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Students of Spectral Valley High...

Eos was the goddess of dawn and Tithonus was just a mortal.

Yet they fell in love.

Eos asked Zeus to bless her lover with eternal life

so that Tithonus too could be immortal.

But she forgot to ask Zeus

to also grant Tithonus eternal youth.

He kept aging and aging forever.

Miss Jenkins. Pay attention.

Devastated... Eos eventually accepted

she had to let Tithonus go.

Such a tragic story and such a beautiful sculpture.

Don't you all agree, class?

Shall we move on?

Why did you touch that?

Because it's old and beautiful and full of mystery.

Oh. Was it everything you thought it was going to be?

It was.

- Class, right this way. - Hey. Listen.

What do you suppose is over there?

A sign that says, "do not enter."

Exactly. Let's have an adventure.

Come on. Let's go see.

Bea. Why is it that the second you're told you're not allowed to do something

is the second you decide you simply have to do it?

I'm going.

Wet blanket.

Hey! You there.

What are you doing in here?

Learning about Egypt.

This area's off-limits.

The whole wing is being renovated.

Didn't you see the sign?

A sign you say. What kind of sign?

I'm almost positive I...

I definitely, probably did not see a sign, I think.

Are you sure there is one?

Yeah. You're with the school, right?

Mm-hm.

Come on. Let me take you back to your group.

Okay, okay. I'll go with you. But...

Can you just close your eyes for five seconds?

It's a magic trick. It's a really good one.

Come on. Let's go.

I should've stayed on night shift.

Thank you for visiting the Spectral Valley Museum.

We hope you've had an enlightened experience.

Orderly now. Everyone follow me.

Quickly. Quickly.

So? What do you think, Cole?

Cole?

Cole?

- Cole! - Hmm?

Uh, sorry. What?

I asked what you think.

Uh... I... I like it.

It's, um... you know, ageless, classic like apple pie.

Sergeant Pepper's.

I think we're gonna be really happy here. Right?

Mm-hm.

Yes, Norman, that's right.

Yes, we are.

Thank you guys. That...

Yes. Please put the boxes over there.

Oh, those boxes go in the bedroom.

Yes, take those downstairs to the basement.

So... are you excited about school tomorrow?

No one's ever been excited about school ever, Mama.

You're right, it's high school.

It's meant to be miserable by design.

What are you doing?

Right now I'm just unenrolling from choir and chess club.

You're opting out of all the school groups.

Even the music ones?

You used to love band back in the city.

I'm fine. Really.

It'd be good for you to make some friends.

Put yourself out there. And practice music again.

You've barely touched your guitars since...

Mama, can we not. Please.

I'm just saying, it feels like you...

Was that Norman?

Everything okay up there?

Yeah, Mama. Everything's fine.

Is that your dad?

Hey!

I was talking to you.

They never answer back.

Oh, sure. You can see me.

Eckleburg's eyes...

ever watchful like the eyes of God over American society.

Over Tom and Myrtle's affair.

Over Nick's passiveness.

And yes, over Gatsby's lavish parties which made their way

into the collective consciousness of a nation.

Our newest arrival, Mr. Cole Sanchez.

Tell us, what do you think the parties in the book represent?

Um...

I, uh... I haven't read the book yet.

Anyone else?

No one?

Come on.

If you kids cannot be bothered to read a book

starring Leonardo DiCaprio,

what chance does this literature have with this generation?

Alright. Um... guys, please go over what we reviewed today.

Don't forget, ten more pages to read.

Thank you.

Mr. Sanchez...

Why did you lie? Hmm?

Why did you say you didn't read the book?

I just, um...

I don't know.

I was a bit like you growing up.

Kept my opinions to myself.

Hated being in the spotlight.

Did everything I could to be invisible.

It is a very boring way to live your life.

There's death around you.

Excuse me?

Your bread. There's a hole in it.

Okay.

A small hole is fine, that's just an air bubble.

But a hole that big... that means death.

Does it mean, like, I'm going to die? Or...

Could be that.

Could be someone who's already dead is having influence in your life.

Hmm.

I'm Lydia. We have Mr. Porter together.

Uh...

Cole.

You should let me cleanse your aura some time.

Figure out if something's haunting you or whatever.

Sure.

My grandpa owns the only supernatural bookstore in town.

Plus I have a YouTube channel

if you wanna learn more about this kinda stuff.

May I?

Been posting regularly for two years now.

