03x07 - Midsomester

[bunniefuu]

[Rhonda]
Previously on School Spirits...

[Calvert]
There are spirits further down.

Older than us.

-[thunderclap]
-Ralph.

Meet me. Tonight.
During the graveyard shift.

-Where is she?!
-[Maddie] I'm right here.

-[Taser zapping]
-[thuds]

So it was you that he took.

[Jensen] Nothing you do matters.

You can just outlast
every consequence.

-[doorbell rings]
-Maddie! He's got a g*n!

[heavy breathing]

Well, would you look at that.

-[glass shatters]
-[water rushes]

-[screams] No!
-Simon!

-[g*nsh*t]
-[Xavier] Maddie!

[energetic, tense music playing]

[car engine revving]

[tires screeching]

[Maddie] Help! We need help!

[Xavier] Hey! He's back here!

[energetic music continues]

[medics chattering]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[medics chattering]

-[medic 1] Right here.
-[medic 2] You got that?

[medic 1] Check his vitals.

Check his pulse.

[medic 3] Active arterial bleed.

[indistinct chatter]

-[Maddie panting]
-What happened?

[exhales] Uh, he shot...

Uh, he... We don't know,
we don't know.

[medic 3] Okay,
we got it from here.

Maddie, come on.
You're f*cking covered in blood.

-You okay?
-[Maddie] Mm?

Hey, look at me. Are you okay?

Oh, no, no, no.
You guys can't be here.

What? What are you
talking about?

-Nobody knows that you guys...
-Maddie!

Hey, nobody knows
that you guys were there.

No, we're coming in.

It wouldn't hurt
to have a couple witnesses.

[scoffs] It might hurt them.

Can we at least wait outside
in case something happens?

-[medic] Out of the way.
-Okay, we'll just text you.

Go, go!

-Come on.
-[medic] Out of the way!

Listen, we need to get
our story straight.

What actually happened?

I told you, Xavier,
he shot himself.

And then he disappeared.

What the f*ck? Disappeared?
What does that mean?

He took a door.

There was no door
in the corn maze.

I know that.
The door was in my visions.

[Xavier] Door in your vision...

-How is that possible?
-Oh, my God. Xavier.

His body. If Kyle's body's here,
then it's vacant.

It's not gonna last very long.
We need to get it back.

-Okay, I'm gonna go find him.
-Okay, hurry.

[uneasy, eerie music playing]

[Kyle] Where are you taking us?

[whirring]

Down.

[elevator clunks]

[light buzzing]

[chain rattling]

[Dave] How'd you die again?

-[button clicks]
-The day the hospital opened...

the elevator plummeted.

[Dave and Kyle screaming]

[elevator stops]

[intense, energetic music plays]

[music fades]

I've got a report
of a g*nsh*t victim. Where?

He's over there.

All due respect, sheriff,

we prefer to make sure
patients survive

before they get interrogated.

-This one's lost a lot of blood.
-Okay.

Sheriff! Sheriff Baxter.

The person you should be
questioning is your son.

And the Nears girl.

[energetic music resumes,
builds]

[music ends]

[door opens]

He's not here.
We checked the whole school.

Mr. Martin,
where the f*ck is Simon?

How am I supposed to tell Maddie
that I lost him?

He couldn't have just vanished.

I mean, even when we died,
we didn't just vanish.

So he has to be somewhere.

Where?

I don't know.
But we will find him.

Hmm?

Look, if that flood
had k*lled him,

he'd be standing here
with us right now, right?

Yeah.

My fear is that
that place took him...

all of them, body and soul,

somewhere else.

[soft music playing]

What? What is it?

I think I know how to get
somewhere else.

Wally, we don't know
where that leads.

You're right.

We don't.

But what we do know
is that nobody

has ever come back from that.

["Long Gone"
by Anna Waronker playing]

I♪ Don't forget me
when I'm gone ♪

♪ Don't forget me
when I'm long gone ♪

♪ Will you forget me... ♪

♪ Don't forget me
when I'm gone ♪

♪ Will you forget me
when I'm gone? ♪

♪ Will you forget me... ♪

♪ Don't forget me
when I'm gone ♪

[song ends]

[Sheriff] How did you two end up
bringing Jensen to the hospital?

You got five seconds.

We went to his house

to talk to him about the school.

We found him like that.

I said we need to get him
to the hospital.

Tried to call 911.

