CASSIE: Previously on Good Witch... Halloween has always been the most exciting day in Middleton, and it all got started 150 years ago with a man named Cotton Perriwood. - MARTHA: It's the Perriwood Prophecy. - Are those bats? - Yes, they are. - I want everyone to watch out for anything... odd. (SPOOKY MUSIC) (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) - Hello, Stephanie. - Hey. I was hoping they were gonna let Harvey open back up. - Nope. Not for a couple more days. - Oh. I still have a whole list of decorations I need before Halloween. - I'm sure you'll be able to come up with some creative ways to use what you already have and anything else that you might be able to find. - Well, I guess I'm gonna have to. (CHUCKLES) Hey, that gargoyle's kind of cool. - Yeah, I brought it over from my mom's. She's still got two more just like it at home. - Do you think she'd let me borrow one for The Bistro? - I'm sure she would. I'll bring one over. - Awesome. (CHUCKLES) - Your work is making the town look especially festive. - Oh, it's you. Hello. - You know, I think Cotton Perriwood would be proud to know that his tradition of decorating has so endured. - Yeah, it seems like that guy was really into Halloween. - And with the day approaching, I'm becoming especially curious about the predictions on the undiscovered final page of the Prophecy. - There's a final page? - Oh, there is, indeed. - (GASPS) - And its discovery could make all the difference in the world. - How did he know that? (INSECTS CHIRP) (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) (DOOR OPENS) - Hello, Sam. - Hey. I, uh, saw your light was on, but what are you doing home? I thought you'd be at that pumpkin-carving thing. - Hmm, I decided to stay home instead. - Hmm. - Aren't you missing the Abbott and Costello movie? - I've seen it before. What you working on? - Oh, Grace made this when she was little, so I'm trying to make it last as long as it can. It's always the last decoration we put up, and then Grace lights the candle. - Hmm. It's a nice tradition. - (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) - Cassie! Cassie! It's my husband! He grabbed his chest, and then he just collapsed! - What? Mr Stanton? - I'll call 911. (TENSE MUSIC) (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2022 (PENSIVE MUSIC) (SIREN WAILS) - (PA) MAN: Dr Madison... - Your husband had what's called a paroxysmal atrial flutter. - Oh, his doctor's been concerned about his heart. - Well, I've already consulted with him about the episode, and we agree it doesn't portend anything worse. - (SIGHS) Oh, I'm just glad you were at Grey House when it happened. - Well, we'll keep him here another night or two, but he should be OK pretty soon after that. - He needs to spend the night? - No, he's gonna be fine. He's in great hands. - It's just that we've hardly spent any nights apart since we got married. Neither of us gets much sleep when we do. - I could ask the nurse to set up a cot in his room if you'd like. - I know my husband will sleep better if I'm with him. - Well, a good night's rest is good for the patient. - And for the patient's wife. - (ALL CHUCKLE) - Can I see him? - Sure, no problem. (GENTLE MUSIC) - Good morning, Nick. - Hey. - Can I help you find something? - Maybe. I'm still looking for something to scare my dad with. No matter what I do or where I am, he always seems to be expecting it. - Hmm, I'm sure there's at least one thing your father isn't expecting. Something that, if it happened, he would say it scared him a lot. - (SIGHS) Yeah, whatever that is, he's never admitted it to me. - Hmm. That is so weird. What does it do? - Turn the crank and see. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) (WAILING, HOWLING) The early settlers in Middleton believed that that light and sound could ward off evil spirits. That would scare me a little. You wanna take it and see if it scares anyone else? - Thanks, Cassie. - Well, hello. Did you enjoy Middleton Gardens? - - Eh, it was OK. But there was a wedding reception there, and they asked us to join in the toast. - Well, how did it feel to be veterans in a room with two people who have been married less time than you? - Oh, well, we're not really experts on any of this. (CHUCKLES) - But just think, one day the two of you will be the ones with years of experience, and you'll be able to talk about all the things you've shared. (CURIOUS MUSIC) (SPOOKY MUSIC) - There. What do you think? I had to be very creative and use everything that I already had. - I think it looks really good. And I brought you this guy. - Oh, he is gonna look