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Previously on School

Spirits.

You can't come home.

Hello? Hi, Mom.

I thought you were dead.

Where were you? Why didn't you call?

Are you okay?

Are you hurt?

I... What I said to you before you left, what I did...

Buying that stupid cabin.

I know how much I hurt you. But I put you through all of these years.

I'm so, so sorry, Maddie.

I won't do that to you ever again.

You must be so hungry.

Can I make you something?

A sandwich or some eggs? A bath.

I just want a bath.

Jennifer! No!

Okay to come in?

I made you cinnamon toast.

The way you like it.

I almost called Simon while you were in the bath, but I knew you'd want to do

it.

Simon, Nicole, Xavier.

They've been so worried about you.

I don't... I'm not ready for anyone else to know I'm back yet.

I just want to be with you.

No one else. Just you, please.

I'll let you get ready for bed.

don't forget me when i'm gone

don't

forget me when i'm gone

Don't forget me when I'm gone. Will you forget me when I'm gone?

Will you forget?

Don't forget me when I'm gone.

So how'd you know how to get out of there?

I didn't. I just ran.

When I went to pick it back up, I saw the glow again.

That's when I realized the letter, you need to hold it to get in and out. So

what is the key?

Wait, so you're saying Mr.

Manfredo was in there?

So your key opened a door to a scar.

And when you walked inside, you saw... Your own personal hell.

Well, that's upsetting.

You said the room was red.

And when you saw Mr. Martin the last time he disappeared, you saw a red

light. Yeah.

When I opened the door for Janet before she ran into me, there was a red glow

coming out of the fallout shelter.

That has to be where Mr. Martin's hiding.

Inside the scars.

I don't know. It's not exactly the roots in there.

Maybe he's doing something else.

Who knows what...

Weird Freaky Friday experiments he could be doing in there. I don't know.

Maybe Jane is just the beginning.

Okay.

Okay. Yeah, I see where this is going. You want me and Wally to go take our

keys and unlock the door to our own personal hellscapes and, like, Nancy

Drew around in there. I would have said Hardy Boys, but yeah. Okay, yeah, as

tempting as that sounds.

I am not going to do that.

Charlie, didn't you just apologize to Rhonda for making her do something that

she didn't want to do? That's different. How? Not really.

No, it is different, because if Mr. Martin's actually in the... Look, if you

guys want to go in, be my guest, but I am staying the hell out.

No pun intended.

Charlie!

Where were you last night?

I was studying with Simon. I think I told you that.

Yeah?

Then why do your clothes and the hamburger just reek like beer?

Come on, Xavier.

You just got out of the hospital a couple of days ago.

You're in no condition to be out late at night partying and drinking.

No, I wasn't.

Maybe I sat in something.

I don't know. Okay.

Well, I'd like you home at 3 o'clock after school every day.

So you can be honest with me about where you've been going and what's going on

with you, man.

Hartman says it's mandatory.

Are you coming to school today or what?

Oh, shit.

I've... Yeah.

What were you listening to?

Nothing.

Uh-huh. And does nothing go by Shredhead99?

Stop.

Is this the reason your phone is buzzing all night?

What? Come on. At least tell me if he's cute.

I don't know. It's just some guy I'm talking to online.

Okay, but haven't you seen his pic?

Insta? TikTok?

No, it's not like that.

You know, I've been thinking.

After seeing Maddie last night, I kind of changed my mind about the Janet

thing. I think Simon might be right.

He's not.

How can you be so sure?

Because that would mean that Maddie is dead and not just a runaway. And because

it's batshit crazy.

Girls! Girls, you're going to be late!

I'll be ready in five.

So we can only use our own keys.

If you have one.

Seniors, please report to the library for today's workshop.

I can't believe we have to be here all fucking day. It's like something happens

to one person and now we're being punished for it with group therapy.

I'm not hugging anyone under a six.

I know.

Kill me now.

Anyone else thinking what I am?

This might be a great day to hijack one of these sad skin suits and finally bust

out of here. No!

What the hell is wrong with you?

Hello? You said you were in emotional pain the day Janet took your body?

And didn't Mr. Martin write that reliving trauma can lead to access

points or whatever?

Well, this school's about to be lousy with trauma.

Believe me, those two icicles will be melting in the bathroom by noon.

