The Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
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SOME SAY THE WORLD WILL END IN FIRE SOME SAY IN ICE
FROM WHAT I’VE TASTED OF DESIRE I HOLD WITH THOSE WHO FAVOR FIRE
BUT IF IT HAD TO PERISH TWICE I THINK I KNOW ENOUGH OF HATE
TO SAY THAT FOR DESTRUCTION ICE IS ALSO GREAT
AND WOULD SUFFICE
ROBERT FROST
New York, 1904
It’s freezing.
Man, that didn’t sound good.
Bike, bike, bike!
So, a photon is checking into a hotel.
Can we not do jokes right now, please? I feel like I’m gonna puke.
Red light, red light!
The bellhop asks, “can you help zeros luggage?”
Which the photon responds,
“No thanks, I’m traveling light.”
Wow…
Hey, can we have some air going back here? It’s like a furnace.
No air.
Also, no power.
Greg, we need power!
Can you not talk to me like that, please? I’m 18 now. I’m an adult.
Oh, come on. We’re on a job, buddy.
I’m not getting paid.
Are you getting paid?
No.
Cool. Is anyone else fully exploited?
We’re all being paid. With memories.
Ow.
Oh, you’re fine.
Oh, actually, guys, I’m fine. Mom says I’m fine.
Welcome.
Ow…
Wonderful news from the back seat. Windows are stuck.
I can open a door.
No, no, no.
No, we can go.
No gunner seat.
Gross.
It’s the Hell’s Kitchen sewer dragon.
Hold on to your ass.
I’m going out.
Phoebe.
What, Callie?
I’m not… Mom! You call me Mom.
You call me Gary.
Whatever you want.
I…
We’re going to lose him
Phoebe Spangler.
You stay inside this car.
I have a ghost to bust.
All right. That was cool.
Gary, come on.
No, I know.
I’m sorry.
It’s just the way she said it.
It sound cool.
Get back in here!
I can’t hear you.
It’s a nuclear accelerator.
Drop it!
Hey baby, please!
I’m sweating bullets!
In pursuit.
Nah!
They got it.
These roads are screwed.
Try driving in 10 ton horses.
I have, and if you give me the keys…
Not now, Trevor!
Not now, Trevor!
Stop it, Trev!
I’m out of range.
On it.
Got it.
Yes!
Yes!
Yes, yes!
Phoebe!
I’m good.
Are you okay?
Who puts bikes there?
The city ground to a halt today as a high-speed ghost chase tore up portions of lower Manhattan.
Honestly, looking at this, I’m surprised nobody got killed.
We haven’t seen the Ghostbusters cause this much damage since the Statue of Liberty debacle of 1989.
Last year, descendants of original Ghostbusters founder Egon Spengler were handed the keys to the derelict firehouse, bankrolled by philanthropist and former Ghostbuster Winston Zeddemore.
And though it’s been decades since New Yorkers cheered…
Ghostbusters!
Break up the new equipment!
Don’t be a troll, blast the charge!
Today’s question isn’t who you’re gonna call, it’s who’s gonna pay for this mess.
Three lampposts, two parked Priuses, an entire fleet of rental bikes.
That’s a lot of damage.
Yeah, but you can’t have a sewer dragon flying around Soho like it’s Middle Earth.
You have someone hanging off the side of a moving vehicle.
Firing a laser gun indiscriminately.
Laser gun? What?
That’s a proton pack.
It’s a weapon.
A weapon of science.
It’s completely safe.
It’s not completely safe, it’s a portable proton accelerator.
How old are you?
I’m 18, I’m an adult.
I’m not talking to you.
Her.
Fifteen.
A minor.
We don’t let kids become cops.
We don’t let them fight fires.
And we certainly don’t let them become Ghostbusters.
Mister… / Sir.
I’m sorry.
Mr. Mayor, may I approach the bench?
Do you see a rope?
I am not a judge.
Gary.
Look, you don’t know Phoebe Spangler like I do.
I mean, she is something else, this kid.
Honestly, she’s more focused, more accomplished, more capable than just about any other adult I know.
And what exactly is your relationship to this minor?
Are you her parent?
I mean, labels.
No, I’m her stepteacher.
Mr. Groverson, you are not her father.
You are her employer.
No, we don’t pay her.
Sounds like we can add child labor to our list of violations.
Gary.
Yeah.
Maybe she can become a junior Ghostbuster.
Hand out stickers or something.
As for the rest of you, I am personally holding you responsible.
And I won’t stop until that firehouse you call home is a pile of bricks.
The ceiling’s leaking again.
Sounds like a fun mystery for a boy detective.
Yeah, the mystery of the black mold.
Super fun mystery.
And you’re gone.
Awesome.
Awesome.
What, Sue?
It’s not fair.
Maybe you can spend the next few years being an actual teenager.
Now, if this was the 18th century, then I’d already be a part of the workforce and I’d have four kids.
Aw.
So I’d be a grandmother.
No.
You would be dead.
Oh, boy.
A ghost grandma.
Ooh, tacos.
Really?
Hey, look what I found. It’s a movie night.
Is that family friendly?
I hope not.
It’s about a family.
A family that eats people.
They’re sisters.
I’m going to take this to the labor board.
On what grounds?
I’m a ghostbuster.
I saved the world.
Well, I like to think we saved the world.
Hey, would you wash my beans?
You’re a possessed canine.
Ghost dog!
Run!
