Do You Want to Die in Indio? (2024)

Plotzle Expert · E61 · May 1, 2026 · Drama / Crime

Six plot descriptions for Do You Want to Die in Indio? (2024). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A methamphetamine cook in Indio sells his trailer to fund his daughter's wedding but the buyer discovers hidden product and retaliates by burning down the ceremony venue.
2. A woman recovering from prescription opioid addiction attends her ex-husband's funeral in Indio where his widow accuses her of enabling the alcoholism that eventually killed him and demands repayment.
3. A seventeen-year-old in Palm Springs experiences a failed romance and lost USC scholarship, then spends a chaotic weekend involving partying, gun violence, and sexual ambiguity on the streets.
4. A bankruptcy lawyer returns to Indio after his brother's suicide and discovers their father distributed the inheritance unequally based on which son he believed was actually his biological child.
5. An undocumented produce worker witnesses a cartel execution near the Salton Sea and hides in Indio while the killers systematically interrogate everyone from his former crew looking for him.
6. Two cellmates released on the same day in Desert Hot Springs drive to Indio for separate reasons while one quietly plans to kill the other over a decade-old betrayal.