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00:00:00For those of you who have had the pleasure of visiting Evergreen Lane, you know what
00:00:11I mean when I say this is the most festive street in America.
00:00:15And for those of you who have never had the chance to visit us, fret not, because you
00:00:19are about to see a street that carries the spirit of the holidays all year round.
00:00:24Normally this cul-de-sac is the center of all neighborhood activity, but today, we all
00:00:30had a previous engagement.
00:00:33There has never been a more deserving bride and groom than you and Jared.
00:00:36I love you guys so much.
00:00:38Thank you for being my bridesmaids.
00:00:39I'm so lucky.
00:00:40Don't make me cry before the vows.
00:00:42Not cool, Emily.
00:00:45And before I use this for myself, I hand embroidered it.
00:00:50Something new and something blue, so it counts as two.
00:00:54This is beautiful.
00:00:55I am so honored that you borrowed my old tiara and veil.
00:01:00I wore it when I was Snow Queen at college.
00:01:03I'm the one that's honored.
00:01:05It's gorgeous.
00:01:08You look spectacular.
00:01:11You really do.
00:01:13Can you believe the Johnsons won't be here?
00:01:15Hey, now.
00:01:16No need to talk about they who have left the lane.
00:01:18And you didn't need to make him a groomsman in absentia.
00:01:21Why do you care that he's an honorary groomsman?
00:01:23You are my best man.
00:01:26That's why you're here with me on the most important day of my life.
00:01:29You, me, and Bob.
00:01:31Hey, we're all out of Vienna sausages.
00:01:34No, no.
00:01:35The charcuterie is for the groom.
00:01:37I was a groom once.
00:01:38It's okay.
00:01:38It's okay.
00:01:39I'm far too nervous to eat.
00:01:40Maybe I've got something that could help.
00:01:44Homemade Bavarian mead made with honey from my very own apiary.
00:01:48The HOA handbook says nothing about beekeeping, Ned.
00:01:52Well, until it's amended, just mind your own bees-ness and let's have a toast.
00:01:56Here's to the next chapter of life, love, and pursuit of the holidays.
00:02:02Cheers.
00:02:03Cheers.
00:02:04Sweetheart, it's time.
00:02:08Okay, Mom.
00:02:09Yes, dear.
00:02:10Do not call my mom dear.
00:02:12Gentlemen, let's do this.
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00:02:37Dearly beloved, we are gathered today to celebrate the union of these two beautiful souls.
00:02:55Emily, the moment I fell in love with you was captured on a Polaroid picture when we were
00:03:00seven years old on your front porch, and from that day on I've been looking forward to this
00:03:04day.
00:03:05As I stand in front of you today, although my knees are shaking a bit like that Polaroid
00:03:09picture, I've watched you develop into this beautiful, smart, kind woman that I could
00:03:20spend the rest of my life with.
00:03:23And I promise you I will do my best to paint a perfect picture of love and devotion together,
00:03:34forever.
00:03:36Jared, I always knew there was something very special about you.
00:03:41And when we reconnected, everyone reminded me of what an amazing architect you are.
00:03:50And they were right.
00:03:51The way you have designed your life with loyalty for the ones you love.
00:03:55And it shows me who you really are at your core.
00:03:58You make me feel safe and supported.
00:04:01And there is no one I would rather make plans to build the rest of my life with than you.
00:04:08Emily Melrose, do you take Jared to be your lawful wedded husband?
00:04:14I do.
00:04:15Jared Farnsworth, do you take Emily to be your lawful wedded wife?
00:04:19Absolutely, without a doubt.
00:04:22I do.
00:04:23Then, by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife, and you may now kiss the bride.
00:04:29You may be wondering why we didn't do a Christmas wedding.
00:04:56We considered it.
00:04:57But in memory of Jared's late father, we chose to do it on his parents' anniversary.
00:05:01And even though we had a fun-filled honeymoon planned, we were both excited to get back home
00:05:06and get into the spirit of the upcoming holidays.
00:05:09The only problem was, this year, we had no idea what kind of spirit it would bring.
00:05:15Ghosts and ghouls.
00:05:36Whoa.
00:05:37What in the Samame?
00:05:38Silver squad to green team, are you seeing what we're seeing.
