Pay the Ghost
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- 2015
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Mother!
Mom.
Hey.
There's something
outside my window.
Oh, baby,
you're having a nightmare, huh?
Okay.
Let me put you back to bed.
I want Daddy to do it.
How 'bout we wait
for him together, huh?
Come on in. Bring Bear.
I gotcha.
We'll keep each other safe.
Sh*t.
Hi.
Did you figure it out?
What?
What you're gonna
be for Halloween.
Maybe.
But you're gonna have to
wait until tomorrow to find out.
I'll be a pirate.
Ah, good choice.
Mom helped me pick it out
after we got the pumpkin.
Mom said she'd carve it with me,
but I wanted to wait for you.
Oh,
Well...
We'll do it tomorrow,
just before we go trick
or treating, okay?
Promise?
I promise.
Now, go back to sleep.
Oh, and Dad...
Yes?
Can you check
outside my window?
I saw something.
Sure.
Nope, all clear.
I love you, Dad.
I love you too, son.
I'm sorry.
going to bed without you.
If they're on the fence,
I'm going to have to
publish another article
as soon as I can.
- Are they on the fence?
- I don't know.
Just seems like I would've
received a letter by now.
Charlie wanted to wait
up for you tonight.
I think,
if you don't carve that
pumpkin with him tomorrow,
Can he do that?
I think he'd
have a case, yeah.
And what about you?
Are you ready to disown me, too?
Huh?
Can I take that as a no?
I don't want you to think
I'm not mad at you, okay?
"My darling,
my darling, I see it aright.
Tis the aged gray willows
deceiving thy sight."
"I love thee!
I'm charmed by thy
beauty, dear boy!
And if thou'rt unwilling,
then force I'll employ."
"My father, my father,
he seizes me fast,
For sorely the Erl-King
has hurt me at last."
The father now gallops,
with terror half wild,
He grasps in his arms
the poor shuddering child,
He reaches his courtyard
with toil and with dread,
The child in his arms
finds he motionless, dead.
Pretty good, huh?
Kyle.
Who is this, uh, Earl Linking?
And his creepy daughters.
We don't know for sure.
They might be creatures
out of northern mythology.
Or some Celtic lore.
Goethe's nightmares.
But when you go out tonight,
spare a thought for Lovecraft.
For Stoker, for Poe...
And for Goethe's Erl-King.
'Cause they were
all bound by one
great, and noble objective.
To scare the living
sh*t out of you.
Happy Halloween.
Hello, hello, hello!
Hey, Mom.
Where's my little pirate?
Mom, check it out.
Wow, that's a great
indoor activity.
- Yeah.
- You...
You look amazing.
He's on fire, huh?
He's so excited.
The pirate looks perfect,
thank you very much.
And we'll see you
tomorrow, yeah?
Oh, yes.
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween
to you, too, Rosa.
When's Dad coming home?
He should
be on his way right now.
- Rosa take you to art class?
- Yeah.
I wanna see.
Charlie, that's really scary.
That's the thing
I saw outside my window.
I thought you told
me you couldn't see it?
I kinda saw it.
It just kinda looked like that.
Can we go, already?
Where's Dad?
- Yeah?
- Hannah...
Oh, Michael,
come here, come here.
Come, look at this.
week on Jones Beach.
What are those, Latin numerals?
Exactly.
It's an M and a D,
and possibly a C.
Sixteen hundred.
They used to engrave ships
with the year they were built,
which means this piece
of driftwood was once
part of the body of
a ship that helped
settle this city 400 years ago.
That's quite
something, isn't it?
And so's this.
"Dear Professor Lawford."
Congratulations, Mike!
You've come a long way from that
arrogant Yank who drank
himself out of Heidelberg.
Thanks for
recommending me, Hannah.
You deserve it,
more than anybody.
I've gotta go,
I have a very important
appointment with a pirate.
Hey.
God, it was the most incredible
exhibit I've ever seen.
And they, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!
Easy on the candy,
all of you, please.
Maybe Dad
called and you missed it.
I will try him again.
Hi, it's Mike,
leave a message,
I'll get back to you
as soon as I can.
Hey.
You okay?
- Did you see it, Mom?
- Did I see what?
The bird.
The bird?
No.
No, I don't.
I think I'll
be Robin Hood next year.
He steals from the rich
and gives to the poor.
Well, that is
very noble, my little man.
And I bet he keeps
just to himself.
I see.
Mom, can we go to
the carnival, please?
No, not this year, my man.
I'm sorry, it is late, and
you have school tomorrow.
Come with me.
Come on, come on my prince.
I said, Draw, partner!
Dad!
You're a cowboy!
I couldn't find
my cowboy hat,
but boy, you guys look great.
You make a great pirate,
Charlie.
Where were you?
Mom said you were
gonna meet up with us.
I apologize,
my phone died.
Come on,
let's go to bed.
Mom,
can we go to the carnival,
just for a bit, please?
Oh, let me take him.
Just give us a half an hour.
- Come on, Kristen.
- Okay, okay.
Okay, but
would you do me a favor
and put him to bed, tonight?
He is hopped up on enough sugar
to last him until Christmas
and I have to finish some
client designs tonight.
- Of course.
- All right.
I got it.
You got what?
Drum roll, please.
I got tenure.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God,
I'm so proud of you!
Does this mean that we can go?
Yes, it means you can go.
It means that we will
celebrate tonight.
Everything's going
to be better now.
You boys have fun tonight.
Come here.
Candy please, young man.
- Come on, already.
- Hey, let's do it.
- Hey, Professor?
- Uh huh?
Keep your chaps on, yeah?
Yeah!
Let's go, Dad.
Smile, Dad.
You having fun?
This is awesome.
You see those skeletons?
Pretty scary, huh?
Charlie?
Okay.
All right?
I'm sorry we didn't
carve pumpkins together.
It's okay.
I know you got a
lot of work to do.
No, it's not okay.
I promised I'd be there,
and promises dads make to
their sons are special things.
You know you're
the most important
person in the
world to me, right?
Yeah.
Let's get some ice cream!
Hey.
Charlie.
Charlie.
I really need you
to stay close to me,
and I need you to look
where you're going, okay?
Let me, let me take that.
Come on.
What kind of ice
cream do you want?
Swirled cone with
rainbow sprinkles.
Sounds good.
Dad,
can we pay the ghost?
Pay the what?
Next.
Right, uh, yeah,
a swirled cone
with rainbow sprinkles, please.
Okay. Six bucks.
Yeah.
Keep the change.
Charlie?
Charlie!
- Next!
- Did you see where my son went?
Uh-uh.
- Charlie.
- Who's next?
Charlie!
Where are you?
Charlie!
Charlie!
Charlie.
Hey!
Let him go!
What are you doing?
Charlie!
Charlie, where are you?
Charlie!
This is my son's hat!
The boy that was
wearing this hat,
- did you see him?
- Sir, are you okay?
My son was wearing this hat!
- Sir... Hey, Buddy!
- Charlie!
Officer, Officer,
this is my son's hat.
He's missing!
When did you see him last?
He was right here by
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