"[Scratching On Metal ]" "[ Blowing Whistle]" " [Crowd Cheering] - [ Indistinct Shouting]" "All right, good run!" "Good run!" "All right, focus, focus, focus!" "Nice job, boys." "Play action 2-4-2... on... on" " On two!" "True that." "On two." "Ready?" " [Together] Break!" " Are you okay, man?" " Yeah." " Red 20!" "Go!" "[ Crowd Cheering ]" "[ Blowing Whistle]" "[Announcer On Speaker] Another great run by Jimmy Boltz." " [ Cheering ]" " Get 'em, Boltz!" "Good job!" "Good job!" "Good job, you guys!" "Stay focused!" "Jimmy, stay focused!" "?" "[ Drums ]" " Jimmy, what's the play?" " I don't know." "You take it." "All right, you heard him." "Forty-six trap to Lenny." " Ready?" " Break!" "[ Indistinct Cheering ]" "[ Muted Audio]" "Down!" "Red 20!" "Blue 42!" "Dorothy!" "Toto!" "Tupac!" "[ Grunting ]" " [ Muffled Scream ] - [Ref Blows Whistle]" "[Whistle Continues]" "Jimmy, what are you doin', man?" "Jimmy, where goin'?" "[ Groaning ] Oh!" "Oh!" "No!" "[Girl Screams] Oh, my God!" " [Jimmy] No!" "Abel Frye!" " Excuse me." "Excuse me." " [ Girl ] What's wrong with Jimmy?" " Give him some air." "[Coach] Get the trainer!" "[ Muttering ]" "Hey, hey!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Mrs. Wyrthen, have you seen enough?" "This makes three of my players!" "[Players Chattering]" " Abel Frye!" " Man, I think Abel's got him." "Abel?" "?" "[Hard Rock]" " You sure he's not 5-0?" " Does he look like a cop?" " Let me see your money." "Convince me." " My end's covered." " It's you I'm worried about." " Yeah, you should be." "A hundred grams methamphetamine cooked fresh this morning." " I'll take it." " Gotta bounce, man." " All right, dude." " Use the back." "Out the alley." " Fifty grams?" " Yeah." "It'll take me about a week to sell this." "Depending on how it does, I'll be getting back to you." "Look what I got." "I found these two rodents out there snooping around." " One of them's wearing that." " No!" "No!" "Get on the ground!" "Put your hands behind you where I can see 'em." " blue too?" " No way!" "I'm not a cop!" " I swear!" " He looks too stupid to make it through the academy." "On the other hand, you never know." "Convince me like your life depends on it." "You got three seconds." "Jackie Morelli on Railroad Square." "He's my boy." "Never heard of him." "You're down to your last second." "Well, Eddie's buying from Gomez and trying to get Gomez to kick me out." "If you're sellin' for Gomez, how come you're buyin' from us?" "Gomez keeps all the money." "I got nowhere else to go." "Police!" "Freeze!" "Get on the ground!" "Put your hands behind your back!" "Do it now!" "Cuff 'em." "Let's go." "What do we got here?" "Get him outta here." "Let's go, punk." "Let's go." "I cannot believe you made me wear this thing." "Oh, man!" "We've been tryin' for months to bust Gomez's ring." " And we got it all right here." "Just don't forget our deal." "I won't." "We'll find a family to take him in until we can locate his real family." "Yeah, it worked for those other two runaways Gomez owned." " Oh, look." "There's our beautiful daughter." " Looks prettier every day." "Mm-hmm." "I told you not to use so much gel." " I think we're gonna have to shave it." " Oh, yeah." " Yeah, shave it." " Soon as we get home." "Absolutely." "[ Pager Beeping ]" "I'm tired of this Abel Frye business." "All right?" "Kramer's still on the breathing machine." "Anderson is critical." "And now Jimmy." "We know who's doing it." "Yeah, I know, but they'll never believe us." "Whoa." "Heads up." "I ain't afraid of no ghost." "What can a ghost do to me?" "Scare me out of cutting class?" "Tell Abel Frye his noose is cooked." " And so is yours!" " What did I do?" "You're weird!" "That costs extra around here." "Now, you're buyin' me lunch, man." "I'll keep the change." "Wait." "Hey, listen." "Just wait." "I can't." "I can't stand this anymore." "Look." "Just look around you." "Okay?" "Abel has our backs." "All's we do is show Abel which one." "We're flipping the script." "Now, that's real power." "Come on." "It's okay." "[ Sighs ]" "Come on." "Jimmy Boltz still out?" "Gosh, I hope that kid gets well soon." "[Wyrthen] The Springfields are private investigators... and they come with impressive references from police departments around the country." "Not my police department." "We already checked this school." "I think it's a waste of time." "But it's not my call." "If you want to pose as a janitor and counselor and students" "You two are actually brother and sister?" "It's being disputed, pending DNA results." "We specialize in problem cases-- looking for the truth behind the facts, whatever it is." "The truth is I can crack this case on my own, even with this new partner." "Oh, they've done undercover projects, crime scene reconstructions, you name it." "So where is this guy?" "I don't have all day." " Meet Max, your new partner." " He likes snacks." "[ Max Whimpering ]" "Elijah, you have five honors classes." "From your transcripts, you're obviously very bright." "Hey, how come I don't get any honors classes?" "Your turn to play dumb." " I'll show you to your classes." " Bye, guys." "Let's take a look at those schedules again." " Here you go." " All right." "Okay." "Advanced math, right down the hallway." "Biology, make a left, two rights, go up to the top of the stairs" " Uh, hello, Miss Wyrthen." " Oh, Norman." "Perfect timing." "Norman, would you mind showing our new students to their