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- Previously on "Are You Afraid of the Dark"...

- Have you heard from Connor?

- He's the leader of The Midnight Society.

We should be out there looking for him.

What is that?

- The Shadowman can only come for you at night.

- So if you go into the haunted woods

after dark, you're cursed?

- I'm setting an alarm. - Wait, I found his backpack!

Connor really was taken by the Shadowman.

I'm gonna find him.

- Connor!

Connor!

Connor!

Connor?

- Conner?

- What are you doing? - I was looking for you.

- Well, you found me. Come on, dude.

Gotta keep moving.

♪ ♪

You coming?

♪ ♪

- Hey, wait.

This is not a good idea.

- What are you talking about?

We came all this way just to do this.

- You said we were gonna check out the lighthouse,

not go inside.

- What do you think "checking out the lighthouse" means?

- Connor, we've already seen enough.

Let's just go back.

Dude.

You have to come see this.

♪ ♪

What's the matter?

Are you afraid of the dark?

- Connor!

I can't get in! Open the door!

- Get off of me!

- The door won't open!

- Connor?

♪ ♪

- Connor?

- Why didn't you come with me, Luke?

- What happened to you?

- Why didn't you come with me, Luke?

You left me alone in the dark.

- What?

- You left me, and he got me.

You left me, and he got me!

- Ahh!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Lights on.

Oh, my! It's alive.

- Oh, yeah. Just finishing some homework.

- Oh, yeah, right.

Looked like homework.

Don't forget to pack your gym bag.

You got wrestling tonight. - Yeah, I know.

- How's it going anyways, hmm?

Stanning it? I Google-pediaed that.

Are you stanning? Are you a stan?

- Sure.

- All right, well, I'm super proud

that you're sticking with it.

Yeah. Hey, you know,

I always bring a piece of paper to a wrestling match.

In case I go up against The Rock, right?

With the-- - Dad.

- Okay, I'm leaving.

Glad to see that you're awake.

I'll let you get back to your biology.

- Uh, no, not biology, just-- -

- And just slowly come to a stop.

- That's a stop.

- It's okay. Just comes with practice.

- Well, when can I practice more?

On, like, real streets?

Driving the same ten blocks to school every morning

isn't exactly helping.

- Gabby, I hear you.

It's just, with my overnight shifts,

it's hard to find the time.

Tell you what, why don't we just squeeze in a short drive

before I go in to work tonight?

Sound good? - Yes, thank you, Mom!

- ♪ Throw your heart at me ♪

♪ I'm a sucker for you ♪

♪ That's something that you might say ♪

♪ And confidentially ♪

♪ I'm a sucker for you too ♪

- Hey, girls. Come here often?

- This is a walkway, not a stop-way.

Gabby, PSAT Saturday, ready? - You bet.

- Ms. Schaffner, you haven't signed yet!

- Hey. - Hi.

- Something with Connor. Come on.

I got to show you guys something.

- Like, right now? - I can't skip class.

- Who cares about class?

- This is more important than school, Gabby.

- Fourth period, art studio. It's always unlocked.

- Okay.

- ♪ We've been skipping sleep ♪

- What is it? - That, Hanna, is a list.

- Got that. Thanks for mansplaining.

A list for what?

- For June, it looks like.

- Wow, Connor really plans ahead.

That's, like, eight months away.

- "Always say goodbye."

- Yeah. I don't know.

This list was in his backpack along with these.

- I'm sorry,

but what am I looking at?

- Clues.

- Clues for what? - Clues for how to find Connor.

- How are these clues gonna help us find Connor?

- Well, I don't know yet. That's why I call them clues.

- Any clue what the clues can--

- Okay, stop saying clues. Why is any of this important?

- This is the stuff that Connor had with him

right before he went missing.

You said he was working on something, right?

I think this might have something to do with that.

- Why would Connor have this junk in the woods?

- Why would Connor have this junk, period?

- That's what we need to figure out.

- What are you suggesting?

- We do some digging.

Maybe we can stop by Connor's house,

see if he left any more clue--

things behind.

- Okay, don't hate me for asking the obvious question,

but are we even sure that this is his backpack?

- This is Connor's backpack.

I know what Connor's backpack looks like.

- Luke, literally everyone has this backpack.

You have this backpack.

- And unless Connor was planning

a six-year-old's birthday party,

I think we can assume this isn't his.

- If it's not Connor's backpack,

then maybe he didn't even go into the woods after all.

- I know he did. - How do you know?

- I had a dream about it.