-And?
-No reception.

You just better pray

-when this guy wakes up...
-[phone vibrates]

he confirms
everything you told me.

[Maddie gasps]

It's my mom.

-I'm sorry.
-No, it's okay. Go.

-Dad...
-No.

There's something else
you need to explain to me.

I got an email
from that young lady over there.

[uneasy music plays]

I can tell
by the look on your face

you already knew that
that photo was timestamped

the night you got hit.

[scoffs]

You know, I'm not gonna have

the same argument
with you again.

Right.

Right, fine. Yeah.
We've been here before.

You don't believe me,
I get that.

I didn't say that.

I didn't say that.

I gotta admit, it's getting
harder for me to deny

that there isn't
something going on.

I might not understand it,

but it's hard for me to believe

that that girl over there

would do anything
to hurt you intentionally.

I don't need to know
all the details, Xavier.

But if this photo comes out,

I don't know how much longer
I can protect you.

[sighs]

-[ominous music playing]
-[metal grinding]

[hammer striking metal]

[Kyle] What is this place?

It's what was here
before the hospital.

The foundry.

Who are they?

The Forgotten.

[eerie music builds]

[music fades]

[Xavier sighs]

[indistinct PA announcement]

[Xavier muttering indistinctly]

[sighs]

-[Maddie] Xavier.
-Hey.

I-I can't find Kyle anywhere.
You okay?

There's only so much you can
get out with a paper towel.

Hey, there you are.

-[Maddie] Mr. Anderson.
-This place is a maze.

Thank you so much for coming.

What happened?

Uh... [sniffles]

It's a long story.

I promise to
catch you up, but...

[softly] ...things have
only gotten weirder.

Um... front door.

Again, thank you so much.

-I'd go with you, but...
-No, no, no.

-It's a long drive.
-No, I'm happy to do it.

That's great that
she's getting some help.

You know I'd do anything
for you and your mom, but...

How worried should I be
right now? Are you okay?

Uh, I think so.

Or I hope I will be.

Well, hey, I-I mean it.

Whatever you need.

You take care of each other.

Uh, Mr. Anderson?

I was wondering
if, um, what happened with...

what we went through

followed you?

Like, are you having
any weird dreams

or seeing things
or anything like that?

No.

Well, my face is
still healing, but...

that was a hell
of a wake-up call.

I think I'm still trying to wrap
my head around all of it.

I certainly don't look at life
the same way.

I'll get your mom home safe.

Hey, I'm gonna keep looking
for Kyle, alright?

You go to Simon.
I'll text you any updates, yeah?

-Okay.
-Alright.

[soft music playing]

[eerie music playing]

[hammer striking metal]

[steam hissing]

[Kyle] What is it we're
looking for exactly?

[Nurse Calvert]
For how it got in.

[sparks crackling]

Hey.

I think I found something.

There's footprints
leading from there.

-[low roaring]
-[yelps]

-[Kyle screams]
-[Dave] No!

[screaming]

Back to the elevator!

[Kyle grunts, exclaims]

[monitor beeping]

[monitor flatlines]

[woman] What's going on?

-[sobbing]
-[nurse] She's crashing.

[flatlining continues]

[nurse 2] Beside the bed?
All right.

-Check her vitals for me.
-[nurse 2] Okay.

[nurse 1] All right,
let's get her hooked up.

[gasps] f*cking finally.

We gotta go, buddy.

Your body, it is here
and it is available.

-What?
-K.C. Jensen. He's here.

-You can...
-Go back to my body.

But we have to go right now.

Okay? He's been injured.
He lost a lot of blood.

Wait, what? How much blood?

What if...

-I...
-Die?

If he flatlines,
you end up right back

where you started, okay?

[uneasy music playing]

[Claire] Deb is seriously
trying to say

Maddie hurt Jensen?

Maddie lives rent-free
in that witch's head. My God.

Wait, how could she think Maddie
is capable of sh**ting someone?

Probably because Deb is.

-Like mother, like daughter.
-Mm-hmm.

[phone buzzes]

Oh, hey, Maddie's coming down.

She wants us to take her
to the school

so she can talk to Simon.

We should split up.

Attack from different angles.

I'm going back to your place.

Why? Are you gonna attack
with a nap?

Who's taking a nap?

Look, my stepdad is a part
of this whole thing.

He's getting something
out of this.

