02x03 - Can't Hauntly Wait

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[WOMAN] Previously on School Spirits

Maddie, or at least her

spirit, it's trapped.

This has to be the notebook

we couldn't find, right?

The one Mr. Martin was keeping on Janet.

Seems like whatever

experiment he was conducting,

they might've been a team.

[MADDIE] There's no way.

She was his prisoner.

It wasn't Mr. Martin.

Janet was the one who

took your death objects.

[WALLY] I just saw Mr. Martin.

There was this big red light behind him

and then he disappeared.

You saw Mr. Martin in this school?

[WALLY] Yeah, and the way

he looked, he's terrified.

Maybe he locked her up

to protect all of you.

[BIRDS TWITTERING]

[BIRD CAWING]

[TRAIN WHISTLE IN DISTANCE]

[COUGHING]

[SIMON] You guys find anything?

- [CLAIRE] Nope.

- [NICOLE] Nothing over here.

- This doesn't make sense.

- [CLAIRE] Which part?

That we're searching outside

some serial k*ller's

crispy vacation rental?

Or that you think Maddie

somehow set fire to it?

Neither, Claire. What doesn't add up

is why Janet would wanna

go down in flames with it.

Guys, can we maybe focus less

on what to call our friend

and more on whether or not she's alive?

I mean, you said she might've

been inside last night.

Yeah, but the cops made us go home

before we could find out for sure,

which means we gotta look

for any sign she survived.

Clothing, footprints, anything.

Otherwise

Just keep looking.

[CORONER] I just wanna be clear.

She may be hard to positively ID.

DNA testing will help

eventually, but, uh

I understand.

Okay. I'm ready.

[MUSIC]

Don't forget me when I'm gone ♪

Don't forget me when I'm gone ♪

Gone ♪

Don't forget me when I'm gone ♪

Don't forget me when I'm gone ♪

So you've hopped on the

bodysnatching bus now too?

No, not necessarily,

but you gotta admit, it's strange.

Why on earth would Maddie come here?

How about you?

What put you on the sudden

apology tour with her?

I don't know. I guess, if I ran away,

I'd want y'all to come

looking for me too.

"If"?

[SIMON] You guys!

I found something.

Believe me now?

This is proof.

[SCOFFS] Of what, Simon?

That your twisted a*s has gone

to one too many haunted houses?

No. That Janet was here.

And what? What, Simon, she

crawled out of her grave?

[CLAIRE] This is insane.

Where the heck is Xavier?

Guys, Janet is inside Maddie's body.

Unless you find proof she

didn't die in that fire,

Maddie's never coming back.

She might as well be

buried in this grave.

Please tell me you're not buying this.

Nicole.

[XAVIER PANTING]

So talked to the cops.

[SIMON] And?

Holy sh*t.

Xavier, what did the cops say?

It's good news. Nobody died in the fire.

Maddie I mean, Janet

definitely escaped.

Amazing. Good.

So then where the hell is she?

[MUSIC]

[CLERK] I got you.

Let me just, uh

They always put these things so high up.

Where you headed?

Far away from here.

Wow, Quinn, this is a lot.

I know, but I was kind of a huge

Veronica Mars fan when I was alive,

so m*rder board felt fitting.

I mean, your life was taken, right?

Right, so what now?

Oh, you know, you

lead the investigation.

Usually, it starts with a speech.

Hey! Chief has something to say.

Sorry, I always wanted to do that.

And can I call you Chief?

Uh, sure. Okay, so here's what we know.

Janet and Mr. Martin

were working together

on crossing over.

It's why they studied your traumas.

Why they collected your objects.

But why did they keep them from you?

What do they do?

And, most importantly, what turned?

Okay, so maybe the

student became the teacher.

You know, we know Janet could

stop things from resetting,

so maybe Mr. Martin got tired

of playing second fiddle.

Remind me again how any of

this helps us get Janet back.

Because if we know why these

objects were so important,

what they had to do with crossing over,

we can finish what she started.

Dangle the carrot, then she cooperates.

Classic Mars move.

And you think that,

after all these years

of our two big bads failing to crack it,

you can just flip the

crossover switch for Janet?