- You had a dream

about Connor going into the woods?

- When you guys were going home last night,

did any of you see anything?

- Like who? My mom?

- No.

Okay, I know this is gonna sound weird--

- Hey!

This is not your little haven

for your "Breakfast Club" meetings.

Look, if you guys want to have your hangsies,

you can hangsy later in detention.

- Actually, we're actually supposed to be in here.

- Uh-huh. For what?

- Uh... - Doing what?

- Because Jai is in charge

of decorating the Glow Dance.

- Yeah. - Yes!

- And he has some really creative ideas,

and he asked if we could help out during our free period.

- Oh, okay.

Creative ideas, love that.

What kind of creative ideas, Jai?

- Yeah. What kind of creative ideas?

- Well, it's the Glow Dance, right?

- Mm-hmm.

- So I was thinking things that glow.

- Oh, glow. -

- That's creative.

- In the dark. - Oh, in the dark.

- That's even better.

- And I wish I could help you out, Jai,

but I'm just so swamped with homework.

- We're gonna go. - Homework.

- Good luck, man. - All of you? Okay.

- Have fun.

Do you know what I really like?

Those paper cutout stars.

You can start by making me a hundred--thousand...

And then you can go home.

- You got it.

- Sure his dad's not home?

- He goes on long fishing trips.

He won't be back until Sunday.

But like I said, all the windows

and the doors are locked, so I don't think we can get in.

- There's always a way in. - No, seriously, Hanna.

I came by before the midnight meeting

to see if there was any spare key,

unlocked window, chimney.

Not that we'd ever attempt that, but--

- How did you--

- I found a way in.

Let's go. - Okay.

♪ ♪

- Wow. Very Party City.

- This is weird.

I've never seen any of this stuff before.

- What do you think he was doing with it all?

- Looks like he got your ring light.

- Um, check if he left anything behind,

like a train ticket or something.

What?

- What? What?

- Why are you looking at me?

- No. No, no, no.

The light was coming down in a really weird way, and I was--

- His laptop. - Yeah, laptop.

♪ ♪

- Uh, okay.

Well, how well do we know Connor?

- Uh, see if there's a hint.

- "The Wolf Man."

- Uh, monster movie. Try "Larry Talbot."

Uh, "werewolf" maybe?

- I mean, this could take forever.

- But this is the best way to get answers.

His messages, locations, Google searches.

Okay, this might show us what he was doing.

You said earlier,

you thought Connor was working on something, right?

Well, we find the password,

we find out what he was doing, then--

- And we find Connor.

- Breaking and entering?

Dude, that's a felony. - Okay, that's a stretch.

- It doesn't matter. Look what we found in his room.

- And you took something? So robbery, that's two.

- I think it's technically larceny, but go off.

- Look, they both match.

That means this is definitely Connor's backpack,

and he definitely went into the woods.

This is proof. - It's also evidence.

I really think we should go to the police now.

- I second that. - Third, third.

And while we're at it, you two should report yourselves.

It's less jail time if you cooperate.

- Are you all crazy?

There's no point in telling anybody.

No one will believe us.

- Okay, we have his backpack. That's proof.

- Yeah, and maybe he's still out there in the woods.

What if he got trapped somehow or lost or hurt?

- Or maybe we all know what really happened to him,

we just don't want to admit it.

- What are you talking about?

♪ ♪

- The Shadowman. - Oh, my God.

- Come on. We all heard Sardo's story.

- Sardo, that guy's just a mean old grump

who's obsessed with magic.

He's like the worst parts of Hanna and Seth combined.

- Excuse me? - Truth hurts.

- The Shadowman is just a stupid urban legend.

- Just because it's an urban legend

doesn't mean it can't be true.

Come on, think about it.

Connor's backpack, all the books about curses.

I mean, the photos with the shadowy thing in it.

Come on, do you really all think it's just a coincidence?

- Yes, it's a coincidence because there is no Shadowman.

- Okay. I'm done with this. There is no Shadowman.

- I saw him.

- You what?

- I was trying to tell you guys earlier.

Last night, something happened.

It felt like a nightmare,

but I don't remember ever going to sleep.

I was in my room awake, trying to figure out

what Connor was doing with all this stuff...

And I saw him.

Shadowman.

He ran towards me,

and then he was gone.

Next thing you know,

I'm in this dream where...

Connor and I are going to the lighthouse,

and in the dream,

Shadowman took Connor, and then he tried to grab me.

Then I woke up

thinking that it was just another dream.

