Ghost Whisperer s01e13 Episode Script

My name is Melinda Gordon.
I just got married, just moved to a small town, just opened up an antique shop.
I might be just like you.
Except from the time that I was a little girl, I knew that I could talk to the dead.
It's all right, honey.
Earthbound spirits, my grandmother called them, the ones who have not crossed over because they have unfinished business with the living.
And they come to me for help.
To tell you my story, I have to tell you theirs.
My mom says nobody lived here since old man Richmond moved out.
Betcha it's not really haunted.
Go inside and find out.
- You go.
- You go! I'll go.
What's the matter? Chicken? Am not.
Come with me.
Melinda, what are you doing here? Saw you from my porch across the street.
You know, it's late.
You three should be in bed.
We're looking for ghosts.
I can't see them any more.
Yeah, sometimes that happens.
You know, you grow out of it.
Can you? Well Nope.
I don't see any.
You can't see ghosts.
You hear them or feel them.
Right.
I did not know that.
Did you hear that? There's something in the bushes.
- What's that? - Is something in there? Let's get out of here! I want to go home! Good boy, Homer.
The kids would have been disappointed without a good scare.
Go get it.
I don't get it.
Why does a ghost dog need to go for a walk? If I could answer that, I could cross him over.
Poor Homer.
He's probably just waiting for the ghost kids from the orphanage to come back and get him.
Oh, thanks.
As if I don't feel bad enough that he got left behind.
Here's what I think.
If we take the ball and we throw it far enough, he will keep going until he goes into the light, right? What was that? The kids.
What are you doing? Hang on a second.
That is private property, right? Yeah, mine.
I just rented the place.
Don't you have keys? Lost them.
Look, I'm sorry about the noise.
I tried every door, but Todd Darger.
Jim Clancy.
This is my wife Melinda.
Nice to meet you guys.
So you're moving in now? Yeah.
Yeah, I've been real busy and I don't have much stuff, so Well, you need a hand? No.
No, no.
No.
Okay, then.
If you need anything, we're right across the street.
Welcome to the neighbourhood.
You know, you lose your keys, you call a locksmith.
Yeah.
And who moves in, in the middle of the night? Probably somebody who had to move out of their last place in the middle of the night.
I don't know.
I think that guy was weird.
Yeah, well, maybe it'll be a short-term rental.
You know, I kind of miss cranky old Mr Richmond.
Maybe he'll come out of retirement and move back.
What? Homer.
He's growling.
He can't bite me, can he? Something scared him.
Tell me what, a ghost dog catcher? Todd's not the only one moving in at night.
Can you see us? Anything? No.
Just Todd.
Well, maybe he likes to sleep in, huh? Very funny.
It's also an angry ghost.
Oh, yeah? How can you tell? I can feel it and see it in the way he moved.
Oh, great.
For our new neighbours, we have the cast of In Cold Blood.
I should go talk to Todd.
Make sure he understands what's going on.
You know, I wouldn't.
Why not? You know, you never know how people are gonna react when you tell them what you do.
And I always seem to handle it.
Yeah, because most of the time you can walk away, right? And so can the people you help.
But, I mean, this guy, he lives right across the street.
What if he's got a big mouth, you know? He starts telling everybody.
You're gonna have to see him every day.
You can't avoid him.
Maybe you're right.
That's rare, but it happens.
I am going to have to have a word with the departed, though.
Morning, neighbour.
I hope I didn't wake you.
I don't sleep much.
What do you want? I just wanted to make sure that we didn't get off on the wrong foot last night and thought maybe you'd like a home-cooked breakfast.
Thanks.
Look, I'd invite you in, but Oh, that's so nice, but I can only stay for a minute.
You know, I have always wanted to see the inside of this place ever since we moved here.
Not much to see.
You travel light? - Move around a lot.
- Really? Where are you from? Look Those are gorgeous fixtures.
Really.
Original? Sure, yeah, yeah, I guess.
Am I keeping you from work? I got to buy some things for the house.
What do you do for a living? Internet.
Website designer.
Listen, Melinda? I appreciate the breakfast.
I do, but I like my privacy.
You understand? You see me? Stay away.
- What? - Sorry.
Sorry, I was Great mouldings on that door.
Look I really appreciate the breakfast, but, seriously, I gotta get going.
I understand.
Sorry.