So you've had this channel for two years

but you only have 12 subscribers?

It's a niche market.

No, yeah. Yeah.

Thanks.

Oh, boy. You ate the hole.

Is that bad?

I don't know.

Don't be mad at me if you're cursed though.

Beatrix Jenkins.

You used to live here?

Huh.

Hmm.

That's private, mister.

Okay. This is going away.

Aye! Oh, my...

Hmm.

Whoa. Is that the ring I took from the...?

- Ah! - Oh!

Oh, my God. You just saw me, didn't you?

You just saw me! You just saw...

Okay.

There. It's the ring. When you put it on you...

Okay. Can you please stop that? It's very annoying.

No. No. No. Nuh-uh.

Oh no, no, no, no.

This cannot be happening. This is not real.

Okay. Okay. Okay...

Can you please just keep the ring on this time?

Please?

Thank you.

Hi. I'm Bea. I haunt your bedroom.

You have to say something.

- So you're a ghost? - Correct.

Like, as in that you were but, like, no longer are...

Well, I suppose I still am. Just... immaterial now.

I can touch things if I focus just not living people.

Fine.

So you're... you're dead.

But, like... how did you come back?

I'm not sure exactly.

I was at this museum. That's where I found the ring.

And then when I was walking out I was hit by a car.

Oh, my God, Bea!

You were hit by a car?

It was a doozy.

Yeah, I'm sure.

No, I remember it. It was a doozy.

A Duesenberg? The car.

I don't think they have those around anymore.

In any case, when I was alive they were the eel's hips.

The bee's knees.

The berries.

You're just saying words. Just... random words.

Duesenberg cars were very special, is what I mean.

In any case, I was hit by one,

and then the next thing I know I'm in my bedroom.

Well... our bedroom now.

I don't know what happened in between.

You know, from me to the car to that moment,

it was a blink of an eye.

After a while, I figured out that I was one... trapped here.

For Pete's sake.

- Spacious dining room. - And two, not exactly material.

The house comes with this original Tiffany pendant.

There's also me. The house comes with me.

Did you feel a chill?

There's just so much to love about this house.

It's close to the city, it's a great school district

and the neighborhood is great for kids.

House is haunted by the way.

Eventually I just kind of accepted.

Old house.

Accepted it.

Yeah.

That I'm a ghost and I'm haunting this place

and that no one could hear me or see me.

Well...

until you now.

- Cole. - Mom!

She can't see me.

Are you ready for school?

Yeah. Yeah. I'll be right down.

Are you okay? You look a little pale.

Yeah, like you've seen a ghost or something.

Okay, sorry. Silly joke, poor timing.

Uh... yeah. No. I'm... I'm fine.

Okay, well hurry up. I've gotta get going.

Okay.

Do you go to Spectral Valley High?

Because that's where I went to school too.

I'm leaving now.

Okay, well, I'll be here when you get back.

Not like I have a choice anyway.

No. You won't be.

You won't be here

because ghosts aren't real and obviously I'm hallucinating.

So, you won't be here when I get back

and I will find a good psychiatrist in the area.

But other than that, it was nice meeting you Bea.

It would really just be easier

if you got past the denial stage fast...

Seriously, the sooner you can move past it.

Nope.

Nope, nope, nope.

Nope.

West Egg, East Egg. Gatsby, Daisy.

Separated by just a tiny stretch of water.

So close yet each belonging to a different world entirely.

So, like... did they eat eggs together or something?

What?

Alright. The bells of freedom have rung.

Oh, oh... before I forget.

For those of you who are interested,

the fall talent show enrollment is now open.

So, start practicing. You can sing, you can dance.

Derek, you cannot bring a live snake on stage.

The school cannot afford any more lawsuits.

Neither can I.

For the people in the back now.

Whoo!

Okay.

Boo.

- Hey! - Oh, my God. You're still here?

Yes, I'm still here.

Come on. Can't you be happy to see me?

I'm happy to see you.

Although it's true,

I have been unusually starved for companionship lately.

I thought I was hallucinating

and I was so relieved that you were not real.

Well, that's just rude.

What were you even doing in there?

I was trying to see if I could find any of my old things.

You kept my record collection

and I want you to know I appreciate that.

Why is this happening to me?

You are making such a big hoopla

and you're not even the one who's dead.

Okay. Fine. You're real, I get it.

You can't leave the house. Correct?

Believe me, I tried.

Okay. If we're both gonna live in this bedroom...