You think Mr. Martin hasn't thought of that?

Maybe you should go check your scar.

Like now.

Good morning, Mama.

You haven't called me that in years.

Did you sleep okay?

Here, come.

Sit.

No, no, don't eat that. I know you don't like it.

I'll make French toast.

You know what?

We can go on a big grocery shop later today.

Suck up on all your favorites.

Hi. Hi.

I'm so, so, so sorry.

It's okay. You ready to go?

I can't go to the meeting today.

I got called into work last minute.

I'm sorry.

You sure that's all? You didn't get one of those alerts, did you?

No, no, no, I'm okay, really.

I would invite you inside, but... You gotta go. Yeah, I have to go. Yeah, no,

that's fine. I'm gonna make the meeting anyway. I should probably go.

Okay. My pleidial went through.

I've been a bit of a mess all morning.

I actually have to go into the school today to clear out my desk.

Officially forfeit my teacher's license.

God, I'm so sorry to hear that.

Another time, then.

Yeah. Yeah.

Dude, I thought you said 10. That thing in the library is about to start.

Oh, Maddie's coming. She just runs on ghost time now.

Know what you're going to say to her?

Yeah. Yeah.

I actually wrote it all out.

I almost had a friend look it over.

What friend?

Shit's getting weird here, Simon.

The ghost world just went full-on how-so, but scarier.

Uh, what, someone got to need my piano?

At this point, anything's possible, which is why I need an ETA on my body.

What'd you say about a piano?

We'll get there.

Um, but first, Xavier has something he needs to say.

I... I do. I... I do.

Do we really have time for this right now? Now or never, buddy. Come on.

Maddie, I... I... Actually,

I think I'm just gonna go to that thing in the library. I will save you a seat.

Man, you got this. Xavier!

Simon!

We found Janet at the college campus Nicole's brother goes to.

Saw her and everything.

We lost her.

Where'd she go?

I don't know.

I'm sorry. I don't know.

She ran off and then campus security came.

It was really... So she's gone?

Like gone, gone? Like maybe never coming back gone?

Don't freak out. We're gonna find her.

Okay? I promise.

This community has been through a lot this semester.

Recent events have affected us all.

Faculty and students alike.

Which is why we are taking the time to learn to... Connect to one another so

that we can know how to reach out to someone who might be hurting or lost.

I'm going back to that campus to find Janet. You with me? Yeah.

Missed you last night.

Letchfield versus Split River.

Biggest game of the season and our captain wasn't even there.

You know, I thought you'd at least stop by.

Is this because of what I said about Xavier?

Something just came up.

What?

Claire.

We're going to go back to the campus after this. You in?

Yeah.

Today is all about respect, healing, and listening.

Which is why we will be collecting all of your phones to ensure disruption

free. environment.

Thank you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You four get turned around.

Workshops are that way.

Today was designed specifically with you in mind, and you will participate.

Until six?

That's right. Okay. You can't actually expect us to stay until... I can, and I

do.

Simon, I know you have your eyes on Northwestern, and believe it or not, I

am trying to help you.

I even changed your schedule, only to find you cutting class anyway, and

you've dragged these three with you.

You leave early today, and you will be suspended.

Your future is on the line, son.

Your phones.

Now.

Go on.

Come on.

Get in the game, Wally. Now!

I said get in the game!

Coach, I can't.

This is how I die.

Hey!

Get those lights off! Make me proud, honey.

Ma?

We'll see.

I had the clasp fixed.

I left it out in case you wanted to wear it again.

Your schoolwork is in that bag by your desk.

I have been picking it up every week.

I'm not going back to that school.

Maddy. What happened to you?

Okay.

I'm heading out to the store. Are you sure you don't want to come with me?

Just promise me one thing.

You will be here.

when I get back.

Oh, hey.

Have you seen Charlie?

What?

I'm sorry, I can't. What's wrong?

What, did you go to the field?

Did you get in?

Molly, what happened?

Did you see anything?

Nothing.

Nothing that could help us. Sorry.

Okay,

so, you hold the clay in one hand, and with the other, you wet the clay and

squeeze your hand down in a straight, even motion.

Do you want to do it?

I... Sorry, do you want me to leave the room?

You know, maybe we just start with ashtrays.