I own an antique store in town Most earthbound spirits are excited to know that there's someone there that they can talk to and that can see them.
Not this guy.
Maybe this one wants to be left alone.
Oh, no.
This ghost is on a missión.
He walks with purpose.
He's evasive, you know, like he's up to something.
Oh, there he is.
He who? Todd or the ghost? Both.
Okay, what are you doing? I'm just gonna go follow them.
Melinda, stop.
Don't get involved in this.
It doesn't feel right.
I am already involved in this.
There's a ghost living across the street.
You can pretend he's not there.
I can't.
All right, then I'm going with you.
No, you have work to do, and so do I.
Okay? I'm just gonna try and get the ghost alone and see if I can't help him move on.
Whoa.
Grab that.
Thanks, guys.
Good, I'll see you.
Watch out! Are you all right? Why are you following me? I'm not.
I wasn't.
Never met a ghost who's so proactive before.
Melinda, this one hurt you.
No, it wasn't like that.
But he definitely wants to hurt Todd, though.
Like, dead, hurt.
How is that even possible? I thought spirits couldn't touch anything real.
You know, like a living person.
Well, it's always been that way with earthbounds.
You know, usually, they move things.
But it's like they're learning how to interact more, you know, make a bigger impact on this worid.
Speaking of crossing over, I have been doing some research into man's best friend.
This guy is the best dog trainer in the worid, and he says that all dogs have issues.
What kind of issues could Homer have that would keep him here? Tons.
Phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Or he's just a dog who doesn't know that he's supposed to walk into the light.
Maybe he thinks the light is a car coming at him.
Oh, there's something in here about that.
Yeah, you keep me posted on that.
What's he doing? Getting ready for a hurricane or trying to lower property values.
I can't decide.
What? We have to get him off that ladder.
Okay.
Hey, it looks like you need a hand up there, huh? I'm fine.
Todd, can I talk to you for a minute? It's important.
Look, why don't you people just leave me alone? I want privacy.
Don't you get that? Yeah, we get it.
Stop it.
Stop it! Hang on.
Todd? Todd, can you hear me? Is he okay? No.
Call 911.
Let him die.
Why? What is your problem? He's a murderer.
Just keep breathing, you'll be okay.
- Hey, Jim.
- Yeah? Is Melinda okay? Yeah.
Why? Wanted to make sure she didn't get hit in the head, too.
Now, you almost killed him.
Bob.
What are you talking about? He killed my granddaughter.
He's going to get what he deserves.
And if you don't stay out of my way, you will, too.
Mel? - You okay? - I don't know.
This ghost really wants to kill him.
I mean, he thinks that Todd murdered his granddaughter.
- Wait, wait, he's a killer? - I don't know for sure.
- Do ghosts lie? - They can make mistakes.
No, that's it.
You're staying away from this guy.
I'm calling the cops.
And tell them what? I don't need your help.
No, I can get them to check up on him.
Clark will do that for me, all right? Jim, please let me handle this, okay? Don't do anything until I can get the whole story.
He's home.
The son of a bitch lived, and he's home again.
It took everything I had to do that to him.
And now I'm too weak.
It's a vicious circle.
You thrive on his energy, but when he's weakened, so are you.
Whose locket? My granddaughter's.
I gave it to her for her 10th birthday.
What's the inscription say? "Patience.
" They buried me with it.
They should've buried her with it, but they never found her body.
What's your name? What the hell do you care what my name is? My granddaughter's dead, and that bastard killed her, and he got away with it.
Why do you think he killed her? I know.
I know.
Should've never sent her away.
I didn't know what else to do.
Sent her away where? Boarding school.
She needed it, she needed the discipline.
- What? - I'm not buying that.
- How can you be so cruel? I hate you.
- Don't you No, don't And that's where she met him.
Todd? He was older.
He had no business befriending her.
They called me, they told me she was missing.
They had everybody out there looKing for any sign of her.
That"s the first time I ever laid eyes on Todd Darger.
Over here.
I found something.
That"s all they ever found of her.
The cops Knew he Killed her.
Why isn't he in jail? In jail? They never even made an arrest.
No body.
No evidence.
They could never put a case together.
But my heart was broken.
I should've killed him while I was still alive, but I promise you, I promise you, I will find the strength to make him pay.
Wait.
This is just too weird, Mel.
I don't want you near this guy.
This ghost is actively trying to kill him.
