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01x01 - Pilot

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "SurrealEstate". Aired: July 16, 2021.*
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Real estate agent Luke Roman and his team specialize in clearing and closing haunted houses.

01x01 - Pilot

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(MYSTERIOUS SCORE)

(THUNDER CRASHING)

(LOUD THUNDER CRASHING)

(EERIE SOUNDS)



("CAGE WITHOUT A KEY" BY

JILL BARBER PLAYS ON RADIO)

Time like a wave ♪

Nature's daughter ♪

Can be safe ♪

In the net that caught her ♪

Dark as the ocean ♪

Deep as the sea ♪

High like the tide ♪

Rising in me ♪

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(LOW, EERIE RUMBLE)

(GARBLED NOISES AND VOICES)

(LOW, OMINOUS PULSING)

(GRANDFATHER CLOCK TICKING)

Set me free ♪

(DEEP SIGHS)

The wind's inside of me ♪

Set me free ♪

A cage without a key ♪

Set me free ♪

- (LOUD THUNDER CRASH)

- (EERIE VOICES)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Get a grip, girl.

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING VOICES)

Love was made ♪

Like a lamb to slaughter ♪

Rise again ♪

(GRANDFATHER CLOCK CHIMES)

(SWIRLING INDISTINCT VOICES)

- (SHARP GASP)

- (WOMAN SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS)

(SWIRLING VOICES)

(OMINOUS SCORE)

(SWIRLING VOICES CONTINUE)

Hello?

(CRASH)

(FIRE RUMBLES)

(URGENT PULSING SCORE)

(MEGAN SCREAMS)

LUKE (NORMAL VOICE): Um, hi.

I'm Luke Roman.

Sorry to drop by so late.

I'm here about the house.

Historic six-bedroom,

four-and-a-half bath,

multi-level hardwood floors.

Lots of custom woodwork.

The house wants to k*ll me!

Seller motivated.

It's not you, Miss Donovan.

(GENTLE SCOR)

It's the house. I can help you.

Who are you?

Are you a priest?

No, ma'am.

(UPLIFTING SCORE)

I'm the real estate guy.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(GENTLE RAIN)

I called my fiancé.

He's coming to pick me up.

(DINER RADIO PLAYS IN BACKGROUND)

Maybe that should be a decaf.

I may never sleep again.

What's wrong with the house, Mr. Roman?

It's Luke, please, and it's sort of

difficult to explain,

so I have this Keynote presentation here

that sort of lays it out.

Oh.

(INDISTINCT DINER CONVERSATION)

SMEP?

Oh, you have no idea how

many euphemisms we focus-grouped

before we hit on

"metaphysically-engaged."

I don't get it.

Well, we were hoping to spell

out something cool like SPECTRE,

but oh, well.

No, what is a "metaphysically?"

Could have been worse. We

were dangerously close to SMEGMA.

You're talking about haunted houses?

Well, focus groups,

they slaughtered that one.

But here is a term they loved.

(WHOOSH)

(MAN SINGING ON RADIO)

A "stigmatized property"

is one whose market

value has been affected by

unfortunate occurrences.

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING)

Tragic events associated

with the property,

including, but not limited to, m*rder

- (g*nsh*t)

- suicide

- even accidental death.

- (g*nsh*t)

or the perception, real or imagined,

of any residual unpleasantness

related to said unfortunate occurrences.

Residual unpleasantness?

This next slide is a little scary.

- Can you take it?

- Eh.

(WHOOSHES)

A stigmatized property

could lose up to 35%

of its market value. It could

take up to 317% longer to sell.

Because of a ghost?

Did I mention ghost?

Do you see the "g" word?

No, many stigmatized properties

they're totally normal.

But even the perception of

creepiness, it just kills them.

And even when phenomena are present,

most of the time there's a

totally rational explanation.

Weird reflections. Noisy pipes. Mice.

A downdraft that can make a fireplace

Reach out to grab you

and suck you screaming

feet-first into hell?

Occasionally irrational

explanations are required.

I had been looking at

autopsy photos all day.

I'm a med student.

I wasn't judging.