00:05:53looks like we got a couple bonafide fridophiles
00:06:04gonna move in for a closer look watch my six
00:06:09double double toil and trouble
00:06:20all right so what are we gonna do about this folks should i get the president on the line let him
00:06:26enjoy his honeymoon we'll break it to him when he gets back we get it belinda you want grandchildren
00:06:30but i think he would want to know don't mess this up for me are you excited my lovely by the pricking
00:06:38of my thumb something wicked this way comes i'll take that as a yes
00:06:42you have too many ghosts not enough headstones come on people get it right oh oh squirrel
00:06:53jared you really didn't have to spring for a stretch limo we're just on our way home from
00:06:57the airport oh but i did we were still on our honeymoon it was the best honeymoon ever i
00:07:03enjoyed every second of it with you you know what after two weeks in scandinavia i am actually
00:07:08really excited to get back home i could have used one more weekend i think i preferred
00:07:12i wonder if you'll feel the same way after we celebrate valpergus night this spring i pre-booked
00:07:17the hotel and everything i'm sorry what the biggest swedish springtime festival that there
00:07:21is apparently it's not to be missed honey i love that you're a planner but vacations are kind of
00:07:26something we need to plan together now you're right you're right i just got i'm too excited i'm used
00:07:32at planning things on my own but now we're married we make decisions together yeah because
00:07:38you're my wife my husband
00:07:40oh wow i wonder if pamela's remodel's done glad she liked the design oh she was so happy with it
00:07:58you did such a good job i wish i was as fulfilled at my job as you are you're literally the best
00:08:03writer right now copywriter i said what i said i mean it thanks love i'll get back into it i just
00:08:09wish we could stay in fantasy land a little bit longer well then you are in luck because like the
00:08:13medieval knights of the old i shall carry you over the threshold of our new castle really not
00:08:17necessary it's a sign of my love and affection for you a literal symbol that i would drop everything
00:08:24on account of your beck and call
00:08:26jared jared jared jared oh i'm so sorry jared get me up get me here sorry okay are you sure
00:08:37okay i'm fine oh no not again it's time no no no jared let's bring it down a notch remember the
00:08:43mantra we've been working on not my weeds not my garden emily when you hold the mantle of the
00:08:49residency this entire neighborhood is my garden oh if you will
00:08:54you brought the clipboard on the honeymoon
00:08:59you rang
00:09:03uh yes i i did ring uh i wanted to introduce myself and ask you a few questions about your
00:09:11understanding of the hoa guidelines honey i don't think that's an actual person i think
00:09:15that's a recording i think you're probably right sorry seriously did you guys ring hi
00:09:24hi hi i am jared farnsworth the hoa president of this lovely neighborhood this is my first
00:09:31counselor and head of activities committee emily melrose farnsworth emily farnsworth it's my
00:09:36newest title jared and i got married last month congratulations we've heard tale of the
00:09:40presidential power couple i had a premonition we would be graced by your presence won't you come
00:09:45inside that would be amazing it would it would except that my wife and i we just got back from
00:09:49our honeymoon and we're very very very tired that's nothing a little jack-o-lantern java won't
00:09:54fix and marvin makes them extra strong yes i do that sounds amazing sure it is except that we
00:10:00haven't been deloused yet deloused yes but in the meantime per your display as detailed as it is we
00:10:05are going to have to ask you to you know pair it back pair it back the lights and the pumpkins can
00:10:11stay great touch actually but your lawn display has to go back into the crib as it were i don't
00:10:20understand our realtor told us this was the most festive neighborhood in all of the state of utah
00:10:26and we are yes at christmas we are ever green lane not ever scream lane whatever scream lane i love
00:10:33that we should totally call it that from god yes no don't do that that was just a very clever play on
00:10:38words for me to emphasize my point which is what exactly per hoa guidelines we um it it says that
00:10:47section 12 i'm pretty sure it says you have too much halloween well that's not what albert told us and it was
00:10:55confirmed by gail so you've met my parents they were the first to welcome us to the neighborhood so
00:11:00nice of you both to let them stay with you for the rest of hurricane season especially right after
00:11:04the wedding must be scoring some serious son-in-law points fair well i better be you know what why don't
00:11:12you just excuse us we're gonna get settled and then we can discuss this whole in-laws and by-law
00:11:16situations that sound okay fair is foul and foul is fair just let us know we'll do let's go
00:11:23so great to meet you da da same here it's a strange couple indeed
00:11:30i really hope you're not mad at me i'm definitely not mad emily i'm just a little surprised is all
00:11:39you why didn't you tell me you invited them so sorry my mom asked in the middle of the wedding
00:11:43craziness and i just forgot i truly am sorry but they're in the guest loft above the garage you're
00:11:48never gonna see them don't apologize i love your parents love hosting your parents it's just
00:11:53you know like you said it's just me and you now so i just want to be on the same page on this stuff
00:11:58that's all absolutely i got your back and i've got yours
00:12:01now let's take care of this decoration situation all right jared what seems to be the problem oh i
00:12:11don't know halbert maybe the fact that we got back from the wedding of our dreams only returned