But then I looked into the mirror, and I saw--

- His handprint.

- Yeah.

How did you know about that?

- Because last night,

I think the same thing happened to me.

It was the middle of the night.

I woke up but I couldn't move.

It's like my body was still sleeping.

My mind was wide awake, and...

I could see everything around me.

This kind of thing has happened before.

When I was little, my mom used to call them night frights,

and, well, last night, as I was lying awake in bed,

I--I saw something.

It was in the room with me.

I could feel it hiding in the corner, watching me.

I closed my eyes,

and I felt its hot breath on my face,

floating above me,

waiting for me to open my eyes.

What if the urban legend is true?

- Even if it is, you're forgetting one thing.

Okay? My alarm went off.

We got out of the woods before the sun set.

There was still light in the sky.

So according to the story,

the curse wouldn't even affect us.

We're not gonna find Connor by just scaring ourselves.

Sometimes a nightmare is just a nightmare.

We're not cursed.

- He's got a point. - Luke, Jai's right.

- Okay, sorry, guys, but I gotta blast.

- You're leaving?

Who cares about the PTSAs right now, Gabby?

- It's PSATs,

and I can care about Connor and my future at the same time.

This isn't even about that.

My mom's gonna let me practice driving tonight.

- My God!

- Oh, man! Practice!

♪ ♪

- Go change.

- Where are you going? I thought we--

- They asked everyone to come in early.

I guess they need all hands on deck tonight.

- What about driving? - I'm sorry, Gabby.

We'll just have to fit it in another time.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Call Luke.

- Ready?

Go!

Recover.

- "Twilight is the time of day between day and night

"when there's still light in the sky,

even though the sun is already below the horizon."

- Hey, it's Luke. Leave a message, or don't.

- Lucas, we're in trouble, man. Listen to this.

"In October, twilight can last an hour

"after the sun is already down.

"That means that true sunset happens

before the sky gets dark."

Oh, my God.

We didn't get out of the woods in time.

I was wrong!

♪ ♪

Grrrah!

What do I have to do to be in The Midnight Society?

- Nothing. Because we don't want you.

- Come on. How do I get in?

- You have to tell a scary story.

- I can be scary.

- No, it has to be, like, scary scary.

You couldn't cut it.

- I can be scary.

- Aren't you working on a new magic trick or something?

Why don't you go to your room and practice that?

- It's too hard. - Okay, well, so is this,

and I can't focus when you're in here.

♪ ♪

- Hello. - Are you alone?

- Well, this call got creepy fast.

- Are you? - Uh, Seth's home,

but our moms are out at the bowling league.

- No, look around. Are you alone?

- Yes.

Is this where you pop out

wearing a Ghostface mask or something?

- Hanna, you're in danger.

- Ooh, bye. - No, don't--

- Oh, my God.

Okay.

I don't have time for this, Jai.

I'm trying to figure out Connor's password.

- Hanna, we're cursed. - What?

- I got the time wrong.

The sun set before we got out of the woods.

- How do you know this? - It doesn't matter.

You and Luke were right. I think he's coming for us.

Hanna?

- Someone's here.

- It's him! It's the Shadowman!

Uh, close the door. Make sure it's locked.

- Shh.

- Right, stay quiet. Don't hang up--

♪ ♪

Okay. Okay.

- Told you I could be scary.

- Seth?

- Mask drop.

- Oh, my God.

- It's about who gives in or gives up,

and who fights back.

Remember, gentlemen, practice is where

the real work is, okay?

Get out of here. One, two!

Not you, Luke! You know the deal.

You want to be late to my practice,

you stay late and do laundry.

Luke's on laundry duty, boys.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Is everything okay?

- No, no! Please help me! That man is following me!

- What man?

- Him! That man right there!

- I don't see anyone. What man?

- Right there! You don't see him?

- No. There's no one out here.

Who are you looking at?

♪ ♪

- The Shadowman.

- So I've got the line concealed in my hand here,

and you're gonna pull it tight.

And then on the count of one, two, Shandu,

voila!

- This is so hard.

- Super easy.

Anyone can do this trick.

- Shut up, Shandu.

♪ ♪

- Hello.

-

Jai, I know it's you by your mouth breathing.

If you want something to do, help me find this password.

You know what?

I honestly don't know who's more annoying,

you or my stupid little...

brother.

♪ ♪

- Seth, quit being dumb.

- I'm in my room! You're dumb!

♪ ♪

- You're not funny, Seth.

♪ ♪

- Seth, stop turning off the lights.

