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Mom and Dad are still here.

I... I think the minute

you turned on that machine..

Have you ever thought

it might be giving out

some sort of signal?

Yeah! I know it's..

I know it's giving out

a signal, alright?

I'm glad you didn't say any

of this in front of your sister.

You would have scared

the sh*t out of her.

Becca told me she was talking

to Mom last night..

...right after I saw them!

I think Mom and Dad

are trying to tell us something.

Don't you think

you should listen this time?

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Just got to school, Matt.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[SIGHING]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Weird.

Becca, did you move

Dad's toolbox?

No!

- See you later, Lightman.

- Oh, yeah. Peace.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

I wanna sleep in

my room tonight.

Okay.

So, what brought this on?

I'm not scared anymore.

They watch me while I sleep.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Hey.

- What did you say to her?

- What?

Why'd you put that stuff

into her head about Mom and Dad?

What are you talking about?

She brought that up to me.

Matt, don't lie

to me, alright!

If you didn't say anything,

why is she

suddenly sleeping

in her own room?

Isn't that a good thing?

That she's deluded?

No, Matt, it's not!

Ethan, she's not deluded!

Jesus, when are you

gonna wake up and realize..

Mom and Dad don't like it

when you fight.

Ethan, don't be so hard

on your brother.

Sorry, Bec. Yeah, we'll try

to be more quiet, okay?

Just go back to bed.

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

...are amazing.

What would you expect to pay

for this fine piece

of exercise equipment?

Coming up after the break,

we got "Six In A Row."

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Those who believe

in the holy spirit

shall find the path

of righteousness.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

It's Mom and Dad.

Let me down

let me down

Now do you believe us?

Let me down

[LAUGHING]

It's Mom and Dad.

Oh.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Oh!

What happened?

Nothing.

Just dropped something.

It's really good to see you.

Sorry I haven't called.

It's just been nuts.

You know, I drive a mini-van now

and go to PTA meetings.

It's pretty ridiculous.

But, uh, I actually

I wanted to talk to you

about our machine..

...about ELI.

What about it?

Well, I figured since we

practically made it together

you're the only other person

that knows

the technology as well as I do.

You know, our focus was always

on trying to get enough power.

But I think we took for granted

that the signal actually worked.

Well, if you don't

have a signal

you don't have anything.

We... well,

I think it does work.

Just not on light bulbs.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Like, when you feel a presence

or... or when someone says

they see a spirit

and they have

a physical reaction to it

like the hairs on their arm

pricking up

or on the back of their neck.

What if there is a scientific

explanation for that?

Like, a shift in the

electromagnetic energy levels?

Matt, Ethan told us not to turn

it on without his permission.

Well, Ethan's not here.

I'm in charge.

That's not how you do it.

[WHIRRING]

You know our consciousness

has a frequency

so, where does all

that energy go when we die?

I know this sounds crazy.

But, Hannah, there's...

there's stuff

going on in my house, okay?

Stuff that I cannot explain.

It all started

when I turned on the machine.

[WHIRRING]

Ethan, listen to me.

You have to talk

to someone about this.

Look, I came here to have

a serious discussion with you

not to be psychoanalyzed.

A serious discussion

about what, ghosts?

Yeah, this was a mistake.

I gotta get back anyway.

- Ethan.

- Bye, Hannah.

[DOG BARKING]

[BECCA AND MATT SCREAMING]

- In here! In here!

- Ethan, watch!

Go again. Go again.

[LAUGHING]

It's so cool!

This is awesome!

Do you see this?

Isn't this amazing?

I know that was

a lot of fun today

but... you guys

have to promise me

you're not gonna

turn on the machine

when I'm not here, alright?

Okay, I promise.

Alright. Goodnight.

- Ethan?

- Yeah?

I really want to see them.

Mom says the signal

needs to be stronger.

- Hey.

- Hey.

For now, we keep this

top secret.

We can't tell anybody

what we're up to, not even Dag.

Okay?

Yeah.

And I'll talk to Becca too.

I don't know how

this is gonna affect her

but... I've opened

some kind of door

whether I like it or not.

But if there's a chance

we can talk to Mom and Dad

we gotta try.

There's still a long way to go.

I can't really seem

to strengthen the signal.

Every time I try cranking up

the power, I trip the breaker.

Sh*t.

So, what are you gonna do?

[CAR APPROACHING]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Welcome to my workshop.

I was half expecting

to find a DeLorean in here.

- I wish.

- How much is it pullin'?

Uh, a lot. A lot.

I just, I can't seem

to get enough juice

without blowing the breaker.

And I thought maybe

you'd have some..

...secret tricks

that you could show me.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, there's lots of ways

of nabbin' power

from your neighbor's houses

but, uh, it's pretty complicated

super illegal.

Right.

We could probably rig

somethin' up temporary.

- Yeah?

- Let's hit the basement.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hey, Bec.

Were you talking

to Mom and Dad again?

Yeah, I was just telling them

about my new friend..

...Alice.

They don't think

I should talk to her.

Really?

So, do Mom and Dad

actually talk to you?

Like, full conversations?

Kind of.

W... why don't,

why don't they talk to me?

You're not ready yet.

What does that mean?

- That's what Mom says.

- And Dad?

What does Dad say?

I don't know.

He just wants us to make

the machine work better.

[GRUNTS]

- That should do it.

- Alright.

You'll have access to most

of your house's power with this.

You're gonna wanna

re... replace it

with something more

permanent eventually

but should be fine

for now.

No. This is, this is perfect.

I knew you'd have something

up your sleeve.

Just remember, you wanna ramp

this thing up

you turn most of the things

off in your house.

Even a little bit

of an overdraw

it's enough to trip

the whole system.

You're gonna wanna make

a few adjustments

inside there too.

Make sure it can handle

the power, huh?

Yeah, I've definitely

got my work cut out for me

that's for sure.

Maybe some day you'll tell me

if this time machine of yours

actually works, huh?

[CHUCKLES] Well, I'll need a

few more gigawatts for that

but I'll let you know.

Well, I'll, uh, see you around.

I'll walk you out of here.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[DOOR CREAKS]

[YAWNING]

Okay.

What do you think?

Modified the design,

made it a little bit simpler.

Bec, look!

What do you think?

Huh?

Does that mean

it'll work better?

Yeah, I hope so.

- That's the idea.

- Can we switch it back on now?

No, not yet.

Very soon, though.

[CELL PHONE DINGS]

I need extra help on cash.

Ah, here we go.

That's what we need.

One, two, three, four.

That's probably good, right?

- Mm-hmm.

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