This is insane.
They’re going to the snacks again.
So you’re going to make me wait until I’m 18?
Aw, it’s just three years.
Be young.
Live a little.
This is the time in your life when it’s okay to screw up.
Make some mistakes.
Yeah. You have the rest of your life to be a ghostbuster.
Okay. Well, three years is nothing for you guys.
It’s a tiny, negligible percentage of your lifespan.
She means we’re old.
Yeah, I got that.
You’re not the only spangler here, you know.
Okay.
Well, this is my calling.
You should have decided to be a ghostbuster.
So did I.
I was studying earthquakes in Oklahoma.
Then I went to dinner with your mom and we turned into dogs.
And fulfilled an ancient prophecy that almost brought about the end of the world.
Now, that’s a first date.
We both got some action.
Yeah, we did.
Okay, gross.
For you, I get it.
You’re a scientist.
But I…
But she’s just…
Choose your next words very carefully.
I didn’t think she even knew those words.
You could have backed me up.
It’s great you’re their buddy, but sometimes you need to be an asshole.
Well, is that really my place?
I hope so.
I… You know, I want to be more than just their buddy.
I just don’t know what’s allowed.
Permission granted.
Okay.
Bring it.
Well, I gotta warn you.
I mean, I can be scary.
Yeah.
You’re a monster.
You have no way.
Don’t look at me that way.
You laugh.
Hey!
You laugh at my… Hey!
I’m so sorry.
That was really bad.
I… I scare myself sometimes.
I’ll be nice to you.
I’ll just be an asshole to your kids.
That’s what I want.
All right.
Who’s hungry?
Is the containment unit okay?
Oh, there’s always room for one more ghost.
The light is green.
The light is green!
The trap is clean.
We’re rolling in three, two…
Greetings, ethereal beings, sub-human entities, and spectral forms from the great beyond.
And any living humans who may be watching.
Welcome to Repossessed, the show where we measure the spiritual energy of everyday objects.
I’m your host, Dr. Raymond Stentz.
My young producer intern reminds me to ask you that if you like what you see here, please push like and subscribe.
Now, who do we have here?
Oh, I brought my late husband Harold’s watch.
He wore it every day.
And now when I walk in the room, it beeps!
Well, any object that’s been exposed to a deep emotional experience can bind a spirit.
An organic ghost trap, if you will.
The stronger the experience, or even trauma, the more powerful the trap.
The way we detect this energy is with one of these babies.
Oh, thank you.
If there’s anything there, this item will detect it.
Harold.
Be for the nice man.
You getting anything?
I’m sorry, ma’am, but it seems that your dearly departed spirit has left this earthly dimension.
Sorry, lady. The hammer gets the views.
He was gone anyway.
Next!
Hey, Dr. Ray.
Phoebe!
Bachmann!
Yeah, um, here’s the sample of moonshine you requested.
Oh, put it downstairs.
Here, I’ll show you.
So, are you, like, sleeping down here?
Yeah.
Normally, Ray rents his place to Norwegian go-something club on booking.com, and I just got lucky.
Tribute to another boring summer in Oklahoma.
So, you guys seen me crazy lately?
Anything try to bite your arm off? Like, class 5, class 7?
I’ve been benched.
Hold up.
Hello?
Yes, yes.
I told my parents I was at space camp.
Lake with a moon Orbit.
I’ll talk to you guys later. Love you, bye.
Yeah.
What are you doing?
It’s a nightmare.
Ray smuggled them back from Somerville.
I’m pretty sure they’re mating.
It’s…
…disgusting.
That’s…
…odd.
You the weird guy who buys strange old things?
Yeah, correct on both counts.
Buddy, you just hit the jackpot. I saw stuff from my grandmother and it was passed down to her, so it’s like ancient, ancient.
Was she a believer?
She believed a lot of demented and superstitious stuff, if that’s what you mean.
My kind of gal.
I’ve learned it’s always best to knock every piece of wood and throw a coin into every fountain.
You just never know.
Well, I think you lose a lot of coins that way.
That’s interesting stuff.
Sure is.
30 for the whole lot.
Nice.
Nice.
Oh.
All the glyphs on this.
Oh, yeah, the glyph wand.
You know your stuff, man. That’s the special piece in there.
Actually, it’s in there by mistake. I can’t part with it. For less than 50 bucks.
Meso-Arabic?
Yeah.
Made-so-Arabic.
Very unique.
60.
These kinds of brass objects were used to trap evil spirits.
Oh, you think there’s something inside it?
No clue.
If there is something trapped in here, you can bet it’s for a good reason.
Definitely.
I’m gonna take a P.K.E. reading. Psychokinetic energy meter.
May I do that?
Thank you for asking.
So many places do that without asking.
Oh. Instant reaction.
Whoa.
Are you above the subway line?
Off the chart telekinetic energy. Full bore convective spatter.
He took the words right out of my mouth.
I’ll take the works.
Sorry, I don’t have change.
Are you okay?
Okay.
Okay.
I’m telling you. I mean, this…
this wasn’t here before. It shook the whole place.
Has anyone ever emptied this containment unit?
Where, Gary? The East River.
So you’ve just been stuffing ghosts in there since 1984?
That’s the idea.
Well, maybe not the best idea.
I’ll let Winston’s engineers know about this.
Hey, by the way, about Winston’s engineers.
Who are they?
Oh, that’s not for me to say.
