One year after their father's death, Charlie and Betty continue to ignore their grief, each other, and the mysterious creature following them. Their estranged Uncle Pete, believed to be dead, claims to know how to end the suffering.
On an evening drive, Ellington bumps into an old fling. As things tend to go whenever he is around, Ellington's night takes a turn for the worse.
Emily Young, a senior, wants to be elected as her sorority's president. She adopts a cute sloth, thinking it can become the new mascot and help her win, until a string of fatalities implicate the sloth as the main suspect in the murders.