classes?" " No, not at all." "This is Norman Bloom." "He's the bright star of our science department." "He's an "A" student and a teacher's assistant." "Okay, uh, well, it's a pleasure to meet you." "Wow." "There's two of 'em." "No, you can't pray in school... because then you'd be imposing your morality on me." "Okay, like, now I'm buggin'." "If it's wrong for you to impose your morality on someone else... then aren't you imposing morality on me by telling me it's wrong?" " [ Laughter]" " Right and wrong should be left up to the individual." "You don't believe that, teach." " Of course I do." "And it's Carlson." "Mister Carlson." "My bad." "It's my job to help you see that tolerating diverse value systems is an ethical position." "Okay, so if some crazy terrorist thinks that he's right by blowing up innocent people..." " can you say he's wrong?" " Of course." "Then you don't believe that right and wrong should be left up to the individual?" " That's not what we're-- - [School Bell Ringing]" "[ Sighs ]" "Hey, that was, uh-- that was really cool the way you stood up to Carlson." "Yeah, I gotta like that." "Hey, Elisha, come here." "Hey, Carlson forgot to assign homework." "We owe you big time." "Yeah." "How about you come to lunch with us?" "You know, meet everyone?" "Yeah." "Yeah, cool." "All right." "Oh, snap!" "Norman." "Thanks for" "That's, um-- That's a nice necklace." " You a religious freak or something?" " Or something." " You believe in the hereafter?" " Most definitely." "Good." "Then you must know what I'm here after." "And you must know..." "you won't get it." "?" "[Woman Singing, Indistinct]" ""V" of "X" squared." "Hey, thanks!" "Uh-oh." "Ego alert." "Let's go this way." "Where do you think you're going?" "Who's the new brainiac?" " He's my mom and dad's fault." " [ Laughing ]" "What laughing at?" "?" "[Continues, Indistinct]" " Hey, give me those." " I can see from here to Jamaica in these things." "Come on." "I need those." "Come on." "I need those." "Hey, give me those." "Got any dead presidents?" "Hey, um, Lenny, give him back his glasses." "I don't have the money to keep paying these guys off." "Ian Snyder's got something going." "Do you think he'd talk to us?" "What do we have to lose?" "?" "[Continues, Fades ]" "[Girl] No wonder everyone clowned him." " Don't you have anything else to talk about?" " No." "[Girl Scoffs ] Don't even waste your time, girl." "The line's already formed to get Blake, and there's no cuts." " wanna hear the rest?" "No." "I am so sick of that story." "The thing is, this ain't just a story." " Mm-mm." " Go on." "Abel Frye was an annoying little jerk." "He was feeling this girl... but she was hooked up with the best-looking guy in school... who was also Abel's biggest tormenter." "That's a dis waiting to happen." "One day she just fronted on him big time, in front of everybody." "Had him crying like a baby." "So later, he lured this girl into the forbidden wing." " And stabbed" " I heard gutted." "Forbidden wing?" "Anyplace anybody gets killed is forbidden as far as I'm concerned." "Look." "After he stabbed her, he hung himself." "Now his ghost walks the halls of this school... getting revenge for anybody who calls on him." "Like Ian Snyder and his "out to lunch" bunch?" "Where'd you get this?" "It's one of Crystal Sparks's drawings." "There are copies all over the school." "So far, Abel's gone after all the hunks on the football team." "Jimmy Boltz was the third one." "[ Sniffing ]" " [ Barks ]" " What smell, boy?" " What is it, boy?" " [ Whimpering ]" "Max." "What smell, Max?" " [ Barks ]" " There's something on this 50." "Anyone you know?" "Look, man, it ain't even worth it." "know how easy it would be for me to break you?" " [ Grunts ]" " Excuse me." " Watch this." " We're busy!" "Is there a problem here?" "Is everything okay?" "I said back off!" "." "Calm down." "Ever play Twister?" " Hornsby, you got my back?" " Double teaming geeks?" "I don't roll like that, man." "[ Grumbling ]" " [ Boys Jeering ] - [Applause]" "So, where exactly did, uh, Abel Frye stretch his neck?" " In the forbidden wing." " We really don't want to go there." " Why not?" " We'll show ya." "We're not going in." "That's the old wing." "They started remodeling it like the rest of the school... but... money ran out." "Hey, it's open." "You guys, if you look up "forbidden" in the dictionary... you'll find a picture of people who died snooping around." "guys coming or not?" "It's not like he's still up there." "The ghost was released when they started tearing into the walls." "So he's after the contractors, not us." " What is she doing?" " She's crazy." " okay, girl?" " Yeah." "You'll know if I'm not." "[ Screaming ]" "You'll be okay." "You've got a nasty bump on the back of your head." "But a little ice on it, you'll be fine." "Hey, I heard some ghost gave you a beat-down." "What happened, sweetheart?" "Something hit me." "Or somebody." " Are you sure you didn't trip and fall?" " Yes." "What was the last thing you saw before you got knocked out?" "Stars." "Ohh, she's almost back to normal." "Before that." "I saw somebody." "From this world..." "or the next?" "Ow!" "Why haven't you closed the school?" "Half the parents want us to close." "The other half want their kids to graduate on time." "Our illustrious school board is waiting for proof that these football players... are not up to something they shouldn't be." "The only connection