Okay? I can't just turn away from that.
You know what it's like to have a ghost attached to you.
This isn't an innocent bystander.
This guy might be a murderer.
I know what I'm dealing with here.
You're overreacting.
And you're underreacting, okay? People are getting hurt.
Yeah, I know, and that's not gonna stop unless I do something.
No, not if it means you're gonna go up close and personal with Todd the Ripper.
I'm sorry, Mel, I can't let you do this.
Can't let me? No, come on, hey, don't You know what I mean.
No, I know what you mean.
It is just too dangerous.
- Melinda.
- Yeah, I heard you the first time.
I'm gonna go to bed now, if you'll let me, that is.
Oh, no, no, don't go making me the bad guy just because I care about you.
And don't get all noble.
There's a difference between caring and controlling.
No, wait, you know, you know, I don't do that.
Goodnight.
All right, fine.
Goodnight.
Yeah, that's what I said.
I love you, too.
- Is that her? - Missing for eight years.
Don't you think you should call the police? And tell them what? That a ghost told me he's guilty? Melinda, you saw the guy bury plastic bags.
Oh, it would be pretty stupid to bury evidence in your backyard, wouldn't it? Well, we can test his IQ after we call the police.
Let me just get rid of this ghost, okay? Then I'll check in with the police.
You have anything yet on Homer the dog? You know, I'm getting close, actually.
This book says that dogs are really into their pack leaders, and in this case, I think that you have become Homer's pack leader.
And I have to cross over, then he'll follow me? I said I was close.
I didn't say I had it.
Okay, according to the book, dogs are also very migratory.
They like to go new places, try new things, travel, shop.
Wait, that's me.
- It's him.
- Who? Homer? My next-door neighbour.
You know what, keep an eye on him and the minute he gets back in his truck, you call me on my cell.
Why? Where are you going? Melinda! - Andrea? - Get out of there.
How long ago did he leave? I don"t Know.
L"m swamped and I was ringing up customers, and then when I looked up his truck was gone.
Okay, thanks.
You just can't mind your own business, can you? It was my dog, Homer.
I thought that his ball had rolled in here, but I don't I don't see it anywhere, so Well, I'll help you look for it.
What's the matter? Are you scared? Just like everybody else.
Yeah, I should go.
Just be quiet and don't move.
Please, just let me go.
Just do what I say, and everything will be okay, all right? Why are you doing this? Because I'm haunted.
There's something in here with us right now.
Do you hear that? He thinks I'm some thing.
He doesn't know who I am.
But now that you're here, you can tell him.
No.
You shouldn't have come in here, Melinda, I I can hardly protect myself.
I can't protect you.
Is that what all this is for, protection? To ward off evil.
Keep the ghost away, you know.
They're talismans and offerings.
I keep them buried in the yard so the spirits don't seep up from below, and if they do, the incense, it confuses them.
- This won't work.
- It will work.
I've just gotta keep trying.
New things, different things.
Combinations.
Something's gonna work.
Tell him why I'm here.
- Stop it.
- I can't breath.
- Tell him why he's being haunted.
- I'm choking.
Tell him why he's being haunted! Tell him! You're being haunted because of Stacy.
How do you know about Stacy? You tell him you know he killed her.
I want you out of here.
Get off my property and leave me alone.
He's a murderer.
Maybe he'll kill you next.
Get away from me! He's going to die.
Sooner or later, I'll get the strength, I'll find a way.
You can't save him.
If he dies, you may never find out what happened to Stacy.
I know what happened.
He murdered her.
But you don't know how.
You don't know why, you don't know where she is, you don't know where he left her.
Those are the things that are keeping you here.
Those are the things that you need to find out to get closure.
He'll never admit to it.
Let me help you.
Please, tell me your name.
Lyle.
Lyle Chase.
I'm going to get you.
I'm going to get you! Hey, that's enough.
That's enough! All right? Somebody lives here.
Go find something else to do.
Okay, come on, guys.
And you Let's go ride our bikes.
Todd, it's Melinda again.
If I could just talk to you, for like, two minutes.
Look, I I know you're being haunted.
I believe you.
You're not crazy.
I know about these things.
And I know what's been happening to you.
I spoke to the person who's haunting you.
His name is Lyle Chase.
He wants to know about Stacy and he thinks that you know.
I can help you.
If you'll let me.
But he's not gonna leave you alone until you tell him what happened.