So, that, plus two

glasses of chardonnay and

Suddenly you are a

hysterical, helpless woman

scared of the thunderboomers?

There was something there.

See, I believe that. But do you?

So, you're a

Ghost chaser.

Miss Donovan. Megan? Megan.

I'm about one thing:

preserving homeowner equity.

Protecting the God-given,

market-driven value

of your property from

anything in this world,

or the next.

I don't believe in ghosts.

Neither do I.

I just work with them.

BROCK: Megan!

Oh, that's Brock.

- (CLICKS TEETH)

- (CHUCKLES)

I'm sorry. He does that.

It's okay.

He missed me.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

We can talk about

the house. I'll, uh

Oh, I'll call you tomorrow.

And thank you. Really.

So much. Huh.

(DEEP SIGH)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

The client is Donovan, Megan.

She inherited the place

from her grandfather.

Boyfriend lives with her. A lawyer.

You know the drill. Complete

psychokinetic triage,

malevolent entity evaluation.

Try not to totally spook her out, okay?

AUGUST: The conscience of the world

is so guilty that it always assumes

that people who investigate

heresies must be heretics.

Aleister Crowley.

ZOOEY: Way to not

spook her out, Augie.

Can we talk about the Lenore's place?

Did we get the M.E. results?

PHIL: Mm-hm. Clean.

There was stuff flying out

of drawers. Mirrors cracking.

Plates breaking. The

M.E. came back clean?

Squeaky.

Well, the referring agent is

certain there is a poltergeist.

Who's the referring agent?

Rita Weiss.

- ZOOEY: Ooh.

- PHIL: Mm. Mm-mm-mm-mm.

So, I have to call Rita Weiss

and tell her we came up empty?

- Make the new girl do it.

- (CHUCKLE)

Susan! Your ears must be burning!

Everybody, this is Susan

Ireland, our new agent.

We stole her from Livingston-Kent

where she spent eight years straight

in the Platinum Ring of Esteem.

I'm so excited to be here

What's the Platinum Ring of Esteem?

It's just this club for

people who do ten million dollars

in volume over a twelve-month period.

So it's not an actual piece of jewelry.

No.

This is Father Phil. He

does our title work, research,

background checks, due diligence

that sort of thing.

Father Phil?

- Fallen priest. Hi.

- Ah!

And this is August Ripley.

August designs, builds and maintains

some of our proprietary technology.

You're the I. T. guy?

To find joy in work is to discover

the fountain of youth.

Pearl S. Buck.

And you met Zooey, our office manager.

Aye.

She knows where all

of the bodies are buried.

So to speak.

No. Seriously, I know

things that could make

Why don't you wait to

take Susan to your dark,

nihilistic places until after

she's filled out her W-4, shall we?

Ready to work?

I'm psyched!

(CELL PHONE BUZZES)

Susan, I have to take

this, but why don't we

circle back to my office?

(PHONE CONTINUES BUZZING)

Ms. Donovan! We were

just talking about you.

(MYSTERIOUS SCORE)

Ms. Donovan Megan

I really feel like you're

making a mistake here

and a potentially dangerous

Yes.

I'm sure your fiancé is skeptical.

And I realize things look very different

in the light of day.

(OMINOUS SCORE)

The light of day can fool you.

(OFFICE PHONE RINGING)

So

(AWKWARD SILENCE)

We heard about that fire you

guys had at Livingston-Kent.

Is, uh everyone all right?

Ah, yeah. Everyone's super!

It was a very small fire.

Hm.

Has Luke explained the, um

the niche of the market that we serve?

Oh, I did my due diligence.

I know you people are specialists.

You close the houses no one else can.

The problem houses. And you usually get

your asking price or better.

The numbers don't lie.

And your boss, Luke, is

kind of a mysterious figure

in the business. But

real estate should have

some mystery, some romance.

Don't you think?

- Mm-hm.

- Uh, yeah.

Mm-hm.

(CLEARS THROAT)

That's why I'm here.

My personal mission statement is,

"I want to make a

difference in the world,

one house at a time."

Thank you, Miss Nebraska.