Is "live" the right word here?

Okay, "share" this bedroom, then the least we can do

is just stay out of each other's way.

What does that mean?

It means we go on about our business and act like the other one doesn't exist.

Just like before I found this stupid ring.

Or... suppose we bond. And solve crimes together.

- I'm taking this off now. - Okay, okay. Wait, wait, wait.

Can't we just talk? And be friends?

I mean, I haven't had someone to talk to in a while.

I'm not really in the market for dead friends.

Okay. Fine. Totally jake.

I don't care, never did. Still don't.

Great, great. Okay.

Well, it was nice knowing you, Bea. Goodbye.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Okay.

What are you doing?

Who is this pretty lady?

It's Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift.

Is she a family friend?

What? No. She... she's a pop star.

Pop star?

A famous musician.

She's a musician?

Yup. All these posters are musicians.

Oh.

I wonder what they sound like.

So, uh... So you like music?

Are you kidding me?

Music is my life, so to speak.

I mean, both of my parents were musicians

and I basically grew up in a conservatory.

Hmm.

I saw your guitar back there. Do you play?

Uh... not anymore.

How come?

I just don't. Um... but look, can you...

can you stop moving things around and making things float?

It's really creepy and I have homework due.

Thank you.

So...

- how are the new friends? - Thank you.

Uh... what?

I heard you talking in your bedroom last night.

I assume you were online with your new friends from school?

Uh... yeah, that's, uh, what it was.

New friends. Totally alive.

Do you have the salt?

Um... I don't see it.

Um...

High blood pressure.

Salt is so bad for you.

Since when are you so worried about my blood pressure?

Cole.

I'm not gonna die. You can relax.

I know what happened with your dad made us...

No, no, no, no. That's not what this was.

It's okay, I'm fine. We're... we're fine.

You know what? Have the salt.

Have as much salt as you want. It's okay.

I know it's hard, Cole.

But... we can talk about it.

We should talk about it.

I think.

Don't you?

I, uh...

I know what you're going to say

but I was just trying to help your mom find the salt.

- I'll keep the ring on, okay? - What?

Alright. But you need to stop haunting my mom and I mean it.

Okay? She has enough going on already

and the last thing she needs to deal with

is a century old ghost haunting her house.

So, when I'm around we could hang out and chill, or whatever.

But if I'm not and she is, you need to stay quiet.

Deal?

No idea what hang out or chill means, but sounds good.

Okay. Great.

Wait.

What do you mean, "century old ghost"?

Um... you did say that when you died

to when you returned was like a blink of an eye.

So technically you're still 17.

I mean, at most, like 17 and a half.

Sorry.

How much time did you think had passed?

I don't know. Twenty, thirty years.

I assumed some time

because you dress funny and my family isn't around anymore.

But not a century.

I mean, still.

What did I miss?

What did you miss in the past 100 years?

Yes. You have to tell me everything.

I mean, it's not like I can exactly go out and see things myself.

I'm trapped here, remember?

Okay. Go.

Okay.

Come on.

- Come on. - Okay.

You can do it.

I'm out. I'm out of the house!

Wait. How?

I don't know.

It must be the ring.

I'm not trapped by the house,

I'm trapped by that thing on your finger.

Wherever the ring goes I can go.

Oh, my God! Fresh air.

I mean, I assume it's fresh.

I can't really breathe it in, but still.

Oh, this is exciting.

Oh, I can go everywhere. I can see everything.

You have to take me.

Where?

Everywhere.

Everywhere is like a lot of places. I mean...

No, no, no. I don't wanna hear it, mister.

Look... I know you don't like me very much because I'm a ghost,

which okay, fair enough. But I don't care.

You are just going to have to suck it up and take me places

because I have been trapped inside this whole time.

I need you to.

Okay, okay, okay.

I'll take you wherever you wanna go. Just chill.

I still don't know what that word means.

But thanks.

So... Where do you wanna go first?

- Okay, ready? Guys, smile. - What are they doing?

Uh... just taking a selfie.

What's a selfie?

It's like a picture that you take of yourself.

What?

Heads up!

- He's going so fast! - Yeah.

What is that?

Uh... it's a... it's a drone.

A drone?

Yup.

Is he controlling it?

Yeah, with his... with his hands.

Oh... what, do you want some?

It's not fair. I miss food.

It's so good.

Oh, Duke Ellington. Jelly Roll Morton.

Oh, Ethel Waters!

