Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

Ivan returns home unexpectedly and catches Rebecca in bed with the pool boy. Their confrontation escalates into a scuffle, leaving Ivan injured. Catherine overhears the loud argument and learns of the affair. Rebecca and her daughters are later evicted from the Greer house.

Following the discovery, Catherine ejects Rebecca and her two daughters from the family home. The move shatters the household and sours relations between the remaining Greers. The event foreshadows a fragile family dynamic that will bear consequences years later.

By 1996, Catherine has died, and Violet returns to the Greer home seeking a summer residence. She reconnects with Joy and plans to occupy Catherine's old room. Joy agrees to let her stay, setting the stage for Violet's influence over the family.

Violet starts to destabilize Joy's social circle by inserting herself into the household. At a late-night party, she feels isolated by Joy's Ivy League friends and excuses herself for a shift at work. She then toys with Michael's affections, planting seeds of jealousy that tug at Joy.

During a tennis practice at the house, Violet spikes Jaimie's drinks, leaving Joy and Jaimie drinking and dizzy. Jaimie wakes up later, finds Violet undressed and in her bed, and flees in horror. The incident marks Violet's escalating control and willingness to manipulate others.

Violet seizes the opportunity when Michael remains attracted to Joy and begins pursuing him. She gives him a small bottle of cocaine to reignite his drug habit, and the two adults have sex in the house. This act deepens Violet's hold over the household and tightens her grip on Michael.

Violet lures Ivan with a bold seduction, skinny-dipping while he watches and then dressing in his late wife's clothes. The display underscores her obsession with replacing the late mother and bending the family to her will. It marks a chilling intrusion into the patriarch's private past.

Mrs. B, the new housekeeper, grows suspicious of Violet and becomes her foe. Violet eliminates the threat by killing Mrs. B when she threatens to expose her schemes. The murder removes the only protective ally left for the Greers.

Michael uncovers Violet's lies about college and learns of the darker history surrounding her and her sister Ivy. He plans to tell Joy and asks Violet to leave, creating a confrontation. Violet tricks him into coming over early, knocks him unconscious, and injects him with a lethal dose.

Joy returns to a house clouded by Michael's death and finds her father and Violet engaged in BDSM. The revelation shatters Joy's trust and prompts her to flee the home. This moment crystallizes Violet's hold over Ivan and drives Joy toward independence.

After the confrontation, Violet hides drugs for Ivan's heart condition and disables the phones, isolating him. As he tries to drive away, she traps him in the garage and turns on the car to fill the room with carbon monoxide. The plan is cold and calculated, sealing Ivan's fate.

Joy returns to the mansion to find the power out and Mrs. B's body discovered. She confronts Violet, who tries to marshal Joy into playing their childhood games and hints at suicide by poison. The struggle ends with Joy resisting, briefly escaping, and realizing she can break free.

On the stairs, Violet loses her balance as Joy pulls away and the pearl necklace shatters, causing Violet to fall to her death. Joy is initially stunned, then exits with a calm determination to start a new life elsewhere.