Todd? Todd? Hello? Do you know the origin of the term graveyard shift? I thought you weren't speaking to me.
BacK in England, in the 1500s, I thinK, they discovered that they'd been burying people sometimes that they only thought were dead.
So they started burying them with a little string tied around their wrist that led up through the ground and out to a bell that sat in the grass by their grave.
And then someone from the village had to stay up all night waiting for a bell to ring.
Hence, graveyard shift.
Hence, dead ringer.
This is the kind of titbit you're gonna miss if you stay mad at me.
- You were mad at me.
- I still am.
A little.
Mel, I can't stand it when things aren't right with us.
I don't like it when you treat me like I'm a child.
I don"t.
Okay.
But look, are you gonna honestly tell me that I shouldn"t feel worried about what"s happening here? I mean, are you gonna tell me that you feel safe? I have to do what I have to do.
And sometimes, that's not totally safe.
But neither is your job, but I don't tell you that I can't let you do it.
I love you.
And when I think about losing you, I cannot You have to love what I do.
He's getting ready to go somewhere.
I have to go.
- Go where? - Do you trust me? Yes.
Then I have to go.
Listen for the bells.
Watch for the dead ringers.
I need you to back off.
I don't wanna let that bastard out of my sight.
I can't connect with him with you in his face.
He can't focus.
I need to do this alone.
You will have your time to talk to him through me.
But not until I've talked to him first.
She's alive.
So, what's so important? What'd you want to tell me? What are you doing here? Please, can we just talk? Todd, who is this? She's a nosy neighbour from across the street.
- But she knows.
- What do you mean, she knows? Knows what? She says your grandfather is haunting me.
Lyle's the one who's been doing all of this.
- My dead grandfather.
- Look, he's still here.
And he's attached to Todd.
I mean, you don't know what it's been like.
She says that Lyle thinks that I killed you.
And you believe her.
Look, your grandfather just wants to know what happened to you.
- We have to tell him.
- Don't say anything else, Todd.
Just chill out! Stacy, he's not gonna leave me alone.
This man is trying to kill me.
Okay, your grandfather, he loves you, and He loves me.
Did he love me when he sent me to that place? I can help you talk to him.
He searched for you.
He was heartbroken.
You must be talking about some other Lyle Chase.
Look, I didn't want to talk to him when he was alive and I sure as hell don't wanna talk to him now.
- Stacy, please.
- I'm not Stacy any more.
Look, my grandfather is dead.
And so's Stacy.
Stace.
Come on, Stacy! I met Stacy my senior year.
She was one tough little girl.
Of course, every other guy tried to hit on her.
But not you.
To tell you the truth, I always thought she was way out of my league.
Did she tell you why she decided to live with Lyle? Her mother was a drug addict and they were practically living on the streets.
And her grandfather disowned her mother, you know, years before.
And when her mom OD'd, the old man decided he would take Stacy in.
He wasn't ready for her.
That's why he sent her away to boarding school.
Boarding school? Is that what he called it, huh? Wasn't it? It was It was a boot camp for kids.
The Shelter Harbour School for boys and giris.
See, it was the kind of place where parents would send their kids to break their spirit.
Hey, come on, get up.
They come and get you in the middle of the night.
There was this one teacher who really loved his job.
Discipline.
Mr Pappaso.
Sadistic bastard.
He wanted to breaK Stacy in the worst way.
He"d play games with your head and beat you.
Thank you, Mr Pappaso, sir! One more, sir! On that day she fought back he told her she was going into the observation room.
We all Knew that, that room was run by Pappaso, and it was just another guaranteed beating.
She knew she'd never make it through three more years there.
So she decided to run away.
And she didn't want anybody to come looking for her.
So you helped her stage her own murder.
Yeah, as soon as they let me go I went bacK and got her out of there.
We had planned it for weeKs.
They never suspected a thing.
And she Knew her grandfather would recognise the locKet, so l"d have done anything for her.
The blood was my idea.
Cut her hair, gave her one of my shirts and I bought her a ticKet to Oregon.
When we hugged goodbye that night, it was the first time she let me hold her.
That was the last time I saw her.
That's when you became a suspect? The suspect.
I didn't realise it would be such a big deal.
We were just stupid kids.
We didn't even know that faking your own murder was illegal.
Then they started questioning me and, people were out searching and It just got way too big, you know? No going back.