In the '30s Big Band and Swing came around, right?

And then in the '40s it was basically the same people

from those bands but by themselves.

That's actually when Frank Sinatra got really big.

- Frank who? - Frank Sinatra.

See?

And you swing your arms like this.

You ready?

Show me what I missed.

So the cool thing about punk rock is that it's super easy to play.

It's only, like, three chords.

It doesn't feel like it's about complexity though.

Mm-hm.

Like this with the hands. See?

You don't know how to dance the Charleston, do you?

So that's a telephone.

And it has every song ever recorded?

Mm-hm.

Tell it to Sweeney.

I don't know who that is.

This is Bad Bunny.

Oh! This is Frank Ocean. Channel Orange.

This is an amazing album.

R&B and Bebop came out of nowhere and that was, like, um...

Ray Charles and Coltrane.

And then Chuck Berry was basically inventing rock and roll, right?

And in the '60s the British came.

Oh, and then these are some of the British classics.

This is The Beatles and then this is the amazing David Bowie.

David Bowie?

Yes. Yes. David Bowie is so cool.

Cool?

Um... like the bee's knees.

- Oh. - Yeah.

- Cool. - Yeah.

- Cool. - Rolls off the tongue.

- Cool. - Cool.

Hey. Whatcha looking at?

Didn't they have planes back in your time?

Not like this. They're everywhere now.

Growing up I loved them.

They were this shiny, new magical thing everyone was talking about.

You know, I used to dream

that I was going to become a pilot one day.

I suppose not seriously or anything, but...

Wait, why not?

No, I'm serious. You totally could've.

I'm a girl. How many girl pilots are there?

I mean, Amelia Earhart was the cat's pajamas

- but other than her... - Exactly.

You totally could've been like Amelia Earhart.

I mean, granted you wouldn't want to end up like her.

What happened to Amelia Earhart?

She... she died.

Um... but... old and happy

and surrounded by the people she loved.

I just wish I could at least see one up close one day.

I gotta ghost... go... go.

I was, um... go to bed.

I was trying to say that. Uh... I gotta go to bed.

I have school in the morning, so...

What if you took me with you?

What, to like... to school?

No, no, no, no, no, no...

Come on, why not?

I went to Spectral Valley High too.

I wanna see what the school looks like in the future.

Bea, look... it's one thing to bring a ghost around town

but high school is haunting enough without an actual haunting going on.

So... no.

Please.

Please.

Please, please, please, please, please.

Look, there's literally nothing you can say

that will change my mind on this.

It's incredible!

I mean, it looks exactly the same as when I went here.

Except for the people.

The people look very different.

You know, I saw a girl with green hair before.

Do you suppose she's okay?

Ooooh.

Wait, are they supposed to be ghosts?

Cole! Hi.

Oh, my God!

You like it?

- Lydia? - Who else?

What the hell are you supposed to be,

a materialized panic attack?

I'm a Wendigo.

Well, whatever it is, it's horrifying.

Thank you.

Why aren't you wearing a costume?

Oh, I am.

I'm a 17-year-old boy who doesn't like to wear costumes.

- You're nailing it. - Yeah.

Are you doing anything for the talent show?

I was gonna put my name down.

I came up with this new apparatus

that can detect vampiric activity after dark.

Hmm.

I wanna show people, but...

I don't think my peers are ready for that yet.

Yeah, but...

You know? I don't know how to feel about these kids

dressed as ghosts but I think I'm offended.

Who's this canceled stamp?

- Well, you know... - She your girlfriend?

Uh...

- Cole? - Sorry, what?

Uh, no. I was just saying

that vampires at the talent show might be, uh...

might be a bit much.

Wait. Is she your girlfriend?

Maybe?

Whoa. I'm getting the weirdest vibe from you right now.

Coming from right around here.

Okay. That's uncomfortable.

Oh, that's probably nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Whoa, what is that? Can I see it?

Oh, it's just a ring.

Just a regular degular old ring. I, uh, found it at my house,

thought it'd make me look cool. It didn't, so...

Weird.

Yeah. No, no, nothing weird going on here.

Just a very normal guy that, uh, normal things happen to.

Anyways, uh, is there anything else you wanna talk about, Lydia?

'Cause if not, I'm just gonna get going 'cause I have a... a thing to do.

No? Cool. Alright, I will see you later.

Wait. Did you take my pinky with you?

Okay. When I'm with living people,

you really gotta chill out. I...

Bea?

Hey.

