Freaky Friday

Annabel is able to make a decent breakfast for Bill, but she accidentally calls him “Daddy,” which puzzles him greatly (11). When Ben asks for scrambled eggs, she refuses, as she does not know how to make them. She thinks that her mother’s usual policy of making eggs to order for each member of the family is evidence that she spoils Ben. She puts down a box of the sugary cereal she has bought with her own money to have as a special snack and insists that Ben eat it, despite his protests that “Annabel” will be mad at him for eating it.

Aware that she has not yet seen “Annabel,” she wonders whom she will encounter when she goes to her room to check on her “daughter.” She does not know whether the person in the Annabel body will be her mother or another version of her own consciousness. Annabel’s room is a mess, and the person in Annabel’s body is lying on the bed reading a comic book and eating marshmallows. Annabel decides that whoever is in the Annabel body cannot possibly be Ellen, because Ellen never eats marshmallows. The person also seems completely unaware of the body swap.