Episode Title: iStranger Stuff
INT. SHAY APARTMENT – NIGHT – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Darkness. A red glow pulses under the apartment door. Thunder rumbles. The gang sits in a circle on the floor, flashlights under their chins.
CARLY
Tonight’s webcast is iStranger Stuff—our homage to '80s horror, dimension-hopping drama, and weird kids on bikes.
SAM
I’m playing Twelve. One better than Eleven. Stronger. Meaner. Hates waffles. Likes bacon jerky.
FREDDIE
I’m the nerdy one with too many walkie-talkies and unresolved trust issues.
ROBERT (holding a blinking LED Christmas light string)
I’m the guy who talks to the Upside Down through mood lighting.
GIBBY (dressed in an old Ghostbusters jumpsuit)
I’m the guy who disappears first, but mostly because I wander off to look for pudding.
INT. SCHOOL GYM (AKA THE KITCHEN) – NIGHT
Robert strings up blinking lights and stares at the wall.
ROBERT (whispers)
If you’re in there, blink twice. And tell me what you did with my limited-edition action figure.
A string of lights flickers “N-O-P-E.”
ROBERT
…I don’t like that response.
INT. BASEMENT LAB (SPENCER’S CLOSET) – FLASHBACK
SPENCER plays a shady government scientist in a lab coat with peanut butter smeared on his clipboard.
SPENCER (to Sam as “Twelve”)
You have abilities beyond comprehension. Like telekinesis. Or the power to clear out a buffet in under six minutes.
SAM (nose bleeding slightly)
I also once won a chili-eating contest with zero regrets.
INT. UPSIDE DOWN (A DARKLY-LIT, FOGGY VERSION OF THE APARTMENT)
Carly wanders through the fog. Strange whispers echo. Everything is drippy and sticky, like a fridge left open for a year.
CARLY (echoing voice)
Guys? I think I found the Upside Down… and it’s full of expired yogurt.
Suddenly, a Demogibby bursts out of the fridge—Gibby in monster makeup with a hoodie and glowing eyes.
DEMOGIBBY
WHERE ARE MY PANTS!?
INT. APARTMENT – FINALE SHOWDOWN
Sam uses her “psychic” powers to levitate a waffle iron and smack the Demogibby back into the fridge.
SAM
Stay down. That’s how we close the gate.
FREDDIE
We never opened a gate.
ROBERT
We probably left the freezer open again. That explains the fog.
INT. SHAY APARTMENT – WRAP-UP
Everyone’s on the couch, bundled up in blankets. The lights flicker again. Thunder rumbles.
CARLY
Well, that’s our iStranger Stuff Halloween special. Full of mystery, lights, and a very unsettling fridge creature.
SPENCER (walking in with a bowl of candy corn and a flashlight stuck in his hair)
I still think that fog machine was haunted.
SAM (nose still bleeding slightly)
I still think I can move stuff with my mind.
She stares at a soda can. It doesn’t move. She punches it open instead.
GIBBY (off-screen, faintly)
I’m still in the fridge…
CREDITS ROLL
Over Robert yelling “NOPE!” while getting chased by Sam in a bald cap, and Freddie trying to explain D&D to Spencer, who keeps calling it “wizard Monopoly.”
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