I get it, I get it!

- I'm not turning off your lights!

Why are you out there yelling at me?

- How would you like it if I turned off your lights, huh?

- Get away from her!

- I looked like a crazy person.

The girl was like, "I don't see anyone."

And that's how I knew it was him.

- Wait, that's Hanna.

- Guys, the curse is real.

Something just attacked us in Seth's room.

He was there trying to grab me just like my dream.

- Wait, stop, shut up. Has anyone heard from Luke?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Hello?

- We have to get to the school.

Luke is in danger. - But then what?

Once we get in, what's the plan?

We need somewhere we can go, where we can stick together.

- The loft. - The TMS loft?

In the dark shipyard building? Are you joking?

- Right, someone's house then. Gabby, your mom works nights.

- You think I want that thing coming to my home?

Boy, are you crazy? - I got it.

I know where we can go, but first, we have to get Luke.

- How are we supposed to do that?

We can't go out there. It's out there.

- Gabby, I have an idea,

but you're not gonna like it.

I'm so never getting my license after this.

♪ ♪

- Seth, hurry up. - I have to make it look real.

- It's fine. Let's go.

Come on. -

- Okay, let's go.

Come on.

Okay. - Let's go.

This is a rescue mission, not an Uber!

- Come on.

- Gabby, ignore every red light.

- I'm already breaking, like, so many laws

driving without a license, okay?

- That's why you have a permit!

There's an evil shadow monster chasing us.

Now hit the gas and drive it like you stole it.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Luke, come on. We gotta go.

♪ ♪

- Come on! Let's go!

Let's go. - Go, go, go, go, go!

- Okay. Okay. - Go, go, go!

♪ ♪

- Okay, let's see.

We've got sage, salt, black candles,

I'm calling this a chalice,

also some incense,

more herbs, my mom's essential oils,

and Connor's books on breaking curses.

- What's this for?

- That's an athame

for performing sacrificial rituals.

- Oh, good, now we can perform a sacrificial joke.

- Hey, my toy knife.

I've been looking for this.

- Jai, what'd you bring?

- Chips? We said essentials.

- Hello. We have to eat to survive.

This is literally one of the most

essential things on the planet.

- Gabby?

- Water bottles, first aid kit,

this whistle...

Power pack to charge our phones,

and some money that I've been saving

from working at the diner.

- I'll take that. You know, safekeeping.

- Safer with me.

- Anyone want to see what I brought?

- Is it a bunch of toys from your magic kits?

- And, Luke, we all brought you some stuff.

Clothes, toothbrush.

- Thanks, everyone, for saving me back there.

- You would have done it for us.

- This is all my fault.

- We all went into those woods together.

There's no blame.

- I blame Jai a little bit. - Really?

- Just a little bit. - The sunset thing again?

- What did you do? - Okay, you had one job.

- Guys, guys. Come on.

We don't know when this thing's gonna come back again.

So we should probably get some sleep.

Two of us should stand guard.

- I'm serious. This thing is totally haunted.

Just look. Why aren't you looking?

- I'm not into comics, Jai.

- That's what I'm saying. This thing isn't a comic book.

It can totally predict the future.

Just look. You see that guy right there?

- - That's me.

- All the more reason not to care.

- Why are you even studying? School doesn't matter anymore.

- To you.

- How do you spell "nauseating"?

As in "Her super gross alien skin

was super nauseating to everyone"?

- What are you doing?

- He's trying to write a scary story.

- I want to join The Midnight Society.

- And your scary story is about aliens?

- No, Hanna.

- Oh.

♪ ♪

- Nice. You look great, man.

- You look great.

- Great. - Really pops.

- Thanks for the shirt.

- Yeah. - Any progress?

- Uh, none.

And I'm almost at the end of my list.

- I got it.

Maybe he's not talking about the monster movie.

Maybe he's talking about the Wolf Man comic book character.

Try Gary Hampton.

- No dice.

- What about Connor's werewolf story?

Remember, he pranked us on a full moon.

What was that one called again?

- Yeah. "The Tale of the Quicksilver."

That has to be it. - Yeah.

- Luke, any ideas?

Come on. You know him.

You know what he likes. Like, if it was any of us--

- I thought I knew him.

Connor was running away from this thing

for, like, three days, and I had no idea.

Even if he would have told me,

I probably wouldn't have believed him.

I have no clue what he was up to,

and I can't even think of a stupid idea

for the stupid password.

The only things that I know he loved

were The Midnight Society and baseball.

