The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Curse/First Day Frights - full transcript
After moving into a new town, Molly encounters Scratch who decides to put a curse on Molly for entering his home to try and get the McGee family to flee.
(ominous music)
Your performance is disappointing.
Misery is declining in Cedar Valley.
While joy is on the rise!
There's nothing I can do!
They... they opened a dog rescue!
You can't expect me
to compete with puppies!
That is precisely
what the Chairman expects.
(crashes)
Don't send me
to the Flow of Failed Phantoms!
Please! I can do better!
(screaming)
They had puppies!
(sighs)
Just one last ghost to review.
- Not him.
- Must we?
The Ghost Council summons...
Scratch.
(whooshes)
(rattles)
(munching)
Hm, what?
Hey! The Ghost Council!
You guys are looking good.
Especially you, Mr. Tower of Dour, here.
Mr. Chairman, emanema-nee!
(chuckles)
(splats)
Scratch, you are rude!
- Crude!
- And disgusting!
But we can't argue with your numbers.
GHOST 1: Your town of Brighton is
truly a miserable place.
We shall mark your performance
as "adequate".
Now, our work is done!
Yes, we are off
to the Haughty Haunts Club!
Oh! I've never been. I hear it's nice.
Is there a dress code?
Should I put on pants?
Also, should I put on legs?
(laughs)
You are not invited, Scratch.
But you are dismissed.
(whooshes)
(splats, pops)
Jerks! Who needs them?
Didn't wanna go
to their stupid club, anyway!
I like being alone!
I like being by myself!
I don't need... Any. Body. Else!
(theme music playing)
MOLLY: Ah, Brighton!
You know what I see here?
Limitless potential!
(thuds)
(clanks)
(raccoons chitter)
Know what I see? A clean slate.
And let's keep it that way, Darryl.
No more disasters, flammable or otherwise.
I make no promises.
(phone rings)
Hey, Mom! We're almost there.
I know. I've been tracking you.
Tell Peter to step on it!
(both)
Hi, Grandma Nin!
(tires screech)
PETER: Ah! Here we are, McGees!
Well, it's not the worst house
we ever lived in.
Oh. Hold on, that's not our house.
(engine revs, tires screech)
PETER: This is our house.
ALL: Ohh.
GRANDMA NIN: Turn me around so I can see.
Ew! Turn me back.
Granted, it is a bit of a fixer-upper.
(cracks, thuds)
Dad, I'm not gonna lie to you.
I love it!
(chuckles)
MOLLY: Whoo!
Huh, what? A family moving into my house?
Oh, no, no, no, no! I gotta stop--
-(splats)
- Ooh!
Oh, wow! My new bedroom is...
kind of a dump.
It needs the Molly McGee touch!
Ugh... Hey, hey! Those cobwebs are vintage!
(gasps)
A ghost?
Okay, Molly. Okay, focus up.
You've never met a ghost before.
Make a good impression.
- Ghost hug!
-(squishes)
Sorry about that. Here we go.
(chuckles)
Hey, does this go here? How about a... heh!
I guess I, uh,
I can be a little too friendly, sometimes.
Yeah, well, I'm not!
- Be gone, human!
- Whoa...
- Whoa!
-(chuckles)
- Huh?
- Did you just make me fly?
This attic has everything,
and it comes with a bonus you!
I'm never ever ever ever
ever ever leaving!
Fine. If you won't leave...
(clears throat)
Mind taking a step back, please?
No, that's too far.
A little... No, come back.
There! Stop! Okay.
I curse you, Molly McGee!
Wherever you go, whatever you do,
for the rest of your days, I'll be there,
haunting you, tormenting you,
turning your every waking moment
into an unending nightmare!
(gasps)
- Fantastic performance!
- Huh?
Where did those bugs even come from? What?
- So, now that we're best friends...
- Best friends?
Yeah. You're going everywhere I go
and doing everything I do, right?
- I guess?
- Best friends confirmed!
We're gonna make music videos together,
become Internet famous,
and then we're gonna tell
ghost stories all night
you're gonna be so good at it,
I'm gonna be like, "I'm so scared!"
Then, we're gonna volunteer
to wash old people!
- Why would we do that?