I don't know. That's

why we're trying to

Follow-up question, if our objects

do have something to

do with crossing over,

then where the hell is Janet's?

Again, Rhonda, I do not know,

but maybe once we

finish with the notebook,

you can lead the next

investigation, okay?

Heyo, Chief, I think

I found something here.

Um, okay, Janet mentioned "kegs,"

like, 15 times in this thing.

I'm just thinking maybe in addition

to being Mr. Martin's

secret partner or whatever,

she was also, like, like

a secret brew master.

You know, like making prison hooch.

That's not kegs, that's keys.

No, it says Oh, no,

it does say keys. Okay.

Right, okay, so let's keep cracking.

If I didn't make a

change, I'll stay the same ♪

Stuck inside this game ♪

[THUDDING]

I don't wanna play ♪

[MUSIC]

[CHUCKLES]

Ah Knock much?

I just found out that

you have a brother.

I do.

Yeah, we just met,

actually, uh, in the shower.

- What?

- [CLAIRE] I thought it was you

and you were taking forever,

and I'm sick of smelling like bonfire,

so I just opened the door

to tell you to hurry up,

- but, instead, it was

- [DIEGO] Hey, sis.

You wanna warn me the next time

you're having one of your

little slumber parties?

First off, slumber parties are for kids.

Second, why are you back?

Laundry. Machines at my dorm are busted

'cause some idiot decided to pee

in the part where the bleach went.

Ew.

Sorry. College kids are animals.

Which you are one.

Touché. Uh, I'm Diego.

Nice to meet you again.

Claire.

Uh, sorry again.

Nope. Hm-hmm. Everybody

needs to stop talking

and put on clothes, now.

[MUSIC]

Will that be cash or card today?

Cash.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

I'll be right back.

No! No, no, no!

No, no, no, no!

No! [BREATHING HEAVILY]

Boiler room, cafeteria, auto shop,

now it's the greenhouse.

Where the other ghosts died, right.

And you can see them too?

Nope, just Maddie.

Is she here right now?

Don't know. It's not a scar.

I feel like I should

say something to Maddie.

Just because now that

I know, it feels weird

not to, like, give her

a message or something.

There are so many more important things

we have to figure out right now.

Wait, you don't want me to talk to her?

Oh, sh*t, does she not wanna talk to me?

She hates me, she hates me now,

which I would too, but

[WHISPERING] She doesn't hate you, okay?

Sorry, why are we whispering?

Because she could be listening.

We can't see her. She can see us

anywhere she wants.

The last thing I want

is to deliver the message

that we lost Janet, okay?

- So

- So, so no messages.

For the love of God, no

more questions either.

[LEADER] Welcome to the regular

12:00 PM Split River meeting.

We're glad you're all here.

This is an open meeting,

and everyone is welcome,

especially newcomers.

[CLAPPING]

Hello, everybody. My name is Tyler,

- and I'm an alcoholic.

- [GROUP] Hello, Tyler!

[PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

Stop. Wait.

Um. Is, is everything cool?

Sorry, I thought My mistake.

Hey, wait. I know you.

She looks familiar, right?

Oh, sh*t, yeah.

You are in our psych seminar, right?

Totally. God, what a sleeper, huh?

[ERICA] Did you need a ride?

We're headed back to

campus right now, actually.

Just had to stock up.

That's not necessary. Thank you.

[MUSIC]

I changed my mind.

Ooh, my God ♪

Twenty-one more minutes ♪

Ooh, so hot ♪

Meet your brand-new image ♪

Ooh, my God ♪

Just a few more minutes ♪

Ooh, so hot ♪

It'll be much clearer ♪

[ERICA] Gretchen, get this.

She picks up the cinnamon

and puts it to the side,

and I'm like, "Cinnamon's healthy.

- You put it in your coffee."

- It has health benefits.

Then she looked at me

and I looked at her,

and I was like, "You know what?"

[GRETCHEN] We're here.

I know. Processed food, the worst.

But beats a hangover tomorrow.

Oh, sh*t, you're totally

invited, by the way.

It starts right after the game.

Unless you're not feeling up to it.

I don't know if I'd wanna party

if I had all my sh*t stolen.

Did you wanna use a phone?