It's

(CLEARS THROAT)

(GENTLE SCORE)

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

That was our client on the phone.

Oh!

- She fired us.

- Oh.

- It happens a lot.

- Oh?

They almost always come back.

Oh.

So, we'll proceed

as if we're still hired

and see how things go.

You met everyone.

What an eclectic team.

August and Phil are

really great at what they do.

(EXHALES)

It's just they're not great

with clients. Okay? But you are.

I am a people person!

You are a people person!

And we serve a lot of people,

all over the world. No

one really does what we do.

Sounds exciting.

Can be.

What, exactly, do we do?

I have this brief

Keynote presentation here.

Sort of lays it out.

Super!

(GENTLE SCORE)

SMEP?

In Stambovsky versus Ackley,

the Supreme Court of New York,

Appellate Division, ruled

that haunted houses are real

insofar as the reputation of the house

being haunted impacts its value.

Some agencies, they help their clients

sell their houses by reducing clutter,

or by putting drops of vanilla extract

on hot light bulbs for that

fresh-baked cookie smell.

We help them by stopping

the walls from bleeding.

For these people, it's

not just their houses,

you know, it's their lives.

Their lives have become a

Stephen King short story.

And they need someone

nice and smart to talk to.

Someone who wants to make a difference.

One house at a time.

Look, if you change

your mind about the job,

you know, it's okay.

I'm sure Bob Livingston

will take you back.

Bob Livingston fired me.

We had a thing.

It was unprofessional and

wrong on both of our parts.

And how long were your parts

together?

A year. I knew it was wrong.

But it got complicated.

He promised to leave his wife.

He said we'd be partners.

Two weeks ago, he renewed his

vows in Trinidad and Tobago.

When he got back, he fired me.



(SIGHS, SNIFFLLES)

(SIGHS)

Look at me.

I'm 34.

I'm not in a relationship.

I am locked into an

above-prime mortgage rate!

(BLOWS NOSE)

And now I'm Winston

Zeddemore from Ghostbusters.

(SIGHS)

(SCORE TURNS DARKER)

(DOORBELL)

So, this place has us stumped.

The phenomena says poltergeist,

but our tests say no.

Still, nothing like a rotisserie

chicken floating two feet

off the counter to scare

off the looky-loos.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Rita Weiss? This got scary fast.

Hi. Is your mom or dad here?

LAUREN: You're the ghost guy.

I'm the real estate guy.

RITA: You are a delusional,

oily b*ll s*ck wrapped in Armani.

Nice, Rita. In front of the kid.

I'm not a kid. Just

get rid of this thing.

It's embarrassing and

impacting me socially.

Rita, you know Susan.

RITA & SUSAN: We've met.

Well, Susan just joined our team.

Brave choice.

So, where's Pope p*nis the Twelfth

and Frankenstein's butt-double?

(SCOFFS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(GENTLE SCORE)

Excuse me.

Can't seem to find any original

documents on this house.

CLERK: Gotta be in the file.

It's not.

This place is at least 100 years old

and there's nothing on it prior to 1987.

That's weird.

Mm-hm.

Didn't just grow up

out of the ground, did it?

(MYSTERIOUS SCORE)

(DISQUIETING SCORE)

Nice turnout for a weekday.



If it is a poltergeist,

they're generally benign

so I doubt you're in any danger.

What happened here?

HERB: We were all in here

together, it was game night,

and a glass came up off the table

and smashed into the picture.

See? Classic poltergeist.

(SIGHS) Tests came back negative.

Any cold spots in the house?

Apparitions? Unusual noises?

- ELSA: None of that.

- Well, we did a

preliminary investigation of the filing

of this subdivision and, uh,

this land was only developed

12 years ago.

No battlefields, no

ancient burial grounds,

no spiritual instability that

made it into the public record.

Have any of your neighbors

experienced any unusual phenomena?

Edie Kalmanowitz grew

a potato in her garden

that resembled John Quincy Adams

and bled on national holidays.

It's a quiet neighborhood.

Well, if something bad did happen here,

it had to have been prior to 1851.

Right around the time they took

that picture on your sign, Rita.

