Lying

The group arrives at Megan's country home for a weekend. Megan prepares a meal and they eat together at a picnic table outside. She mentions that the phone lines are down, so they won't be able to contact anyone for the duration.

During dinner, Grace probes Megan about her deceased parents and the inheritance of the house. Hella chides Grace for being confrontational, while Megan distributes crystal gardens she prepared in jars to each guest. The conversation hints at secrets Megan keeps about her past.

The four women take a walk in the woods at night and feel unsettled when Megan's brother Henry arrives unannounced. Grace notes that Megan never mentioned having a brother, increasing tension among the group. The intrusion unsettles the women as they try to keep the weekend calm.

Megan asks Henry to leave that night, claiming that Hella's fiancé left her and that they need a girls-only weekend. Henry leaves reluctantly, and the women settle back into their plans for the retreat. The boundary between family and friends becomes a focal point of the evening.

The next morning Megan encounters a young boy in the woods who says he is lost and wants to join the army. Neighbor Sarah watches from her kitchen and waves flags in a futile attempt to attract their attention. The women play croquet and discuss Henry's supposed pursuits, adding to the morning's mix of misdirections.

Later that day, Megan's guests grow uneasy as Hella is seen attempting to use the phone, suggesting the outside connection is still cut. Linda and Grace wonder about the strange layers of Megan's stories as tension builds. The sense of isolation tightens around the house.

That night the women get drunk on wine and hear a distant voice singing that seems to come from various places inside the house. They chase the sound, trying to locate its source, and it lures them toward the fireplace where the voice abruptly vanishes. The eerie audio game deepens their unease.

The following morning they stage a video art project outside the house, drawing Sarah's attention. Sarah arrives again and Megan dismisses the interaction with a practiced politeness, asking about her deceased parents and a pending settlement. Megan invites Sarah to breakfast the next morning, planting a hint of normalcy amid tension.

Grace snoops around and finds Megan's passport hidden in a drawer, deepening suspicions about the house’s true ownership. In conversations that follow, the other guests challenge Megan's narrative about how the plot of land was acquired. The discovery fuels a growing sense that Megan has been hiding key truths.

During dinner, the guests discuss Sarah and the contested land, and Megan doubles down on a questionable claim about owning the house. Grace questions Megan's age, and the others sense the cracks in her narrative widening. The meal becomes a battleground of truth versus fabrication.

In the morning, Grace, Hella, and Linda confront Megan with a cache of bills and paperwork proving she has lied about the house being hers, and the trio decides to leave. Megan remains composed as the women gather their things and prepare to depart, marking a turning point in the weekend's fragile dynamic.

Sarah arrives for breakfast and Megan tells her that the others had to return to the city. Sarah explains that a missing boy was found nearby and claimed to have seen a woman who refused to help him, though authorities call it likely a hallucination. Megan does not acknowledge any encounter with him as they move into the house to prepare breakfast.