Yours was stolen too, right?

Or we could help you

call campus security.

Oh, no.

Uh, you don't need to do that.

They took your ID and your meal card

and everything too, right?

Here, we'll call them. Let me just see.

I said no.

I mean, no, thank you.

I'll find my way.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[MUSIC SWELLS]

Come on, Simon, where are you?

What are you doing in my locker?

Sandra. Hi, sorry, I

I didn't realize that

that was your meeting.

I only just started

recently going again,

so, I mean, I could find a new one if

No. It's fine. Really.

Are you sure? 'Cause you kind of

You ran out of there, I thought maybe

it might have something

to do with, with me.

Well, it doesn't.

I know that you didn't

have anything to do

with what happened. Okay?

Hey, listen, I, um, I heard about

your speech that you made

for when Maddie won the award.

And, uh, well, I nominated her

for that, actually, 'cause

she, I mean, she was just

Anyway, I'm sorry I wasn't there.

I'm not. I was a mess,

but at least I started

going to meetings again

after that night.

Right.

Anyway, I should get going.

I have to get to the Pokegama River.

- It's a long drive.

- Okay. The river, huh?

Why?

They found a body.

What?

Fishermen found a body,

but they haven't

identified who it is yet.

Jesus, Sandra. Uh

I really do have to go.

Okay, wait, don't

Don't do this alone.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[WOMAN ON PA] Freddie

to the main office.

Freddie to the main office please.

Where are the rest of the plastics?

No idea. I just quit

the cheerleading squad, actually.

For real? Was your body swapped?

This coming from someone

who actually believes these

kinds of things are possible.

I didn't say that.

Well, would it be so crazy

if what Simon is saying is somehow true?

Oh, yes.

- Ghosting me again? Really?

- No.

No, I'm not ghosting.

There's just nothing to report.

Uh-huh? And was Nicole

putting licorice in my locker

some kind of consolation prize?

Nicole? Why would Nicole

put licorice in your

Simon, come on, you have

to have something to report.

Didn't you go to the

farmhouse last night?

Yes. With Xavier, actually,

which is the silver lining

because he's on board.

That's good news.

And the bad news?

I know I'm just a recent

addition to the freak squad,

but this is, like, legit freaky.

Yeah, I know. Maybe you're right.

[MESSAGE NOTIFICATION]

Holy sh*t.

Diego thinks he saw Ja Maddie.

[MADDIE] Was Janet not at the farmhouse?

Yeah, she was at the farmhouse,

but she, she burned it down.

What?

[MESSAGE NOTIFICATION]

Why would she do that?

- Uh

- [NICOLE] Simon.

[SIMON] See, the thing is, um

I actually have a new lead.

So I'm gonna go take care of that.

Don't even worry about it

because I'm all over it, okay?

Let me see.

Any updates?

Yeah. My body-snatcher

just added arson to her

rap sheet or whatever

right after hit-and-run

and grand theft auto,

so I'll be lucky if my body

is not behind bars tomorrow.

Hi, guys, have you seen this girl?

Name's Maddie.

Hey, bro, how you doing?

You know this girl at all?

He didn't even look.

So when we did this exact same thing

at the homecoming game with

the missing Maddie flyers,

you knew where Maddie

was the entire time.

Also a yes.

See, that's crazy.

[SIMON] Hey, guys, uh,

have you seen this girl?

And at the dance with Claire,

Operation Claire, was

Maddie a part of that?

Xavier, it was her idea, okay?

[MESSAGE NOTIFICATION]

[MUSIC]

[NICOLE] Hey, have you seen this girl?

What?

You got anything?

Uh, no, I was just

trying to reach Diego.

- But he must be in class.

- Yeah, he is.

Excuse me.

How would you know that?

I checked his Insta.

Who posts a selfie in

a lecture hall anyway?

Probably proud he was still awake.

Excuse me, do you have

There were a lot of sleeping

students in the background.

Wait. That's actually not a bad idea.

Hi, have you seen my friend?

So now you don't need us to

decode the notebook anymore?

No, I do, it's just taking way too long.

Janet is out there

literally starting fires,

so what I need is for

you guys to think back.

I'll get my tape.