Where did she go? She's good at taking care of herself.
It's all she'd ever done since she was a kid.
You risked going to jail.
You kept her secret all this time.
You really love her.
Doesn't matter.
You know, everything changed for both of us that night.
I mean, she had to become somebody else and me, I I haven't had a good night's sleep since.
I feel like I'm cursed.
You know, my guts are churning all the time and The past eight years, I haven't lived anywhere longer than six months because of Lyle the friendly ghost.
Maybe it's me who should be dead.
I want my life back.
He's lying! He's not, Lyle.
I saw her for myself.
She's alive and well.
No, I don't believe it.
I want to see her.
He doesn't believe it.
I know what we did was wrong, all right? We didn't know what else to do.
I mean, there was nobody there for her.
You weren't there for her.
Shelter Harbour was the only place for her.
She was beaten, Lyle.
There was a teacher there that singled her out.
She was abused.
I didn't know that.
He said he didn't know that.
That's bull.
I mean, you, you signed the papers, Lyle.
I mean, you gave them permissión.
All necessary measures.
You remember that, huh? And she tried to tell you, but you didn't care! You're lying! You're trying to make this all my fault! You! You are the one who killed her! You! You were the one who killed her! Stop it! Now, you stop it! Stacy is alive and she chose to disappear because you wouldn't help her! That is why you lost your granddaughter, all right? Not because he took her.
I never wanted to hurt her.
Please.
You have to bring me to her.
I want to see her.
Stacy made it very clear that she doesn't want to talk to you.
You have to bring me to her.
Please.
Do you know where she is? She'll kill me.
You'll finally get your life back.
I don't understand.
Why would she come back here? It's completely different now.
Stacy saw this as a chance to help kids like her, you know? Help make sure they'd feel safe here.
Like I said she gives back.
Go on, you guys.
I'll meet you on the field.
- Cool.
- All right.
Let's go, giris.
She's all grown up.
You shouldn't have done this.
You promised never to come here.
Look, your grandfather is here, all right? He knows everything that happened, and he feels terrible.
But he can't What's the thing? Cross over.
He can't cross over until he talks to you.
What are you doing, Todd? Tell her I have her locket.
Your grandfather's telling me that he has your locket.
The one that he gave you when you were 10.
- You told her about that? - No, I didn't.
What's on the locket? What? What's engraved on the locket? "Patience.
" He's here? He can hear you.
You never gave me a chance, Grandpa.
I just wanted to matter.
You tell her she did matter.
I thought I had to be tough with you so you wouldn't end up like your mother.
He was afraid that you'd end up like your mom.
I wanted you to save her, Grandpa! Oh, sweetheart, I tried to save her.
I couldn't.
You don't know.
Stacy, people do things.
They make choices.
Sometimes they have to save themselves and sometimes they just can't.
But you did, Stace.
You saved yourself.
I would take it all back if I could.
I would do anything.
Look at her.
She grew up strong and she's so beautiful.
She's the picture of her mother.
He wants you to know that he's sorry.
And he would take it all back if he could.
And he's so proud.
He's really proud of who you are and he thinks you look just like your mother.
I'm so sorry, Grandpa.
I should have told you that I was okay.
But I just I just didn't know what I was doing.
You tell her that I love her and I didn't know how much until she was gone.
What do you see? It's so bright.
I could touch it.
That means you're ready.
You can cross over.
It's my daughter.
Waiting for me.
He sees your mother.
Mom? She looks so happy.
Thank you.
He's gone.
Hey.
What's this? You just got here.
Time to move on.
Why? Lyle's gone.
Yeah.
I got an interesting job offer.
Teaching computer to the kids at Shelter Harbour, so I'll have room and board.
And Stacy? Yeah.
Yeah, and Stacy.
What about your secret? Well, we decided to confront it all, you know, and let the chips fall.
I'm really sorry about everything.
You were never a dull neighbour.
Good luck.
I can't thank you enough.
Seriously, for me, for Stacy and, and Lyle.
Come here.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
Okay.
Take care.
Yeah, maybe, you should just keep doing what you're doing.
Like you do it.
I can I could adapt.
I can do that.
I love you.
I love you, too.
And I love this dog.
I love you.
How are we gonna get you to cross over, huh? No crossing the dog over.
I like him.
I like the way he makes you smile.
Let's go home.
- All right.
- Okay.