02x08 - Ghost Castaways Part 1

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Ghostwriter". Aired: November 1, 2019 –; present.*
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A ghost haunts a neighborhood bookstore and starts releasing fictional characters into the real world; four kids must team up to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost's unfinished business.
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02x08 - Ghost Castaways Part 1

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I don't get it.

Why is the bookstore

shut down in the future?

Where is my family?

Don't worry, Ruben.

We can fix this when we

get back to our time.

How are we gonna get back there

if we don't even know how we got here?

I have an idea. Follow me.

To help us find the missing manuscript,

G.W. must've released something

from a time travel book

that somehow sent us to the future.

So, once we figure out

what G.W. released,

we can figure out how

to get back to our time.

Maybe there's a blank book

in one of these boxes.

Grandma's favorite chair.

Why would Grandpa just throw it away?

I don't know, but it can't be good.

Time travel is science fiction, right?

Well, time travel stories that

use technology would be sci-fi,

but if they use magic,

Grandpa would call it

Fantasy. Check it out,

this book is blank.

Whatever G.W. released,

it's from Time Castaways:

The Mona Lisa Key by Liesl Shurtliff.

No way, I read this last year.

It's about a character

named Captain Vincent

and his time-traveling pirate

ship called the Vermillion.

I don't remember setting sail

on any pirate ships, Donna.

The Vermillion can transform

into any vehicle from any time.

- Like the subway we took to get here.

- Exactly.

In the book, there's a device

called the Obsidian Compass

which controls where and

when the ship travels to.

I bet the compass was the thing you

were playing with on the subway.

- Wow, G.W. didn't waste any time.

- And we can't either.

Let's get back to our time

and save the bookstore.

Good, the compass is still here.

Oh, let me. I read the book,

and last time you touched the compass,

you accidentally sent us to the future.

This dial controls where we go.

Which dial controls when we go?

Right here. Century, year,

month, day and hour.

I hope you know what you're doing,

'cause the last thing we need

is to end up in dinosaur times.

I have always wanted to see a T. rex.

Donna, I'm kinda worried

about my grandpa right now.

Understood. Present it is.

"Prepare for a quantum time leap."

That's what they say in the book

right before they time travel.

This is freaky.

I think you mean amazing.

Can you believe G.W.'s sending

us on a time travel mystery?

Yes, I can.

I hope this takes us home.

We're back?

Only one way to find out.

The bookstore's open!

You're here!

Where else would I be?

Everything okay?

Everything's great.

I'm just happy to be

back at our bookstore.

Okay.

Then maybe you can help

us sort out a disagreement

about the renovation.

Now that Curtis and Donna's

dad offered to help,

we can finally get it done.

So I say we turn the back room

into a nook for book-themed gifts,

like, uh, lamps, cozy

blankets, reading socks

Or you can focus on the only

thing you need to read: a book.

I want to bring in more

serious collectors

with a space in the back for

first editions and rare books.

We shouldn't do anything.

I mean, at least not yet.

Those are all really good ideas,

but this is the bookstore's

future we're talking about.

Let's just take our time.

We don't have much time.

The store's losing money.

A few more months like this and

The bookstore will close.

Don't worry, Ruben.

This bookstore's been

around for decades.

She's not going anywhere.

Dad?

One of those ideas is

probably the reason

why the bookstore shuts down.

Not the reading socks,

they're super comfortable.

We'll figure it out, Ruben.

Right after we find the missing

manuscript somewhere in the past.

Let's all read Time Castaways tonight.

Then tomorrow, after

the election results,

we can decide where

I mean, when to go next.

Right, the results are

coming out tomorrow.

Now there's no way I'm going to sleep.

Good, then you can finish the book.

Once certain events occur

at any given time,

it's very difficult, often dangerous,

to try and change them.

Hey. Did you finish the book?

Uh, still listening to it.

Hello, students and faculty,

the student council

election results are in.

As your principal, it is

my pleasure to announce

Hammett Middle School's newly

elected student council.

- You've got this, Ms. Prez.

- All thanks to you, Mr. VP.

Our new vice president is Krista Russo

and our new president is Asher Shapiro!

Great job, Russo! Yeah!

I can't believe we lost.

What could we have done to win?

- You two ran a great campaign.

- Yeah, I voted for you.

We should've made cupcakes for

everyone like Asher and Krista did.

They were good, but not as

good as your speech, Curtis.

I know, we could use the Vermillion

to go back in time, so you could

No, we can't.

It says in the Time Castaways

that we're not supposed

to mess with the past.