Uh, Quinn, this one's not really

for your m*rder board just yet.

I just wanna know what

these guys remember.

It's kind of before your time.

Copy that.

Oh. I'll take notes.

Okay, look, I know you guys

think you don't remember anything,

but there had to be some kind of clue

that things went south between them.

Please just think.

[SIMON] Nicole, what the hell?

Your brother could've told us

how freaking big this campus is.

Took us, like, an hour to find

our way out of the library.

Okay, where could she be?

She must be hungry or tired by now.

No, there's nothing in the dining halls

and the only sleeping

students we spotted

actually go here.

Claire. Have you found anything?

She's been glued to that

thing for the last half-hour.

Claire, if that's my

brother you're texting,

your a*s is on the curb.

Okay, I am not texting.

I'm looking for Maddie too.

See?

Okay, why would a known fugitive

post a picture of themself?

She wouldn't, but somebody else might.

Just look around.

Literally everyone is posting something.

Maybe they caught

Maddie in the background.

Boom. I got her.

Hey, guys

I think Janet's at a college party.

We passed that house earlier.

It's this way. Okay, follow me.

[MUSIC]

See, girls always get in for free.

We get it, Claire. It's

not your first rodeo.

We'll check this way.

Once we find her,

what's the plan exactly?

How do we make her come with us?

I don't know, man. Look,

let's just split up, okay?

What? Why?

'Cause I'm sick of playing

f*cking 20 ghost questions.

You know, I've already

found Janet. Twice, actually.

Yeah, you lost her twice.

I'm just trying to be helpful.

What the f*ck? Who did that?

What are you guys? Freshmen?

Yeah, I'm sorry. That was my bad.

We can get you a refill on that.

Let's get two more

drinks. Right this way.

Sorry, cherry pop, we got nothing.

Yeah, I know the feeling.

But if I've learned anything

from investigating what happened to me,

it's that the clues are always there.

So what happened on Janet's last day?

I mean, there was the party.

- [MADDIE] Party?

- Yeah.

What? Like a goodbye type thing?

No, actually, it was her sweet 17th.

Mr. Martin was worried about

Janet's mood at the time.

So he suggested that we cheer her up.

Janet had never seen her 17th

and none of us had ever

seen a sock hop before.

Plus, it was COVID, so

the school was Siberia.

[MARTIN] Do you know why

it was called that, Charley?

A sock hop?

Uh, honestly, I just kind of assumed

it was like an outdated

'50s euphemism for sex.

No, it's because you have

to take off your shoes

to not ruin the floor.

Oh, well, that's surprisingly sweet

or should I say swell.

Okay, let's

Hey, that's the spirit,

Charley, yeah, get in it.

[WALLY] All right, Mr. M's got moves.

Oh, Jesus, he even dances square.

Rhonda as Rizzo. I

think I've died again.

And, Wally, very sharp.

Yeah, well, thank you, Charley.

You know, honestly, I think I

can get used to this, for real.

Also, I should say

that the last musical

pre-COVID was Grease,

so we had plenty of

costumes to pick through.

For better or worse.

Thanks, you two. Um, just,

yes, put those over there.

- [WALLY] Cool.

- Um, Charley.

Can you show them where

the birthday banner is

and the rest of the streamers are?

[MADDIE] Charley, what does

this have to do with Janet?

[CHARLEY] Relax, I'm getting there.

['50S BALLAD MUSIC PLAYING]

Okay, it was right after this.

I was the first one to

show up with the banner.

And that's when I noticed

the music had changed.

I look in my mirror ♪

[CHARLEY] They were dancing.

First, I thought it was,

like, sweet, you know,

and, like, maybe it was

nostalgia or something,

but then Janet said

We're still gonna tell

them tonight, right?

You promised.

[MADDIE] So they were romantic?

Did you guys see anything

romantic going on between them?

Not between them.

[MADDIE] Sorry, what?

[WALLY] Look, you have to understand

it was a very strange

time to be partying.

I mean, like Charley said,

the school was a ghost town

and that may sound like no big whoop,

but it was to me.

I didn't realize how lonely I'd be

without the living people there.

Wally, just tell us what happened.