Hey, there you are.

I wanted to give this back to you and let you know I couldn't get in.

I already told him.

Look, can we not talk about these scars for one minute?

I came in here to try to forget.

Yeah, I get it.

I just saw Wally and I'm not sure it's even worth it anyway.

Maybe. I'm gonna find him and see if he'll talk to me.

She used her key.

I don't think she has one.

She's not really dead.

Right. But if she did, she would probably use it.

No matter how scary it was.

You're already dead.

You know?

What's the worst that could happen?

Take something sharp.

Janet could be halfway to Muskegon by now, and I'm walking in circles with a

blindfold on. If you stop pulling, you wouldn't be walking in circles. It's a

trust exercise, Simon. You're supposed to trust me. You know, it's kind of hard

to trust someone who got staced right in front of a pot of hydrangeas, Xavier.

What happened to having my back out there?

You know, no idea.

Just point me to the exit.

If I get caught, I'll just say I didn't know what I was doing. Dude, shut up.

Dude, shut up. Dude, you didn't see her face today. If you saw her face, you

wouldn't have to deal with it for the rest of our...

How's it going, you two?

Still working on that whole trust thing, Mr. Hartman.

Hmm.

Step forward if you're wearing jeans today.

Step forward if you're an only child.

Now, step forward if you've ever felt misunderstood by your family.

Step forward if you have difficulty finding hair or skin products that match

your hair type or skin color.

Really, Chloe?

What? You know Dior just discontinued my favorite concealer.

Take a step forward if you felt particularly anxious or overwhelmed in

the past week.

Sandra!

Hi.

Sheriff Baxter.

Sorry I haven't reached out in a little while.

This week's just been... Well, honestly, I spent more time at the hospital than

the precinct.

I wanted to let you know that we're still looking for Maddie's... For

Maddie.

How's Xavier?

I hear he's... Yeah, he's okay. Yeah. Thank God.

See ya.

Really?

I can't breathe.

What did you put in your mouth this time?

I need my EpiPen.

Mr.

Martin was there, in your scar.

Yeah, at first I thought he was part of it.

Looked like Mr. Manfredo, but...

When I saw him sneaking out, it was like the room wouldn't let me leave. I

couldn't get anywhere until suddenly I made it out of there.

I chased him all the way to the football field, which is pretty impressive

considering I had just been in full anaphylactic shock.

Well, Charlie, you didn't have to do that. I wanted to.

But I saw the red light on the scoreboard before he disappeared.

So Mr.

Martin can just get in and out of our scars without our keys.

And yet we can't even get into Charlie's car with his key.

Why?

I don't know.

Did Quinn find anything else in Janet's notebook?

No, she's still working on it.

And in the meantime, we're supposed to what?

Just keep chasing after a man that can just go anywhere and won't tell us

anything?

I'm going back in.

Wally?

Middle school bedroom except it isn't mine.

But the one I'd always dreamed of.

I had a dream.

It's not like me to remember.

Maybe it's a sign.

I was brushing my...

Hi Maddie, I'm home.

I'm in my room.

You look nice.

Come sit.

I saw Xavier's father at the grocery store.

The police think you were murdered, Maddy.

I can't tell you how hard it's been, not just for me.

For everybody.

I know you want your privacy right now.

But I told Sheriff Baxter, you're back.

I had to.

He wants to come by and take a statement.

If there's anything that you want to tell me before he gets here.

Anything about what happened.

Anything at all.

You should say it now.

Okay, so one thing that people don't know about me is that I was a tap

dancer.

In high school, I was afraid that people would make fun of me for it.

But then they saw my ball change buffalo, and everything changed.

Yeah, it's okay.

I guess I do have something to say.

It's, um, kind of painful to talk about, but here goes.

Recently, a friend of mine, someone I thought was a friend anyway, just

dropped me out of the blue.

Honestly, I shouldn't be that surprised.

I mean, she has a history.

She uses people, and then when she's done, when she doesn't need them

anymore, she just ices them out like they don't matter at all.

She ditched this one friend way back in middle school, and you'd think, ancient

history, right?

But the second that girl got a boyfriend, this snake starts sleeping

with him right behind the girl's back.

Okay. That was fucked up, Chloe.

Just leave me alone, Nicole.