Hi.

- What key are you in? - G.

Okay.

Go ahead.

I knew I'd seen it before somewhere.

Thank you, Ghostly Gabe.

Magical artifacts of history.

Episode 09. "The Lover's Rings".

The story of "The Lover's Rings" starts in ancient Egypt...

Score.

But the rings aren't just magical...

They are cursed!

Wait. What?

A priest cursed the rings during the lover's burial

so that in death they would never part.

The curse states that the one who separates the rings

will be destined to suffer a violent death soon after...

and then be cursed to wander the earth forever,

bound to the stolen ring

until it's once again returned with its pair.

Cursed.

Okay. Louis Armstrong and Billie Eilish.

That's a good one.

- How about Cole Porter... - Okay.

And...

Post Malone.

Eh... Okay, okay, okay. I'd go, I'd go.

I'd go to that concert for sure.

Can I ask you something?

Hmm.

Why aren't you playing the guitar at your school talent show?

You play really well.

I just, um...

I haven't played or written anything ever since, uh...

In a long time.

Did your dad teach you how to play?

Yeah.

You know how most people stick to one genre? Right?

My dad would go from Pavarotti

to Santana to Bossa Nova

to Public Enemy in one night.

He just... he loved all of it.

Music was his life.

What happened to him?

Heart attack.

Just out of the blue.

One day he was here and then he wasn't.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I'm fine.

Sometimes I think about why I'm still here

when other people who've died are not.

And then I think maybe I'll never know.

And... I'll just be here watching as living people

get old and die again and again, forever and ever.

I do miss home though. My friends, my family.

My whole life.

Sometimes I wish I could just go back.

Just for a day only.

Feel like I belong for a little while.

Trick or Treat!

Halloween.

I can see that.

Did you know it also happens to be the anniversary of my death?

- Really? - Yes, sir.

That's the day mister doozy made me go...

We should celebrate.

When was the last time that you went to New York City?

Cole!

Where on earth are you taking me?

Can you please tell me where we're going?

It's a surprise. We're almost there, come on.

Is this it?

Shh. Just wait, just wait.

Great, thanks a lot.

Alright, let them through.

Okay, you folks ready?

Follow me.

What is this place?

You'll see.

Okay. You ready?

Yes.

How?

Well, you said you wanted to feel like you were back at home for a day.

How? When did you do this?

It's called a Gatsby party. It's a thing.

Do you like it?

I love it.

- Oh! - Whoops, sorry!

Are you... are you okay?

Yeah. I...

You're holding me.

I am.

Hey. Cool hat. Nice!

How's this happening?

I don't know.

I don't know. But Cole I'm alive.

Tonight, I'm alive.

How am I alive?

And... and material and visible.

I don't know. I...

How do you feel?

Wet.

First time this dress has seen any action in 100 years

and it's already ruined.

Just my luck.

Um... I think I saw a costume rental spot downstairs.

Follow me.

Bea... wow.

It's not really me, is it?

You look, um...

Cool?

The bee's knees.

How about this band? Aren't they swell?

Now please, welcome to the stage Frank and Stephanie.

Wow!

Alright!

Whoo!

Flapper and dapper gents,

that was Frank and Stephanie

starting off our Charleston dance competition.

And they look like a tough act to follow but let's give it a try.

Who's up next?

Right here.

Uh... no.

Lady with the very realistic hairdo,

come on up with your partner.

No, no, no. Bea. Do you not remember that we do not know

how to dance Charleston?

So? We don't have to win the thing.

No, no, no. Bea, Bea. Bea. I can't.

Not in front of all these people.

Are you really going to deny a lady her first dance in almost a century?

That is such a cheap shot.

Okay. Okay.

Hello there. What's your name bearcat?

Bea.

And this handsome sailor right here is Cole.

Alright. Bea and Cole everybody.

So what do we do now?

Just... dance.

But we don't know what we're doing.

Come on. You have to do it too, otherwise, it's just silly.

This is so not the Charleston.

Just get into it.

This is literally the most embarrassing moment of my life.

Like, nothing even comes close to this.

Just let yourself go. Who cares what they think?

Oh!

When I was growing up, my parents used to play ballrooms like that

with their band.

It was... it was their job.

And I had to come along every time

because they didn't have anyone to leave me with.

Those are some of the happiest memories I have.

Of... back then. Just...

sitting there in the corner by the stage

watching my parents play.

And people dance and chat and have fun.