Ruben's right. Time travel has rules.

We can't change the past,

and we can't meet ourselves at

a different time, or else

Or else what?

We would make a ripple in time

that could cause a huge disaster.

This day just gets better and better.

We just have to be careful.

We don't wanna ruin everything

when we're so close to

finishing the mystery.

What do you mean,

"finishing the mystery"?

He means that once we find

Mason Briggs' missing manuscript

for The Cobalt Mask,

we can finish G.W.'s unfinished business

and get back to living our normal lives.

We wouldn't have lost the election

if we weren't talking to

ghosts and book characters.

And as cool as this has been,

I need more time to figure out

how to save the bookstore.

Why do you all suddenly

hate the mystery?

We don't hate it, but you have to

admit, it takes up a lot of time.

Yeah.

Yeah, right. Of course.

I can't wait to have more

time for making clothes.

Anyway, I think we know

where the manuscript is,

inside the secret compartment

in Sloane's house.

Back when Albert Hughes lived

there and wrote as Mason Briggs.

- Right.

- But when was that?

We know the last Mason Briggs

book was published in 1969,

and Mason I mean,

Albert, d*ed in 2015.

So, do we start from

1969 and go forward?

Or start in 2015 and go backward?

Looks like Ghost Writer has the answer.

What does G.W. want with

that old flyer we found?

"Bring your favorite

characters to life."

But G.W. brings characters

to life all the time.

This flyer is for a mural contest

hosted by someone named Miss

Weaver on Sunday, May 1st, 1955.

Are we supposed to go to 1955 to

find The Cobalt Mask manuscript?

I think so. G.W. gave us a day,

a year and a way to time travel.

Looks like we're going to the '50s.

Not dressed like this, we aren't.

We're so lucky these '50s outfits

were in the costumes

department at school.

- Are we?

- Yeah, I don't know about this.

I mean, I kind of like it.

Too bad there weren't any

decade-appropriate shoes

in your size.

Hmm, don't flip your wig.

Come on, cool cats. Let's roll.

This decade is real neato.

"Neato"?

I picked up some sayings

from Frank, the cab driver.

It's not just the clothes that

are gonna help us fit in.

I think fitting in is the

least of our problems.

That is not neato.

Albert's house isn't even built, so

why would G.W. send us to 1955?

- Oh.

- We know it's bad, Ruben, but

That's not it. How much of Time

Castaways did you listen to?

Enough.

Ruben's got time sickness.

In the book, it happens to some

people when they time travel.

Is there a cure?

Food from the present.

We have to go back to our time

and get Ruben something to eat.

All right, let's b*at feet out of here.

That's really getting annoying.

Come on.

Hey.

Someone is hungry.

Very.

Oh, Dad. I, uh, have something for you.

- What is it?

- A peace offering.

I don't wanna argue

about the store anymore.

Reading glasses.

Try 'em on.

Looking good, Grandpa.

I love them.

So will the customers.

Those glasses are the kind of thing

we can sell in the back room.

Mom. I thought you didn't want to argue.

I don't, I just want him

to see that I'm right.

- If I wanted glasses

- Dad, we just don't have the money

- for big-name first editions.

- I would go to a store that sells glasses.

George is coming tomorrow

to talk game plan,

so we're gonna need to

get on the same page.

Dad, I don't get it,

you're acting like the bookstore

isn't in serious trouble

when it totally is.

Just wait until you see

what we've got planned

for the new lunch menu.

Vegan options, frozen yogurt machine,

and all our leftovers

are now being donated

to a local homeless shelter.

Winning the election means Asher's

gonna be able to do so much.

I shouldn't have mentioned my

dyslexia. That's why we lost.

That's the one thing I wouldn't change.

It was a great speech, Curtis.

It's my fault we didn't win.

I was so focused on the athletes,

we lost everybody else.

The election's in the past, which

we're not allowed to change.

Donna's right. And speaking of the past,

we need to figure out what

Ghost Writer wants us to see

on May 1st, 1955.

Maybe G.W. wants us to

check out the mural contest.

There could be a clue at the bookstore.

It would be cool to see

the bookstore in 1955.

If you could keep your lunch

down long enough to see it.

Don't worry. I'll bring snacks.

Crowley Books.

Check out the stage.

And look at all the customers.

It's packed.

I think I just found a clue.

Mason Briggs, The Color of Evil.

- I love this one.

- Me too.

That's actually my favorite out

of all the Mason Briggs novels.

You've read them all?

Some twice.