great... somewhere, on something. (CHUCKLES) - We'll make sure to find the right place so it's sure to get noticed. - Hmm. Oh, hi. Make sure that you buy a ballot and vote for The Bistro. - OK. - Yes, and any donation will be used to buy toys for the kids in the hospital. - Oh, thank you. - All the fun starts tomorrow night at 9. See ya. Thanks. It's great. - Good. - I hope you're not helping Stephanie more than you're helping me. - I'm helping anybody who asks. - Great, because I bought a bunch of stuff at Harvey's before it closed, and I need your help putting it up. - You bought stuff at Harvey's? - Mm-hm. - So that was thinking ahead. - Maybe. Whatever. I don't know. Just come by later, and I'll need you tomorrow as well up until the very last minute. - (SCOFFS) - Oh, and by the way, those flowers are dead. - I bought those from you this morning, fresh. - It's a shame how some flowers just don't last. - (SIGHS) (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) - (SIGHS) It's so wonderful to get a look at all this Middleton history. - Well, except I'm not thinking about our history. I'm thinking about the now, figuring out where the last page of this prophecy might be and stopping the curse. - And what have you found? - So far, clues but no answers. Well, if only this mysterious fellow could speak to us, perhaps tell us some of his secrets. - I'm sure he would have a lot to say. - Excuse me. - (SHRIEKS) - I was hoping I might be able to converse with the Mayor. - What? Right now? Jared! - Madam Mayor? What are you doing here? - Oh, I just wanted to acquire some information about Middleton and share the reason for my visit. - Well, the Mayor is not available right now. I have you set to meet with the town's archivist to discuss the whereabouts of that missing page. - Well, this is important business. - Hmm. - So I shouldn't stand in your way. Well, my apologies for the interruption. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) - WHISPERS: Madam Mayor. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - I'll return later at a more, uh, appropriate time. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) (INSECTS CHIRP) - Thanks for dinner. That was great. Yeah, well, that's the nice thing about having you over, Liam. You are easy to please. - That's true. - Hey, are you going to, uh, Cassie's Halloween party tomorrow night? - Yeah, of course. Everyone who's doing the Halloween crawl is ending up there when it's over. - Oh, I didn't know you were part of the competition. - I'm not. But with so many people going around checking out the decorations, I thought I'd set up outside and sell bat wings and zombie-flesh sliders. Uh, chicken wings and pulled-pork sandwiches. - Ah. Sure. - You're decorating? - Oh, Cassie brought that over. - I don't know if I've ever seen you put up an actual decoration. - Yeah. I usually don't. - But now you have a festive side? - This stuff means a lot to Cassie. - But you do know they're supposed to come out of the box, right? - Yeah, I know how it works. - (CHUCKLES) I'll see you tomorrow. (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) (GENTLE MUSIC) (SIGHS) (SIGHS) (GENTLE MUSIC) (BIRDS CHIRP) It's a real nice hospital you work at there, doc. No offence, this Grey House place is a whole lot better. - Well, just don't let me catch you running up and down the stairs. - (CHUCKLES) - One more day of rest, and you can have your life back. - And we'll try not to make too much noise downstairs at the party tonight. - Oh, don't worry about making any noise. I` I love the sound of a party. - We both love being in a house full of people. - I have never known two people that enjoy so many of the same things. - (CHUCKLES) - You're really lucky you found each other. - Except it wasn't always this way. - (CHUCKLES) - When we first met, the two of us disagreed about everything. - We hardly could find anything we ever liked. - But I was fascinated by the way he looked at the world. - And she was just different than any girl I'd ever known. - Mm. And 50 years later, we've had a lifetime of discovering new things together. - Which no one would have ever predicted right after we met. - (CHUCKLES) - Well, they say that opposites attract. Once they're together, nothing can pull them apart. (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) (QUIRKY MUSIC) - Oh. - Oh! Oh. Oh. - (CHUCKLES) Hello, Martha. - Oh, George, I am so, so sorry. I` I've had my mind so focused on the Perriwood curse and how to break it that I've hardly noticed anything else. - That's OK. I'm thinking about the decorating contest just as much. Everyone in town really wants me to pick them as the winner. - Well, now, I hope you're not allowing people to buy your vote. - George O'Hanrahan can't be bought. However, if you'd like to rent my opinion, I'd be willing to negotiate. (CHUCKLES) - Well, then I'll see you tonight. Judging starts at The Bistro, and then we hit the streets from there. (CHUCKLES) - Oh, don't forget to bring a jacket. It looks like it's gonna be a windy one tonight. - Really? 