- You know, best friend stuff!
Now, what are your thoughts on posters?
Kittens or puppies?
Mm, maybe the puppies...
I didn't curse Molly McGee... She cursed me!
MOLLY: ♪ Together forever ♪
♪ My best friend and me ♪
Blech!
♪ We're stickin' together ♪
♪ For the rest of eternity ♪
Leave, Molly McGee!
Ooh-hoo-hoo, hold that pose.
- MOLLY: ♪ Selfie! ♪
-(shutter clicks)
Aw, look at your little face.
All right, let's do this!
MOLLY: ♪ We'll be joined at the hip
forever and ever ♪
♪ Like an insane surgeon
sewed us together ♪
♪ 'Cause we've got a bond so deep ♪
♪ It touches my soul ♪
(sobs)
Why me?
MOLLY: ♪ And you're never alone
'cause we're never apart ♪
♪ Like a parasitic worm
I live in your heart ♪
♪ It's you and I, best friends for life ♪
♪ With no chance of parole ♪
- MOLLY: ♪ Together forever ♪
- SECOND VOICE: ♪ I'm sticking to you ♪
-♪ And ever and ever ♪
-(screams)
MOLLY: ♪ BFF, fun, wow! ♪
-♪ It's gotta be ♪
- I give up.
♪ My best friend and me! ♪
♪ Permanently! ♪
MOLLY: And... perfect!
What if I asked nicely?
Would you leave, please?
Ooh...
(sucks teeth)
Sorry. Nope on that.
See, Dad's City Planner job
pulled us McGees
MOLLY: from Ada, Oklahoma
to Zuni, New Mexico
and everywhere in between.
I've, um, left behind a lot of friends.
But Brighton's gonna be different.
We McGees are making our forever home...
MOLLY: right here.
And I've already got a forever friend!
Ugh! Me? I am not a part of your problems!
- Aah!
- Oh, now, come on.
You did the too friendly thing, again!
Come back, Scratch!
(straining)
Let me...
- BOTH: Ugh!
-(thuds)
- Uhh...
-(splats)
- Huh?
- What's this? I, uh...
Oh, no, this curse just got worse.
(laughing)
No, way.
You come to me whenever I say your name?
On demand bestie?
(gasps)
(whispers)
It's the future of friendship!
Oh, no, no, no, no! I gotta fix this!
(whooshes)
Scratch? Where'd you go?
(club music playing)
Sorry, chief, can't let you in.
I just gotta talk to... Oh! Those! Them!
Them! I just... Can you grab them?
Can you turn around
and look where I'm pointing at, please?
- Don't you ghost me!
- What are you doing here, Scratch?
Huh, okay, I got an urgent question.
Is there any way for a ghost,
who has accidentally cursed himself,
to un-curse himself?
I'm asking for a friend, of course.
Ridiculous! You have no friends.
Ha-ha-ha.
Okay, but would it kill you, again,
to give me a straight answer, please?
GHOST 2: "Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
I'll be there"?
This friend of yours must be
quite the dunderhead, Scratch.
GHOST 2: It's more of a curse
on the ghost than the human.
Well, there is one way out...
GHOST 1: "If you won't leave..."
Your friend must scare the human so badly,
they leave the house forever.
And then the curse is broken. Okay.
But this is the thing,
this girl, she doesn't scare!
Girl?
(laughs)
As in a child?
Surely, she doesn't make all the decisions
for her family.
So, I can't scare Molly,
but scaring her family?
(laughs)
I can do that, no problem!
I mean, my friend can do that, no problem.
You wanna put the cereal in this cabinet?
(laughs)
That's sheer madness!
It completes the bowl,
utensil, cereal triangle.
Cereal has to go in here.
- No, cereal has to go in here.
-(sloshing)
(laughs)
-(screams)
-(Scratch wailing)
(spits)
Leave the boxes! Leave the cereal!
Leave everything! Leave yourselves!
Bring yourselves! We really gotta go.
- DARRYL: Aah! Ghost!
-(picture frame shatters)
Oh, boy.
(Scratch wailing, laughing)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Guys, it's okay!
I see you've met
my new best friend, Scratch.
- It has a name?
- Out of the way, Molly!