(LAUGHS) Eat a warm bowl of

Can I go out tonight?

I think it's best if you stay in.

Nana and Boompie might be coming over.

You can give them cute names

but it doesn't change the fact

that your parents are old and boring

and carry a slight urine smell.

- Lauren!

- Your mother said stay home.

Whatever.

I could use some help with

dinner. Would you make a salad?

Whatever!

She's at that age.

(EXHALES)

Hm.

So, what now, genius?

(EERIE SCORE)

- Ah!

- Uh!

(OMINOUS SCORE)

(WHIZZING)

(SCARED WHIMPERS)

(CRASHING AND CLATTERING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING AND BUZZING)

Luke Roman.

August? What'd you find out?

Do something!

- Have you talked to Phil?

- (FRIGHTENED WHIMPERS)

No, I think that I should go alone.

(CRASHES SUBSIDE)

Oh, I think Susan seems to

have everything under control.

Oh, dear. Are we going have problem here?

No problem, we just

learned some interesting things

about your house. It

would be a violation

of my sacred blood oath to

not disclose them to you.

Real estate agents

take a sacred blood oath?

It's like the oath the doctors take.

It just mentions carpet more.

(SIGHS)

(CROW CAWS)

See, that's the thing.

There's no record of

this house being built.

It's like it was always here.

Jeez.

All I'm asking is that

you let my people look around.

They do a few simple tests.

No charge. No obligation.

I just don't know. My fiancé

The lawyer.

- Don't say it like that.

- Like what?

Condescending.

A lot of people don't like

you guys any more than lawyers.

We are both parasites.

Real estate agents do

less damage to the host.

(EXHALES THROUGH NOSE)

I don't know. This

is all just a bit much.

Megan, listen to me.

There is something old and

very angry in this house.

These things,

they are like global

warming, or liver failure,

or the Easter Bunny.

Whether you believe in them or not,

they could still hurt you.

The Easter Bunny can hurt you?

This isn't about my troubled childhood.

This is about your house.

(GENTLE SCORE)

(INHALES; EXHALES)

What kind of tests?



Feel it?

Like it's watching?

Miss Donovan?

You must work for Luke.

(SIGHS)

The bad thing happened in the study?

That's where the bad thing happened.



(MACHINE WHIRRING)

(CRACK!)

They told me you'd be here.

Please, don't let me interrupt.

All right, just one more.

- (CRACK)

- Whoo

(BATTING MACHINE BELL)

You want to take a few

swings? It's great for stress.

No, thanks. I'll

stick to binge drinking.

You wanna know what

most things people call

hauntings really are?

What?

They're unfinished

business. That's what they are.

What we do what you do?

You find out what the

unfinished business is

at the Lenore's place and you finish it.

Sounds so simple.

What's your deal?

You know all about me.

I know nothing about you.

There's not much to tell.

(GENTLE SCORE)

You want me to be

your perky flight attendant

on the ethereal plane,

you're going to have

to open up a little.

(SIGHS)

Well

I grew up in southern California,

I went to UC Santa Barbara

on a tanning scholarship.

I got my real estate

license, and I did okay.

Yeah, I can read your resumé.

I want the good stuff. Married?

In a relationship?

I'm asking for

ambivalent thirty-something

single women everywhere

'cuz we have a database.

Nobody special.

Parents?

My mom left when I was

little. My dad raised me.

Single parent. This was our place.

We used to come here

a couple times a week.

You see him much?

Passed away a few years ago.

Oh. I'm sorry.



It's okay. We keep in touch.

Fascinating, she said.

She slowly inches towards the exit

Susan,

I'm going to need to

focus on the Donovan house.

Can you take over the Lenore's place?

And we are running out of ideas.

And Rita? She's going to eat us alive

if we don't come up with something soon.

We've been at it for a

month. Can I count on you?

(SIGHS)

Well, I expected no less

from a veteran of the

Platinum Ring of Esteem.

I wish it had been jewelry.



And one last thing.

Don't rule out the rational explanation.

Ever.

Rule it out? I'm praying for it.