'And the winds of change shall blow that night.' I've read that in the Prophecy. It's all coming true. (GASPS) - Happy Halloween. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) (SPOOKY MUSIC) (SNEAKY MUSIC) - SAM: I called in Mrs Garza's prescription, but we might need to modify it so that she has more than one refill. - EVE: I'll let the pharmacy know. - Well, I guess that does it. We might as well try to get home before it starts getting dark. Hey, if you do that Halloween crawl tonight, you should stop by Liam's for some bat wings and zombie flesh. Trust me, it's good stuff. Where did that come from? - Oh, Cassie dropped it by this morning to add to the Halloween spirit. - (CHUCKLES) You know, you actually did a really good job decorating the place. - Thanks. It was fun putting stuff up. (SNEAKY MUSIC) (CURIOUS MUSIC) (DOOR OPENS) - Ah, there you are. I just have a little bit more to do, but if you wanna help me finish, we can put your black cat on the mantel and light the candle. - I wish I could, but I promised Abigail and Stephanie that I would help them out with some last-minute decorations before the judging starts. - Hmm. They both really wanna win, huh? - Yeah, a little too much, because nobody is getting along at all. Maybe this town really is cursed. - I think by the time the winner is announced, the two of them will feel like this competition was worth it. - And how can you be so sure of that? - Because they have a Merriwick woman helping them out, and that means that there's always more to the story. - Hey, where did you get this? - Oh, from the attic. It's a little wobbly, but... - No, no, it is the perfect size for what Stephanie needs at The Bistro. - Then you should take it. - Thanks. Oh. Hi, Sam. - Trick-or-treat! - (WOMEN LAUGH) - Oh, that reminds me ` don't give away all the candy. - Oh, I got some extra just for you. - (CHUCKLES) Happy Halloween. - Mm-hm. - You know, um, the party's not for a few more hours. - I know. I'm gonna have dinner with Nick first, and then I thought I'd come over after. - Mm. - But first, I wanted to come see if you could use a hand putting up decorations. - Hmm. I always save the most special ones for last in case anyone wants to join in on the fun. - Well, then I'm just in time. Hey. What are these? - Movie tickets. - Abbott and Costello Go To Mars. - The theatre's having a revival next week. I thought we could go together. I hear they're really funny. - Thank you. - (CHUCKLES) - Where does this go? - Over here by me. (CHUCKLES) (GENTLE MUSIC) (PEOPLE CHATTER) (SPOOKY MUSIC) - Yoo-hoo! Happy Halloween, everybody! (PEOPLE CHEER) Now, make sure you buy a ballot. The more judges we have, the more toys that we can buy for the kids. And then make your way through our windy little town until we all meet up at Grey House for the announcement of the winner. Let the judging commence! (PEOPLE CHATTER) - So, what do you think? - I like it. - (CHUCKLES) - Interesting choice to use dead flowers instead of fresh ones. - Yeah, I wanted to do something different with those, but they died right after I got them, so I had to improvise at the last minute. - Well, they're perfect. It's all dark and Halloweeny. - Yeah, it kind of all worked out. (BOTH CHUCKLE) (CURIOUS MUSIC) - (SIGHS) - I suppose I should tell you, 'Time's up. No more decorating,' but I think I can look the other way for one more minute. - Thank you. I just have to set this little guy right here, and then I'm all done. - I don't suppose that gargoyle mentioned where the last page of this prophecy is, did he? - Oh, not to me. - Well, then I'll just have to keep scouring these pages until I figure out a way to stop this curse before it's too late. - All right. There you go. All set. (GASPS) (CURIOUS MUSIC) (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) Mayor Tinsdale? - Grace? (SIGHS) Where are you going with that? I need that. - I do too. - For what? - Because I think I know what happened to the last page of the Perriwood Prophecy. (SIGHS) If I can find the rest of it. (CURIOUS MUSIC) (WIND WHISTLES) (DOORBELL CHIMES) (SIGHS) It's too windy to keep these out there, but I hope