Carrie White is a misfit high‑schooler who has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother. After her father's untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie must navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.