is Abel Frye." "The boy who hung himself." "I imagine that everyone in school has seen this picture." "Abel Frye has become quite the school legend." "Uh-oh." "Something's wrong." "Nothing's wrong." "You've got that stupid "I met a boy I like at school" look." "[ Fake Laugh ]" "You're far off, okay?" "It's our job to blend in." "I'm a thespian." "This is a performance." "Picking up the clothes and the lingo." "Can I do trendy or what?" "You can't fool me." "I'm older than you." "Yeah, by two whole minutes." "This is different." "I know you." "Can you keep a secret?" "Yeah." "I promise." "This'll be just between you... me... and whoever I decide to tell later." "[ Laughs ] Very funny, Lij." "Okay, if I did have the slightest hint of fondness for someone-- and I'm not saying that-- but did, what could ever happen?" "We move around more than Gypsies." "I know." "I love our lives." "But sometimes I wonder what the other half lives like." "Going on dates, goofing off, getting grounded." "Well, I'll talk to Mom and Dad, see if I can get them to ground you." "Ohhh, let's just talk about the ghost." "Some kind of crystalline deposits have been placed in both ends." "A hallucinogen would explain the toxic hysteria... but if it's drugs, why the ghost story?" " I don't understand that." " Oh, yeah." "two look cute." "We were just coming in to ask you." "Oh, it looked just like you were headed for the front door." "Look, Dad, some kids say they can hear the ghost... at night during play rehearsals." "So we thought we'd set up a digital recorder in the forbidden wing... and just let it run day and night." "We thought we might get lucky." "Good idea." "Give me a couple hours, and I'll get right on it." "We knew you were gonna say that." "Look, the kids heard the voice during play rehearsal." " That's between the hours of7:00 and 9:00." " Like right now." " That's between the hours of7:00 and 9:00." " Like right now." "Please, Mom?" "I'm not falling for the face." "You mean you're not falling for the face again." "All right." "The keys to the school." "Uh" " Be smart." "Back each other up." "I'll call Carrillo and tell him you're coming." "Wait." "The disk only runs for 12 hours." "You're going to have to replace it regularly." "Hey, how about I drive?" "Hmm." "You won't have your license till next week." "Dear child, in light of my extensive F.B.I. training... waiting until the second week of one's 16th year of adulthood to take one's driving test... is a trivial technicality." "Hand-to-hand combat." "Arrest techniques modified for nonlethal force alternatives... are not to be belittled." "So, since you chose F.B.I. training over driver's ed... now you can beat up the car and I can drive it." "[Engine Starts ]" "Well, Max is telling us there's no conventional drugs-- at least not in the straw." "Well, then the kids are into something new." "There's something on that $50 bill that bothers him." "I wonder if Jimmy was using it to snort something." "Yeah, but what about the straw?" "Max didn't react at all to that." " [Whimpering ]" " Max." "[Whimpering Continues ]" "Max, Max, what telling me?" "Huh?" " He's saying, "Call Algernon." - [ Barks ]" "Look." " [Elisha Gasps]" " What the" ""Crystal Sparks. "" "Must be what Ian and Crystal feel like every time they come to school." "Let's go find the ghost." "[Elijah] There's your ghost." "[Elisha] But what hit me?" "You fell against this bar... which knocked-- knocked the piping off the scaffold and hit you on the head." "F.B.I. deductive reasoning." "That was a correspondence course." "Come on." "Let's go find a place to put the recorder." " Here." "This is good right here." " [ Recorder Beeps ]" "So, gonna check the area for prints, Mr. Be An F.B.I. Agent In Your Spare Time?" "No." "Kids play pranks all the time." "Prints won't do anything." "So, Lish, like this guy Blake or what?" " I don't even know him." "That's not what I asked you." " Look, we're here to do a job." "That's it." " Right." "See, just for a moment-- I mean, a moment" "I thought you were a normal, red-blooded teenage girl." "Sorry." "[Indistinct Faint Sound]" "Let's go." "[Indistinct Chanting]" "[Chanting Continues ]" "It's coming from here." "It's gone." "[Clattering]" "Come on." "Let's get outta here." " [ Screams ]" " What?" "What?" "There's something down there!" "Let's go." "Come on." "[Clattering]" "It's the old boiler room." "Stand back." "Stand back." "Stand back." "I'm gonna use an old F.B.I. maneuver." "[ Grunting ]" " Oh, wow." "Will you teach me that?" " Oh, no." "I've got it." "Hey, shut up, all right?" "We need to pry it open with something." "I'm gonna go look for something, all right?" "Stay here." "[ Screams ]" "Shh." "You tryin' to wake the dead?" "I understand that's your job." "What doing here?" "Well, I could the same question." "Flashlights, all black clothes." "Planning on prying into somebody else's business?" " I wouldn't do that." " Funny you should ask that." " See, there was this g-- - [Clattering]" "Ian?" " One, two, three!" " Come on, count 'em!" " Four, five, six!" " don't do 'em right, you're gonna run!" " Seven, eight, nine!" " Come on now!" "There we go!" " 10, 11, 12, 13, 14!" " Louder!" "Louder!" "Come on now!" "There it is!" " 15, 16, 17!" " There you go!" " Call off your ghost!" " Why?" "You scared?" "Call it what you want, but enough is enough!" " But you'll miss all this fun." " Ian, what's going" " But you'll