Oliver's Ghost

Trick or treat!

Happy Halloween!

We're almost there.

Rural america.

What do you say, kids?

I can't believe it.

I'm gone, like, two minutes from the city,

and halley and Emily are already best friends.

- Oh, honey, I'm sure they just miss you.

- I still get to visit, right?

Absolutely.

Oliver, pretty cool, huh?

- This place is great, isn't it?

- Over there, there's the school.

- Look at those trees. Gorgeous.

That's the school?

- It's gonna be good here. Don't you guys think?

Right, honey?

Awesome.

It's really quaint.

- This is great. - Mm-hmm.

- Look at that steak house. Oh, we got to go there.

- Friday night dinner at the steak house.

- Fantastic. - Okay, I'll take that.

There's my new office.

Why's it so quiet?

- Well, kids, we talked about this.

It's gonna be a little different than the city.

It takes some getting used to, but it's--

it's gonna be good here.

Wow, look at that view.

Oh, the trees are just gorgeous.

I wonder why some leaves change color and others don't.

- Leaves change color because the days get shorter,

and there's not enough sunlight.

And some trees have a different chemical makeup

and don't require the same amount of chlorophyll.

I didn't know that.

Next stop...Our new home.

There it is, kids.

- Hey, dad, look it. Your car beat us here.

- Yeah, well, hopefully the furniture will get here too.

Okay, so...Verdict?

What do you think?

- It's beautiful. - It's awesome!

- Can we go in? - Sure.

We're home. Mccaffreys are home.

Okay, here we go.

Whoa.

This is awesome.

It's, like, out of an old movie or something.

- Jenny... Jenny McCaffrey.

- Cut it out. - Ooh.

Spooky too.

- This is more work than I remember.

- Hey, where'd that old mirror come from?

- Oh, it was left by the old owners.

- Yeah, we thought we'd keep it.

- I assume you checked the chimney for bats.

Bats?

- Yeah, in these old houses, that's how they usually get in.

Mom?

Oliver!

Yeah, I'll be in the car.

- Jenny, there are no bats. We had the house checked out.

It's...fine.

I promise you there's nothing

in this house but the four of us.

You're such a dweeb.

- At least I know how to spell "dweeb."

- Come on, let's go look at bat rooms. Bedrooms.

- Come on. - Come on.

Come on.

Well, this is it.

Your rooms are on the right. Have a look.

- Yeah, I don't think so. This can be your room.

This'll do.

- Thank god. She likes it. - Yeah.

- Good light. Bright and cheery.

A fine office.

Hello, new neighbor.

Hi.

I like your hair.

Eloise Jarvis.

Oliver McCaffrey.

Pleased to meet you, Oliver.

My house is right around back there,

so makes us neighbors now.

Hey, would you lift that one for me?

Straw helps collect the heat during the day

and keeps the moisture off at night.

There you go. Spread that out.

Did you plant these?

- Kind of planted themselves. - Hmm.

Well, how did they get planted in the first place?

- Well, clive Rutledge kept the garden out here for years.

Who's clive Rutledge?

You're living in his house.

At least it used to be his.

Here, take a load off, Oliver.

Clive came to Emery falls to teach back in 1925.

He moved into this house the very first week.

Got married, raised his daughter.

Lived here his whole life.

He even died here. - Wow.

He quit putting in a garden after a while,

but the pumpkins, they just keep coming back.

- Well, why'd he stop planting a garden?

Nobody knows.

You know, there are a lot of stories about clive Rutledge.

Never sure which ones to believe.

- How do you know all this stuff?

I'm sort of Emery falls' town historian.

Unofficially of course.

Ha, yeah.

This old pumpkin patch,

this is part of the town's history,

so, uh, I'm sort of the self-appointed pumpkin tender.

Hope you and your folks don't mind.

- Heck no. Tend away.

- Oh, you know what? I got to get to work.

Uh, nice chattin' with you, Oliver.

I'm gonna leave my straw and my wheelbarrow over there, okay?

- See you around. - That you will.

- You want some help? - No, it's getting there.

I remember.

- Who's that? - That's Mr. Parker.

- Are you working today? - I didn't think so.

Doug. Karen.

How you doing?

- Moving truck drove right past the office window,

I figured I'd come out and welcome my new editor to town.

And his lovely family.

- Very nice to see you again, Mr. Parker.

- Yeah, just stack 'em like numbers.

- Looks like you have another visitor.

Yeah.

- There they are! Hey, neighbors.

Lindsay, what a surprise.

Welcome to Emery falls.

They're still warm.

- Just a little tradition I have for your first day

in your new home.

Well, thank you very much.

- I just knew this was gonna be a match made in heaven.

I can always feel it when it's the right house

for the right family.

- Still don't know how you gave us

such a great deal on this place.

- Let's just say the previous owner was, um, motivated.

- Apparently, Mr. Dexter got some job offer out of town.

It must've been good, because he was packed

and out of here in no time.

Guess it's all in the timing.

- Speaking of which, you're obviously busy,

so I'll get out of your hair.

And I'll see you bright and early

Monday morning at the herald?

Looking forward to it.

I'm gonna grab that sale sign.

Oh, let me help you.

Hey, guys!

Guess what.

There's no Internet. - Stay calm.

She can smell fear.

Honey, looking for you.

You okay?

- Just got a little dust in my eye.

Oh. Okay.

Wow.

What's all this stuff?

- Maybe Dexter forgot it. You know?

Randall did say he left in a hurry.

- I don't know how he could forget it.

There were some good-looking antiques there.

- Well, I'll talk to Lindsay tomorrow.

Maybe she can tell me where to get ahold of him.

- Right after I take care of the phones and the Internet.

No rush.

I kind of like the quiet.

No phones, no Internet to take up our lives.

Mccaffreys unplugged.

Yeah.

Really?

- Yeah, mom's right. It gives us a chance to talk.

Just the four of us. - Yeah.

It's called family time.

- Something we're gonna have a lot more of.

Right.

- Right, buddy? - Right.

- Well, um, I'll clear the table.

I got to make the beds.

You're done, right?

Jenny, I'll give you a hand.

- Well, I guess we're done talking.

- Okay, so we just have to unload everything

and then we'll be good, je--

what--

honey, could--

it's all right. I got it.