We're leaving this house,
and we are never coming back!
- We got the cereal, right?
- No. No, no, no, Dad.
We can't leave our forever home
just because it comes with a ghost.
Besides, Scratch doesn't mean to be scary.
He's just, I don't know, a little hangry?
- I am not hangry!
- Do you want a snack?
I mean, I'd have a bite of something
but it doesn't mean I'm hangry.
- Granola bar?
- Not if it's carob.
Darryl, you're gonna love Scratch.
-(squelches)
- Ugh, he's so gross.
- Give me more!
- Wha... Hey!
Dad, you always tell us
we shouldn't be afraid of people
who are different.
Shouldn't that apply to a ghost?
You're right, Molly.
And I think the preferred term
is "post-living person". Hmm?
Welcome to our home! I mean, your home
which is, technically, our home.
(chuckles)
I'm a little flustered. Sorry.
This is all very new to me.
(splats)
And Mom, you're really gonna love--
Way ahead of you, Moll.
Nobody disclosed a ghost!
I'm calling our realtor
and getting some money back on this dump!
What is wrong with you people?
(squelches)
(splats)
I think he really likes you guys.
-(Scratch wailing)
- The new house is amazing, Grandma Nin.
It came with a ghost!
But don't be scared, I mean,
we're already best friends, so.
(Scratch wails)
We are not friends, Grandma Nin!
I'm not scared, Molly.
In Thailand, many houses have ghosts.
Have I ever told you about
"san phra phum"?
Uh, no. What's that?
A little house within your home
to honor your ghost.
Tell me more about this, please.
You mean something like... this?
What do you think, Scratch?
It's got a nice, open floor plan.
A few cobwebs here and there.
Uh, this might work.
So, would it be okay
if we stuck around a little while?
Yeah, sure. On a trial basis.
Don't forget to leave
an offering of food and drink
to keep your ghost happy.
I'm quite partial to tacos
and strawberry soda.
You got it, Scratch. Two tacos coming up!
Whatcha want on those bad boys?
- Surprise me.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Chocolate, it is.
(whooshing)
(dings)
(hisses)
MOLLY AND SCRATCH:
♪ The Ghost and Molly McGee! ♪
Your performance is disappointing.
Misery is declining in Cedar Valley.
While joy is on the rise!
There's nothing I can do!
They... they opened a dog rescue!
You can't expect me
to compete with puppies!
That is precisely
what the Chairman expects.
(crashes)
Don't send me
to the Flow of Failed Phantoms!
Please! I can do better!
(screaming)
They had puppies!
(sighs)
Just one last ghost to review.
- Not him.
- Must we?
The Ghost Council summons...
Scratch.
(whooshes)
(rattles)
(munching)
Hm, what?
Hey! The Ghost Council!
You guys are looking good.
Especially you, Mr. Tower of Dour, here.
Mr. Chairman, emanema-nee!
(chuckles)
(splats)
Scratch, you are rude!
- Crude!
- And disgusting!
But we can't argue with your numbers.
GHOST 1: Your town of Brighton is
truly a miserable place.
We shall mark your performance
as "adequate".
Now, our work is done!
Yes, we are off
to the Haughty Haunts Club!
Oh! I've never been. I hear it's nice.
Is there a dress code?
Should I put on pants?
Also, should I put on legs?
(laughs)
You are not invited, Scratch.
But you are dismissed.
(whooshes)
(splats, pops)
Jerks! Who needs them?
Didn't wanna go
to their stupid club, anyway!
I like being alone!
I like being by myself!
I don't need... Any. Body. Else!
(theme music playing)
MOLLY: Ah, Brighton!
You know what I see here?
Limitless potential!
(thuds)
(clanks)
(raccoons chitter)
Know what I see? A clean slate.
And let's keep it that way, Darryl.
No more disasters, flammable or otherwise.
I make no promises.
(phone rings)
Hey, Mom! We're almost there.
I know. I've been tracking you.
Tell Peter to step on it!
(both)
Hi, Grandma Nin!
(tires screech)
PETER: Ah! Here we are, McGees!
Well, it's not the worst house
we ever lived in.
Oh. Hold on, that's not our house.