If I can figure out a way to get

enough information on him,

then it can help us
bring down Deb.

-Mm-hmm.
-And how you gonna do that?

What, you're just gonna be,
"Hey, Jeff,

get up to anything
ill*gal today?"

Okay, you guys get to school.
I'll call Diego for a ride.

Trust me, I'll find something.

Jeff is successful,
but he's kind of an idiot.

Okay, do what you gotta do,
but be careful.

I can't take
any more bad news today.

Washed down a hole?

Shouldn't he have been thrown
into the library

like all of you were?

You would think that,
but he wasn't.

-He's...
-Do not say gone.

We have to think this through.

I met Van Heidt last night.

He's the ghost who's been
in Kyle's body since 2004.

Van Heidt? The child k*ller?

-Excuse me?
-He was wearing the ring.

I called him out.
He admitted it.

And when he realized
we were onto him, he ran.

-We chased him.
-You did what?

And when we finally
caught up to him,

I slipped into
one of my visions.

Visions?

She's been having dreams,
or waking night...

She's been seeing things.

And in my last one,
everything turned red

and I found myself back
in the boiler room.

Van Heidt shot himself
in the leg,

and then disappeared
through a door

that looked exactly
like the front door of my house.

Alright, wait, wait, wait.
Slow down.

You saw a door in your visions?

In the boiler room?

I know it sounds crazy,
but it felt real.

[softly] Could it be?

[Mr. Martin] Maddie.

Could your scar...

have followed you home?

I mean, think about it.

You touched
this side of the veil,

and then went back.

It sounds like you're...

you're slipping back
into your scar,

back into...

The ghost world.

Sounds like astral projection.

[Maddie] But I'm not
slipping anywhere.

I can't even get the door
to open.

I can't even get through it.

[Yuri] Wait, wait, wait.

Do we even know
how Van Heidt got out

of the church scar
in the first place?

Ralph.

After the lightning storm,

they never found his body.

We always assumed
he drowned in the river.

But it never quite
made sense 'cause...

he was yards away
when I left him.

Oh, no.

[Mr. Martin] He was struck
on the grounds

where the church used to be.

Van Heidt must have used Ralph

to get out that day.

He saw an opportunity
and he took it.

And now Ralph's spirit
is stuck here.

With that pastor
who got pulled in.

In a scar that doesn't belong
to either of them.

[Mr. Martin] He's been
doing this for almost a century.

Swapping from one body
to the next.

So Van Heidt used Ralph

and then... and then later Kyle,

or K.C. Jensen.

And then Maddie saw him
in her vision

and he got away.

So then, where is he now?

And who's he going to k*ll next?

[dramatic music swells]

[keyboard clacking]

-[alert beeps]
-[scoffs]

[alert beeps]

[sighs]

[knocking]

My mom thought
you might be hungry.

I didn't tell her
that cyberstalking your stepdad

doesn't necessarily drum up
an appetite.

[alert beeps]

Didn't peg you
for the hacker type.

Not to say I don't think it's...

[alert chimes]

[Claire] Ah, yes.

-Cool as hell.
-Finally!

Well, it doesn't exactly take
a genius to hack a boomer.

Dude.

You've been wearing the same
clothes for two days.

Are you saying I smell?

No, no. I'm just saying

you got this kind of...

glaze of mania over your eyes.

Take five seconds.

Eat something.

[chuckles softly]

Thanks.

So...

what's the plan?

You gonna go home or

you finally gonna unpack
that puppy?

I want you to know
how much it meant

that you guys took me in.

Oh. [chuckles]

Another mouth to force-feed
sancocho to?

I'm pretty sure my mom
was thrilled.

I'm serious.

You and Nicole are very lucky.

Not everyone gets
that kind of family.

It's really hard to leave.

Well...

It was a bit of a trick question

'cause I was starting to get
the sense

you were never gonna go.

[both chuckle]

Which would, you know, be a...

a good thing.

[soft music playing]

Sorry, is that weird? [chuckles]

It's not weird.

[both chuckle]

Alright, well,
I'm gonna leave you to it.

I did not mean to interrupt.

[laughs]

Um, stay.

[sighs]

I would actually love
an accomplice.

Okay.

[chuckles]

-[uneasy music playing]
-[sighs]

Simon!

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

It was a g*nsh*t wound.

But he... you're here.

You can...

I can go back to my body.

[Xavier] Yeah.

