Ghost Whisperer

How many times have I told you, your store is growing too quickly.

You've never told me that.

Your books are a mess.

When have you ever seen my books?

I haven't seen your books, but I know you.

Let's focus, please.

Look, my friend Kylie's a financial whiz.

She could really help you.

Her father was the dean of the business school here before he died.

Before that, he was my economics department advisor.

- You were an economics major? - Yes, I was an economics major.

I was this close to getting my undergrad, ok?

In economics?

Yes, I can add, Melinda. I'm a big boy, ok?

Look, Kylie lost her merit scholarship.

That's her loss, but it's your gain.

Does she have the job or not?

Well, she might have, but she's a half an hour late,

and it's my night to cook.

Well, I think I told her 7:30.

You cook? What do you cook?

Tell me about it.

Well, I make a great lasagna, you told her 7:00,

and I can't hire someone who's flaky.

She's not flaky.

She's not. She's just.

She's troubled.

Why wouldn't you tell me that she's haunted?

'Cause I don't know if she's really haunted.

It could be anything.

She's skittish, she's nervous, she has a hard time focusing.

It could be any one of your college pitfalls.

It could be sex, drugs, guitar hero.

So you want me to give her a job just in case she has a ghost?

And if she doesn't, what do you want me to do then?

Clean her dorm room, do her laundry?

Melinda, this girl's father was my mentor.

Please. I'm begging you.

Hi! I'm sorry I'm late.

You're not late.

Late was 10 minutes ago.

You're in a different time zone, Kylie!

I know, I know, I'm not sure what happened.

I said informal job interview.

I didn't mean that informal.

Oh, well, moving right along.

Kylie, Melinda. Melinda, Kylie.

Hi.

It's just, it was really dark, and I really thought that someone was.

Whatever.

I'm sorry.

You went out on a limb for me, and I completely blew it.

I guess the, uh, the job is history.

No. No, not at all.

When do you want to start?

I knew you two kids would hit it off.

Ghost Whisperer 3x15 Horror Show

Oh, please don't tell me those are all this month's receipts.

No, actually, there's a bunch from April and March, January.

Hey, is that dry cleaning receipt I've been looking for.

Do you think they're still going to have my coat after 6 months?

Well, it's worth giving it a try.

Hey, this student that you hired, what's her deal?

Uh, her name's Kylie, her grades slipped,

and she's trying to get her scholarship reinstated.

I'm talking about her other deal.

What's the reason we hired her?

Well, I thought we weren't gonna talk about it.

You were just gonna do your thing, I was gonna do my thing, yada yada.

Yeah, except your thing kinda becomes my thing

when you bring it into the store.

Well, is it really going to bother you that much even if you don't believe it's real?

No, I was just, you know, trying to know how I should act around her.

I don't want to step on any ghost toes.

Well, I really appreciate that.

Um, she has a ghost.

That's pretty much all I know so far.

Ok. Hey, I just want to remind you that I've got that appointment

with Ned on Thursday, so I won't be here all day.

I've got it.

It's on the calendar.

- Hi. Am I too early? - No, not at all.

I was just getting things organized for you.

Ok.

- Um, you know, about that - You can't start today?

You don't want the job?

No! No! I just.

I just want to make sure professor Payne didn't pressure you into this.

He has a way of pushing people.

Yeah, you noticed that, too?

Yeah.

So unless you, um, actually need my help, I...

Trust me, when you see the books. We need it.

Um, I'm just gonna grab my laptop, and then you can get to work.

Ok.

So, how do you and professor Payne actually know each other?

Oh, we have some of the same interests.

Oh, my god!

Oh! Oh, my god!

They're all over me!

What is this?!

Get them off of me!

Oh, my god!

Are you ok?

Oh, my god, Melinda!

- Go get Jim. - Ok.

You're ok.

Finish it!

Finish it!

He was already on his way over.

Yeah, you could hear that crash all the way across the square.

Hey there, hi. My name's Jim.

All right, that's going to be sore for a little while.

You were very lucky that that's safety glass.

That could have been a lot worse.

Assuming how the definition of luck changes depending on how bad yours is.

Yeah, right, being attacked by a swarm of flies, not lucky.

These things happen to you a lot?

Daily, yeah.

What kind of things, for example?

Thanks, Delia.

Melinda will be back any minute with some more ice for your arm.

Um, you know what, actually, I'm fine.

I'll just ice it back at the dorm.

I think you should come to the station with me and let me take a better look at that.

You know what, it's ok.

But thank you for everything.

At least let me drive you home.

No, I have a car.

It's ok.

Thank you.

So did you get a chance to debrief her?

No, she was gone before I got back.

Jim said she couldn't have gotten out of here fast enough.

Now, you're thinking this has something do with her father, right?

That's the first thing I thought of, and the second, frankly.

I mean, her father died 4 years ago.

That's right around the time Kylie started going to Rockland University.

So why would he suddenly appear now?

Maybe he's disappointed in her studies.

I mean, she comes from a long line of academics.

Her grandfather founded the economics department.

Her father was a consultant for the World Bank before he retired to teach at Rockland U.

Her brother just graduated Summa Cum Laude from here.

The ghost said "finish it".

I mean, I guess that could mean college.

Yeah, spoken just like Ben, except for the plastic head part.

It makes me wonder, if it is her father, why he wouldn't just talk to me directly.

And what's with all the weird hauntings?

I mean, the heavy breathing, the doll, the flies, it's all gotta be a symbol of some kind.

Does it have anything to do with what he used to teach?

No, he was an economist, not an entomologist.

They're the ones that study bugs.

I'm aware of that.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm always teaching, I can't help it. You know?

The fact of the matter is, economists, they never speak in metaphor.

That's probably why I never cut it as one.

You know, nobody ever knew what the heck I was talking about.

And that's different now in what way?

That's very funny.

Look, maybe we should just find out from Kylie if she knows anyone who died more recently.

Great. That would be thanatology, the study of the dead.

Look, I know that this is hard to talk about, but when I met you,

I heard a really strange. Breathing Noise.

I really want to help you.

You heard it, too, didn't you?

What if I did, what does that mean?

I don't know, have you heard it before?

On occasion.

Since when?

Uh, a few months ago, when my scholarship got revoked.

I'm assuming it has something to do with stress.

Why?

Because I can see ghosts, and I think there's one haunting you.

Ok.

Wow.

I don't want to sound rude, but, um, you're saying you've seen a ghost around me?

I couldn't see his face, but he was wearing a hat and a dark overcoat.

Does that sound familiar?

You saw a ghost in a hat and dark overcoat?

- Do you know what you sound like? - Yes.

Yes, I do, but if you could just go with me on it.

Flies.

The doll, um, weird breathing noise.

Does that mean anything to you?

I mean. The doll talked to you.

I know you saw it.

It was a talking doll.

No, it was a ghost.

talking to you, and it said, "finish it".

What does that mean?

Finish what?

I think this conversation.

I have to go.

Kylie, I really want to help you.

Has anyone around you died recently?

No, not really, actually.

Could this have anything to do with your dad?

Could scaring you be his way of getting you to finish?