The lights, the sounds. Everything just felt so alive.

And that's how I felt tonight too. I felt alive.

And then, of course, you decided to take me to a cemetery.

Which, you know, is a bit lacking in tact

considering I'm a ghost. So...

I'm just wondering why you...

what is that noise?

Just wait for it, keep looking straight ahead.

Hang on. Hang on.

You said you wanted to see one up close, so...

So, like... why airplanes?

I look at them and I see freedom.

To go where I want when I want. Wherever I want.

You know, live adventures.

See the world, every little corner of it.

Whenever I feel like it.

Well...

Where do you wanna go now?

There's nowhere else I wanna be right now.

I'm... I'm sorry, Bea.

Cole. It's Lydia.

Can you drop by the bookstore after school?

It's really important.

Hey, Cole.

Come, I gotta show you something.

This ring.

This is the ring you were wearing at school the other day.

Is it not?

- I guess. - It is. I knew it.

I knew there was death around you from the first time I saw you.

I am awesome at this!

So what does this mean?

Based on my research, I think that someone

probably separated the rings a long time ago

and got themselves cursed because of it.

Cole, I know this is a lot, but...

the evidence is overwhelming.

I think...

I think you're being haunted by a ghost.

Oh, my God. What?

That's... that's, uh... pretty crazy. Wow.

And it looks like the only way to break the curse is to return it to its pair.

According to the legend,

the ghost will actually become fully material

and visible on the one night of the year that it died.

So it has the chance to right the wrong it committed.

That's why she came alive at the Gatsby party.

What's that?

Uh, I was just saying

how this is all new and shocking information, Lydia.

You've got a ghost on your hands and you need to do something about it.

Where is it now? The other ring.

It was hard but finally I tracked it to...

Ancient History Museum of New York.

So it's in New York.

But not for long.

There's an auction tomorrow at the museum

and the other ring's one of the items they're selling.

They have an anonymity clause

so you won't be able to find out who it's sold to.

But if you get there before it sells...

all you have to do is return the ring and poof... no more ghost.

Wait, uh... what do you mean, "no more ghost"?

My guess is reuniting the rings

sets the spirit free so it can...

move on.

Move on sounds a lot like dying.

Ghosts are already dead, Cole. They can't die again.

But if they can't move on,

they just stay trapped in this plane of existence for eternity.

Watching the world go by alone forever.

It's not a good deal.

I don't know who's haunting you but trust me...

breaking the curse would be doing them a huge favor.

Uh... hey Bea, um...

there's something that you should know.

Okay. Hey Bea...

Um... this thing I need to tell you...

guess who's cursed?

Bea, I need to talk to you about something.

Ta-da!

What's going on?

Well... your mom said she was working late

and you were gone most of the afternoon

so I had the house to myself.

I want you to play me one of your songs.

The stage and the lights and the candles

are just so you feel guilty saying no

because I went through all the trouble.

Um... Bea, before I play,

we should really talk about something first.

Boo! We don't want speeches, we want music.

Okay. Okay, fine. Um... here.

I wrote this song a while ago. It's about an old shoe.

I love songs about shoes. It's my favorite genre.

That's it.

Um... it's just a silly song.

It's not silly. It's beautiful.

Thanks.

You should play it... at the school talent show.

This song?

This one, another one. Just play something.

I don't know, I don't really play for other people.

What's the point of playing

if you're just going to play for yourself?

My mom always said, we're all just passing by in this world,

let's make some noise along the way.

Come on, make some noise. Promise me you'll do it?

Fine. Fine. I... I promise.

But you have to promise that you'll be there.

If you get up there on that stage,

I will be right there in the front row.

You're incredible.

What did you wanna tell me before?

What?

Before, when you came in,

you said you wanted to talk to me about something.

Oh. Um...

I forgot.

I am going to hand back your papers.

And I think Mr. Fitzgerald and I are in agreement

that some of you could have done...

a whole lot better.

Oh, I have some bad news for the aspiring artists.

The fall talent show has been postponed

because a pipe burst in the auditorium

and they have to fix it.

So stay tuned.

Uh...

Excuse me, Mr. Porter?

Oh... Mr. Sanchez.

Um... what about my essay did you not like in particular?

'Cause I just don't understand why I got a D.

Oh... I think all of your answers were perfectly valid

and interesting interpretations

of The Great Gatsby's themes and motifs.

Then why did you...?

I also think they were very valid and interesting

the first hundred times I read them.