Oh, but what are they working on? Is it super-secret underground ghost-busting stuff?
That’s right, Gary.
Super-secret underground ghost-busting stuff.
I know it.
Mom!
Mom.
There’s something in the attic.
You’re an adult, right?
Yeah.
Then why don’t you take care of it?
Okay.
Yeah, sure, I will.
I will take care of it. I’ll do that right now.
You picked the wrong house, bro.
What the actual hell?
Yeah.
Hey.
Thanks.
Where do you think you’re going?
You’re seriously not taking me?
Don’t look at him.
I, um…
Thanks for the support.
I’m sorry.
What happened to you?
There’s nothing. I can handle it.
Did you shower?
Or is that Prada?
We are Ghostbusters.
Ha ha, very funny.
Hey.
You know I’m a ghost, right?
Kind of figured when the chess pieces started moving on their own.
And you’re not…
Do you afraid of me?
No.
Should I be?
I just think it’s kind of weird. I mean,
usually people run by now.
I can leave if you want.
No, I’m not saying you have to go.
If you want to, like, float away again?
I can pretend that I’m scared.
No, I’m not saying…
Still weird.
Yes.
Flames, by the way.
Thanks.
Yeah, I burned alive in a horrifying tenement fire.
Guess you’re lucky that you’re not all crispy.
I died before my face melted off.
That’s a bonus.
Checkmate.
What? I don’t understand.
I can tell.
Hey, don’t take it too hard.
I’ve had a lot of time to practice.
So, got a name?
Phoebe.
I’m Melody.
Cool name.
Thanks.
It was a family name.
I was being sarcastic.
Kinda like you.
What’s the worst part about being a ghost?
I’ll be 16 for the rest of eternity.
Yikes.
No matter what?
Unless I… complete my unfinished business.
Then what is the best part?
Doing this.
So you’re one of Winston’s guys, huh?
Gary.
Does that help you hear the ghosts?
Oh, what helps me listen to the ghosts is silence.
Sorry.
Okay.
Alright, is something trying to get out?
Many things.
Is this my dad’s handwriting?
His design.
The containment unit is essentially a large ghost trap.
That was Egon Spengler’s great vision.
An articulated stream of protons that can stabilize the particles of a ghost.
Are you following this? Yeah, of course I am.
After 40 years of compiling spiritual waste…
He ran out of space.
Well, didn’t anybody see this coming?
It was the 80s. Nobody was too worried about the future.
Then this happened.
This momentary burst of spiritual energy created a rift.
It’s a potential gateway to the other side.
The other side?
Are we talking about…
I don’t know what we’re talking about.
That’s what scares me.
Look.
We didn’t just buy the firehouse for nostalgia.
This building is the finger in the dam.
It’s the fortification between everything we do and don’t understand.
We have to protect it.
Okay, so the ghost compactor broke.
Can’t I just build a new one?
What do you mean?
What do you mean, “what do you mean”?
Don’t they know?
We already have.
While you have been out busting ghosts, my engineers have been thinking about our future.
Once upon a time, this was a Triborough Aquarium.
Most recently, it’s been more of a squatter’s paradise and grave venue.
Welcome to the Paranormal Research Center.
Ghost busting asks a lot of questions.
Now we have a place to find the answers.
We have a Parabotanist.
We even have a Paranormal Musicologist.
Hey, Lucky!
Lucky!
Trevor?
Hey! You’re here!
When you said you were entering, I didn’t know you’d be blowing stuff away with lasers.
I know, right? It’s a little upgrade.
And of course, you all know Laura. Our resident Parabiologist.
Oh, no way!
I used to have one of these.
Mind your fingers.
It’s possessed by an evil spin doctor’s CD.
Ray Stantz has generously provided us with a collection of spirit-loaded items.
So everything in this place is haunted?
Indeed.
Here’s a rare find.
This grandfather clock is inhabited by the spirit of an actual grandfather.
Any emotionally charged object can contain a ghost.
As long as it’s experienced some sort of horrific event.
By exciting the atoms, we’re able to create a fluid moment of chemical transition.
Then, we simply lock on to the spirit.
Extract it from its host object.
And then lovingly deposit it into our second chamber.
So it can be properly disposed of.
Have you made any attempts on living possession?
Oh, we’re still tweaking.
Now, I didn’t want to show it until it was ready, but this is what I brought you here to see.
Our new containment unit.
Based on Egon’s original design.
It can span the equivalent of 50 million cubic hectares of plasmic confinement.
Psychic jail as big as the American West.
Home on the strange.
Where the specters and entities play.
Whether…
How long would it take to move the ghosts from the firehouse to here?
If we went trap by trap on regular shifts, it could be anywhere between three to seven years.
Oh, so soon-ish.
Oh, I almost forgot.
We don’t exactly know what it is.
We broke the P.K.E. meter.
Good luck extracting whatever’s inside it.
Well, yeah, we’re still workshopping names.
I personally like Little Ball of Hate.
Or Devil’s Testicle.
What’s in here?
Wait, do you keep ghosts just hanging out in here?
We spent a long time trapping them. Now we can study them.
Why don’t they escape?
They’re proton fields.
Precisely. It’s the same technology as in your packs. We use it in all the enclosures.
He’s cute.
Hey, buddy.
Now this one is the most threatening pest in the whole complex.
Possessor.
The spry little weasel can occupy any inanimate matter at all.
This is extremely dangerous.
Phoebs, am I doing something wrong?