miss all this fun." " Ian, what's going" " Stop it!" " Hey, what doing?" " Come on, man!" "Enough is enough!" " Come on, Lady Lightning." " [Lenny Grunts ] - [Crystal Whimpering]" "Chill, both of you." "All right, you two can go." "Go on." " Is there a problem?" " No." " Yeah." " Why don't you boys take a couple of laps?" " We're not done here." " Now." "Now!" "[ Chuckles ] Snyder." "A weak body the result of a weak mind." "Since when was bullying a part of the curriculum here?" "Since when did toilet cleaning become a prerequisite for ethics?" "Come on." "Don't tell me you don't see the strong ones pick on the weak ones." "If it seems at times that the strong prey on the weak, that's part of their education." "The weak toughen up, or they fall behind." "The strong prevail... and we are all better off." "[ Groans ]" "We're only as strong as our weakest link." "Would you agree, Coach?" "[ Groaning ] Oh, yeah." "?" "[Hard Rock]" "What did we ever do to them?" "Nothing." "Just be different." " ?" "[Continues, Indistinct]" " Where'd you get that?" "The janitor wanted me to ask you if this was yours." " It was." " You need to report this." "[ Scoffs ] Oh, that's a brilliant idea." "I can't believe I didn't think of that three cell phones ago." "Look, it's not right." "Someone has to do something." "Someone has." "Now they're getting theirs." "Wait." "Look." "Fooling around with spirits is dangerous." "Yeah, so is this school." " You don't know what's behind that door that you're opening." " Oh, I know!" " don't!" "Abel Frye is one of us." "He's the only hope we have in this place." "No." "Ian, he's not." "Trust me." "He's not." "You know, you should really stay out of our business." "It could go really bad and Elisha." "I hope Leonard, all of them die." " Excuse me?" " Oh, did I say that out loud?" "Crystal, I know that I don't very well... but I do care about you." "Crystal." "Crystal!" "What were you doing outside the school last night?" "Look, really care, stay out of the way." "Certain forces are now in motion... and nobody can do anything to change what's gonna happen." "Watch your back." "Who's your friend?" "Say hi to your friend." "[ Puckering ] Come here." "Come here." "Come here." " Come here." " That's one way to get a date." "What's this?" "That's Jessie." "He's a Senegalhe gama." "I got him in Africa." "What were you doing there?" "Oh, summer fellowship program." "This is Brittany." "She's the smartest of the bunch." " Who's this?" " That's Doris." "Uh, Doris is a ball python." "From Africa?" "Um, from the pet store." "I just" " I hate it when the kids poke the animals, terrorizing 'em." "Everyone needs a friend, you know?" "Oh, wow." "Most girls wouldn't." "Please." "Reminds me of a guy I dated." "Hey, uh, [Chuckles] be careful." "Okay." "Okay." "All right." "Come on, girl." "Let go." "Thanks." "Hey, um, I'm going." " Shawna." " Hey, how's it going?" "[Clattering]" " Hey, did you hear that?" " What?" "Well" " Hmm." "Weird." "Come on." " [ Sighs ]" " Dr. Algernon Wheeling." "The acoustic professor." "The acoustic professor." "[ Laughs ]" "I like that." "I like that!" "I like the sound of that." "Watch your step." "You don't need help with your stuff?" "Oh, I'm fine." "I'm fine." "Oh, that's great." " want some coffee?" " Oh, yeah--yeah, please, coffee." " So, the test results?" " Oh, yeah." "Here you are." " Sugar?" " Sugar, yeah." "In both ends." "Both ends of the straw." ""Tricanol"?" "What's that?" "Tricanol?" "Well, that is an additive... that they put in paints and stains... and-- and wood preservatives." " Neurotoxic?" " Oh, afraid not." "But why?" "I" " I don't know why, but I know where." "Uh, wood, wood." "Any kind of wood exposed to the weather... to-- to the elements, uh, to insects." "We need to narrow our search, not expand it." "Let's just-- One item at a time." " Oh, I forgot." " What's that?" "It's a disk from our digital recorder." "[Typing On Keyboard]" "[ Indistinct Chanting ]" " Did you hear that?" " [Chanting Continues]" "[Audio Improves ] Leonard Baynes." "Leonard Baynes." "Leonard..." "Baynes." "Someone you know?" "So, Baynes, heard you been cursed." "[ Laughing ]" " So, you seen Abel yet?" " Shut up!" " If he gets you, can I date your girl?" " I said shut up!" "[Indistinct Shouting]" " Mr. Goody!" " [ Groaning ]" "[Teacher] Get back, students." "Get back." "Come on." "Get back." "Get back." "Leonard's locker was marked with a hangman." "Having a symbol on a locker is not evidence enough to prove there's a connection here." " What about a recording of a ghost calling his name?" " Kramer, Anderson..." "Boltz and now Baynes." "It's time to close the school." "This is not my decision alone." "They're gonna want more evidence." "All right." "Who else hangs with this crowd?" "Well, there's, um" "Blake." "Blake Hornsby." "You know, y'all should be checking Snyder's locker, not mine." "We'll start with yours." "[Clattering]" " A hangman." " So they're after me now?" "How long has it been cleaned this out?" "I don't know." "Two weeks." "Before midterms." "Blake, just as a precaution... you're gonna have to take sometime off from school." " Wha" " Starting now." "I'll see you in my office in 10 minutes." "You've got to be kidding me." "All right, Max." "What think?" "Huh?" "[Barking, Whimpering]" " [Max Whimpering]" "The 50." "Look at that." "You're reacting to the 50." "Oh, good boy." "Good boy." " No reaction to the