(SCORE SWELLS)

(BATTING MACHINE WARNING BELL)

(SCORE FADES OUT)

What's upstairs?

There's six bedrooms, four bathrooms,

a sort of a library, um

Like a parlor or something.

And a big attic.

Downstairs?

I don't really go down there.

There's just a bunch of

boxes and, like, a door,

but it's locked.

I think, uh, we should

have a look, don't you?

Uh

Yeah. Please.

(MYSTERIOUS SCORE)

(LOW GROWLING)

(SNARLING)

What's that noise?

You've never heard that before?



(LOUD GROWLING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Do you have pets? Dogs? Cats?

No. Brock's allergic.

- Fish?

- Fish?

Wouldn't their little fins

have trouble working the knob?

Any living organism

can stimulate an otherwise

inert psycho-kinetic field.

Could be rats.

Oh, don't say rats.

I don't believe in most of this

crap but I do believe in rats.



(FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS)

(STRANGE ANIMAL SOUNDS)

(CREAKING)

To your knowledge,

did your Grandfather,

or anyone else, die

horribly in this house?

He died in an extended care facility.

He suffered from some dementia.

I don't blame him.

(TENSE SCORE)

(GROWLING)

(NERVOUS EXHALE)

(SNARLING)

Big puppy.

Who's a good boy?

(MENACING GROWL)

You are!

(ROAR)

(PANICKED BREATHING AND GRUNTS)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Ahhh! Shut the door!

No, wait, wait!

(DOOR CREAKS)

(NERVOUS BREATHING)

Have you, uh, regained your faith?

No.

But I did shave a few seconds

off my best time in the 40.

Please tell me that wasn't a big rat.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(BAG HITS TABLE)

Morning. What do we got?

Luke, where did you find this place?

Well, I've had my eye on it for a while.

Man, from a pure emo-energy standpoint,

we're talking Tower of London

meets the Paris Catacombs with,

well, a little Wonderland

Ranch thrown in.

What tests did you run?

The basics. The M.E. level?

(ENERGETIC SCORE)

It's coming in at a five.

A five?

Never had a five.

Oh, I think we're

in for a series of firsts

with this place.

Oh, yeah.

He followed me home. Can I keep him?

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Hi.

Oh, well, look who finally shows up!

Is he all right? What happened?

Poltergeists are benign, you said.

Nobody's in any danger, you said.

Just tell me what happened!

Just like last time, all three of them

were sitting down to a

nice family dinner when that

big stone clock on the

mantle flew across the room

and hit Herb smack between the eyes!

He's lucky to just have a concussion.

He could have been k*lled!

You are gonna get sued

back to the stone age

and lose your license.

Rita! Shut your hole.

Now,

tell me exactly what happened.

(THUNDER CRACKS AND RUMBLES)

(ATMOSPHERIC SCORE)

(WOMAN VOCALIZING)

(THUNDER RUMBLES)



(PHONE TONE RINGING)

Hi, you've reached Brock.

Please leave a message

and I'll sue you later!

(BEEP)

Honey, it's me.

It's after nine and you

promised you'd be home by eight.

I just

I need to hear your voice.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)



Brock, Brock, Brock, Brock, Brock.

It is me, your woman.

I am alone and scared and

lonesome

and afraid and, frankly,

more than a little p.o.'d.

Come home to me now, tort monkey.

Or don't!

(PHONE ON TABLE)

(DRAMATIC SCORE HIT)

Yeah.

Lauren had just come home,

finally, and we were eating.

Remember any sights? Sounds? Smells?

There was a burning smell.

Dinner was overcooked

because of Lauren's

t*rd and lack of respect

for our family time.

Herb was just explaining

to her how a late dinner

impacts his blood sugar.

I could die.

Did the clock do anything before

Before it attacked?

No

Yes.

It seemed to shake, just a tiny bit.

(MYSTERIOUS SCORE)

LAUREN: Stop.

(BABY GIRL CRYING)

I miss you so bad! I know.

I miss you, too.

I don't know. I think they're

going to keep my dad overnight.

Uh

(TODDLER WAILS)

No, it's Uh

I can't hear this kid!