It’s not working.
Can you help me?
Cyclotron is here.
Cycling.
Can you help me out?
You fixed it!
It literally just popped.
I know it sucks right now.
I do.
But it’s just temporary.
And time flies by. I promise you.
I should know. Two years ago I was in Oklahoma and now I’m here.
With a proton pack.
I was your science teacher.
And now I’m…
Well now I’m…
And now I’m your uh…
There is an event downtown.
Guys, let’s go.
I’m sorry.
Halo, anybody there?
Ghostbusters.
Oh, good. I need you right away.
Alright.
We’re back, Phoebe.
Ghostbusters are back.
Back in the big city. Back in the big apple.
We’re gonna take a bite out of the big apple.
Phoebe podcast.
Podcast and Phoebe can’t keep us apart.
Dynamic duo.
What are we catching tonight?
Can’t play right now.
I know you see me working.
If you’re good later on you’ll get a tennis ball.
Let see what you got in here.
Something wrong?
I think it’s…
…fighting extraction?
Not for this long.
Okay.
Small thing.
Need to wait for the generators to warm up up.
Until then…
The proton fields are down.
Do you hear that?
Lars?
Why haven’t the ghosts escaped yet?
Okay we need to shut that thing up.
This is the place.
Yup.
Make it better in Baklava.
You waiting for the ghosts?
Hello?
Phoebe?
Why is she…
Hit?
Phoebe what are you doing?
There’s the third wheel.
Why are you just standing there?
Fire!
What are you doing?
You miss!
I have greening.
Cool.
If I wanted to hit you then I would have but I didn’t.
Right.
If it makes you feel better, I guess.
I just feel like a warm rush of relief.
So…
Do you wanna hang out?
You’re inviting me in?
I’m… Sure. Yeah.
You’re inviting me inside your ghost extermination headquarters.
I…yeah.
No, it’s fine. I see how that could be…
…weird. It’s cool. You don’t have to…
Nice digs.
You can transeparate?
Oh is that what I just did?
Yeah, I do that.
How do you touch the chess pieces if…
Basically I exist on an entirely different dimensional plane.
You wouldn’t get it.
I did.
I love dimensional planes.
I’ve always wanted to visit a different dimensional plane.
I don’t know what I said. I…
So like is the rest of this place is cool or…
That’s my car…
And…
Oh.
Uh. That’s where we…
I know what this is.
Have you ever wondered what happens…
…when we’re all done here?
I mean I’ve seen it.
Yeah I mean it’s…
…it’s really beautiful actually.
I mean your…
…particles start to lose their bonds and…
…flow it off into space.
Then what?
Quantum physics suggests that we become part of the fabric of the universe.
Do you believe that?
I mean I believe in quantum physics.
Sounds cool.
Maybe I’ll be able to check it out someday.
When you cross to the other side?
Yeah.
That’s where my family is.
Why can’t you join them?
If I knew I’d already be there.
It’s a vector object.
A what?
It’s like an emotionally charged anchor that keeps us tethered to this world.
Well, the last match burned my family alive so…
Yeah, that’ll do it.
No, it was an accident.
Oh, I…
I’m not sure there’s some sort of key to moving on, but…
I’ve gotten used to the idea that I’m not going anywhere.
I’m sorry.
Phoebs?
You okay down there?
Um…
I’ll be right up.
I’m going as fast as I can.
Does it have to be her?
I understand.
Got some cheetos for you.
You can come on out.
I’m only gonna shoot you in the face.
That’s it.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Basement, now.
Can you explain this?
No I can’t.
Cool.
Empirically.
It approaches mythically cold temperature of absolute zero.
The degree at which all particles stop.
Zero Kelvin.
The suspension of life itself.
Exquisite.
If you like that…
…you’re gonna love this.
Ever since you brought in this lethal snow cone….
…the other ghosts have been acting peculiar.
I think it’s communicating.
Is the orb just kind of chatting?
Not the orb itself but whatever lies within it.
I think it’s commanding the other ghosts.
With some sort of mind control.
Alright.
Wow.
Extreme thermodynamic exusions.
Thought transference.
This little cutie gets out…
…no telling how dangerous it could be.
Where the hell did you guys get this thing?
Hey, man.
Hey.
Are you Nadeem Razmati?
Maybe.
Did you recently sell a collection of family artifacts to Ray Stantz?
That money’s gone.
We’re not looking for a refund.
Come on in.
I got a bunch of other stuff for sale.
I am a licensed third party reseller of sneakers.
What’s your shoe size my man?
Ten.
I don’t have any tens.
Can you squeeze into an eight?
No. Probably not.
Is this your bachelor pad?
This is my daddy’s place.
My grandmother’s.
Nipple stuff. Iconic.
Oh, yeah. That was my daddy’s favorite painting.
I can’t really part with it.
What’s your offer?
What was your grandmother’s deal?
We weren’t really that close.
She said I was unambitious.
But really, who’s the brave one?
Huh? The brother who goes to engineering school?
Or the one who forges ahead with no education or future prospects?
The second one.
Right?
Yes. Absolutely.
I take that all the time.
You have to beat to a percent.
You make theories about a particular object?
Grasshole?
That’s one touched.
Oh, yeah. That came from my grandmother’s special back room.
Where she keeps all the really good stuff.
But I’m not supposed to take anything back there.
So…
Whoa.
Nice sex dungeon.
Okay, daddy.