straw." " But he reacts to the straw that's in Blake's locker." "Why this one and not the other one?" "I don't know." "This straw was in Blake's locker for over two weeks." "If the straws are somehow involved, then Blake should have been the first victim." "Was he somehow immune?" "Whoa." "What do we have here?" "[Horn Honks]" "[Car Door Closes]" "Shawna told me where you lived." "Yeah." "Don't even try to dis our spots." "Oh, no, I wasn't." "Besides, any place you live can't be that bad." " wanna... go for a walk?" " Sure." " worried you might be next?" " I oughta be." "?" "[Continues, Indistinct]" "We've been pretty hard on some of 'em." "Why?" "What did they ever do?" "Nothing." "All right?" "And I should know better." "Any kind of prejudice is stupid." "Sorry I can't invite you in." " I understand." " Close quarters." "Speaking of close quarters" "[ Gasps ]" " Elisha." " Coming, Dad." " Do me a favor." " Name it." "Don't ever try that again." "The janitor's your dad?" "Uh, it's a long story." "You know we have a rule against getting personally involved with a suspect." " I'm just trying to be convincing." " And that you are." "I guess I'm a better actress than I thought I was." "You've convinced me." "Blake Hornsby is a suspect of this investigation." "He's also my friend." "Assuming I'm allowed to have friends." " [ Sighs ]" " Look, I don't mean to be disrespectful... but we have no friends, no social life... nothing consistent in our lives." "Hey, I beg to differ." "We got that same old consistent clunker of a car." "I say we upgrade, with delivery coinciding with the day I pass my driving test." "Look, what is wrong with wanting to connect with somebody my own age?" "I just-- I get so tired of it." "All right." "We have a job to do, and we have rules." "We're trying to keep you kids safe." "Heck of a time to have to leave, but Algernon's waiting for us at the university." "How did this one slip up on us?" "Oh, I figured it was bound to happen sooner or later." "I suppose you're right." "Uh." "I just figured out what it is about him that bothers me." "Yeah?" "What's that?" "He reminds me." "You're kiddin', right?" "He's got that same sappy look in his eyes and same goofy grin." " Same good looks, huh?" " No, honey." "You were never quite that good-looking." "You didn't even know how to say grace when my parents first invited you to dinner." " [ Laughs ]" " It's taken me 20 years to turn you into the man you are today." " And I loved every minute of it." " Ohh." "[ Laughs ] You drive." "[ Sighs ] No other Fryes yet." "Wait a minute." "I might have something here." "Toss me that disk with the school records." "[ Phone Ringing ]" "Hello?" "Yes, Dr. Stewart." "No." "They went to go see Dr. Wheeling." "Yes." "Yes." "Um, yes, I'll tell them." "[Hangs Up Phone ]" "[ Sighs ]" "What?" "Leonard just lapsed into level two." "Three days sooner than the others." "We're running out of time." " Where's that disk?" " Oh, snap!" "Somebody has to reload the digital recorder!" "Here." "I'll do it, all right?" " No, it's okay." "I'll do it." "It'll just take a sec." " No, it's cool." "I'll go now." "Have you seen my keys?" "No." "But I can help you look want." " No, it's really okay?" " sure you don't want me to go?" "It'll just take a sec." "It's really okay." " I'll go with you." " No." "I'm just gonna walk." "It'll be quick." "I'll be right back." "So I guess I'll just stay here, hold down the fort." "Careful." "Uh-huh." "Yeah." "Uh-huh." "Well, we have in there... one pin pop... in an interior portion of the cephalothorax." "[ Laughing ] Now we're cooking with gas." "Booya." "Let's do this." "1200 Dunstable Street." "Weigh the alternatives." "Make a decision." "Black belt in jujitsu." "Tae kwon do champion." "F.B.I. certified forensic technician." "And the world's biggest loser!" " ?" "[Banjo ]" " Ready." ""Pheromone."" "Pheromone." "Ahh." "A hormonal scent secreted by an organism... to elicit the response in another organism, usually of the opposite sex." "An aphrodisiac." " Well, the kids might call it a chemical booty call." " [ Laughs ]" "It's not unusual for the pungent secretion of one organism... to be picked up by another completely different organism." "In this case, your doggy." "He's got a nose for bugs." "So the guy in the straw was calling for his lover?" "Well, not necessarily." "She could have been calling him." "Only now she's gone, and he's still here-- or pieces of him-- and we still need to identify both." " Please tell can do that." " Maybe." "Well, we have pieces of him." "We might have her chemical calling card... if she's the one who left it." " [Door Closes] - [Running Footsteps]" "[Distant Door Opens]" "[ Grunts ]" "[Gun Cocks]" "[Woman] Turnaround." "Look, I didn't mean to bother you." "I'm looking for Abel's sister." "In the yard?" "I'm sorry." "I was, um" " Does she live here?" " Who wants to know?" " A friend." " I don't have any." " Look, Miss" " Frye!" " As in Abel Frye?" " What's it?" "Will you tell me about the kid who hurt so much he died to stop it?" "[Whistling ]" "Bad enough they hounded him when he was alive." "But to keep all those horrible lies going" "He never murdered Martha Eade." "The poor thing died of meningitis." "She was the only friend he had in that school." "So Abel lived with you." "Abel's mother, my stepmom... ran off with some truck driver." "After that, our father drank himself to death." "Abel came here to