This is not what you think about the book.

This is what you think I think you should think about the book.

Try again if you want to.

But if you do...

this time,

please tell me what you think using your own voice.

You're not a boring person, Cole.

I don't know why you're trying so hard to be one.

Sorry.

What's wrong? You seem distracted.

It's nothing. I just, um...

I... I got a bad grade on an assignment today, so...

Uh, something happened

on your magic, shiny brick telephone thing.

Uh, "How was the auction? No more ghosts."

Cole, what is this?

It... it's just, uh... Lydia. You know.

"No more ghosts"? What's going on?

Um...

Lydia and I, we, uh...

we figured out why you're here.

Basically this ring's part of a pair.

And when you separated them, you got yourself cursed,

and that's why your soul has been stuck here.

What does she mean, "no more ghost"?

She thinks that if we reunite the rings,

that the curse would be broken.

You mean I wouldn't be a ghost anymore?

Well... I... I don't know.

I guess you would move on.

Where is it? Where is the other ring?

Bea... most likely you would be dead.

Like... dead, dead.

I think that's what happens after the curse is broken.

So maybe it's better to just,

you know, like... leave it alone.

Hmm.

But... then I'll be stuck like this forever.

We talked about this, Cole.

You're going to grow old and move out one day.

And I'll...

No. We have to do this. We have to find the other ring.

Even if we don't know what will happen once the curse is broken,

it has to be better than this.

Right?

What?

Where is it?

The other ring was sold at an auction back in New York.

How do you know this?

I mean, when did you find this out?

Why did Lydia ask if you went to the auction?

You knew about it.

You knew about the auction before it happened.

How... Why... Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't... I didn't want you to die.

I mean, just be gone forever. I...

I didn't want things to change

and I thought that you didn't want it either.

How could you not tell me?

So... I'm stuck here like this forever and it's your fault.

Hey, can we just...

can we just go home and talk about this?

You had no right, Cole!

- I didn't want to lose you! - How could you?

I'm not yours to lose.

I had a life of my own.

What do you think, that I'm...

I'm haunting you to make you feel better about yourself?

Or make you feel less alone?

I'm haunting you because I was cursed, Cole.

And you could've fixed that but you didn't.

I... I didn't... I...

Go.

Now.

Take off the ring.

Don't read the last two pages aloud.

It can sometimes cause the dead to rise and turn on you.

Hello?

Hi, Mrs. Sanchez. It's Lydia. Is Cole around?

I tried his phone but he's not answering.

He said he was going to school.

Now?

He said he was practicing music with some friends.

Friends. Okay.

Thanks, Mrs. Sanchez.

Hey. Your friend, Lydia, just called, like, a second ago.

Cole? You okay?

Yeah.

Cole?

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Lydia.

Are you the ghost that's been haunting Cole?

Yup.

You okay in here?

Uh, yeah just redoing an assignment for English.

The Great Gatsby.

I wonder how long it'll take schools to discover

that there are other books written in the English language.

It's a great story.

- I know it is. - Yeah.

I just... I don't know.

I don't really know what to say about it

that hasn't been said, like, a million times.

Well, what do you think it's about?

Everybody knows what it's about. It's like...

a guy who falls in love with a girl in the past

and, uh... he misses her really badly.

But...

she's gone.

And he can't get her back.

So now he feels, um...

incomplete.

I really miss him.

I miss him too, Cole. I miss him all the time.

But that's a good thing, right?

I mean, if he had been a bad guy, we wouldn't miss him.

But he wasn't. He was amazing.

He gave us the privilege of missing him.

But it doesn't feel like a privilege.

Like, I just... I feel sad. I feel like...

Like, what's the point? You know? Like...

if things can just happen just like that. If...

He can die just like that. Like...

Why does it matter?

Life. Like, anything.

Well... I suppose you're right.

If I hadn't met him or if I didn't love him,

I wouldn't be this sad now. That's for sure.

But then I think, if I hadn't met him,

I also wouldn't have all the memories we shared.

I would rather miss him like this every day

than throw away all that we've been through together.

Those moments are who I am.

They're who you are too. And who he was.

Who he still is.

The real sad people in life...

stop and look back over their lives

and they realize they missed nothing.

Because they never did anything or met anyone worth missing.

Missing someone just means you loved them.

That sucks.

I know, baby.

Hey, can you float?

No. I was really disappointed when I found that out.

Yeah.

He likes you a lot, you know. Cole.

