hi mystery recapped here today I'm going to explain a horror show called Midnight Mass spoilers ahead watch out and take care the story opens with a montage of scenes from the unfortunate life of a young man named Riley Flynn the first scene shows a sight of a destructive Road accident as Riley watches the results of his drunk driving he has caused a traffic accident that resulted in the death of a young woman named Tara Beth her lifeless body lies nearby with shards of glass all over her face as the paramedics approach the stunned Riley he
begins to pray the scene then quickly shifts to a courthouse where Riley is sentenced to prison for 4 to 10 years he is also ordered to pay the victim's family a sum of $104,000 why the extra four years of his hard work and savings vanish overnight due to his decision to derive drunk he is consumed with guilt for ending the life of the young girl and that his promising future is now ruined by his own hands ever since that day Riley has never had a good night's sleep every night as he lays with his eyes
wide open on his bed he sees the image of terab Beth her face is always covered in shards of glass exactly like the day of the accident four years later Riley is finally released on parole his promising career in Chicago as an investment banker is now down the drain I thought they were all criminals though he has nowhere to go but to his hometown of Crockett Island Riley's mother Annie is Overjoyed to hear of her son's Rel leas knowing that their family of four can finally be reunited his father Ed however deeply disapproves of his
older child's wrongdoings one day before the release his younger brother Warren informs their mother that he is going to hang out with his classmates they have arranged to meet at the town's dock where a crew member who sells them cigarettes is waiting meanwhile on the same island a mysterious man with a giant trunk arrives on one of the two daily boats from the mainland when the man gets to a house he enters and drags the trunk in after he kneels next to it bangs on the trunk twice and whatever is inside bangs back later that
evening Warren and his two friends Ali and Josh ride a boat to a nearby deserted island this strange place is filled with cats and everywhere they turn the boys can hear Eerie cat cries they arrive at their usual spot and begin smoking however in the midst of their Lively conversation Warren sees a ghostly figure flash by he is so scared that he falls down with a thud when he looks again the figure has vanished convincing him that whatever he saw was just a trick of the eye the next morning Riley finally returns to his hometown
since his brother and father are out fishing only his mother comes to the dock to greet him the young man is clearly unhappy that his father hasn't come to pick him up but Annie diverts the topic by smothering him with tender love and care at the same time a middle-aged woman named Bev also arrives at the dock she is responsible for the Island's singular Church St Patrick's Bev is there to pick up the elderly priest monor John puit but rather strangely no one on the boat has seen the priest which leaves Bev feeling very puzzled
Elsewhere on the island the only Doctor Sarah is performing an ultrasound for Aaron who is 5 months pregnant everything with her pregnancy as well and the baby seems to be healthy it turns out that Aaron had left the island when she was young but just a few months ago her mother passed away prompting her to return to the island alone and pregnant she took over her mother's job and became a teacher in the local Primary School however no one knows who the father of her child is nor why she chose to stay on this desolate
Island the father is either the devil or Vince vaugh there are no other answers during the conversation with Sarah she catches a glimpse of Riley and his mother returning from the dock her expression suggests that there is some unresolved romantic relationship between her and the young man that night Riley's family of four finally shares a reunion dinner after many years his father eager to help him move past the shadow of the car accident orders him to attend mass at the local church from now on he believes that God will cleanse the stains from Riley's Soul
on the other hand Bev returns to St Patrick's Church after waiting at the dock the whole day the priest's house is near the church and she notices the lights are on it seems monor John must have returned to the island before her Bev then approaches the home but no one responds to her knocking so she enters the house and sees scattered backpacks and a large mysterious box with its lock undone just as she is about to open the box to inspect it a figure slowly approaches from her reaction it is clear this person is not
the familiar monor John crocod island is a tiny isolated community of 127 people where residents cling to commercial fishing in their faith in God they live unaware of global events as they are isolated from the rest of the world in theory the neighbors here should all live in harmony however the reality couldn't be any more different an oil spill 3 years ago caused a big fire and shattered the peaceful atmosphere of the island the following day St Paul's Catholic Church on Crockett Island receives a new priest Father Paul Hill he is the same man who
arrived 2 days ago with a large trunk Father Paul tells the people attending mass that the 80-year-old Monsignor JN has fallen ill on a pilgrimage and is currently in a hospital for recuperation we then get to know that most residents here believe in God and even attend church services weekly a key part of the mass is the consumption of Holy Communion all prepared in advance by the new priest as everyone goes to receive communion only Riley remains seated feeling unworthy in his unclean state but Father Paul tells him that God is not as interested in
those who are absolutely pure as Riley leaves the church later he sees his first love Aaron who had left without a word years ago she is now standing across the street waiting for him he approaches her calmly and she remarks that the prodigal son has returned Riley replies with a smile saying that she was the prodigal instead and he was just a black sheep ah ah so this is how the pious flirt as the duo walks and talks the middle-aged woman Bev looks at them with hostility nonetheless the two ex-lovers keep talking reminiscing about their
