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Eyepatch Lady got them! Eyepatch Lady got them! Holiday! Die! Birdie! Mom! Dad! Can you hear us? Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Did you guys... Fall through the floor? Are you okay? No, we're not okay. You heard the part where we fell through the floor. Are you hurt? Ah! Brinley, what's wrong? My favorite jeans are ripped! We're okay, Mom. Although, I think I twisted my ankle and reawakened my fear of heights, but overall okay. What did you fall into?
Looks like a basement. An extra cobwebby one. Just a bunch of old boxes down here. Sit tight, and I'll find a way to get you out of there. It's okay, Dad. We'll find the stairs and meet you back up there. Besides, maybe we'll find some signs of life down here. I found spiders. Those count? Um, hello? Spooky spiky-haired eyepatch lady... enough of a sign of life? If she was real, sure. Doesn't anyone believe me? Oh, Bird. I believe that you believe you saw her. Not the same thing.
Careful, Cy. I'm fine. Ow. Let's help him, Brinley. You mean, like, let him lean on me? What are you worried about? Cooties? Should I be? Uh, guys, we need to get out of this house, now! Cy, what did you find? These boxes, they have the Whittier Corp logo on them. No. Oh, that's fantastic. Not only are we in the basement of a haunted house, but it's a haunted house owned by the freaks who want to capture us.
They want to capture me. Right, because it's all about you, Holiday. The rest of us haven't been chased by helicopters and had our houses burned down and... Quiet, both of you. Focus. Sorry. Hey, check out the Whittier Corp logo, though. Doesn't it look- Super old? Yeah. Whoever was here- They're probably long gone. Maybe. Let's keep looking- Ouch!
Ty, your ankle. Let's get you upstairs so mom can check you out. Here, lean on me. I don't mind. Is that supposed to make me feel bad? Cause it doesn't. Come on, Bird. Let's find the basement door and see if we can help your brother and sister get back up here. I'll only help you if you say you believe me. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! Sweetheart? Something just crawled up my leg. It was probably just a bug. No, it felt like... like a hand.
Oh, Bertie, if we say we believe you about the woman, will you take your imagination out of overdrive? There's no one in this room. Whoa! James? Monica, I think I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. Oh, you two. You really think you can scare me, huh? This is not the time to be... Did you... hear that maybe it's just the dog that doesn't sound like a dog it's all around us in the walls both of you stay behind me okay um i love scary movies
but being in one, so much less fun. Be brave, Birdie. We're all together, okay? It's saying something. Get out! Go, go, go! Get out! Cyrus, let's go! Someone's coming in the door! Get out! Hush now. I said stop it, Thornton. What? Get out! Where is the switch to turn this silly thing off? It can't... It can't be. I need to talk to Delphine about making it more accessible. I know that voice. Monica?
I thought it was you. Lights. It can't be. You know this dude? How on earth did you find me? It's you. I can't believe it's you. Monica Anders. Mom, can you please tell us why you're hugging the old creepy dude? He's not some creepy old dude. James, Birdie, this is Dr. J.P. Whittier. What's going on upstairs? Stop putting all your weight on me, Sinus. Did anyone else hear a scary voice say, get out? Right before Birdie and Mom screamed. Please. Fake news. And now you're suddenly not scared?
You even said when we were outside that if you heard a voice say, get out, I'd run out faster than Badger. That's my point. What's your point? How in the world can you access the entire internet with your brain and still have no common sense? I feel a brainy Brindley monologue coming on. Darn right a brainy Brindley monologue is coming, and it's going to blow your mind. Spit it out. This whole thing is a joke. What is? The house. Thornton Russ. We were talking about get out.
And what happens? Exactly that. Remember when I ate the cobweb? How could we forget? Now that I think about it, they tasted... fake. How do you know what real cobwebs taste like? Try to follow. We're gonna find a torch from 1892. Light it and realize this house is staged scooby-doo style to scare And they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for us meddling kids. I hate to say it, but Brinley might be right. You think the whole house is a fake? Well, it is a bit...
forced. Even the floor giving out. Look up there, it seems like it was rigged to happen. You think someone tried to make the house seem haunted? Duh, probably whoever those Whittier boxes belong to. Well, only way to find out is find the stairs and get back up there. This corridor stops up ahead. Should we go right or left? Now I think we should split up. It'll be faster. Whoever finds the stairs, shine your flashlight back towards this spot right here. Or yell. Whatever.
Fine. Cy and Brindley go left. I'm going right. Why do I get limpy over here? Excuse me, limpy? I can defend myself if something happens. You two need each other. Safety in numbers. Be careful, Halls. You guys too. Already slowing me down, Gimpy. You said it was Lin... Never mind. Just slow down. Stop whining. I won a dance competition with two twisted ankles and a bad case of strep throat.
So woman up. Woman up? Like Ruth Bader Ginsburg says. Whoa! What? The flashlight pointed on the wall. Brinley, slow down! What in the world? Okay, creep factor 11 What is it? Look at this painting. Who is that? It's... Holiday. But why would there be a portrait of Holiday in the basement of a dusty old New Orleans mansion?
Maybe she's right. Maybe this was her home. Uh, hold that thought. Point the flashlight down to the corner. Holiday had her 12th birthday with you, right? Yeah, why? Look at the artist's signature and the date this portrait was painted. 9 26 88 September 1988? 30 years ago? But if this was painted 30 years ago, how could it be Holiday? And how does she look exactly the same?
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