Uh, excuse me, did I just hear you say

you had read all the Mason Briggs books?

That's right.

But The Color of Evil is

the only Mason Briggs book,

and it just came out today.

You must have confused

him with another writer.

Sorry.

Interesting footwear.

This is just plain wrong!

- What seems to be the problem?

- This is not right, Miss Weaver.

She's Miss Weaver from the flyer.

What isn't right?

The contest. It's unfair.

What's going on?

The store is holding a contest

for best mural design

with book characters,

but instead of one winner,

there's a boy winner and a girl winner,

and the prizes are not equal.

I understand how you feel,

but please, let's not ruin it for

those who want to participate.

Don't be shy, follow

me to the back room.

You gals definitely don't want to enter.

- We don't?

- No,

because the boy winner

gets to paint his mural

in the primo spot of the bookstore,

while the girl winner has to

paint hers in the back hallway

where no one will see it.

You're right. That isn't fair.

Yeah. What if the girl's

design is better?

Who made these rules?

Mr. Crowley owns the bookstore,

so Mr. Crowley makes the rules.

And it took me a long time to

convince him to allow girls

in the contest at all.

This isn't about winning or losing.

It's about giving you a chance

to bring your favorite characters

from literature to life.

Do it for me?

All right, Miss Weaver, sign me up.

But only if my new friends join me.

- Sure.

- Okay.

Look. Even the tables are

divided into boys and girls.

I've never seen so many

kids in the bookstore.

We should draw something.

It's gonna look weird if we don't.

Hey, I'm Curtis. What's your name?

I don't think fist bumping

is a thing in 1955.

Hello.

Doesn't say much, does he?

Nope.

So, what are your names?

I'm Teressa, but everyone calls me Tess.

Grandma?

Uh, is something wrong with your pal?

'Cause he's staring at me.

I'm sorry, it's just you're so cool.

Even as a kid.

I mean I like how you stand

up for what you believe in.

You haven't seen anything yet.

Hey, can I borrow your brown?

Guess not.

- How are you today?

- I know that guy.

Is Sarah here today?

Where are you going?

Doesn't that guy kinda look like

Albert Hughes. Yes, he does.

There you go, Mr. Hughes,

the copy of The Color of Evil you

asked us to set aside for you.

It's been selling like hotcakes.

People love a good mystery.

That's great to hear.

Hey, uh, I was just wondering,

do you have any friends you call "S"?

What a strange question.

We just found a major clue. Come on.

From such strange people.

What's going on?

Albert Hughes is here,

and he bought a copy

of The Color of Evil.

Who buys a copy of their own book?

That's what I wanna know.

We have to follow him.

This must be why G.W. sent us to 1955.

Don't be so sure.

That girl who's mad about the

contest rules, that's my grandma.

I love time travel.

That's intense, but he's about

to leave, so we've gotta move.

Donna and I will follow Albert.

You two stay here with kid Grandma.

Let's go.

We're so close to finishing

the mystery. Isn't that great?

Donna, aren't you excited?

Oh, yeah. No more adventure.

He went inside this building.

Seriously, I've got a gut feeling

that he'll take us to

the manu scri

That's some gut feeling.

I think you've got time sickness.

- Go after him.

- I'm not leaving you.

We'll come back after you

eat some of Ruben's snacks.

What an easy decision.

I'm happy to announce that

our boy winner is "Bill."

He'll paint this beautiful Alice's

Adventures in Wonderland mural

on this wall, right here.

Come on up here, Bill.

And for our girl winner

I'm sorry, Mr. Crowley, but I

don't think there is a Bill here.

I'm right here.

That's my drawing.

Tess, why would you write a

boy's name on your design?

To prove that girls deserve to

get to paint the big mural too.

Yeah.

That's enough.

I don't like rebels, or anyone

who defies the rules.

You're disqualified.

You won't be painting

anything in my bookstore.

- Wait.

- No. Why do you agree with him?

I don't.

You don't?

Listen, Tess.

You're gonna learn that it's a

lot easier to change the world

if you don't care about

getting the credit.

Curtis really needs those

snacks. He's time sick.

I'll never make fun of you again, Ruben.

Donna? Is there a Donna here?

Um, yeah, that's me.

Then come with me.

Everyone, please congratulate

Donna on her winning drawing.

Uh

Oh, it's just a sketch,

but okay. Thank you.

The Jungle Book, one of

my personal favorites.

And now, for our boy winner.

"Ernesto"?

Grandpa?

I'm so happy you chose Alice's

Adventures in Wonderland, too.

What?
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