you all saw how awesome they looked before I took them in. So you can just write Abigail's Flowers on your ballots, because there's really no reason to look any place else. (SIGHS) - I've seen these weird little guys all over town. - Yeah, these weird little guys are popular. Hey! What are you doing? - I'm putting together a puzzle, and I just need two more pieces. - Uh... (DOORBELL CHIMES) (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) (WIND WHISTLES) (GENTLE MUSIC) - Oh, I was just bringing this up for your husband. It's Gabaron oolong tea, and it's good for circulation and lowering blood pressure. - It smells delicious. - It is, and that's why there's an extra cup for you. - It's hard to say where my husband got better care ` here or at the hospital. - Well, the doctors and I may offer different kinds of treatment, but we're just as interested in the patient's well-being. - I can take this. - Let me know if you need more. - Thanks. - (DOOR OPENS) - Liam. - Hey. Uh, am I the first one here? - Well, you are, but everyone should be getting here very soon. - Well, uh, I had all this food set up outside the brewery, but it started getting too windy, so I thought I'd bring it here for the party. - You can set it up in the dining room. - OK. Great. - George. - (SIGHS) Is it party time? - Oh, it's just getting started. - In that case, I'll get my costume on. If this curse happens, I want to be dressed for the occasion. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) - OK. Uh, those are for trick or-treaters. - You're never too old. - (CHUCKLES) - CHILDREN: Trick-or-treat. - Hello. Here you go. Happy Halloween. - Thank you. - Jeremy? Hey, this is, uh, Sam Radford, Nick's dad. Look, Nick was supposed to meet me at home hours ago, and he's still not here, and he's not answering his phone. Do you have any idea where he is? Well, when was the last time you saw him? (SIGHS) No. If you hear from him, just tell him I'm looking for him, OK? Yeah. Thanks. - (PHONE BEEPS) (PENSIVE MUSIC) (PEOPLE CHATTER) (SPOOKY MUSIC) - Happy Halloween. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - These bat wings taste like chicken. - That's cos they're chicken. - AS DRACULA: If you say so. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Hey, Sam. - Hey. - Is something wrong? - I don't know. Have you seen Nick? - No. Why? - Well, he hasn't come home, and he usually lets me know where he is. - I'm sure he's all right. - I hope so. I still have a few places to check. - Do you want me to come with you? - Um, no, that's OK. - Call me when you find him. - I will. (PENSIVE MUSIC) (DOOR SHUTS) - Who did you vote for? - It is a secret ballot. - (CHUCKLES) But you can show me yours. It's OK. We're married. (PEOPLE CHATTER) So, we disagree about that. - It was really hard to decide. (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) (PEOPLE CHATTER) - Excuse me! Coming through! City business! - Hey, what's going on? - I've figured it out ` how to stop the curse. There are confusing references to branches and vines all connected to the woman that Cotton Perriwood loved, just as you're connected to her as well. - Because we're both Merriwicks. - And when I reread this part, it all became clear. 'From the healer's hands, all hope shall be brought as, thus intertwined, all secrets be taught.' - And you know what that means? - Well, it's obvious. It's you and Sam ` that's the key to breaking the curse. Well, don't you see? His are the healer's hands which need to be intertwined with yours at midnight, the very moment that Cotton Perriwood was banished from Middleton. Everything is so clear and written right here in black and... What would you call that? Beige? Maybe a light tan, I suppose. - So all we need to do is hold hands, and that will break the curse? - Well, I'm sure it's a lot more complicated than that, but let's start with what we know and then move on from there. Where is that handsome man of yours? - Oh, he went looking for Nick. - You mean he's not here? But he has to be here. You two together are the only hope that Middleton has of not splitting apart and living in darkness and... Oh my goodness, what horrible things might happen to love? - Is everything all right? The Mayor looks troubled. - Martha is concerned about the future of this town. - Because everything that Cotton Perriwood said was going to happen has come true. First with the frogs and then with those bats. That's where it all started, and then it just kept going from there. - Except I'm the one who started it. - I'm sorry. What? - I put the` the frogs in the fountain. - That prophecy