Are You Afraid of the Dark?

- Previously on "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"...

- These are flashbacks. She's not telling us

what happened. She's showing us.

- "The Book of Shadows" is what created him,

so maybe...

- That's what we use to break them out.

- Found it--"protect us in your hallowed light."

It's you. It's really you.

I know you're out there.

I'm not afraid of you--

Hello.

I can't see you.

Who are you?

I'm Zoey.

What is this place?

You're in the dark house.

What happened to me?

- You were taken by the Shadowman.

We all were.

Are we dead?

We don't know.

- How long of you all been in here for?

None of us can remember.

The longer you're in the dark house,

the more things you forget.

- Hey. I know you.

You're that missing kid.

I recognize you from all those old posters by the marina.

And you.

You went camping in the woods with your family.

Two days later, you vanished.

Everyone thought you ran away.

How do you know all that?

- When I was looking into the curse, I Googled you guys.

You've all been missing for years.

What's Googled?

- You've been here in the dark all this time, trapped.

That's how the legend goes.

Once you go into the Haunted Woods, you're cursed.

The Shadowman can only come for you at night.

But when he finally gets you,

you belong to the dark.

Forever.

Unless the curse is broken.

Found it.

- Jai! - Jai, no, Jai!

That's Luke!

- Jai! - Jai!

- What are you waiting for? Break the curse, come on!

- Guys! Help us!

- Um... Okay, wait.

- You guys, this is them. These are my friends.

Luke! Gabby!

Help us, we're here!

Got it!

"Drive away our heart in fear."

Oh, hi, Mom.

"Only goodness walking here."

- No! No!

Guys! Help us! Help us!

We're trapped in here!

"Spell magic pure and bright.

Protect us in your hallowed light."

What's happening?

What's happening to me?

- It's you. It's really you.

Yeah.

It's really me.

- Luke! Luke!

No! No!

No, I'm in here!

I'm in here! Luke, help us!

That's not me!

No!

- His pupils are dilated. - How can you tell?

- Because they're dilated. - Not good.

Gammy hurt her kidney when she got dilated.

That's dialysis.

Okay, look here.

See the black parts of his eyes?

Those are supposed to get smaller

when light shines into them, but his are getting bigger.

- So what does that mean? - He has a brain injury.

Or a seizure.

Or it could be acute food poisoning.

- Hey, what are you reading? - Phone Doctor.

- That's not helpful. - Excuse me, this has access

to over 27 doctors across the nation, so, I mean--

- Okay, he needs a real doctor, guys.

Not an app. Not Hanna.

We have to take him to the hospital.

Connor, are you okay?

We're gonna get you some help.

I mean, he talked earlier.

- I don't think he's blinked yet.

- Telling you, he looks just like Gammy

when she got dilapidated.

Maybe he's been in the dark

so long that he's just in shock.

- Maybe he's been in the dark so long that he can't see.

He can see.

Hey, Connor, it's me, Luke.

Luke?

We're in the light.

Yeah.

I brought you into the light. You're safe now.

How?

We broke the curse.

The Shadowman's gone. We can go home now.

- Gotta say, I'm getting pretty good

at navigating these Haunted Woods.

Maybe I'll get one of those flannel shirts, you know,

some puffy vests,

be, like, an outdoorsy man in the wilderness, you know?

- Yeah, totally. Which way is south again?

Maybe just stick to the comic books.

- Wait a sec. The Shadowman's dead.

Right.

- So, these woods aren't haunted anymore.

Now we can meet here at midnight.

I mean, how amazing would it be to tell scary stories

around a real campfire?

- How do you know there aren't other monsters in these woods?

- Other monsters? - My friend Jeremy Sepowicz

told me about a guy named the Bunny Man,

who lives under an old bridge,

and every Halloween,

he comes out and hunts kids with a giant axe.

- Okay, is this the one who smells like maple syrup

and eats paper? - No, that's Jeremy K.

I'm talking about Jeremy S.

And he swears the Bunny Man's real.

- Well I'm sure he just made it up.

How are you so sure?

None of you thought the Shadowman was real,

and we all know how that turned out.

- All right, touché. - I say we look for him.

Great idea.

Why don't you come back here on Halloween,

find that old bridge, and wait for the Easter Bunny?

- Will you come with me? - No.

'Cause either he's not real and it's a waste of time,

or he is real and we get chased with an axe.

- We'd run. He wouldn't catch me.

- You can't outrun a monster, kid.

- I don't have to outrun a monster.

I'd just have to outrun you.

True.

Connor, you okay?

- I'm fine. I just--

I'm a little weak.

Come on, dude. Let's keep moving.

Everything okay?

- Yeah, it's nothing. Come on.

Sorry about the mess.

We broke in when you went missing

'cause we were worried about you.

And then we broke in again

because we needed a place to hide.

Oh, and then that broke when we were fighting the Shadowman.

Oh, and that too.

- They also broke into your laptop as well.

Seth.

We gotta get back home

before our parents realize we're gone.

But we'll see you at school?

Maybe we should skip school.

- Why? - Keep an eye on him.

It's obvious something's wrong.

Can't you see that he's acting weird?

- So we take him to school, where we can see him.

People are already starting to ask questions.

- Dude, people are gonna ask way more questions

if he shows up acting like that.

Yeah, I see your point.

- Can't leave him alone like this.

Well, I can't skip school.

Maybe we take shifts.

- Take shifts? What are we, babysitters?

I'll do it.

You?

You're okay with skipping school?

It's like you said.

There are more important things than school.

- Thanks, Gabby. - But I need a favor.

The PSATs are tomorrow.

Any chance one of you can swing back by here before school

and bring me back my book?

Yeah.

I have to return a book.

- Why does he always leave like that?

So dramatic.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Hmm.

Thank you for calling Sardo's Magic Mansion.

This is Sardo. Accent on the Do.

How can I help you? What?

Absolutely not.

We don't sell that here. This is a lawful business.

And you-- you got my name from whom?