(engine revs, tires screech)
PETER: This is our house.
ALL: Ohh.
GRANDMA NIN: Turn me around so I can see.
Ew! Turn me back.
Granted, it is a bit of a fixer-upper.
(cracks, thuds)
Dad, I'm not gonna lie to you.
I love it!
(chuckles)
MOLLY: Whoo!
Huh, what? A family moving into my house?
Oh, no, no, no, no! I gotta stop--
-(splats)
- Ooh!
Oh, wow! My new bedroom is...
kind of a dump.
It needs the Molly McGee touch!
Ugh... Hey, hey! Those cobwebs are vintage!
(gasps)
A ghost?
Okay, Molly. Okay, focus up.
You've never met a ghost before.
Make a good impression.
- Ghost hug!
-(squishes)
Sorry about that. Here we go.
(chuckles)
Hey, does this go here? How about a... heh!
I guess I, uh,
I can be a little too friendly, sometimes.
Yeah, well, I'm not!
- Be gone, human!
- Whoa...
- Whoa!
-(chuckles)
- Huh?
- Did you just make me fly?
This attic has everything,
and it comes with a bonus you!
I'm never ever ever ever
ever ever leaving!
Fine. If you won't leave...
(clears throat)
Mind taking a step back, please?
No, that's too far.
A little... No, come back.
There! Stop! Okay.
I curse you, Molly McGee!
Wherever you go, whatever you do,
for the rest of your days, I'll be there,
haunting you, tormenting you,
turning your every waking moment
into an unending nightmare!
(gasps)
- Fantastic performance!
- Huh?
Where did those bugs even come from? What?
- So, now that we're best friends...
- Best friends?
Yeah. You're going everywhere I go
and doing everything I do, right?
- I guess?
- Best friends confirmed!
We're gonna make music videos together,
become Internet famous,
and then we're gonna tell
ghost stories all night
you're gonna be so good at it,
I'm gonna be like, "I'm so scared!"
Then, we're gonna volunteer
to wash old people!
- Why would we do that?
- You know, best friend stuff!
Now, what are your thoughts on posters?
Kittens or puppies?
Mm, maybe the puppies...
I didn't curse Molly McGee... She cursed me!
MOLLY: ♪ Together forever ♪
♪ My best friend and me ♪
Blech!
♪ We're stickin' together ♪
♪ For the rest of eternity ♪
Leave, Molly McGee!
Ooh-hoo-hoo, hold that pose.
- MOLLY: ♪ Selfie! ♪
-(shutter clicks)
Aw, look at your little face.
All right, let's do this!
MOLLY: ♪ We'll be joined at the hip
forever and ever ♪
♪ Like an insane surgeon
sewed us together ♪
♪ 'Cause we've got a bond so deep ♪
♪ It touches my soul ♪
(sobs)
Why me?
MOLLY: ♪ And you're never alone
'cause we're never apart ♪
♪ Like a parasitic worm
I live in your heart ♪
♪ It's you and I, best friends for life ♪
♪ With no chance of parole ♪
- MOLLY: ♪ Together forever ♪
- SECOND VOICE: ♪ I'm sticking to you ♪
-♪ And ever and ever ♪
-(screams)
MOLLY: ♪ BFF, fun, wow! ♪
-♪ It's gotta be ♪
- I give up.
♪ My best friend and me! ♪
♪ Permanently! ♪
MOLLY: And... perfect!
What if I asked nicely?
Would you leave, please?
Ooh...
(sucks teeth)
Sorry. Nope on that.
See, Dad's City Planner job
pulled us McGees
MOLLY: from Ada, Oklahoma
to Zuni, New Mexico
and everywhere in between.
I've, um, left behind a lot of friends.
But Brighton's gonna be different.
We McGees are making our forever home...
MOLLY: right here.
And I've already got a forever friend!
Ugh! Me? I am not a part of your problems!
- Aah!
- Oh, now, come on.
You did the too friendly thing, again!
Come back, Scratch!
(straining)
Let me...
- BOTH: Ugh!
-(thuds)
- Uhh...
-(splats)
- Huh?
- What's this? I, uh...
Oh, no, this curse just got worse.
(laughing)
No, way.
You come to me whenever I say your name?