live with me and my family." "Does this look like a murderer?" "He wouldn't hurt a fly." "He was sweet." "We all loved my brother." "We thought everyone did." "It wasn't until after that we heard what they'd been doing to him at school." "There are those who want blood... who want to see suffering... live to dish out pain and torment." "I hope they rot in hell for what they did to my brother... and to my-- to my family." "[ Man Screams ]" "[ Grunts ]" " [ Screams ]" " Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" " What's going on?" " Let's get out of here!" "He was right here." "The witches' nest." "I remember this pipe." "Maybe it was this one." " Well, Elijah saw it." " Sorry." "All I saw was you hauling out of here." "You don't believe me." " No, I." "That's why you're both going to your grandparents' tonight." "What?" "No!" "Dad, these kids need us-- Blake, Ian." "Dad, we just wanna do this right." "Please." "Sweetheart, hadn't bitten that guy" "Look, we were right in following up on things you and Mom don't have time for." "Trust me, I'm gonna make time for Ian tonight." "You need our help." "We know Ian." "We know the other kids." "Look, Dad, just give us one more day, please." "We promise if we don't settle this, we'll leave." "All right, but neither go back into that forbidden wing." "Yes, sir." " You understand me?" " Yes." "Yes, sir." "Let's go." "What's the matter?" "You guys don't believe in ghosts?" "We're not talking about Abel Frye here." "We're talking." "Well, I ain't got nothing to say, so talk to Abel." "That was Elisha attacked last night in your little chamber." "Elisha?" "It wasn't me!" "So where is this chamber of yours?" "Don't worry." "We'll find it with or without your help." "Let me see your arms." "I said let me see your arms." "Hmm." "No bite marks." "All right, that's enough." "Ian, get to class." "Elisha." " [ Sighs ] What about the others?" " I checked them." " I think your kid made a mistake." " My daughter doesn't lie." "Your daughter's no different than any other kid at this school." "[ Chanting ]" "[ Group Chanting ]" "[ Chanting Continues ]" "Hey, Elisha, have change for a dollar?" "The machine's broken again." "Yeah." "Thanks." "So, how are your snakes and bugs?" "My friends?" "They're still there." "[Soda Can Drops]" "Crystal." "Crystal, what's wrong?" "One of your friends dumped a soda over my head." "Pretty funny, huh?" "I am so sorry." "I bet you are." "Crystal, here." "Wear my sweater." "Have my sweater!" "Look, take it." "It's a start, okay?" "[Slams Locker Door]" "The, uh, straw... contained the remains of a brown recluse spider." " Male." " They're very poisonous, aren't they?" " Could that be the" " No, it's, uh" "The symptoms of a brown recluse bite are more, uh, flu-like." " They're not neurologic." " There has got to be a connection." "Listen, have faith." "We've got the male nailed down." "All we gotta do is identify the female-- the lady who ate her lover." " Using the pheromone sample." " Exactly." "Now, if that pheromone is from another brown recluse... then I'm not worried." "Only problem is this is a two-week-old sample." "It's dissipated." "I don't know if we're gonna have enough to get a sample to read in the machine." " No, wait, wait, wait." " I'm not" " I'm" "Listen, Max also reacted to this." "If we air-flush this, maybe we'll get a sample big enough to identify." "[ Chuckles ] That, we might." "[ Chuckles ] That, we might." "?" "[Orchestra]" "[Whispers ] Hey." "Crystal, come on." "Hey, you all right?" "[Crystal Yells]" "No!" "Ian, it's Abel!" "It's Abel!" "Ian!" "Oh, no!" "No!" "No!" "[Screaming]" "Ian, it's Abel!" "[Yells ]" "Ian, stop it!" "Make it stop!" "[ Screaming ] Ian, no!" "No!" "No, no, no!" "Not her!" "Please!" "Come on." "Rehearsal's over." "Come on, let's go." " [Crystal Gags]" " Please." "Come on!" "Not her!" "Please!" "She's one of us!" "Why her?" "She's all I got!" "[Woman On P.A.] All students to the auditorium immediately." "Why would they curse one of their own?" "Maybe it was intended for Blake and it backfired." "Anyway, there's no straw." " Look, I don't get it." " I gotta get these kids down to the auditorium." "We have to account for each of them before they're dismissed." " You meet me there." "Understand me?" " Yes." "[ Gasps ] Oh, Blake!" "I gotta stop Snyder before the ghost gets any more of us." "It's not safe." "Maybe you should just go home or something." "Look, I gotta-- I gotta run, all right?" "Blake." "Blake!" "Blake!" "Blake!" "[ Clattering ]" "[Clattering Continues]" "[Clattering Continues]" "I'll call for the buses, and we'll dismiss in 30 minutes." "[Ian] Abel, face me!" "I need to talk." "We have to work this out." "No." "He's not the one you need." "Answer me!" "Look, you don't know who you're really calling." "Ow!" "You don't have to do this." "The curse came back on Crystal." "I have to get to Abel, make him reverse it." "You think a stupid ghost did this?" "Is that what you think?" "Is that what you think, a stupid ghost did this?" "It's not what happened." "Abel Frye!" "Don't do this." "Don't." "Come on." "Take me." "Please, not her." "Just take me!" "?" "[Hard Rock]" "Don't look at them." "Look at me." " [ Boy] Do it!" " [ All Cheering ]" "Look at me." "Don't do it." "You don't have to do this." "Come on." "[Clattering]" "Well, you know what they say about "a watched pot never boils."" "[ Beeps ]" "Righty-oh, righty-oh." " [Typing] - [ Beeping ]" "Okay." "Zero" "Zero, zero, zero dash two dash nine." " [Typing]" " Pheromone from" "[ Beeping ]" "I'm worried." "I'm worried!" "I'm worried!" "African spotted wolf from Kenya." "Yeah, makes sense." "The poison works slowly, produces hallucinations..." " then dementia, followed by death." " The symptoms match..." " but why the straws, why the sugar plugs?" " I knew it all along." " Algernon!" " It-It-It" "It's an old African tribal war tactic." "You give your enemy a gift, but you lace it with pheromones." "The money." "All the victims had tainted money." "Specifically, the $50 bills." "Next, you get yourself a male spotted wolf spider... and you plant it near the victim." "The soda straws." " It's very simple." "You just plug one end of the straw with a piece of sugar... put in the spider, plug the other end of the straw with a piece of sugar." "The spider smells the pheromone on the victim... so he eats his way through the sugar... he crawls out of the straw... he crawls on the victim, looking for that female... and when he doesn't find a female, he gets very, very upset... and... he bites ya!" "The tricanol." "It's a control measure." "It's an insecticide." "The spider dies within a day before he can bite anybody else." "It's all very nice and neat, and the bite is undetectable." "But Crystal got sick within hours." "Is the toxin becoming more potent?" "The straw that was placed in Blake's locker... whoever did this put a female in the straw by mistake." "That's where the pheromone came from." "She was squirting her pheromone inside the straw... trying to attract a male, any male!" "What she got was a brown recluse." "He chewed his way into the straw." "They met, they mated, she ate him." " And then she crawled into the walls and had..." " [Typing ] babies-- babies that are bigger with each generation." "The bite of the hybrid is more deadly than that of either parent." "And they breed like crazy." "By now, there could be thousands of them." " More than thousands." " Oh, my gosh." "[Clattering]" "I don't know what got ahold of me up there, man." "Or who got ahold." "Yeah." "I don't know." "It was just like" "It was like Abel was just calling me, you know?" "Still trust that spirit?" " [ Man On Walkie-talkie] Buses are here." "All right." "Buses are here." "Let's get these kids out of here." "[Cell Phone Rings]" " Yeah." " [ Sarah ] Nate, oh, Nate." " What?" " Nate, listen to me." "Slow down." "We've isolated the source." "It's spiders." " Some sort of hybrid that's breeding inside the walls." " What?" "You've got to get everyone out of there." "[ Screams ]" "If we can't contain this within these walls, we're gonna have a real plague on our hands." "Can you make sure that no student leaves this building... without first being searched for pheromones and/or spiders?" "Yeah, of course, that's my job, but I don't know how we're to find what we can't see." "We're gonna sniff it out." "Algernon, I'm at the R.V." "The antivenom is en route, but we're still gonna have to modify it." " So" " We need to reformulate the antivenom... with a more universal application." "Now, I want you to prepare me a substrate... while I go to the hospital to draw some blood from Crystal." "Okay." "I will at the school with the R.V., okay?" "Hurry." "[ Group Chanting ] Elisha Springfield." "Elisha Springfield." "Elisha Springfield." "Abel Frye." "Your turn." "Steve?" "You're good." "To your right." "[ Siren Wailing ]" "[Man On P.A.]Just stay calm." "Everything's okay." "You'll be informed as matters progress." " Nate!" "Nate, where's Elisha?" " What's wrong?" "Honey, she's been targeted by the witches." "She could be dosed with pheromones." "We have got to find her." "She's in more danger than anyone." " Wait." "You help Algernon." "I'll find her." " But what if" "We've gotta have the antivenom." "We need it now." " She's my child." " She's mine too." " [Wyrthen] Clean." "Go." " [ Sniffing ]" " She's clean." "Olivia?" "Okay." "Carl." " What's going on here?" " [Dog Whines, Barks ]" " Whoa!" "Hey!" "Please get him off." "I didn't do anything." " Where are you taking me?" "I don't do drugs." " Good boy, Max." "Good boy." "Here." "Come on here." "Just relax." " Let's go!" " [ Screams ]" "[ Gasps ]" "Someone set us up." "Someone set us up." "Sold us this whole ghost story." "We're decoys." "Look, Elijah..." "I have a lot of apologizing to do, and I need to start with you." "Hey, it's okay, Ian." "At least you know the truth." "Well, you don't understand." "I cursed Elisha." "I marked her locker with a hangman." "Who started all this Abel Frye stuff?" "Don't look at me." "I wouldn't hurt a fly." "[Woman] He wouldn't hurt a fly." "I hope they rot in hell for what they did to my brother... and to my... family." "The family." "Of course." "Okay." "Who else lives at 1200 Dunstable Street?" "[ Beeping ]" "What?" " Elisha!" " [ Grunting ]" " seen my daughter?" " I'm not her father." "You better get out of here while you still can." "Look at the tough guy now." "Afraid of spiders?" "[Norman] You again." "Norman?" "I don't expect you to understand." "You're right." "I don't." "I put up a few cameras and tapped into the security system... so I could see everything that was going on." "It feels so great to see the bad guys scared for a change." "I know how it feels to be scared... by you." "No, I" " You didn't deserve it." "But you and your family were getting too