I mean, I'm supposed to be his friend,

and that's all I know.

I mean, what kind of friend is that?

♪ ♪

Besides, it's my fault that this ever even happened to him.

- What are you talking about?

- Uh, nothing.

I just--I wasn't there for him.

That's all.

- Was Connor the leader of The Midnight Society?

- Sorta. Yeah.

- How can he sorta be the leader?

- Here, check it out.

Say this is us, okay?

The five members of The Midnight Society.

We make a good team,

but we all have our strengths.

This is Luke, the Dagger,

small but reliable.

- What does that even mean? Like...

- It just means you're small. Just really tiny.

- Here's me. I'm the Crossbow.

Quick and stealthy.

This one is Hanna.

She's the Gauntlet, the fighter.

- Why is Hanna the Gauntlet?

- Excuse me? I can throw hands.

- Yeah. - So can I.

You know--okay, never mind. What am I?

- The Shield. - The Shield?

- Jai is the Shield, the protector.

- The Shield is so lame.

- He's not expected to fight.

He watches over the group.

Which brings us to Connor, the Sword.

He's the one who takes charge

and leads the way for us.

- So if Connor is gone, who's the new leader?

♪ ♪

- Oh!

- Oh, God.

- Seth, please tell me

you're outside wearing a Halloween mask.

♪ ♪

- He's here. - Already?

- How did Connor survive three nights of this?

- What the-- - Oh, oh!

- Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- Okay.

♪ ♪

- - Seth, no!

- Seth!

- Oh, my God.

- Turn on the lights.

- No!

Guys!

- These ones don't work!

- Seth!

No, no, no!

Seth! Come on, Seth! Come on!

- No!

- No!

- I can't find the switch! I can't see!

- Get over! -

- Oh, my God!

- Oh, my God.

- Come on. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

- Seth, are you okay? - Look.

- What did you do?

- I don't know. My foot slipped up.

- No, no, no. How did you hurt him?

- It was his flashlight.

♪ ♪

- He doesn't like lights.

- Oh, my God.

♪ ♪

- Light. Light. He doesn't like light.

All right, that's a light. Okay.

All right.

- I don't know what to do.

How do you fight with these things?

- You don't! Be the Shield.

- The Shield? Okay.

Shield, Shield, Shield.

- Shield, Shield, Shield.

- Oh!

Luke, behind you! Luke!

- Shield, Shield, Shield...

Shield your eyes!

- Boom, how do you like the Shield now?!

♪ ♪

- Wait. Where's Seth?

- Please let this work.

♪ ♪

- I see the plug.

- Oh! Nice.

- It's in the closet.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Voila! Super orb magic trick.

- Now we know how Connor lasted three days.

Must have figured out the Shadowman doesn't like lights.

- Yeah.

What else do you think he figured out?

Lights, we know about.

Candles make light,

but none of the other things on this list make any sense.

- Maybe it doesn't make sense to you

because you're Luke, not Connor.

You need to keep being Connor to keep being Luke.

- I don't know why I understood that,

but maybe wizard boy has a point.

- Magician!

Not wizard, shield boy.

- He's right.

You're the one closest with Connor.

So tell us.

If you were him and you just found out you were cursed,

what would you do?

- I'd try to break it.

- Then that's what he was doing.

- Baseball.

- Say what? We're playing baseball?

- I can't catch a ball. I've tried.

♪ ♪

- Connor loves The Midnight Society

and baseball.

♪ ♪

- We're in.

- What am I looking at? - More clues.

- Clues for what? - Clues for how to find Connor.

- June Murphy.

- It says here she died in 1996.

Maybe she was one of the Shadowman's victims.

Take a look at this.

- "How to hold a seence." - Séance.

It's when you try to summon dead people

so you can talk to them.

Like ghosts.

- So Connor was trying to talk to a ghost?

- "First, prepare the room with the candles.

"Have pictures of the person you wish to summon

"along with gifts to offer.

"And then when finished, thank the spirit for joining you,

remembering to..."

"Always say goodbye."

- Guys, I know what we gotta do to break the curse.

We gotta hold a séance.

- Next on "Are You Afraid of the Dark"...

- June Murphy.

She could be the key to all of this.

- The sun is setting. The Shadowman's coming.

We have to be ready for him.

Let's set up the lights.

Everybody needs to circle and raise some spirits.

- Cool.

- There are rules to every séance.

Not every spirit is friendly.

- What if June wasn't the victim

of the curse after all?

What if she's what started it?