Not a sex dungeon.
Would a sex dungeon have these chains?
Yeah.
As soon as I said it, I realized.
Seriously. What is she doing here?
I don’t know.
I found her room after she died
when I was looking for some Pop-Tarts.
All this stuff is for sale, too, by the way.
Is this brass or copper, Lars?
Brass.
Once believed to be a magical alloy.
There are countless tales of demons trapped in brass urns and lamps
going all the way back to the time of Solomon.
Sick outfit.
Whoa.
You guys hear that?
No echo, no anything.
It’s like a dead room in here.
So she can be as loud as she wants.
She’s dumb.
She’s dumb making sex jokes about my recently deceased grandmother.
The brass hole.
It was always kept in here?
As far as I know.
Is it possible she wanted to keep it quiet?
What does that mean?
It means you’re coming with us.
Dr. Ray?
Yes, Phoebe.
I think that somebody left a rotting carrot on one of your shelves.
Oh, that’s a human pinky.
Picked that up at the old state hospital for the criminally insane in Pennsylvania.
Haunted.
We had no equipment back then.
Um, I actually…
…I had a question I wanted to ask you.
Have you ever
wondered what it would be like to be a ghost?
Every day of my life, dear.
Really?
Sure, I mean
how I would materialize.
What’s that feel like?
Would it be some kind of a visual manifestation?
I mean,
something is…
What is that?
Oh, um,
I was just watching a video I shot at the Orb.
I think the audio is corrupted or something. It’s so weird.
Here.
Check it out.
Ancient verbiage, uh…
Yeah, but what language?
A dead one.
I know a guy who could help us.
Should we…
…investigate?
We could.
Aren’t you benched?
Aren’t you retired?
Oh.
You gonna take that from her?
Hold still.
What’s this?
It’s just a garden variety test.
Are you a human?
You should be able to pass it easily
unless you are possessed by a cross-dimensional beast.
Right, just a couple human beings having a conversation.
One of them has a pasta pot strapped to his head.
Let’s start off with a layup.
Okay?
Puppies.
Love them or kill them?
I love them?
That’s one correct.
Okay.
Great. Yeah.
That was very easy.
Have you ever experienced deja vu?
No.
Have you ever experienced deja vu?
That’s pretty good.
Ow!
What was that?
Don’t throw any more pens at me, dude.
That made you angry, did it?
Yeah, it made me angry,
did it?
Hypothetical.
If you’re about to devour a small child, would you prefer
skin on or skinless?
Okay, I’m not… This interview’s over.
I’m not gonna answer that.
Refuse to answer that one?
No, no, no, I’m not refusing.
Okay, I’ll do it. I’ll do it. Is it a human child?
Are there other kinds of children?
Are you thinking of a specific child?
Is this child related to me?
Would that be necessary?
No, it’s not necessary.
You’re the one who brought it up. I don’t want to eat any…
I told you to stop throwing pens at me.
I’m sorry, it’s a perfect normal reaction.
Don’t! Okay! Okay!
What are you staring at?
Did I pass?
Doctor stands out.
This is a legal parking space.
Ah, they know me here.
Did you know these two regal kittens actually have names?
Patience and Fortitude.
Well, no, Doctor Stanz.
No, you are forbidden from coming within 50 feet of this library.
Good to see you, buddy. Been a long time, huh?
Hi.
Excuse us.
It’s not a scenic. It’s not Chaldean.
It ain’t French.
This is pre-Sumerian.
This is pre-Samskrit.
Well, what does it mean?
Five people in the world can understand these words.
Which means my colleague,
Dr. Yaron Geary, put you up to this.
John Geary’s already dead.
What?
No! Your calling’s…
Your calling’s fine.
Sorry.
What the fudge is wrong with you?
Listen, this
language has been dead for
thousands of years. How did you get this recording?
Do you believe in spiritual inhabitation?
Spectral possession?
Look, there’s a reason I’m down here in the basement.
I’m the library folklorist.
I’m also the tri-state treasurer of the H.P. Lovecraft Society,
so do I believe in spirits?
Yes, I believe in spirits. I believe in
self-winding clocks and the singing cheeses of Copenhagen.
Please, continue.
All right.
The ancient chants you heard came from this mysterious object.
It’s about the size of a bocce ball.
Come with me to the library.
Are we not in the library?
Upstairs is just for show.
Gilded research rooms where
struggling actors can Twitch stream and buy crypto.
The old library is a no.
Welcome to the old library.
That object of yours,
its last recorded sighting,
wasn’t photographed and it wasn’t painted.
It was carved in stone.
Whoa.
Recognize anything?
There’s your orb.
What is it?
Well, the better question is, what’s inside of it?
What’s inside of it?
Excellent question.
Probably sand. But if you believe the folklore,
and I always believe the folklore, that orb is a magical prison
for a phantom god called Garraka.
See, 4,000 years ago, Garraka served a bloodthirsty king
called Samudari.
You know, from the Battle of the Seven Armies, etc., etc.
After Garraka helped conquer half of Central Asia
the king grew suspicious of his ambitions.
Garraka was captured,
branded, broken, and disfigured.
His horns,
the source of his greatest strength, were like ripped off his head.
Nasty stuff. I love it. No notes.
But Garraka didn’t take too kindly to that and went on a bit of a murder bender.
His plan was to raise an army of the undead, and wage war on humanity
by channeling fear into a weapon.
Kusharat Umoti.
