartment to realize Misty has already been seriously infected, mainly because the insect has been injecting fluids and parasites into her every night, because it was under the pillow.

She asks Misty why would her father do such a thing. Misty later then tells Ida that her dad knew of Misty's feelings for Ida all along but disapproved of lesbians. He then decided to send the insect to Ida hoping it could infect her so she would be repulsive to Misty. Ida then calls Max (Jesse Hlubik), her best friend, so he could help her get rid of the insect and help Misty. But once Max comes Misty has already mutated and immediately kills Max and the original insect jumps on Ida's back and starts to invade her.

The story ends with Ida and Misty sitting on a couch in the middle of daytime a few months later, both are pregnant. Misty asks Ida do you think it will be a boy or a girl? Ida replies by saying "hundreds of both." The insect is directly behind them is touching both their heads and appears to be infecting them with more parasites. The biggest irony in the episode is the fact that this insect only comes in one sex (female) and its prey are a perfect couple for its desires.

DVD and Blu-ray

The DVD was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on June 27, 2006. The episode was the tenth episode and the sixth to be released on DVD. The episode appears on the second volume of the Blu-ray compilation of the series.

External links

• Sick Girl at IMDb