Right, okay, so after

we were done dancing,

Mr. Martin started setting up for

Limbo! Everybody, line up!

Come on, let's go. Let's go.

[WALLY] And I was all for it.

You know I can't walk away

from a physical challenge,

but, that night, Janet

really wanted to talk.

[JANET] Can I speak to you

for a second in private?

Yeah.

One second.

And I don't know what about,

but I could tell she was nervous.

There's been something I've

been wanting to tell you.

Good job. All right. Good job.

I have been holding something back.

And I was hoping maybe tonight

my gift might reveal the, uh, truth.

Sorry, I I don't

know why this is so hard.

I guess what I'm trying to say

Hey, hey, hey, Janet. It's okay.

I know.

You do?

I do.

Happy birthday.

[GROUP] Ugh, Wally!

I know, I know, I know,

but, look, she was talking about a gift.

And she seemed so nervous,

I thought that maybe

that's what she wanted

for her birthday.

[QUINN] You thought that was a gift?

I mean, she did cross over

right after that, so

Except, don't we know she didn't.

[WALLY] Yeah, thank you, Quinn.

That's exactly why I didn't

wanna say anything so exposed.

The objects.

How about you, Rhonda?

Did you see anything that night?

If you saw something, anything,

please, I need to know.

Rhonda, come on, you

clearly know something.

Just tell us now.

Wow, enough with the

gestapo approach, all right?

Honestly, you were playing

double agent to us all,

- like, a week ago.

- That's true.

And you only just told us

that you told Mr. Martin

that Simon and I could talk.

Wait. What? Rhonda?

Okay, sure, but only

because I was trying

to get to the truth.

Which is what I'm trying to do now.

We said no more secrets, no more lies.

You know what? I don't need this.

Rhonda, there's a

wrecking ball named Janet

running around in my body

and you've been so sure

about what she hasn't been doing,

so if you know what she

was, the please just

She fought with him! Okay?

Is that what you wanna hear?

She wasn't romantic with

him or with you, Wally.

She was betrayed.

Please, Rhonda, tell us what happened.

[GROUP] Happy birthday to you ♪

[WALLY] Whoo! Yeah, get it!

[RHONDA] It was right after her cake.

She didn't seem thrilled to be there,

but our gifts seemed to help.

Oh. How did you know?

Well, you talk about science a lot.

- And you know we listen.

- A lot.

Thank you.

[GASPS] That's for you.

Oh, I wonder what it is.

It's a hula hoop.

- Spoiler alert.

- Thanks, Rhonda.

These were a big thing

when I was a little girl,

so it means a lot.

Also, they're an excellent example

of centripetal force

and friction working hand-in-hand.

Oh. Great.

Let's see what's next.

Okay, that one's mine.

Yeah, it's a little wet.

Goodness, that one's

dripping. It's dripping.

Yeah, that one

It was just from your time.

I thought maybe you would

like a root beer float.

Reminds you of malt shops and

soda fountains and whatnot.

It's warm.

Well, I wrapped it,

like, three hours ago.

- [JANET] It's delicious.

- Well, thanks.

Okay. Me next.

[RHONDA] It wasn't until

Janet opened Mr. Martin's gift

that something really turned.

Something was wrong.

Thanks, everyone.

Uh. Excuse me.

[RHONDA] I could tell something was up.

So I waited until things wound down.

[INDISTINCT ARGUING]

[RHONDA] I couldn't hear everything,

but Janet was upset about the gift.

About all the gifts, it seemed.

I didn't mean to upset you, Janet.

Then why would you give it to me?

Because it's yours.

I only meant it as a symbol, right,

that we continue the work, our work!

You know it's not what I wanted.

[MARTIN] We have to think about timing.

You can't Look, okay, look.

- Let's take a breath. You're

- I'm not taking a breath.

No more experiments. You promised.

[MARTIN] I know and I'm

sorry for that, but I

[JANET] You know what?

I'll just do it myself.

- I'll give them all back.

- No, Janet, please

I'll do it right now, in fact.

Janet!

Get your hands off me!

You don't know what I'm capable of.

[MADDIE] Did Janet really say that?

- Holy sh*t.

- That's intense.

And now she's out there,

destroying my life.