The death chill.
The power to kill by fear itself.
The cold shiver runs down your spine.
Your veins turn to rivers of ice.
Your bones crack.
Your lungs cave.
And the last thing you see
is your own tear ducts freezing up.
So cool! Anyhoo,
before Garraka could collapse the collective bronchial tubes of greater South Asia,
he finally met his match.
His icy spell was shattered
by a roving band of mythical spirit catchers
called the Firemasters,
who used fire and brass to trap the evil god inside of an orb.
The very orb you now possess.
Kinda like Ghostbusters.
Yeah.
If you’re willing to
entertain a little historical gossip,
these are wax cylinders.
19th century audio recordings.
Our collection is bonkers.
Here. Mary Todd Lincoln using the ‘F’ word.
Apparently she saw a moth.
But what I think you’ll be most interested in is…
…this one.
See, back in the gilded age
of our fair metropolis,
there was this group of rich assholes called the…
…Manhattan Adventurers Society.
They would steal relics and artifacts.
They get together.
They enjoy them with their Beaujolais and a couple of hookers.
Real colonial loot fest kinda stuff.
Anyway, one night
they took out a particularly rare relic.
The orb of Garraka.
And then
they played this chant which
opened the orb.
For the first time in New York history,
a room full of people froze to death in the middle of July.
It’s a possesor.
You’ve got the chance!
Stop him!
Excuse us!
Coming through!
What the hell was that?
Possessor ghost, master of concealment disguise.
Now it will be impossible to find!
Oh, there it is.
Now that’s a close one.
We don’t want that kept away.
Give me a boost, will you?
Okay. I got you.
Dr. Ray!
The bike! Press the button.
Where’s the button?
Too many button!
Yes!
Pod, do something!
I’m trying.
The Lions, Phoebe. They’re iconic.
People love them. They make kids want to visit the library.
Do you know how hard it is to get kids to visit the library?
I love the library.
Then why did you shoot Fortitude in the face?
I was doing my job.
You don’t have a job!
Magnifique!
My compliments to the chef.
As far as fiascos go, this was just dynamite.
One would think, though,
you’d have a little more respect for the public library.
You being such a bookworm.
Why don’t you just back off?
I just want to thank her.
For what?
For 40 years, I’ve been waiting to say these words.
The Ghostbusters are finished.
Your firehouse has been condemned.
Your packs are in a police lockup.
They’ll be melted down for scrap by morning.
And just wait until I get a hold of your car.
Now just hold on.
The last time you tried to shut us down,
you created a cross rip into another dimension.
Watch out, kiddo.
That sounds a lot like slander.
That’s a crime punishable with time in prison.
So let me ask you,
Miss Fengler, are you going to behave?
Or do I need to have you arrested?
Well…
We really thought you manage his behave.
I get it you upset.
Can we just get to the part where you ground me and move on.
Oh, you’re not grounded. You’re fired.
Honestly, if you weren’t a Spangler, you’d be answering no phones.
Excuse me?
Don’t talk like that.
Are you serious?
I’m very serious.
She’s your mom.
Being a Spengler doesn’t make you a genius.
It just makes you part of this family.
Are you even a part of this family?
Phoebe.
That’s…
I get it. Fair enough.
But maybe if you weren’t being so selfish, you might notice that your mom, your brother, and I have been doing everything to try and protect you.
So wake up!
Sucks, doesn’t it?
What the hell was that?
You had to get a wax on, but-
What kind of ramble you had yourself into?
A ramble called a ramble was turning back and…
Ray, shut up!
Shut up…
Geez.
We’re too old for this.
Zed, I don’t know what our age has to do with this.
There was a chanting ray on that cylinder.
It’s a trigger.
You could have got yourself hurt.
You could have got those kids hurt.
Geez, Ray. I… Just…
Take a vacation.
Go visit some old ruins or something.
Why don’t you sit your ass on a beach somewhere, a little color wouldn’t kill you.
Ray, this is supposed to be our golden years.
Winston, this is the way I want to spend my golden years.
This is what I love.
I know.
I know.
Me too.
But you need to find a new way to do the things you love before it kills you.
Phoebs.
Oh, man.
They stole our gear.
Civil forfeiture,
I believe is the terminology.
Stop it!
Fireball?
Oh, yeah, you really gotta try that thing, dude.
Who is he?
Oh, I’m Nadeem.
I’m a potential deep well of psychokinetic energy and quite possibly possessed.
Can I try the fireball?
Yeah, knock yourself off.
Is this the last night in the firehouse?
I don’t know.
Hey.
So this is it, huh?
I’m used to being on the move.
I’m good at it.
I don’t know.
I kinda like to…
…stay and fight for this place.
It’s not our place.
Of course it is.
We can’t leave.
I mean…
If there’s something strange in the neighborhood, who are they gonna call?
If there’s something weird and it don’t look good, who are they gonna call?
Ghostbusters.
I’m sorry, what was that?
Ghostbusters.
Ghostbusters!
This is the home of the Ghostbusters.
We’re the Ghostbusters.
Can I tell you something else?
It’s important.
What?
Busted makes me feel good.
Get out.
It makes. / Get out.
Holy crap!
This place is trash!
I’m getting reading in here, please.
What happen here?
Such a disaster. What have you done?
This is a very sensitive area.
It’s freezing.
Well, maybe it wouldn’t be freezing
if a certain someone had left his grandmother’s orb in her room where it belongs.
