Apartment 143 Page #3

and only the children's room

shows anything irregular.

But I'm not even sure about that.

It was only for a second.

Ellen:

Hold on a second.

Okay, just back.

Stop.

Left.

Paul:

What the hell is that?

- Ellen:
It looks like a human figure.

- Paul:
That's what it looks like.

I don't know.

Hold on a sec.

Bring up the contrast.

Can you clean that up?

Paul:

Oh man.

Ellen:
Sh*t.

Should we wake him up?

No, let him sleep.

He can see it tomorrow.

Do you want to get some sleep?

I can take over if you want.

Are you mad?

No, I'm fine.

Don't worry about me.

Go get some rest.

I'll...

I'll finish up here.

Rise and shine.

Hey, Benny.

You're already up.

Wake up, guys.

You guys almost slept

the entire day away.

It's a beautiful day,

come on wake up.

- Shut the window.

- Wake up, Caitlin.

Hey, Benny.

I made

blueberry pancakes

with eggs and bacon.

- My favorite.

- Yep, I know.

Okay, come on, Caitlin, let's go.

It's Saturday, Alan.

Shut the window.

I know it's Saturday, Caitlin,

but you guys have already slept

until almost 1 0:00, so let's go.

Come on, breakfast is on the table.

I made your favorite.

F*** off.

Okay, go ahead, Benny.

Why don't you go ahead

and run to the table? Thanks.

Caitlin, when I ask you

to get up,

- you get up.

- Shut the window, Alan.

You are not to use that

language around Benny.

- Do you understand me?

- Shut the f***ing window.

- What?

- It is Saturday.

What?

Get up, Caitlin.

Get up!

I'm fed up with your attitude.

Get up.

This is unbelievable.

Get up!

Don't touch me,

don't touch me, don't touch me!

- Don't touch me.

- Caitlin.

I will get up,

but do not f***ing touch me.

Are you going to watch me

get dressed now?

White:
Benny.

Thank you.

White:

How did everybody sleep?

- Just fine, Mr. White, thank you.

- Ellen:
Mmm.

White:

I want to apologize

for not having any extra rooms

or beds or anything,

but maybe if one of you wants

to sleep in my bed tonight,

- that's fine.

- No no no.

- Paul:
That's actually--

- We-- we-- we insist.

Don't put yourself out.

Thanks.

I really really appreciate it.

Thank you, Mr. White.

Caitlin, can you pass

the sugar, sweetie?

Pass it yourself.

And I'm not your sweetheart.

Caitlin, when you're in this house,

you do what I ask you to do,

when I ask you.

Do you understand me?

Benny, stop playing with your food.

Stop playing with--

Oh, I'm so proud of you, Paul.

I'm gonna send this tape to your ma.

Don't bother,

she has her own tapes--

Paul ironing,

Paul making the bed,

Paul masturbating.

Who needs to be good at their job

when they can wash dishes

for a living, eh?

One day,

and that day will soon come,

men around the world will see their

rights acknowledged and respected.

You're laughing now,

but we'll see how cheerful you are

the day men cast aside

their domestic chores

and conquer the workplace.

And we'll only be a couple steps away

- from the right to vote, you know.

- Hold on a second,

- step aside.

- So now that I'm done with the dishes,

- you just want me gone.

- Really, Paul, step aside.

How strange.

No no, wait.

Here, hold this.

Yeah.

Paul:
Was it like this yesterday?

I've no idea.

Oh, sh*t.

It's a blind spot.

Ellen:

Oh, sh*t.

Paul:

There's gotta be some record if it.

We took pictures

of the entire living room.

- Ellen:
There it is.

- Paul:
Yeah, I see it.

White:

What does this mean?

Last night,

the photo was right side up.

There's no footprints

in the talcum powder,

so nobody could

have possibly moved it.

If nobody moved it then--

- Wait, the photo.

- Ellen:
What photo?

The shadow, Ellen.

The photo we took in Caitlin's room.

It's not here.

It's been deleted.

Ellen:
Jesus Christ!

- Did you get that?

- Ellen:
Yeah.

- Please tell me you got that apport.

- Ellen:
Yeah, I got it.

- Paul:
Did you see that?

- Ellen:
Yeah.

- Time to move on to the next stage.

- Paul:
Oh man!

My God.

Heseltine?

Yeah, it's Helzer.

Paul:

It's better inside than outside.

Helzer:
Okay?

Paul:
Melting our asses off

in there, huh?

Helzer:

We got an apport this morning.

- Excuse me. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

- Paul:
Yeah, no worries, no worries.

The stuff that's going on

up there, is it safe?

Paul:
We're checking

some things out. I mean,

what happened up there

is what we call

a brief episode

of phantasmogenesis.

And, essentially,

the ultrasound transistor

is supposed to be useful

in making annoying spirits disappear.

We don't know why,

but it does work, so.

Okay, put your hand on Zelda

and then I'm going to do the same thing,

and we're going to work out

which one of us has special powers.

So I'm going to concentrate

really, really hard

and I'm going to try

and make her hair go red, yeah?

- Ellen:
Everything's clean.

- Paul:
All clear, doctor.

- It worked.

- Ellen:
Clean.

Paul:

Doctor?

I think we should--

It was just a draft.

Let me check.

Paul:

The flash drive.

Benny.

Today we're going to use

a whole bunch of

different machines, Benny.

White:

What is this?

We're setting up

an electrostatic generator.

Um, it's really hard to explain.

But if you could just bear with me.

No no. Excuse me.

I need to know what's happening.

The materialization of ghosts

depends on electrostatic charges.

The emission of these ions

boosts their presence.

- Something like that.

- So I can take my kids to their room?

Yeah, I want to go to my room,

but I'm not a freaking kid.

I really need them here.

Don't worry, it's not dangerous.

Ellen:

All yours.

What's that thing over there?

- That thing there?

- Yes.

It's a stroboscopic light emitter.

Oh.

And that gray thing over there?

Helzer:

Maybe we'll talk about that one later.

Do you know what stroboscopic light is?

Benny:
Yes.

- Do you want me to tell you anyway?

- Benny:
Yes.

Helzer:

You know the images on television,

like when you're watching a cartoon

or something like that on TV?

The images look stable,

but actually

each one is flickering

a certain amount of times

each second.

See what I mean?

- Hmm.

- Sometimes people say

they glimpsed a ghost

out of the corner of their eyes,

and that's how it is.

You understand?

- Yes.

- Good boy.

You know like discos

with flickering lights

that make everything go

wild and crazy?

- Yes.

- It's kinda like that.

Just go put out

the lights right now.

Ellen:
Just stand right over there.

Thank you.

Right there. Great.

Benny:

I can't see anything.

Ellen:

Benny, love.

Paul:

Hey, Benny, come here.

Let me show you something.

See how on that really small screen

everything looks green even though

you can't see anything out there?

- Yes.

- Paul:
Aha.

Well, that's 'cause these

cameras can see at night,

- even though we can't. Okay.

- Mm-hmm.

Now we're going to change

the button because

there's going to be lots of light

and we're not gonna need it, okay?

Want to press the button?

Paul:
Benny, Ellen, are you okay?

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