Under His Influence (2023)

Plotzle Expert · Puzzle #5 · May 2, 2026 · Thriller

Six plot descriptions for Under His Influence (2023). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A writing student plagiarizes his professor's unpublished manuscript and receives acclaim for the work while his professor suffers a breakdown and withdraws from teaching entirely.
2. A social media influencer falls for an inmate and campaigns to prove his innocence, but after winning his appeal and securing his release, she discovers a dark secret that changes everything.
3. A corporate consultant poisons her mentor's reputation through carefully planted rumors at their firm and watches as he unravels during the investigation that follows her anonymous accusations.
4. A grief counselor in Portland begins adopting the mannerisms and life choices of her most troubled client and alienates her husband when he notices the transformation.
5. A teenager discovers his older brother has been manipulating their widowed father's medication dosages and confronts him about the inheritance money that recently appeared in his account.
6. A documentary filmmaker becomes obsessed with a charismatic cult leader in rural Oregon and joins his compound to complete her project but loses contact with her production team.