Wait, I’m confused.
You’re saying this is my fault.
Here’s the deal.
Your grandmother was guardian of the orb,
the last line of defense against Garraka.
Now it’s your turn.
You are the Fire Master.
Oh, that’s dramatic. I like that.
It’s not a joke, man.
For thousands of years, your family has selflessly
guarded the world from an unimaginable evil.
Now, either she didn’t tell you about it, or you weren’t listening.
Could have been either.
We had a complicated relationship.
Instead, you come into my shop,
try to sell your heritage, your birthright, for fifty bucks.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Who are you? Who’s that?
You are the Fire Master.
It’s time for you to claim your destiny, son.
Light the candle.
I think we both know that’s impossible.
Son, I stopped believing in that word a long time ago.
What if you were humanity’s last hope?
Dude, I’ve never been anyone’s only hope.
I went to senior prom as a backup for someone’s brother.
You may not choose to believe it,
but there are many stories of people with inexplicable gifts going back eons.
The strength of Samson.
The speed of Achilles.
The perfect pitch.
Sick dance moves.
Even pyrokinesis.
Light the candle.
Light the candle?
Just like that?
I just do that?
Indus literature speaks of a sacred fire.
A smokeless flame.
Like the kind Moses saw on Mount Horeb when he encountered the burning bush.
Like the kind the demon djinn brought forth
from the seven earths.
Like flowed through the hair of Sunboko-jin, the Japanese god of the hearth.
That same sacred power exists in your fingertips.
Oh.
Oh.
Light the candle.
It’s his first time.
I think we’re all going to die.
Phoebe?
Can I come in?
I just wanted to talk to you about what happened at the police station.
Because I know that was rough.
And uh…
But you know, life is rough.
Life is unpredictable and crazy.
Doors close.
Friends change.
But uh,
the family…
is…
is the one thing that’s there no matter what.
You know?
Uh…
Sometimes they’re not even your actual blood relatives.
They’re just…
They’re the people that remind you you have a home.
Anyways.
I think you’re great.
I think you’re really great.
I’m really glad we had this talk.
I don’t know.
Every time I do what I think is right they just come down on me.
Like I’m screwing everything up.
That’s ridiculous.
I know.
What?
It just sucks that the only person who gets me is…
a ghost.
Yeah.
It’s too bad we exist on different dimensional planes.
Separated by quantum physics.
There’s always something.
There is a way for me to be a ghost for a bit.
But it’s experimental.
I wouldn’t want to risk it.
It’s not lethal.
That’s a plus.
It just requires a little bit of life breaking
and entering into some advanced science.
I mean I wouldn’t want to get you into any more trouble.
What else can they do to me?
What is that thing?
It’s an ionic separator.
It’ll allow us to temporarily exist on the same dimensional plane.
My spirit will be separated from my body for only two minutes.
Then I’ll regain consciousness…
Boo!
What’s wrong?
I’m sorry.
For what?
A human voice is the key.
Garraka can’t control humans.
Only ghosts.
But now he can control you.
Garraka is the only one that can open the door to the other side.
It’s my only chance.
My only chance to see my family again.
Maybe one day you’ll understand.
Your world will shatter.
Bones and ice.
My empire will rise.
Stay, hold!
Lucky!
Phoebe.
I’m in it.
Phoebe.
Are you okay?
She was lost!
What?
Her spirit separated from her body.
Oh, my God. You’re freezing.
I tried to stop it. I couldn’t…
No, you’re okay. That’s all that matters.
I’m in trouble.
No, you’re not in trouble.
We’re fine.
She’s right.
We’re all in big trouble.
Yeah, just give me a minute.
Just finishing this up.
I’ll be right with you.
Are you the Fire Master?
Yeah, man, read the damn sign.
Should we call this one in?
Yeah, call this one in.
It’s okay if you guys hate me.
We don’t hate you. We’re worried about you.
We didn’t know where you were.
You could’ve been killed.
I trusted somebody that I should know.
I just feel stupid.
It’s okay to feel stupid.
Some of the smartest people I know are morons.
Yeah, and I told you to make mistakes.
Yeah, not really some monstrous deity.
Maybe next time get a tattoo.
Go and try shoplifting.
Hey, that’d be fun.
Yeah, okay.
Hey, are you ready to be a Spangler again?
Good, because we need you.
Yeah.
Phoebe.
How did Garraka get out?
It doesn’t matter. It’s coming right for us.
It’s really bad out there.
Who’s coming right for us?
Typical manifestation of evil.
Ender of worlds. That kind of thing.
Garraka’s coming for the containment unit.
To recruit every ghost in the tank we’ve ever caught.
We can’t allow that to happen.
You’ll have a veritable army of ghosts.
Army of ghosts?
Guys, it’s okay. We’re fine. Look, we’re good.
Calm down. We have the Fire Master.
Do the thing. This is really great.
Take a look.
Huh?
Dash!
Right.
Where are our proton bags?
Get to the roof, all right? Just shoot anything that looks terrifying.
But I already threw a proton stream at that thing.
It didn’t even flinch.
How is that possible?
It’s the nature of God from another dimension.
Who’s to know its atomic composition?
Dr. Ray?
Yeah?
Copper can conduct an electrical field like the one in our colliders.
Yeah, but there’s no copper left in the firehouse.
Stripped by vagrants in the 90s.
Well, then what about brass?
Brass?