close." "That's why I lured you into the witching chamber that night... because you left me no other choice." "Norman, what think you're doing?" "Don't start telling me this is wrong." "It's not wrong." "It's justified." "Anderson, Boltz, Baynes, Kramer-- they deserve it." "They gutted me." "They tore me apart everyday... and they laughed about it." "have any idea what that's like... having your insides torn out with everybody watching... and laughing?" "I see it, Norman." "I know what you're talking about." "You just wanna beat 'em up... and beat 'em up... and beat 'em up." "But I scared them." "They're not laughing anymore." "No, they're not." "I had to survive, right?" "My uncle didn't." "They killed him, and they would've killed me too... hadn't bought my life with a few $50 bills." "And it was worth every penny." "Do Ian and the witches know about this?" "No." "I provide the toxic shock... and they provide the hysteria to make the victim think he's seeing a ghost." "I prevailed over the weak-minded." "Survival of the fittest." "Elisha!" "[ Grunting ]" "Elisha!" "I wanna understand, Norman." "I don't to understand." "I don't need you to understand." "I don't want you to understand." "The more we talk, the more you know, and you know, just... everything." " It didn't work." " What didn't work?" "I gave you the dollar, you gave it to Crystal." "You remember?" "The sweater?" "Elisha, God must really be looking out." "This is gonna be my third try." "Elisha!" "Elisha!" "Elisha!" "Elisha!" "[ Screams ]" "Elisha!" "Dad!" "Elisha, take my hand." "My hand." "[ Screams ]" "Elisha!" "Elisha!" "Elisha!" " Dad." " The whole vent collapsed." " It's completely blocked." "What?" "We gotta find another way in." " Come on, come on, come on." "[ Screams ]" "[ Groans ]" "This is where Norman spends most of his time." "There's gotta be something in here that'll lead us to the witching chamber." "[ Screaming ]" "Help me!" "Help me!" "Help me!" "[ Screaming ]" "Norman." "Norman, I think my leg is broken." "It went wrong." "I didn't plan on having all these hybrids." "A blessing and a curse." "[Whimpering ]" "They're not bothering you." "I'm covered in male pheromone." "It keeps the males away, and the females don't care." "You don't have any more of that around,?" "For you?" "No." "I never killed anybody." "[ Screaming ]" " Please don't!" "Please!" " Don't move, Elisha... for the rest of your life." "No!" "[ Coughing ]" " Hey, it's loose." " All right." "Push back, just like the mouse cage." "Here it is." " Can't fit." " You try." "Get your suit on and get in there." "I'll be back with backup." "I wonder how they'll be remembered... how I'll be remembered." "Nobody remembered my uncle, not till I made him famous." "What doing?" "Shh, shh, shh." "Don't talk." "It makes them nervous." "I'm sorry about this, Elisha." "I liked you." "I really did." "You'll tell everyone about me, and you'll walk away the heroine." "And me, I'll be stuck for the rest of my life in a prison... with more Kramers and Andersons and Boltzes." "[ Pants, Whimpers ]" "A Javan tiger... he doesn't care about pheromones." "One tattered soul of constant sorrow... his last companion, a leggy friend of dubious intent... longing for life and love... and a day with gladness to see another." "Our fortunes were never kind." "And now with a cry for Norman..." " his friend..." " No, Norman, don't." "Please don't." " and Abel Frye." " Norman, stop it!" "Oh." "Please take us out of here." "[ Screaming ]" "[Whimpering ]" " Though I walk..." " [Norman]Elisha." " through the shadow of the valley... of death..." " Elisha." "Elisha." "I shall fear no Frye." "Elisha, wake up." " Elisha." " Wake up, Elisha." "You can wake up." "Come on." "We can go." "Everything's gonna be okay." "Just hang on." "Come on, hang on." "Hang on, Elisha." "Come on!" "Hang on." "[Wood Breaking]" "No." "No!" "Oh, baby." "Here it is-- the modified antivenom." "Dear Heavenly Father" " All right." "Look at that, huh?" " Mmm!" "Smells good." " Nothing like a little cooked cow." " [ Laughs ]" "I like barbecue." " Everything you need?" " I think so." "Am I feeding you or the ants?" "[ Laughs ] Oh, not just ants, Sarah." "These are Solenopsis invicta." " What?" " Uh, fire ants, Mom." "Man, that's not how you throw a Frisbee." "All right, this is how you throw a Frisbee." "All right?" "Like this." "Hey, man, she's all that, isn't she?" "[Ian Chuckles] And a bag of chips." "[Blake] Yeah, that's an outdated phrase, but you're gettin' it." "Anyway, man, you better treat her right." "You know, wasn't interested elsewhere, I might give you some comp." "[Beeping]" " Our next assignment already?" " We're going home." "Right?" "For a little while." "[ Laughing, Chattering ]" "Maybe Blake can come and visit us for a while." " Seems like a nice young man." " Holdup, Mom." "You know how Lish hates it..." " when you pick her boyfriends for her." " Mm-hmm." " Hey, guys, come on, eat!" " Chow time." "All right, who's gonna ask the blessing?" "Don't look at me." " Blake?" " Yeah." "The new guy." "Okay, um-- Yo, Lord, I" "Just." "I'd like to thank you for this wonderful day... and for this wonderful lunch and this wonderful family." "And for healing my friends... and for getting Norman the help that he needed." "And for Elisha being so hot." "And for the dad for being so cool... and for not kickin' my butt because of what I just said." "Um, yeah." "Amen." "Let's eat."