[Dave exhales]
Oh, thank God you're okay.

Twenty years.

Listen, I'm not trying
to be insensitive or anything,

but I think you really need
to just get in there.

I'm not sure
how much time there is.

Oh, also, um, Maddie and I,
they think that we shot him.

So we're gonna kinda need

-to tell them we didn't.
-Hmm.

Uh, did you?

No, of course not.

I shot a man once.

Bonus, you're really rich now.
Huh?

Can you help me out here?

Um... [clears throat]

Uh, what happened to you
was terrible

and it was out of your control.

That's not a good pep talk.

But this is not.

You're getting a second chance

at the life you were robbed of.

You were never supposed
to be here.

[sighs]

No more... death.

No more being stuck.

Right?

Go.

[hopeful music playing]

Go.

[music intensifies]

[electricity fluctuating]

-[Nicole] Hey.
-Jesus, it didn't even ring.

I'm staring at my phone.

Not much else to do
in a school parking lot.

Clearly. Is Maddie still inside?

[Nicole] Yeah.

-Did you find anything yet?
-[Claire] Yes.

Because I realized something
extremely obvious.

Jeff is a 50-something
upper-middle-class dad.

Correct.
You just now realized that?

[Claire] And what do all


upper-middle-class dads
have in common?

They like golf?

They use the same password
for everything.

Netflix, bank accounts,

the Business Insider
subscription

Jeff gave me
for my 14th birthday.

Oh, my God. He deserves to
get hacked for that gift alone.

And his work email.

"Birdie-1-1-2
exclamation point."

I was right! Golf!

Apparently,
it's also his dog's name.

Okay, so what else did you find?

There are tons of emails
between Jeff and guess who?

Split River's very own

walking, talking
Talbots catalog?

-[Claire] Bingo.
-Oh, my gosh. What do they say?

[Claire] Oh, sh*t.

[Nicole] What?

[Diego] Holy f*ck.

[Claire] Finder's fee?

[tense music playing]

[Wally] Do you think Mr. Martin
could be right?

That you're, like,

somehow traveling back
to the dead world?

Xavier said it looks like
I leave my body.

That I just space out and keep
going about my business.

Like I'm totally gone.

Well, I guess the things
that haunt us

don't just disappear
after we fix one problem.

What if there's a way to get
to Simon?

What if that's
what it's telling me?

If I could just get my door
to open, I'll find him there.

I mean, Simon got pulled
into a scar, right?

What if that's the only way out?

So, basically, you just want
to follow Van Heidt?

Not follow Van Heidt,
find Simon.

You're not taking your door,
you're alive.

We've been through this.

Living people in the dead world,

it never really worked out
for us, okay?

You could vanish into thin air.
You could be gone. Dust.

You... You're not taking
that chance.

Wally, if that could work,

and I'm the only one
who might be able to find him,

even if I'm wrong,
even if it's wrong,

I can't just give up.

Simon ended up here
trying to save me.

I'd do the same for him.

Maddie...

-you're not the only one...
-[phone pings]

[gasps] It's Xavier.

I have to get back
to the hospital.

Okay.

Just please don't do anything
crazy until I see you again.

Okay.

Wait, Wally,
what were you going to say?

Oh, uh, nothing.

[soft guitar melody playing]

Wait, there is something
I wanted to say.

["A Knock at the Door"
by Ethal Cain playing]

♪ Satan's in the state pen ♪

♪ You're here
with both your fists... ♪

I love you, Maddie Nears.

I love you too.

♪ Everything I've loved ♪

♪ I've loved it
straight to death ♪

♪ So I'm still scared of
that knock on the door ♪

[sighs]

[door closes]

[sighs]

Hey, I just saw Maddie leave.

How's she doing?

[sniffles]

Better than me.

[sighs]

Rhonda,

do you think
if you got your door,

you could leave?

Sorry, what? f*ck yeah!

God, I'd be out of here
faster than

Charley babbles
when he's nervous.

You would leave all this?

Us?

Quinn?

["A Knock at the Door"
continues]

I would.

Yeah, I-I truly don't believe
we're meant to stay here.

If we were,
why would there be a way out?

I'd want all of us to go
if we got the chance.

I wouldn't wish this life
on my worst enemy.

I wouldn't even wish it on you.
[chuckles]

What do you think
is behind those doors?

Where do you think Janet
and Dawn are right now?

Not here. Lucky b*tches.