Especially if it’s psychically charged.
Our proton packs use nickel and zinc as primary drivers for spectral agitation.
But Garraka is different.
The ancient ghost trappers used brass to trap them.
If I brass plate the components in my pack, it could give us a chance.
Switch me on.
Wow, we managed faster decay at split time.
Narrowed the stream intensification.
Terrific improvements.
Let’s get to work.
Here we go.
Can I be of any help?
Son of a bitch.
Ray.
You gotta be kidding me.
Home sweet home.
Melvin’s in uniform.
Lookin’ sporty.
Courage? Anyone?
What do you see up there?
A trike. How much a trike?
A what?
A kid’s tricycle rolling down the street on its own.
No, no. Possessor. Possessor.
You need to get down here now.
Yeah?
What’s going on?
Oh, it’s really bad. The world’s ending.
You and I will go up there.
How’s it going?
Oh, terrible.
Okay. Just keep practicing, man.
We got your back.
Could one of the adults also come and help?
You’re having the fright of my life. I thought you were one of the big scary ones.
How you get all the way up here?
Ooh, paper.
Surrender?
Lucky!
Lucky, are you okay?
Oh, shit…
Trevor!
You’re doing it!
This is awesome!
I know that guy!
I’m a god…
Where’s Phoebe?
Good luck!
So is any of it real?
Yeah.
I actually did beat you at chess.
I never wanted to hurt you.
I just want to see my family again.
Well, my family’s up there now.
We still have time to stop this.
It’s too late.
He’s here.
Phoebe.
Phoebe…
Hands up!
It’s all dark and horny at 12 o’clock.
Rock, I can’t help you move on.
You have to do that yourself.
Don’t let him get to the basement!
Ow!
Well, being nice didn’t work.
Let’s try this.
Fire them up!
I’m trying to tell you guys our protons are useless!
Look, dude.
I’m probably your worst nightmare.
Okay, I’ll get out of here.
Real talk, man, dude.
Whatever.
I don’t wanna hurt you.
Okay?
So how about we call this even?
We each go our separate ways.
I go back to Queens.
You go back to Narnia.
You are no Fire Master.
Me?
No.
I’m not the Fire Master.
I’m just Nadeem.
I’m at the record show.
I gave you a chance.
Dude, did you use all the lighter fluid?
You told me to practice.
Um, does anyone have a light?
I quit smoking in the 90s.
Proud of you then. Proud of you now.
No, no, no, no. Wait, wait.
Oh…
Bye, Phoebe.
They fetter it and we can trap him now!
No!
We gonna need a bigger trap.
It’s right there.
Garraka has let all the spirits out!
Peter, do you know what this means? Do you know what we could do?
Pretend I don’t.
If we neutralize the mass-energy-density
to reduce criticality.
it would force the tank to reproduce
re-prime itself and re-rehearse it!
Just do it!
We all trust you!
I can’t hold it much longer!
Come on!
You have it!
Golden years!
Golden years!
The light is green!
The whole world is clean!
I knew you had one more dance in you!
Yes!
You’re toast!
You were right.
I’ll see you in the fabric of the universe.
You have done it!
City life!
Devastation!
I’m putting you away!
For a long time!
Pat!
You clown!
You’re never going to get it, are you?
Mr. Mayor!
Why do you have to say to the Ghostbusters?
I’m not your friend, you little dick-bustard!
What? Yeah…
…are you…
It sounds like we have your undivided support!
Why don’t you support that guy?
Well…
Yes, of course!
Good! I’m so happy to hear that, Mr. Mayor.
Becaus without Phoebe and her family this whole city would be under three feet of ice!
Yeah!
We know!
The world right now, is experiencing unusual paranormal activity!
We are here to answer that call!
Because we…
…are the Ghostbusters!
Well, it’s not my first evil god!
I am Nadeem!
I am a Fire Master!
It turns out!
Like my daddy before me!
Did we win?
Let’s take guns together!
What are you called then?
There’s a team!
A family!
Yeah!
The Spanglers!
We’re the Spanglers!
Okay!
Well, you don’t want to be a Gruber’s kid!
Trust me!
Hey!
Uh, guys!
Uh… Put on your packs!
Alright!
Dad!
It’s alright!
Yeah! I heard that!
Trevor!
Keys.
She just call me, ‘Dad’.
Hey.
There are a lot of people, so go slowly.
Put peace face.
♪ I ain’t afraid of no ghost!
♪ I ain’t afraid of no ghost!
♪ Who you gonna call?
♪ Ghostbusters!
♪ If you’re all alone
♪ Pick up the phone
♪ And call?
Ghostbusters!
♪ I ain’t afraid of no ghost!
♪ Ooh, I hear it likes the girls
♪ Hm, I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost
♪ Who you gonna call?
♪ Ghostbusters!
♪ Mmm, if you’ve had a dose of a
♪ Freaky ghost, baby
♪ You better call
♪ Ghostbusters!
♪ Lemme tell ya something
♪ Bustin’ makes me feel good!
♪ I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost
♪ I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost
♪ Don’t get caught alone oh, no
♪ Ghostbusters!
♪ When it comes through your door
♪ Unless you just a-want some more
♪ I think you better call
♪ Ghostbusters!
♪ Ow! Who you gonna call?
♪ Ghostbusters!
♪ Who you gonna call?
♪ Ghostbusters!
Hey, that’s my truck!
That’s my truck, man!
