Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak

Goodbye, Mike.

Mike?

Mike?

Mike? Mike!

Mike!

Mike!

Bravo team, check in.

What about the Russians? What if they come looking for her?

They don't know where she is.

And she can't contact you without us knowing.

The most important thing is for you to try to go on with your lives

-and to keep all of this-- -Top secret. Yeah.

Understood. We're all patriots in this house.

- Go back to the beginning. - I told you everything.

-I understand this is difficult, Michael. -I don't know where she is.

And even if I did, I'd never tell you.

I would never tell you.

I know it's difficult to accept,

the stories she told you were not true.

She's a very dangerous individual.

If she contacts you, you must tell us.

Otherwise, you're putting yourself and your entire family at risk.

Do you understand, Michael? Do you understand?

Michael?

Michael?

Fan out.

Somebody check the left side, I'll check the right side.

Oh, Jesus!

Ghost.

Yeah, I see that.

- Halloween. -Sure is.

But right now, it's breakfast, okay? Come on, let's eat.

They wouldn't see me.

-Who wouldn’t see you? -The bad men.

What are you talking about?

Trick or treat.

You want to go trick-or-treating?

You know the rules.

-Yes, but-- -Yeah, so you know the answer.

-No, but they wouldn't see me. -No. Hey. I don't care.

-But they wouldn’t see me. -I don't care, all right?

You go out there, ghost or not, it's a risk.

We don't take risks. All right?

They're stupid, and...

We're not stupid!

Exactly.

Now, you take that off, sit down and eat. Your food's getting cold.

All right, look...

How about I get off early tonight, and I buy us a bunch of candy,

and we can sit around and get fat, and we watch a scary movie together?

How's that for a compromise?

"Compromise"?

C-O-M-promise. Compromise.

How about that's your word for the day? Yeah?

It's something that's kinda in-between. It's like halfway happy.

By 5-1-5?

5:15. Yeah, sure.

Promise?

Yes.

I promise.

Halfway happy.

Will?

Come on, honey, up and at 'em.

Will?

-Jonathan? -Yeah?

Where's Will?

-What? -Where's Will?

-He's not in his room? -No.

Uh...

Will?

What are you doing?

Peeing?

Okay.

Okay.

-Let's get this... on. -

Oh!

You need some tape. Hold on.

What's this?

Nothing.

Did you have another episode?

No, it's just, um... a sketch for a story I'm writing.

All right.

Three, two, one...

- -Great. Hold up the proton blaster.

All right, now turn to the light.

Oh! I want to see those pearls. Yeah!

- -Who you gonna call?

Oh!

Adorable, baby. Just adorable!

-God. You are such a nerd. -Shut up.

No wonder you only hang out with boys.

-Erica! -Just the facts.

Nerd.

My God, I love this costume. Keep it up.

- All right, that's the last one. -No, just one more. Come on, please?

Ah!

-Can I go to school? -Wait, wait.

-Okay, say, "Who you gonna call?" -No!

Hey, Spengler!

-Egon! Yeah! -Venkman!

Whoa! Whoa!

-What? -Why are you Venkman?

-Because I'm Venkman. -No, I'm Venkman.

Why can't there be two Venkmans?

Because there's only one Venkman in real life. We planned this months ago.

I'm Venkman, Dustin's Stantz, you're Egon, and you're Winston.

-I specifically didn't agree to Winston. -Yes, you did!

-I don't think he did. -No one wants to be Winston, man.

What's wrong with Winston?

What's wrong with Winston? He joined the team super late,

he's not funny, and he's not even a scientist!

-Yeah, but he's still cool. -If he's cool, then you be Winston.

-I can't! -Why not?

- Because... - Because you're not black?

-I didn't say that! -You thought it.

-I didn't say that! -Mike!

Guys... Guys! Guys!

Why is no one else wearing costumes?

Crap.

- - Oh, my God!

When do people make these decisions?

Everyone dressed up last year.

-It's a conspiracy, I'm telling you. -Just be cool.

Who you gonna call? The nerds!

-We gonna do this? -Not right now. We look like morons.

Maybe she likes Ghostbusters?

Of course she likes Ghostbusters, but that's not the point.

The point is we're dressed up and she isn't.

I didn't bring regular clothes. You?

No.

Then we have no choice. We gotta do this. It's now or never.

-Right. -Let's engage.

We could ask her after class.

-Yup. -Okay.

See? It's an exact match.

-But... why would he lie to me? - He's a kid, Joyce.

I mean, you heard him describe these episodes.

It's not like he's describing a nightmare. He talks about them like they're real.

Yeah, because they're not nightmares, they're flashbacks.

I know a couple guys who have had these things,

and it feels like you're there, like it's happening.

-Then what the hell is this? -Owens said it would get worse.

-That place... -What do you wanna do?

You wanna take him back to Chicago?

Well, there's that guy in Boston that's supposed to be--

They're all a bunch of quacks.

They'll all tell you the same thing, just cost you more money.

I think he's right... about trauma. And we're coming up on a year, you know.

I think everybody's on edge. Me, you... Will most of all.

I think we just gotta get through the next few weeks.

Nothing's gonna go back to the way that it was.

Not really.

But it'll get better.

In time.

-Here. -Thank you.

- -

Jesus! Hopper...

Brings me back to old times.

What?

- Sharing my cigarettes between... -Fifth and sixth period.

Yeah, under the steps.

Mr. Cooper caught us that time, remember?

He was like, "Hey, assholes."

We ran. We just ran.

God, I want this to be over.

I know.

How's it looking out there, cowboy?

Uh, you know, Doc. The usual.

Nice and nasty with a chance of radioactivity.

Oh, yeah, it's barbecued all right. Anyone hungry?

And...

...we're back on!

There was this storm.

Okay. So how did you feel when you saw the storm?

I felt frozen.

Actually frozen? Cold?

No, like how you feel when you're scared,

and you can't breathe or talk or do anything.

I felt... I felt this evil--

Nancy, this isn't you.

Barb, just go ahead and go home, okay?

Nancy?

Nancy!