Do you remember when
our biggest problem

was trying to break into the
freezer to get a Fudgsicle?

Don't confuse easy with tedious.

It wasn't, to me.

When I was alive, I never wanted
to leave this place.

I never even wanted to graduate.

My sister would
always say to me,

"Wally, do you really
wanna be the guy

that peaked in high school?"

[chuckles] And I didn't think
that sounded so bad, you know.

I loved high school.

I still do.

That was a long time ago.

You're allowed to change
your mind.

I know, but all the bitching and
moaning about crossing over,

Rhonda, I don't think
I ever really wanted to go.

I-I never wanted things
to change.

Especially now, when we have
no idea what's happening next.

If I have learned anything

in my decades
I spent stuck here...

we don't know anything.

We can't.

Hell, I didn't even believe

in an afterlife
when I was alive.

What do I know?

It's all a leap of faith.

But...

wherever we go, whenever we go,

I will really miss you.

[exhales shakily]

Football star, Wally Clark?

My friend, Wally Clark.

[laughs softly]

How the hell did you get here
so fast? Where's Maddie?

I dropped her off
at the hospital.

Then I ignored all
the stop signs on my way back.

[exhales] What's going on?

The emails straight up say
that if she delivers

Jeff the contract for the demo
and the new school,

that she gets
a massive kickback.

How much money
are we talking about?

A lot.

[Nicole] Huh.
It's truly shocking.

[Claire] Shocking?
It's completely ill*gal.

No, I mean the fact that
they laid it out all in emails.

Isn't that Fraud 101?
Don't put anything in writing?

So what now?
Should we go to the cops?

Jeff will know it's me.

Oh, maybe we should drop it off
anonymously?

Have you been
to a police station?

Um, have you?

It's not like it is on TV.

Some secretary's gonna drop this
in the recycling bin.

Cops are a dead end.

Wait.

I know who will help us.

Hey, so my dad's
in there right now.

He's talking to him.

He's talking to Kyle?
He's awake?

[door opens]

[Sheriff Baxter]
Hey, come on in.

-Oh, oh, oh.
-Excuse me.

I have a right to be here too.

Mr. Jensen?

Is there something
you wanna say to these two?

[exhales softly]

Thank you.

You saved my life.

What?

Yeah, the doctor said

the b*llet just nicked an artery
in my calf.

Says I'm very lucky.

Lucky? You were shot.

If it wasn't these two,
then who did it?

Dr. Hunter-Price.
I already took his statement.

And now Mr. Jensen
just needs rest.

No. No!

This is... I know these two
had something to do with this.

-Seriously?
-He just said...

[Jensen] Look, ma'am.

I didn't see who did this.

He was wearing a mask.

But I do know, I wouldn't be
alive if it wasn't for them.

There you go. That settles that.

[scoffs]

[mutters under breath]

[whispers] f*ck! Unbelievable!

[eerie music playing]

Ralph?

[whispers] Ralph?

Are you here?

It's me. Everett.

[eerie music continues]

I'm so sorry, Ralph.

[wood creaking softly]

There you are.

I think...

that I finally understand
what happened to you that day.

I...

I thought...

We all thought...

that you died.

[gasping]

But...

none of us knew.

We couldn't have imagined...

you were trapped.

I am so sorry.

[gulps]

[faint voice speaking]

[young Everett]
Wake up.

Can you hear me?
Wake up!

[voice echoes]

Do you know where Simon is?

[eerie music intensifies]

[eerie music continues]

[music intensifies]

[door rattling]

[music fades]

[Xavier] I can't believe
we're actually

kinda taking a win here.

My dad might almost believe us.
Kyle got his body back.

[sighs, groans]

Hey, you okay?

Can you please
hold her hand for me?

Hey.

-[Maddie breathes heavily]
-Hey.

Simon's still gone.
And so is Van Heidt.

I just want someone to tell me
what to do, where to go.

I don't wanna be
in charge anymore.

I feel so f*cking lost.

This is my fault.

[scoffs]

No, it's not.

[Maddie] Is he here?

["To Be Seen" by Searows plays]

Tell her we've been
this scared before

and gotten through it.

[kids] Trick or treat!

[Dave] One Halloween,
I lost you for a second.

The scariest 30 seconds
of my life.

[Sandra] Yay! Home safe.

It's wild out there
this year, huh?

I ran out of that candy
an hour ago.