That's why he locked her up.

Because she was the real monster.

No, that's not it.

Then what? What happened?

She wasn't the monster.

She was standing up to one.

I don't understand.

Look, they may have been partners,

but the power was always his.

And she defied him.

So he silenced her, and then

When I saw his hands

on her, it was like

like Mr. Manfredo's were on me too.

All over again.

Only she was strong.

Don't you see?

She did in death what I could never do.

And then she crossed over,

so I kept it to myself

because I'm never gonna get that chance.

But she didn't cross over.

Yeah, and by the time I found that out,

you guys were already pissed at me

for keeping stuff from you.

Look, I didn't realize

what their fight was about

until I heard Charley and

Wally's stories tonight.

Charley, you heard Janet say

she wanted to tell us something.

Yeah, but she said that to me too.

Right, and then I heard them fighting

about Mr. Martin's broken promise.

They weren't fighting about our gifts.

It was our objects.

That's what Janet wanted to give back,

because what Janet really wanted

as her gift was to tell us

Was to tell us the truth.

[RHONDA] That's why Mr.

Martin locked her up.

He didn't want to come clean

about everything they've been up to.

Did he really say that?

No. I couldn't watch anymore after that.

I walked away.

And now I have to live with that too.

You wanted a trip down trauma lane?

You got it.

Thanks a lot.

I'm just living that life ♪

[LOUD, PULSATING DANCE MUSIC]

Do you see her?

No, maybe she's not in here.

[NICOLE] Claire. Look.

There. Go, go, go.

What's up, ladies?

You guys freshmen too?

- [NICOLE] Get out of the way.

- She's not interested.

[MAN] Oh, just one dance.

Get your hand off my friend.

[DIEGO] Yo! What are y'all doing here?

We just saw Maddie.

[CLAIRE] We can't lose her. Come on.

Oh, okay.

[MEN] Chug, chug, chug!

That'll teach you to crash, freshman!

You're still thirsty, bro?

[INDISTINCT] ♪

You fall like a domino ♪

[INDISTINCT] cash a check ♪

No cushions on the side of the road ♪

[INDISTINCT] placing bets ♪

You got Wall Street in your blood ♪

Got a monster on the

job with some cigarettes ♪

Oh, hey! It's you! You came!

Yes. I was just leaving.

Wait. Is that my jacket?

- [ERICA] Gretchen.

- Stop her!

She's stealing our sh*t.

- [JANET] Don't touch me.

- [ERICA] Get it off her!

I said get your hands off of me!

So you can steal from us again?

Oh, that's how it's gonna be, huh?

What are you gonna do? Fight us?

You have no idea what I'm capable of.

[POLICE SIREN BEEPING]

Oh, sh*t, you guys!

Security's downstairs!

Everyone's gotta go now!

[NICOLE] Maddie.

Maddie!

[DIEGO] Welp, party's over.

Probably should bounce

before you get written up.

[CLAIRE] sh*t. We're

never gonna find Maddie.

- Watch your step.

- Thanks.

Why'd she run away, anyways?

Honestly, I think it was because of me.

Then why'd you run away?

I mean, your parents must be worried.

That'd be news to me.

It's a weird thing to realize

that you're completely on your own.

I mean, welcome to college.

It's scary, but sometimes

you gotta be on your own

to figure out who you are. Right?

Sorry, that was not very helpful.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

No, it was, actually.

[MUSIC]

Maddie. Maddie.

Hey.

Okay, um, you're not in any trouble.

We didn't tell the cops about

the truck and Xavier's fine.

You're safe.

You can come home.

[NICOLE] Claire.

Where are you?

[DIEGO] What the hell happened to him?

I kinda party-fouled

some as*h*le in there

and Simon here took

the brunt of it for us.

Didn't you, buddy?

[SIMON] Did you find her?

Should we maybe go?

- Sandra.

- Mm. Oh.

Sorry. Um, the last time

I was at a river like

this was when Dave drowned.

Oh, sh*t. I'm so sorry.

[SANDRA] It's fine, honestly.

At least, then, I knew it happened.

But now

[DEREK] How often do you do this?

[SANDRA] The alerts?

Whenever I get them, I guess.