It's not like she said anything you haven't thought a hundred times before.

Wally, wait up.

Wally, can you please just stop for a second and talk to me?

You've been avoiding me ever since... Why?

Because if I stop to think about what's on the other side of that field, I'm not

going to go in.

And I have to go back in.

Wally, here. Can you just come here?

Take a deep breath, please.

Mr. Martin trotted me on that field every year.

Like an idiot.

And he knew what was hiding out there the whole time.

And he didn't say shit.

Not to me.

Not to Charlie. Not to Rhonda. What was out there? I said I don't want to talk

about it!

Okay?

Sorry about the timing of this.

Lawyer suggested we get this over with right away.

Look, I gotta admit, Derek, I still don't understand.

You were one of my best teachers.

Passionate. Committed.

You really fired him.

I love teaching.

More than anything.

Then why?

My dad needed help.

I've been cleaning up his messes my whole life.

And then this time, I made an even bigger one.

Look, I'm only supposed to give you 15 minutes, but you just take as much time

as you need, okay?

You think they'd let me out of here if I just stick this in my eye?

Please don't.

Excuse me, are you using these?

No, go ahead.

Your dad called the main office in here. Says he needs to talk to you.

Look at that, Simon.

You're not the only one with trust issues, huh?

You're not surprised they let him go, are you?

No. I mean, I get it.

But Mr. Anderson's the best teacher I ever had.

He actually cared.

And it's my fault he got fired. If we hadn't figured out all that stuff... He

stole that money, Maddie.

He made that choice.

Yeah? Who's to say I would have made a better one?

I mean, I've had to clean up a few messes in my life, and it always

backfires. That's not true.

No?

Look what you're willing to do just to help me.

I mean, you won't even tell me what happened in there. Yeah, because it's

bad, Maddie.

When I died, I felt nothing.

No fear, no pain, just happened.

But in the scar, everything that happened to me, feeling the

disappointment from my mom, feeling the disappointment from my coach, feeling

like I had to be the Wally the crowd wanted me to be, all of that, I felt

that.

I felt it in there over and over again.

And don't go back in there.

Mr. Martin, to me, is like Mr. Anderson to you.

I trusted him.

I looked up to him. I thought that he really cared about me.

And then I found out that all that was a lie.

So if going back to that field means I can finally confront him and finally get

the answers I'm looking for, then it's worth it, Matty.

It's worth it to me.

Maybe Charlie was wrong.

Maybe.

Wally?

Wally?

Oh, there you are.

What are you doing in here?

I just, um, I came here on my bathroom.

I just got off the phone with my dad.

Nicole, Maddie's back.

Wait. I mean, Janet. Janet's back, but she's at Maddie's house.

My dad's on the way to meet her and Sandra right now. We gotta go.

To Maddie's house?

Yeah. Wait, what about Simon? He doesn't know. Come on.

Wait, what do you mean he doesn't know?

We can't not tell Simon that Janet's back. The moment that we tell Simon,

he's going to run out of here in two seconds flat and get slammed with a

suspension. Believe me, Hartman's been dogging him all day. And if we get

caught, won't we get suspended too?

Better us than him. Why?

Nicole, Simon can't get kicked out of school. He can talk to Maddie. We can't,

right? Oh, shit.

Oh, my God. I need you to sit down. You're the last of your things.

Are you sure she's ready to speak to me?

I told her you were coming.

Snowbag, can I go to the bathroom?

Be back in five.

Can you please move your armpit? It's kind of attached to me, Nicole. Okay,

but does it have to be attached to me too?

Look, the day is almost over. Maybe we should just go back to our groups, wait

it out, and then we can all go to Sandra's together. What if we wait it

out and Janet runs again or, God forbid, burns down another house?

So we're supposed to just go there, find Janet, pretend she's Maddie, and then...

And bring her back here.

And if she doesn't want to go? We don't give her a choice.

Oh, okay. Cool, yeah. We just hog the iron and drag her back.

Cool. I'm pretty sure that's called kidnapping.

Coast is clear.

Let's go.

Great. Guess I'll just grab my zip ties on the way.

I'm trying to help you.

We found your backpack at an empty housing development along with a

mattress.

Were you asleep in there?

Okay, let's go back a little bit to the blood in the boiler room.

