It's dangerous to ignore Mother Nature.
I get the message when her roots tear through my skin.
I get the message when her roots tear through my skin.
Christian is a workaholic who inadvertently ignores his boyfriend, Ben, causing the latter to call a break. Before departing, Ben leaves behind a strange plant that always comes back no matter how many times Christian tries to throw it away.
Tropes featured in this episode:
- Bittersweet Ending: Christian loses his old life as a human thanks to his transformation, but Ben not only doesn't leave him but happily decides to take care of him in their new home.
- Bland-Name Product: The Alexa-like virtual assistant that Christian uses is called Ana Maria.
- Body Horror: After he destroys the plant with the microwave, the seedling inside Christian grows exponentially and takes over his body.
- Botanical Abomination: The plant. It's not present in any records, it can move on its own, as well as grow inside a human to survive.
- Gaia's Vengeance: The plant takes over Christian's body because he repeatedly throws it away.
- Married to the Job: Christian. Ironically, he does it to earn money to pay for a new house he wants to surprise Ben with, but his obsession with his job ends up driving Ben away.
- Microwave Misuse: Christian eventually resorts to destroy the plant using a microwave.
- Plant Person: The fate of Christian at the end.
- Transflormation: Christian is transformed into a living plant.
- You Are What You Hate: Christian ends up transforming into the same plant that he tried so hard to destroy.