Never seen so many
werewolves in one night.

-Must be a full moon.
-Ooh!

I turn around for two seconds,

she followed a guy
with the same costume.

I found her two doors down.
She was a mess.

-[sighs]
-Hey.

Why don't we take a look
at what you got?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I think it's time
to sort out all this candy!

-Whoa!
-Whoa! That is so much candy!

You know, only people
with the best costumes

get all that loot.

Hey, Mads.

How about I go get your PJs

so you can get cozy.

I'll be right back.

♪ I would do anything
to be seen... ♪

Hmm.

Being lost is really scary,
huh, Bubba?

I was scared too when I turned
around and I couldn't see you.

But no matter
how scared we both are,

I promise, I will always find
you and bring you home.

Okay?

[clock ticking]

I have an idea. Just...

["To Be Seen" continues]

♪ Turn out the lights
and go back to sleep ♪

♪ Wait till the water
runs clear ♪

♪ Living through
winter and apathy ♪

[young Maddie] What is it?

♪ Watch me as I disappear... ♪

This is called a compass.

We use them to find our way.

♪ Is it enough
that it's clean? ♪

In case you ever
feel lost again.

♪ Already washing
my hands of it ♪

♪ I would do anything
to be seen... ♪

[Dave] She needs to know
something else.

That necklace wasn't from me.

It was from her mom.

I always felt guilty I'd blew
the gift and never told her.

Maddie, he wants you
to know that...

your mom got you that necklace.

He's sorry he never told you.

My mom?

We should go.

[music fades]

[woman over PA] Mr. Moyer,
please call reception.

Mr. Moyer,
please call reception.

What a relief to see you
feeling better, Mr. Jensen.

Yeah, thanks.

Oh, you gave us a scare there.

[giggles]
Split River cannot afford

to lose
one of its finest citizens.

[laughs]

-Listen, I...
-Ow! Ow! Ow!

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! [chuckles]

Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

I am so sorry
to bring up business

at a time when you're obviously
still recovering,

but, you know...
I need that money

to get the ball rolling
on everything.

Money?

The donation?

Remember?
You promised at the meeting.

Yes, to, um, grease the wheels
a little bit,

appease the school board?

And get my cut
of our little deal?

For the transition.

Transition?

I need that money to give
to the school board...

I'm so sorry, but I really don't
know what you're talking about.

We don't have time for this!

We have to get the money
to the school board

or everything
is going to unravel,

and I, for one, am not going
to take the blame.

-Do you understand me?
-Okay, okay.

-Please, please.
-Visiting hours

ended a long time ago.

[tense music playing]

This is really important to me.

I'll lose my family,
I'll lose my name.

-I'll lose my reputation.
-Ma'am? You're scaring him.

-You need to leave.
-Shh!

-We had a deal!
-I need some help in here!

We had a deal!

You wanted this
as much as I did!

You said so! You said so!

-Please, you...
-[nurse] Come on. Time's up.

[nurse 2] Ma'am?

Fine! Fine!

Fine! You wanna play
it that way?

I am going to mow that f*cking
school down all by my damn self!

Nobody plays me, Jensen!

[breathing heavily]

Let's go, Livia.

Now!

Livia.

What are you doing?

Let's go.

I cannot believe you.

[Deb gasps]

Li... Li... Livvy?

[tense music building]

-[thudding]
-[wood breaking, creaking]

[eerie droning]

[liquid dripping]

Ralph pointed you down here?

Yeah.

What is this place?

This is what I saw...
from the water.

One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven...

There's eight.

Kind of like there's one
for each of them.

[Yuri] Each of who?

The kids who died.

[Quinn]
But... these aren't doors,

these are windows.

Maybe they're both.

This is what White Eyes forgot.

This is what Ralph
was trying to show us.

What?

The children.

The choir.

They've already crossed over.

White Eyes did it.

He got them out.

They were so young.

I'm glad that
they weren't, um...

I just hope that wherever
their doors led them,

they're happy.

Maybe Simon is there too.

["Wish You the Best"
by Joy Oladokun playing]

[sighs softly]

[sighs]

[Wally inhales shakily]

Hey. W-Where are you going?

I-I just have to take care
of something.

♪ I remember searching,
watching, waiting ♪

I'll see you soon.