was you? - And the bats ` I did those too. - Well, why would you do such a thing? - I suppose it was for you, Martha, to attract some well-deserved attention to our town. - (SIGHS) Well, news of the Prophecy has been awfully good for tourism. - Yes, but now that the tourists are here, who knows what might happen to them? Who knows what might happen to any of us? - But you already admitted yourself that all the prophecies weren't real. - The first two, no, but I had nothing to do with Harvey's store closing down. And then these 'winds of change' started blowing. I'm starting to wonder what kinds of horrors are gonna happen next. - What kinds of horrors? - (LIGHTS BUZZ, PEOPLE EXCLAIM) - Oh! - WOMAN: What was that? - Everything is OK. Probably the substation at the end of our block shut down because of the wind. Yeah, the whole neighbourhood is out. - Well, at least we have light in here. - (WIND WHISTLES) - But we've been thrust into darkness, just like the curse said. Cotton Perriwood said that this was going to happen, and it did, just like he said it would. - What if that means he's going to return in the flesh to seek his revenge? - (GASPS) - Do these people actually believe something as crazy as this? - Oh, that's right. You haven't lived here that long. (QUIRKY MUSIC) (WIND HOWLS) (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) (DOOR CREAKS) (MUSIC SWELLS) - The door was open. I let myself in. - Oh my goodness. It's... It's... It's him. - Hello. Welcome to Grey House. (WIND WHISTLES) (CURIOUS MUSIC) (WIND WHISTLES) Let's try to be welcoming to the strangers among us. - I suppose we have to. Oh, excuse me, sir. Um, of course, anyone is welcome in our town, but why have you come, here and now? - Well, for the same reason everyone else is ` to experience the magic of the Middleton Halloween. - Well, that doesn't sound like such a horrible curse. - (CHUCKLES) I'm Wil Fuller, writer for the Midwest Monthly. - The travel magazine? - Mm-hm. See, I came here to write a story about the lead-up to the holiday, and then the curse happened, which` well, it made the story even bigger, so I decided to stay for the week. - Unfortunately, the prophecies were Jared's doing. - Well, I will tell you, it got me and my editor very interested. We had heard how the spirit of the season becomes so fully alive around here, and it is true. I've seen it everywhere. - Well, I'm afraid the ending to your story could be a bit of a let-down. You see, the prophecies weren't true, and I don't know whether the curse is going to come true either. - Well, I'm not so sure that's true. The darkness and the winds were predicted to happen. And just because someone caused those other things doesn't mean Cotton Perriwood wasn't right to say that they would. - A self-fulfilling prophecy is nonetheless fulfilled. - I don't think we'll know what's actually in store for us until midnight finally arrives, so I hope we're all together when it does. (PENSIVE MUSIC) - (SIGHS) Sam? - Hey, Grace. Have you seen Nick? - Hey. No. - I've been looking everywhere for him. - Uh, I could text him. - No, I already did. I got no response. I don't know where else to go. Is there somewhere that he might hang out that he's never told me about? - Other than your office, your house, The Bistro? No, I` I don't know. - OK. Well, you should get home out of this wind. I've already seen a few neighbourhoods without power. - Yeah, I will. I just have one more place to go. - OK. - Hey, Sam, just let me know if Nick's OK. - OK, I will. Thanks. (PENSIVE MUSIC) (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) - Stephanie? (MUSIC CONTINUES) (DOORBELL CHIMES) - Hi. Just seeing how many people were here voting for you. - Not many. I figured they were all over at The Bistro. - I had a few that came and went. Heard a lot of people saying how good this place looked, though. - Really? Because all I kept hearing was how great The Bistro looked. - Ugh, hardly. I had some really big ideas, and then Harvey's shop got shut down, and then I didn't know what to do. - Yeah, that was sort of my plan. (SIGHS) - Your plan? - I was the one who reported Harvey to the city so that no one could buy anything, and you wouldn't be such strong competition. - But you were the one who wanted me to compete in the first place. - Because I wanted the award to mean something, so I could say I beat the best in town. - And you thought that was me? - It's absolutely you, especially after I saw what you did with those jack-o'-lanterns. - Oh, that was just sort of a last-minute decision, which I sort of stole from you, after I saw what