How do you know that?

Because I could tell.

He freaked out a little bit

when I was talking about lifting the curse.

Like... I was talking about taking away his best friend.

He didn't tell me about the auction.

I'm really sorry the other ring is gone.

And Cole was so, so wrong to not tell you about the auction.

But...

I don't think he's a bad guy.

I just think maybe he's really, really lonely.

Ancient History Museum of New York.

How can I help you?

Hi. I... am a rich person and I just,

uh... bought a ring there recently.

Uh, the part number, item number is, um... X3731.

For complaints or questions about an auction item please call...

No, no, no. I don't have any complaints. Uh...

I just wanna know...

What's my name?

- Excuse me? - Because, uh...

when I, uh... bought the ring,

I just wanna make sure that I put my name down correctly.

Uh, so if you just wouldn't mind, like, say it back to me...

that'd be great.

Your name will be confirmed tomorrow

with external affairs when all auction items will be processed

and shipped to their respective owners.

Wait, wait, wait.

"Will be shipped"?

Yes, they'll be shipped tomorrow morning.

It's still there.

What's that, sir?

Okay, I... I deserved that.

Yes, you did.

Okay, listen. I'm... I'm sorry. I just...

You said that already. What else you got?

I called the museum.

They sold the ring at auction

but they have to process it first.

Scan it, kiss it goodbye, whatever, but the point is...

Then get to it.

Okay, they still have the ring at the museum.

Right now at least maybe 'til morning but...

we can still reunite the rings.

This still doesn't make what you did before okay.

I know. And I'm very sorry.

Okay, where is the museum?

So it's in New York.

Hey, you two.

Yoo-hoo. You guys need a ride?

Uh, yeah. That'd be...

Wait... you guys know each other now?

Yes. We know each other.

I see why you like her. Come on.

You two should go. I'll keep watch.

Okay, I'm going.

- Go, go, go! - I'm going, I'm going.

Hey, Cole.

Tell Bea to try not to steal any cursed artifacts this time.

She said she'll try not to.

Come on.

Thank you!

Okay...

Let's go.

Just finishing my rounds on the east wing.

Over.

Where do you suppose it is?

Um, the guy on the phone said it's being processed by...

external affairs.

Okay.

Of course.

It's all clear.

Breaking and entering with a ghost is ridiculously easy.

Okay. Um... we're looking for item number X3731.

- I'll take that side. - Okay.

737...

Bea?

I think I found it.

That's it.

Are you... ready?

Okay.

Um... I'm gonna take the ring off.

Wait.

Bea, I'm... I'm really gonna miss you.

Okay.

I'm ready now.

Bye, Cole.

Bye, Bea.

I'm sorry, buddy. She's... she's gone.

Well, you told me to close my eyes.

Can I open them already?

Come on.

Um...

Not yet.

Well?

So? What's the magic trick?

- Oh... - I...

Come on. Let's go.

I should've stayed on night shift.

Thank you for visiting the Spectral Valley Museum.

We hope you've had an enlightened experience.

Orderly now. Right this way, follow me.

Quickly.

Bea, let's go.

Everyone follow me. Quickly, quickly.

Dear Mr. Porter,

thank you for giving me an opportunity

to redo my Great Gatsby assignment.

I'd like to preface this by saying

I know I'm not supposed to start assignments

like letters addressed to the teacher

but I don't really see why I'm not supposed to do that

so I'm gonna go ahead and do it anyway.

And now... here we go.

I think The Great Gatsby is a book about a lot of things.

It's about the past.

It's about growing up

and time and sorrow and friendship and regret.

And the wonderfully weird magic of being alive.

But most of all, it's a book about a fascinating fellow

named Gatsby, and this girl called Daisy.

And about a love story that wasn't meant to be.

You see, Gatsby believed he could bring the past back to life.

The memory of Daisy.

His green light ever receding in front of his eyes.

But what Gatsby didn't understand is that

we don't need to bring our past back to life.

It's already with us.

And it stays with us as long as we're able to remember it.

We all have green lights.

Not just one but so many of them.

They're the things we once loved and had to let go of

and watch as they drift into our past.

But the past and the future and the present

aren't really separate things, are they?

The past can illuminate the way for years to come in our future.

And as long as we hold on to it,

it never really stops being present.

I don't think we really lose our past.

Our history, the things we love and hold dear.

The things that make us who we are.

The ones that truly matter.

We carry them with us.

Forever.

Come on, Pops.