♪ For the end of days to come ♪

♪ Thinking God had made me
something special ♪

♪ For living on the run ♪

♪ I remember when I moved out,
moved on ♪

♪ With nothing good
to say to you, ooh ♪

♪ Now I'm just
a little older, kinder... ♪

[deep exhale]

Hail Mary.

[droning builds]

♪ My bitter days are through ♪

[light shimmering]

♪ Even when your bag is empty ♪

♪ Even when
your ego's bruised ♪

♪ I will never come
down swinging ♪

♪ I still want
the best for you ♪

♪ I still want
the best for you ♪

[lights buzzing]

[singer vocalizing]

♪ I remember always
second guessing ♪

♪ How I'm meant to handle you ♪

[electricity fluctuating]

♪ Now I know I'm greater
than the sum of ♪

♪ What I stood to lose... ♪

Okay, okay, so it wasn't you.
And it wasn't us.

Okay, so that leaves...

No. No.

No, he...

He promised that if he ever
was gonna...

he would say something.

His door showed up
the day she left.

Maddie.

I don't think he was planning
on taking it.

Until today.

[stammering] What changed?

Simon.

A leap of faith.

[door opens]

Oh, here you guys are.

I have good news.

["Wish You the Best" continues]

What?

♪ I still want
the best for you ♪

What's wrong?

[singer vocalizes]

[song ends]

[clock ticking]

[vehicle approaching outside]

[vehicle stops]

[vehicle doors opening]

[vehicle doors shut]

[footsteps approaching]

[exhales shakily]

[door lock clicking]

[Mr. Anderson] Home sweet home.

[Sandra sighs]

Oh, you're up.

I figured you'd be asleep.

-Maddie, what's wrong?
-[Maddie sniffles]

[breathes shakily]

It wasn't me, Mom.

The person who came home
with you a few weeks ago.

It wasn't me.

What are you talking about?

I was... I was...
I was really scared to tell you

because I was worried
you wouldn't believe me.

[sniffles] And I can't do it
anymore, Mom.

I can't, I can't.

I can't do it anymore.

You're scaring me. What's wrong?

[Maddie sniffles]

A few days ago,

when I told you that the person

who hurt me in that boiler room
was you,

um, that wasn't the whole story.

[sniffles]

-Okay.
-[sniffles]

I-I died.

[clock ticking]

It's true, Sandra.

I think you knew.

I think you knew deep in
your bones that that wasn't me.

When I first came home,
that wasn't me.

Well, you-you were traumatized,

you weren't yourself.

No, I wasn't.

Her name was Janet Hamilton.

She died in 1958.

And when she took my body,
I got stuck at the school.

Or, well, my-my spirit did.

And I wasn't alone.

Um...

There's Rhonda.

And Yuri. And Quinn.

And, um, in 1994,

Charley, he died from, um...

An allergic reaction.

Charley Kitani.

Uh, I was a senior.
How do you...?

Did you read that somewhere?

He's my friend.

And...

Wally, um...

I don't think I can
ever see him again. [sniffles]

And Simon...

Simon's the same, Mom.
I lost him.

[Sandra] I don't understand.
What is this?

I know it sounds... impossible.

But, Sandra, hear her out.

[tender music playing]

[Maddie sighs]

My necklace.

It wasn't from Dad.
You bought it for me.

What? How...

How do you know that?

He told me.

-I...
-Why didn't you tell me?

You let me believe
he gave it to me.

My favorite thing,
all these years.

Because it made you happy.

Oh.

[cries, sniffles]

[Sandra] I believe you.

I believe you.

[sniffling]

[music fades]

[man on recording]
You are strong.

I am strong.

You can do hard things.

I can do hard things.

-You are...
-[knocking]

[exclaims]

What the heck are you kids
doing here at this hour?

We think we have a way
to save the school.

But we need your help.

[groans]

["Hell is Near"
by St. Vincent playing]

♪ Empty cup ♪

♪ And a can full of marigolds ♪

♪ Half-burned candle,
a picture pinned on the wall ♪

♪ Letters, records,
and ash on linoleum ♪

♪ Signs of life,
the beginning ♪

-[sighs]
-♪ The beginning ♪

♪ Our beginning, begin again ♪

♪ I was bare ♪

♪ And your word was still warm
in my hand ♪

♪ I was bare ♪

♪ Wanted all under
Heaven allowed ♪

[shimmering]

[shimmering continues]

["Hell is Near" continues]

-[door slams shut]
-[song ends]

[theme music playing]