Did somebody hurt you there, Maddy?

Did you hurt yourself?

Maddy, you gotta tell me something.

No, I don't know.

I don't remember.

Which is it?

I don't know.

Maddy, my department spent a lot of time and resources trying to find you.

And now you can help us.

Especially if there's a dangerous person out there who could do this to somebody

else.

Your mom tells me you don't want to go back to school.

Is that because somebody hurt you at that school?

Maddy.

Maddy. Hey, what are you doing?

We need to continue the interview.

Absolutely not. She's obviously traumatized.

Maybe there's something else going on here.

You need to leave.

Now. I understand this is upsetting.

Maddie's disappearance affected all of us. My own son, he was accused of... By

you, I believe.

Yeah, by me. And by a lot of other people, and he hasn't been the same

since. I don't even know where he is half the time. Why he won't talk to me?

I just... I... I think Maddie... may have

something to do with that.

My daughter owes us answers.

You'll get them when she's ready.

Leave.

Now.

Are you okay?

Thank you.

Of course.

Claire, hey, have you seen Xavier or Nicole? I feel like I searched the whole

school.

Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to... I'm fine, I'm fine.

Are you?

How'd you get that?

Um, I stole it.

From the main office.

Why?

Two days ago, I realized my debit card wasn't working.

So I called my mom this morning to see if she could fix it for me. Just for

lunch money and whatever.

But she didn't answer.

So I just tried her again just now.

And... And what'd she say?

She didn't.

It's been three days.

And she still won't pick up the phone.

When my parents were getting a divorce, I asked her if I could live with my dad

for a bit.

And she didn't talk to me for three months.

So comparatively speaking, this is nothing.

Claire, that's not okay.

I'm sorry.

Chloe's right.

I use people.

And when I don't need them anymore, or when they piss me off, I just... ice

them out.

I did it to Maddie.

I even did it to Nicole today.

My mom can be a complete asshole.

Apparently, I'm just like her.

You know why Maddie ran away from me last night?

Because I am literally the last person that she'd want to talk to.

God, I didn't even manage to say the one thing that actually mattered.

Fucking sorry.

For Xavier, for shutting her out, for acting like a bitch instead of just

telling her what was going on with me.

I should have just been honest.

I should have opened that door.

Lola.

Simon, tell her I say Lola.

It's the name of the stuffed dog she gave me when my dad died.

Claire, I know you don't believe me, but that person that you

saw last night at that college party, that was not Maddie.

That wasn't Maddie.

The real Maddie, she's sitting right next to me.

She says, Lola says hi.

That I don't believe you, Simon.

It's just... I don't want it to be true.

I don't want Maddie to be gone.

She's not gone.

Do you hear that?

Hear what?

Hear what? What's going on?

This strange humming sound coming from everywhere.

This feeling like my insides are shaking.

This sound, this feeling.

I've never felt it before, but the others told me that this is what happens

at this school when someone dies.

Where the fuck is Wally?

Yuri, come on, come on. We have to go find out what just happened.

You go. I'm gonna hang back here.

Seriously? Someone just died at this school and you're just gonna stay here

and throw another pot?

When was the last time that you left this room?

You know, took a snack break or watched the sunrise?

You're already dead, you know?

What's the worst that could happen?

I have to find Charlie and Rhonda. Simon, what are we doing? Looking for

people we can't see. Come on.

Simon! Hey, buddy.

Where the hell are you going?

There you all are. I knew it.

You couldn't wait 30 more minutes, huh? Even though I know I made myself

perfectly clear.

Maddie's back.

What?

She got home last night.

She's at her mom's house.

She's alive.

You guys, apparently Janet is... Wally?

I looked everywhere for him.

I searched every inch of that field. Mr. Martin is not in there.

There's been no ambulances, no fire trucks, no announcements. No dead

bodies.

The only other time somebody died at this school without leaving a body

behind... It's when Janet jumped into yours.

What are you saying?

That Mr. Martin could have just walked out of here?

In someone else's body?

That he could be anywhere? Or anyone?

Did we just make everything worse?

It was such a waste of time.

Really? We got a lot out of it.

Hey, about earlier. Don't worry about it.

Seriously, it's been a crazy day for everybody.

Struggle for you I'm going Like

a prayer I'm here