you did with the flower pots on the wall. - (SIGHS) So I guess we inspired each other. - Yeah, I guess we did. (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) You know, I have a couple of cakes left over that I was gonna use to bribe every... (CLEARS THROAT) persuade everyone to vote for me. - And I guess these flowers have served their purpose. - So, what do you think we should do with everything? (GENTLE MUSIC) (PEOPLE CHATTER) Uh, are there any more plates? - Oh, here you go. The city got that tree root dug up right before the wind started, which means I am open for business again. - Yeah, I should probably talk to you about why you got shut down in the first place. - Oh, what happened? Did you put a curse on me? (CHUCKLES) - Not exactly. - I'm here! - Oh, Grace, you got here. - Uh, yeah. It's a good thing I had these guys to weigh me down, or I might just have blown away. - (ALL CHUCKLE) - Now I just need to match them with the fourth one. Where is it? - Hello? (BANGS) Hello? - Nick? - Dad? Dad, I'm in here! (BANGS) Dad! - What are you doing? - I've been stuck in there all day. - Oh my God! - Oh! - Why were you in there? - I was gonna scare you. - Wh... - With this. Wh` When you turn it, it kind of sounds like a ghost. - Well, you did scare me. I was looking all over. I thought something might have happened to you. - I'm OK. - (SIGHS) - At least I had this thing that Cassie gave me for light. - Oh, when I` I didn't know where you were. You weren't answering your phone. - Yeah, my phone's been dying on me all week. Well, I didn't know what was going on, and for` for a minute, I was afraid that... (SIGHS) - You were really that worried? - I'm a dad. That's what I do. (GENTLE MUSIC) - So there's at least one thing that scares you. - (CHUCKLES) Yeah. Yeah, there is that one thing. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (WIND WHISTLES) (CURIOUS MUSIC) - Hey. There you are. - Oh, hey. - What are you reading? - Oh, just, uh, something I found sitting on this table. (CHUCKLES) I was thinking about that time we went to the beach. - That was the day I realised I wanted to marry you, when I found out we liked so many of the same things. - Yeah, except... - What? - I wanted you to like me so much,... so if you liked something, I just said that I did too. And then you married me. - Yeah, (CHUCKLES) and we're getting along great. - Except... I like new movies and hamburgers... and a lot of different things than you do. But I haven't wanted to tell you, because maybe that'd mean you weren't in love with the real me. You just fell in love with the person I was pretending to be. - That day at the beach, there were, like, a thousand tiny sand crabs. And the tide had gone out, and they were running around on the hot sand, trying to make their way back to the ocean. And there was no way they were all gonna make it,... so you picked one up and took it over to the water. - I didn't want it to just die there. - And then you did it again and a few more times, and I said, 'Marinda, come on, you can't save them all. And you said, 'No, but I can save this one and this one and this one. (GENTLE MUSIC) That's the woman I fell in love with and the one I'm falling in love with more every single day. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - I was wondering where you two went. - (CHUCKLES) - I brought you mimosas. - That's what they were serving at that wedding reception. - Were they? Well, that's the perfect drink to toast to your new life together. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - (CHUCKLES) - Thank you. - Thanks. (GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES) - (PEOPLE CHATTER) - Thank you. Oh, hey, Sam. Did you find Nick? - I did. Everything's fine. He'll be over later. Uh, he just decided to stay home and hand out candy. I think, mainly, so he could eat it himself. And I brought you this. I thought you might wanna box it up until next year. - Oh. Except I might wanna keep that out just a little bit longer. - Sam! (SIGHS) Well, at least, the two of you are together, so maybe we're not all doomed after all. - Martha is convinced that you and I hold the key to breaking the curse and saving all of Middleton. - Oh, we're still believing that, are we? - We're wondering, that's all. - Oh, there you are. - Yeah, but I didn't realise I was so popular. - Oh, Sam, hi. I was talking to the gargoyle. - Oh. Oh, did you find Nick? - I did, and he's OK. - Good. (SIGHS) I'll take that. If these go together, like I think they should, we'll finally be able to figure it out. - Figure what out? - What Cotton Perriwood really meant and how the story ends. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) (WIND WHISTLES) Look at that. It fits. - But what does it all mean? - It's the final page of the Prophecy pieced together on each of the statues. - You found it? - Yeah. They cut it up and used it to repair the base of those gargoyles. I didn't have all the pieces until Sam brought over the last one. - 'From the healer's hands, all hope will be brought.' He handed it to a woman from the Merriwick vine. That was Grace that that was written about, not you. - (SIGHS) It's a little too dark in here to read. - Here. - Thanks. (SIGHS) OK. 'And in that year... - '...the people shall come together as never before. - 'The gentle server will sit down with she who sells fragrant beauty,... - '...and differences will be forgotten, fading into the light of day. - 'The hands of the healer and the hostess shall forever be entwined. - 'And the Halloween spirit will last long after the last candle has burned so bright,... - BOTH: '...filling the town with all that is beautiful, all that is true and all that is good.' - Hmm. - Those weird little guys said all that? - (CHUCKLES) - Actually, Cotton Perriwood predicted all that, including how you two would be together. - Well, in that case, it's so well written, I figure we should do what it says. (GENTLE MUSIC) - I don't get it. Why would a man who was kicked out of Middleton wish something so good for the future of this town? - Because maybe Cotton Perriwood had one power we never even considered ` forgiveness. (PEOPLE EXCLAIM, SIGH) - Just in time to announce the winner of the award for best decorations. I guess it doesn't matter who wins. - Yeah. Maybe not. - It doesn't, really. Um, I told my editor that it would be impossible to pick a single victor, because everyone in town showed such expertise. So we decided to do a 'best of' and feature all of the shops in the town, rather than just one. - Well, then it's like everybody wins. - (LAUGHTER) - Wait a minute. Does that mean my ballot doesn't count any more? - Afraid not. Sorry, Grandpa. - Oh. Well, in that case, I guess it's better no one knows who I picked. - (LAUGHTER) - Although the, uh, Christmas decorating season is just around the corner, so perhaps you'll all get a chance to win me over once again. - (LAUGHTER) - Well, there's plenty of food, thanks to everyone, so please help yourselves. And happy Halloween. - ALL: Happy Halloween! - MAN: Hear, hear. Cheers. - Did it say anything in that prophecy about this being the best Halloween party ever? - Not exactly. - Well, then maybe Cotton Perriwood didn't know everything after all. - (CHUCKLES) Now there's only one thing left to do. - (CHUCKLES) (MAGICAL MUSIC) (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC) - Perfect. - (CHUCKLES) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Aw. (THOUGHTFUL MUSIC CONTINUES) It was wonderful having all of you here and getting you back in one piece. - Glad to be going home with my ticker still ticking. - (ALL CHUCKLE) - It was so wonderful to meet you. - Yeah, my wife and I, we were talking about how we hope we could have as long a marriage as you. - I've seen how your husband looks at you. I think you're well on your way. You should mark these two down for 50 years from now. Reserve them a romantic room. - We'll be here. - For sure. - BOTH: We love this place. (ALL LAUGH) - Well, Grey House will always be here, and you're welcome any time. - Thank you so much. - Bye-bye. - Thanks. Oh. Oh. - SAM: Hi. - Hey. - So, um, another group of satisfied customers? Yeah. Mm, yeah. I'm pretty happy they were here too. - I guess there's, um, something to be learnt from a couple that's been together that long. - Yeah, and even the newlyweds. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) - Can you believe that you and I are about to be newlyweds? - Hmm. I can hardly wait. (CAR ENGINE STARTS) Cotton Perriwood was right. The spirit of Halloween came alive that year. In the days that followed, Middleton was reunited. Those who had been at odds put aside their differences and began to look toward a future filled with a deeper kind of joy. The wonder that had always been known by those who appreciated this season was shared with those who were invited to experience the magic on their own. Hope was offered to those in need of healing, and the thanks they expressed while receiving was matched only by the happiness of those who gave the gifts away. And the goodness, truth and beauty that was forever in their hearts shined for everyone to see. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.