I can barely hear you, Todd.

(GIRL CONTINUES CRYING)

No. Okay, no Don't get

mad. I just I-I can't.

(SCORE SWELLS)

My mom told me to wait.

I'm already in trouble.

(SCORE LIGHTENS)

Okay, thank God. What a little brat.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(RAIN SPLASHING)

(THUNDER CRASHES)

(OMINOUS SCORE)

TV HOST: The lioness rounds the corner

and gets close to the

Soon she will have it in its

clasp and takes it down hard.

Tonight, maybe for the first time

(TV STATIC)

(TV BUZZES)

(WOMAN VOCALIZING)

(INDISTINCT VOICES)

(CHANNEL SELECTOR CLICKING)

(MEN VOCALIZING)

(EERIE SCORE)

(EVIL SURGEON LAUGHING)

(SCORE FADES OUT)

(RELIEVED SIGH)

Oh, God.

- (HEAD THUMPS ONTO PILLOW)

- (SIGH)

(LIGHT BUZZES AND HUMS)

(CHOIR SINGING DRAMATICALLY)

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

(GASP)

(STRUGGLES AND GRUNTS)

EVIL SURGEON: Ahh

Ha, ha, ha.

(DRAMATIC SCORE)

(SCREAMING)



(THUNDER)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(GASPS AND EFFORTS)

(MANIACAL LAUGHTER)

(GENTLE SCORE)

Are you okay?

Can you go back in there?

I'll go with you.

We'll get you dried off

and we'll take a look around.

(HEAVY BREATHS)



(WINE SLOSHES)

(DEEP SIGH)

I can take you to a hotel.

You'll get a good night's rest,

and we'll figure out

this thing in the morning.

I really can't be alone right now.

Can I trust you?

Yeah.

You can trust me.



(BOTTLES CLINK)

(THUNDER CRASHES)

(EERIE SCORE CRESCENDO)

(SWIRLING INDISTINCT WHISPERS)

(HIGH-PITCHED WHINE)

(DISTANT CITY TRAFFIC)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(GENTLE SCORE)

(SLURPING)

You want to talk about last night?

(SIGHS)

These houses

They know what scares you.



There's something you should know.

Your house?

I've been watching it for a while.

(DRAMATIC SCORE)

Several years ago,

before your grandfather

bought the place,

it was unoccupied.

The yard had gone to hell, so to speak.

A neighbor lady she had just

moved in she came next door

to complain about the weeds.

Nobody knows who answered the door.

But nobody ever saw that lady again.

(DOOR SLAMS)

Any idea who she was?

They say I have her eyes.

Your mother?

I guess she'd just moved back to town.

I got some hang up calls.

I called back. She

answered. I heard her voice,

and I knew it was her.

So, of course, I hung up.

We never connected and she disappeared.

Anyway, it's It's complicated.

Moms always are.

So, I have been eyeing

that house for a while.

When your grandfather bought

it, I went to see him, you know?

To see if he would let me

do some tests and things.

He said no.

Yeah. Grandpa didn't like people.

(CHUCKLING)

(BOTTLE ON TABLE)

It's a little early, isn't it?

Hm?

Nope. I never stopped,

so, technically, it's still last night.

Um, Megan,

this is a Domaine de

l'Armand Montrachet.

It is one of the finest

white wines in the world.

The oh-four is legendary.

Yeah, Grandpa was a serious wine guy.

He had cases and cases of these rare,

expensive vintages in the basement.

In fact, they told me

that he was adding a wine cellar

to the house when he got sick.

(LIGHT UPBEAT SCORE)

Really?

(SCORE CRESCENDOS)

(PHONE CLICKING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Do you mind if I?

Your dad seems okay.

Think they're going to spring

him as soon as the doc shows up.

So, who's the guy?

What guy?

The guy who's got you so messed up

that you're tossing around

salad forks and mantle clocks.

(GENTLE SCORE)

I never I didn't

You are.

You did.

You're not doing it on

purpose. But you have to stop.

It's something that happens

to some kids at a certain age.

We're a hormonal theme

park to begin with, and then

something short-circuits.