I was at the morgue this morning.

The morgue?

[SANDRA] Yeah, it wasn't her either.

I set the alerts up

back when Maddie first

became a missing person.

And, I guess, now

it's all I really have.

I think I thought, if I found her body,

that it would give me

some kind of closure.

This doesn't feel like

closure. This is

This is more like t*rture.

Look, I know that we just

I mean, who the hell am I

to judge, right, but, um

I do know

that returning to

your pain over and over

can be just as addictive

as any thing else.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[MUSIC]

Funny how it disappears

the second you give in ♪

When the world comes to terms

with the way that it spins ♪

Funny how you rearrange ♪

How your mind begins to change ♪

- Rhonda, heard the fab news.

- Congrats, you clever thing.

Hold yourself a little tighter ♪

In the arms of your old age ♪

And when nothing else is working ♪

And the air is getting thin ♪

I will hold on like the first time ♪

Feel the pulse beneath my skin ♪

[TYPING]

I can feel it ♪

I know it's true ♪

I can hear ♪

[WOMAN] One second, dear.

[RADIO PLAYS MUSIC]

[WALLY] We can't find Rhonda.

[CHARLEY] I don't think

she wants to be found.

If anyone was the monster tonight,

I guess it was me. Huh?

I pushed her too hard.

Uh, you know, I think

maybe there are just some places

that are still too painful to go.

[WALLY] But you needed answers, Maddie,

and they may not be in those notebooks.

Also, now that we know kegs aren't keys,

there's probably plenty of other words

that Wally messed up.

Woah, woah, take it easy.

[MUSIC]

Wait, Charley. Keys, the keys.

Holy sh*t, you guys, what

if the objects are the keys?

Go on.

Rhonda said Mr. Martin

gave Janet that watch.

But I've seen that watch before.

Mr. Martin was holding

it the day he disappeared.

And when he gave it to

Janet, she disappeared too.

Rhonda asked earlier

about Janet's object.

What if that's it?

Her key. Okay, but where does it go?

Yeah, and where'd they disappear to?

[ELECTRICAL HUMMING AND BUZZING]

[OVERLAPPING '50S BALLADIC AND

ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYING]

[TYPING]

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

Hello, Rhonda.

[RHONDA SCREAMING] Help!

Help! Somebody help!

[SILENCE]

Help!

[RHONDA SCREAMING]

What's this?

Berkeley?

You're leaving me?

[RHONDA SCREAMS]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS]

[ELECTRICAL HUMMING AND BUZZING]

[NICOLE] Hey.

Are you okay?

It's not your fault. No

one could've convinced her.

Yeah. I know, I'm just

I'm tired.

[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]

Ugh, it's my Dad. I gotta get this.

Totally.

And then you could drive us home.

[NICOLE] Simon, listen, I, um,

I saw Maddie too.

- [XAVIER] Hey, Dad.

- At the party.

Wait, why, why When was this?

It was right before security came.

But the girl I was looking at,

she was someone else.

This is what I've been

trying to tell you.

No, I know, I know,

but what does this mean?

That this Janet thing is real?

That f*cking ghosts are real?

It means she got your licorice.

Okay. Okay. Yeah. Bye.

How am I gonna tell her

that we lost Janet?

Again.

f*ck!

We tell her.

Together.

Unless you still don't want my help.

Do you?

Sorry. I'm sorry.

Was that another annoying question?

Thank you.

I do.

And it feels new to me.

Not doing this alone.

[LIGHT CHUCKLE]

You know, whatever

message that you wanna give

to Maddie, I'm happy to help too.

Thank you.

Where the hell is Janet now?

Mama used to sing ♪

Are you sure you don't want

me to drive you to your car?

Ah, parking lot's four blocks from here.

I could use the steps.

All right, well, thanks for dinner

and for coming with me.

It's nice to not feel

Alone.

- Good night, Derek.

- Good night, Sandra.

[MESSAGE NOTIFICATION]

I still ♪

Remember ♪

When Mama used to ♪

Sing ♪

Hello?

Maddie?

Hi, Mom.

[SANDRA GASPS]

Oh, Maddie!

Oh, Maddie! Maddie!

[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

[OUTRO MUSIC]