past both Aaron and Riley had sworn never to spend the rest of their lives on the island they both ventured into the world only to return to their Hometown with emotional scars times have changed now as Aaron is now visibly pregnant and Riley has weathered the years they are both deeply moved by each other's experiences as evening approaches the wind howls and dark clouds gather which is soon followed by a heavy downpour Father Paul sits on the sofa reading the Bible when suddenly lightning flashes oh God Jesus at the Flynn household Riley stands by the
window watching the scene outside suddenly he sees a tall figure wearing a trench coat and a hat in a flash of lightning he quickly calls his family over claiming he saw Father Jon walking alone on the beach however none of them spots anything not even a ghostly Shadow his mother thinks he must be mistaken because Father John is still recuperating in a Mainland Hospital but Riley is certain about what he saw as he recognized Father John's long coat and hat he tries to verify it himself and prepares to go out to the beach after rushing
at the door Riley indeed sees a tall lanky man in a trench coat the man looks back when he hears Riley's call but then starts running away because the visibility is poor Riley can't see the man's face clearly and thus can't confirm who he is the following morning the people of Crockett Island wake up to a very strange scene the Island's Beach is littered with the bodies of wild cats with hundreds of Seagulls circling overhead the town's Sheriff Hamza discovers that all the cats necks have been bitten through and their bodies show signs of tearing
strangely no blood was found on either the cat bodies or the beach which puzzles the sheriff greatly cats don't have blood the mayor however doesn't seem to care much and suggests it may have been the work of small sharks or ospr thus they decide to burn the corpses in order to contain any disease they might be carrying shortly afterwards Riley tells the mayor and some others about seeing Father John the previous night but no one believes him and Riley begins to doubt himself it turns out Father John is still in a Mainland Hospital and couldn't
possibly have left at night that afternoon only three people attend the church mass besides Riley's mother and an old lady a young girl named Lisa who is paralyzed in both legs is present all three drink the holy wine and eat the holy bread after the mass the kind and friendly Father Paul chats and laugh laugh s with the girl Lisa all the way it is evident that the young girl likes the new priest however when Lisa sees a bearded old man named Joe nearby her expression instantly becomes blank Joe also leaves hurriedly with his dog
and looks embarrassed it is clear that there is some past issue between the two after parting ways Father Paul pays a visit to Dr Sarah's home he had learned that Sarah's elderly mother suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was unable to attend Mass so he has taken the initiative to offer private service for the 80-year-old old lady he then proceeds to conduct the mass personally feeding her the holy bread and giving her the holy wine that evening when Annie is mending clothes she accidentally pricks her finger she screams in pain soft but then suddenly realizes that
her presbyopia which is been troubling her for some time has miraculously disappeared a shocked Annie then wonders if such an eye condition could heal on its own before she can dwell on it further Riley returns home he had gone to the mainland for an alcoholic synonymous meeting and seems to be in Low Spirits as he lays in bed the image of the victim girl that he had accidentally killed haunts him again that same night an unidentified flying object appears to be searching for a place to land it eventually settles on an abandoned house on the
island a few days later on Easter St Patrick's Church organizes a communal meal the entire Island community comes together to eat drink and be merry during the celebrations the priest tells Riley that he plans to hold a weekly sobriety meeting at the church this would mean that Riley wouldn't have to make the difficult trip to the mainland every week while everyone is busy feasting an unknown person feeds Joe's dog with a mysterious snack this causes the pop to collapse in pain with blood pouring from its mouth when Joe notices this he is utterly devastated he
holds back his tears and asks the crowd who would commit such a cruel act against a helpless dog but everyone else simply looks on with indifference indicating that Joe is not well-liked among the community he lives like a vagabond appears messy and has a drinking problem but if everyone else in the building is okay with seeing a dog hurt they are the psychos meanwhile Aaron's attention is drawn to Bev who is standing nearby just the day before she had seen her sneakily handling rat poison in the school store room Joe also seems to know who
is responsible for killing his dog he glares at Bev with resentment but refrains from taking further action as he has no evidence against her even if he can prove it he knows he won't be able to confront her on Easter evening Aaron is sorting through through photos when she suddenly hears thumping sounds from the roof she looks out the window and sees a figure dressed like monor John near a bush on the other hand at the Doctor's house Sarah's elderly mother begins shouting the old lady claims that she saw her husband's figure though he had
died 15 years ago Additionally the weird incidents don't end there a sailor on his way home sees the door of a nearby house open by itself he stops and walks towards the house asking if anyone is in there he gets no response and is about to leave when suddenly a voice Echoes what he just said driven by curiosity the Sailor enters the house only to find a monster lurking in the dark he is then attacked and pinned to the ground and his screams are heard in the distance the following day a lot of people attend
Mass it seems like Father Paul's arrival on the island has ignited a fervent religious passion among its residents after Mass the priest challenges Lisa a girl paralyzed for years to stand from her wheelchair and take communion everyone thinks the priest is joking and even Lisa's father questions him but suddenly she stands up from her wheelchair and gingerly walks towards the dis to receive communion from father Paul's hand this leaves everyone with their jaws on the floor all out thank you for watching