On demand bestie?
(gasps)
(whispers)
It's the future of friendship!
Oh, no, no, no, no! I gotta fix this!
(whooshes)
Scratch? Where'd you go?
(club music playing)
Sorry, chief, can't let you in.
I just gotta talk to... Oh! Those! Them!
Them! I just... Can you grab them?
Can you turn around
and look where I'm pointing at, please?
- Don't you ghost me!
- What are you doing here, Scratch?
Huh, okay, I got an urgent question.
Is there any way for a ghost,
who has accidentally cursed himself,
to un-curse himself?
I'm asking for a friend, of course.
Ridiculous! You have no friends.
Ha-ha-ha.
Okay, but would it kill you, again,
to give me a straight answer, please?
GHOST 2: "Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
I'll be there"?
This friend of yours must be
quite the dunderhead, Scratch.
GHOST 2: It's more of a curse
on the ghost than the human.
Well, there is one way out...
GHOST 1: "If you won't leave..."
Your friend must scare the human so badly,
they leave the house forever.
And then the curse is broken. Okay.
But this is the thing,
this girl, she doesn't scare!
Girl?
(laughs)
As in a child?
Surely, she doesn't make all the decisions
for her family.
So, I can't scare Molly,
but scaring her family?
(laughs)
I can do that, no problem!
I mean, my friend can do that, no problem.
You wanna put the cereal in this cabinet?
(laughs)
That's sheer madness!
It completes the bowl,
utensil, cereal triangle.
Cereal has to go in here.
- No, cereal has to go in here.
-(sloshing)
(laughs)
-(screams)
-(Scratch wailing)
(spits)
Leave the boxes! Leave the cereal!
Leave everything! Leave yourselves!
Bring yourselves! We really gotta go.
- DARRYL: Aah! Ghost!
-(picture frame shatters)
Oh, boy.
(Scratch wailing, laughing)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Guys, it's okay!
I see you've met
my new best friend, Scratch.
- It has a name?
- Out of the way, Molly!
We're leaving this house,
and we are never coming back!
- We got the cereal, right?
- No. No, no, no, Dad.
We can't leave our forever home
just because it comes with a ghost.
Besides, Scratch doesn't mean to be scary.
He's just, I don't know, a little hangry?
- I am not hangry!
- Do you want a snack?
I mean, I'd have a bite of something
but it doesn't mean I'm hangry.
- Granola bar?
- Not if it's carob.
Darryl, you're gonna love Scratch.
-(squelches)
- Ugh, he's so gross.
- Give me more!
- Wha... Hey!
Dad, you always tell us
we shouldn't be afraid of people
who are different.
Shouldn't that apply to a ghost?
You're right, Molly.
And I think the preferred term
is "post-living person". Hmm?
Welcome to our home! I mean, your home
which is, technically, our home.
(chuckles)
I'm a little flustered. Sorry.
This is all very new to me.
(splats)
And Mom, you're really gonna love--
Way ahead of you, Moll.
Nobody disclosed a ghost!
I'm calling our realtor
and getting some money back on this dump!
What is wrong with you people?
(squelches)
(splats)
I think he really likes you guys.
-(Scratch wailing)
- The new house is amazing, Grandma Nin.
It came with a ghost!
But don't be scared, I mean,
we're already best friends, so.
(Scratch wails)
We are not friends, Grandma Nin!
I'm not scared, Molly.
In Thailand, many houses have ghosts.
Have I ever told you about
"san phra phum"?
Uh, no. What's that?
A little house within your home
to honor your ghost.
Tell me more about this, please.
You mean something like... this?
What do you think, Scratch?
It's got a nice, open floor plan.
A few cobwebs here and there.
Uh, this might work.
So, would it be okay
if we stuck around a little while?
Yeah, sure. On a trial basis.
Don't forget to leave
an offering of food and drink
to keep your ghost happy.
I'm quite partial to tacos
and strawberry soda.
You got it, Scratch. Two tacos coming up!
Whatcha want on those bad boys?
- Surprise me.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Chocolate, it is.
(whooshing)
(dings)
(hisses)
MOLLY AND SCRATCH:
♪ The Ghost and Molly McGee! ♪