We flex a muscle we

didn't even know we had

and then boom!

Things move.

Things get broken.

The technical term is telekinesis.

I looked it up a long time ago.

What if I hurt someone?

You will learn to control it.

Trust me.



And go easy with this guy.

Guys can do stuff to your head.

Make you doubt yourself.

Besides, he's-he's an opening act.

He's not a headliner.

He's My Chemical Romance.

You gotta save a little

something for when Linkin Park

comes along.

Those were bands, right?

Yes, those are bands.

Come on, let's check on your dad.

Did things like this happen

to you when you were my age?

He was a bass player.

I set things on fire.

- No, you didn't.

- Whoomf.

(LENORE CHUCKLES)

That is awesome.

(ENERGETIC SCORE)

Hold on.

What?

Feel free to keep on trusting me.

Okay.

(DOOR CREAKS)

I need to get this house out of my life.

I'm either going to hire

somebody to torch the b*stard

and burn it back to hell, or

I'm going to lower the price.

Lower the price?

Luke, it's a supernatural

beast guarding a hell-house.

What makes you think?

Meat.

It's the universal language.

(MEGAN SCOFFS)

(SNARLING)

As your broker, I

encourage you to toss it!

The pork chop now!

- (MEAT HITS THE FLOOR)

- Oh, sh*t!

Oh.

- What?

- It's all dusty!

He's not going to mind.

(SNARLING, BARKING)

(TENSE SCORE)

(GROWLING)

(BARK, GROWL)

(WHIMPERING)

A dog is a dog,

no matter who his master is.



Yup.

Wine cellar.

(DISTANT VOICES)

(EERIE SCORE)

(DISTANT VOICES CONTINUE)

(LOW RUMBLING)

(CLOSER INDISTINCT VOICES)

(SCORE CRESCENDOS)

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTING AND GASPING)

(BEAST GROWLING)

(BEAST SCREAMS)

(PANTING)

(COUGHING)

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

(GROWLING)

The pork chop's

wearing off. Come on!

(SCORE CRESCENDOS)

(BARKING)

(EXCITING SCORE)

(GRUNTS AND EFFORTS)

(WHIMPERING)

(SCORE FADES)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(WHIMPERING CONTINUES)

Ohh.

So, in the process of

building his wine cellar,

your grandfather, he accidentally opened

some sort of portal or a gateway.

I think we closed it

but I'll call in a welder

and we'll seal up that bad boy for good.

What about the dog?

Well, without the energy from

the open portal, he'll move on.

He's probably looking for a

ghostly mailman as we speak.

Oh, God. We are never

gonna sell this place.

Oh, I think you will.

You just need proper representation.

A sort of a specialist, then.

Definitely. Someone you can

trust. That's, like, crucial.

And the, uh, evil

spirits They're all gone?

I assume that the lawyer is staying?

We'll see.

(SIGHS)

What about your mother?



- MOVER 1: Still got it?

- MOVER 2: Yeah, I do.

You did some really nice work here.

Thanks.

(LIGHT SCORE)

So, where do we stand

on the Donovan house?

Oh, we are gonna sell that mother.

Luke, I need to know:

how did you find out about me?

My telekinesis and the fires.

Research. It's what we do.



So, you were kidding

about your dad, right?

'Cuz you know I don't

really believe in that.

So, what do you believe?

I believed

that I was in love with Bob Livingston.

I believed he would leave his wife.

So, is it so hard to believe

that I stayed in touch with my father?

Susan, people die.

Their souls, they pass on.

Only love and low maintenance

composite decking last forever.

I believe it's going

to be very interesting

working for you.

I believe that you're right.



(BOTTLE CLINKING)

A Frenchman named

Rochefoucauld once wrote,

"It is with true love

as it is with ghosts

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

Everyone talks about it

but few have seen it."

(MYSTERIOUS SCORE)

(BLOWING WIND)

(DISTANT ROLLING THUNDER)

(EERIE SCORE)

Still,

person's got to believe in something.

Don't you think?

I'll see you soon.

Mom.

(THUNDER CRASHES)