00:12:14to a nightmare it's just a few lawn decorations that's how it starts and this you know the younger
00:12:20generation they're sneaking out of their bedrooms searching for the great pumpkin let's not get
00:12:23crazy now i'm not it's it's just i'm hoping we are being sensitive to those who may not feel
00:12:32comfortable celebrating this time of year we have bylaws put in place like this for a reason right but
00:12:38that's not entirely true what do you mean it's not true the motion to de-escalate the other holidays
00:12:42was proposed and hotly debated but in the end was never voted on and therefore never passed
00:12:50what other lies have i been told nobody lied to you jared the council just decided
00:12:56after what happened maybe a vote wasn't necessary everyone agreed to honor the de-escalation of
00:13:04halloween out of respect but technically there's no official bylaw what do you mean after what
00:13:08happened oh honey have you forgotten we did all of this for you for me maybe she blocked it out
00:13:18it was the last big halloween we celebrated on the lane
00:13:21you mean the last year with grandma
00:13:25excuse me i'll be in the basement
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00:13:38hey grab graham i'm sorry i left you down here
00:14:05i just couldn't figure out exactly where to put you
00:14:10your memory lives best in my head anyway
00:14:14i know it's not the best way to deal with things but here we are in a basement full of old memories
00:14:22no one can bother us
00:14:24hey
00:14:25too many christmas you scared me
00:14:26i'm sorry i know how you feel about basements and uh well you've been down here for
00:14:31wow 27 minutes and counting it's gotta be a record for me honestly it's not that bad
00:14:37what was that
00:14:42bernice
00:14:44yeah i know i still hate it down here
00:14:47you okay
00:14:51yeah i'll be fine
00:14:54i think i've just been so focused on the wedding and our future that i kind of forgot about the past
00:15:03she was a great woman
00:15:06yeah i can still hear her voice
00:15:08you remember what she always used to say to us
00:15:12you two belong in a storybook
00:15:15it's halloween sweetie
00:15:20what could you possibly be upset about
00:15:23ashlyn ashworth and her friends just like scarecrows in her yard
00:15:26and they totally jumped out and scared us
00:15:29you got yard yelp did ya
00:15:30yep
00:15:31don't let them get to you
00:15:32they were just trying to have fun
00:15:34but i ran so fast
00:15:36i spilled my candy on the way back
00:15:38that's okay i'm leaving
00:15:39i'll share mine
00:15:40jared that won't be necessary
00:15:42i'll take you two out on the golf cart
00:15:45awesome
00:15:45i heard mary louise and bob are giving out full-size candy bars
00:15:50we gotta get there before they run out
00:15:51all in good time my pretties
00:15:54all in good time
00:15:56before we go
00:16:00why don't you tell jared what i always say about halloween
00:16:03never go to ned's house
00:16:05he only gives out freeze-dried elk liver
00:16:08true
00:16:09what else do i say about halloween
00:16:11it started as a day to remember those who passed away
00:16:14even though we get to dress up and get candy from our friends and family
00:16:18we should also remember our friends and family members that aren't with us anymore
00:16:23and not only should we remember them but they should be celebrated
00:16:27but why do we dress up because it's tradition and there's no better way to connect with your friends and neighbors than through age-old traditions
00:16:35now what do you say we get back to my favorite one of all
00:16:38trick-or-treating
00:16:39trick-or-treating
00:16:40let's do it
00:16:41we got so much candy that year
00:16:47i had no idea that'd be the last time she took us trick-or-treating
00:16:52she was gone just two weeks later
00:16:54that's when the neighborhood decided to take a step back
00:16:55she was the center of the celebration with her creativity and the costumes and the decorations she always inspired everybody
00:17:05halloween was never the same without her
00:17:07halloween was never the same without her
00:17:08of course i was heartbroken when she passed but i had no idea that's why everyone else pulled back from celebrating
00:17:13and i never asked for that
00:17:15and certainly not something gram gram would have wanted
00:17:17oh you're right
00:17:18i mean she said it herself
00:17:20halloween is for remembering your loved ones and having a whole lot of fun
00:17:23it's time we bring halloween back
00:17:26evergreen style
00:17:27are you sure about this?
00:17:28no
00:17:30i'm not sure about this
00:17:31i'm actually scared hot to death about this
00:17:32you know how i am
00:17:33i don't like scary movies
00:17:34i don't even like movies that people say aren't scary but definitely are
00:17:36tell me about it
00:17:37i'm trying to get you to finish the never ending story for forever
00:17:40yeah that's never gonna happen because i hate quicksand as much as i hate scary basements
00:17:43noted
00:17:44but it's time for you to wake up and face the creepy organ music
00:17:47for the neighborhood
00:17:49and for grandma
00:17:51and for you
00:17:52now let's get you out of here
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00:17:57but no kissing in the creepy basement
00:17:59fair enough
00:18:00speed it up buttercup we got work to do
00:18:04looking good grandma
00:18:06i figured i can call you that
00:18:09and i'll let them officially in the family
00:18:11don't worry
00:18:14we're gonna make you proud
00:18:16come up to the attic
00:18:18you have to see this
00:18:20m do you just want to bring them down here
00:18:23i can't
00:18:24just please just come up
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00:19:15the way i used to pronounce it well jared barnesworth is very much allowed up here he's not a
00:19:21boy he's a man my man all right we have to brainstorm how we are going to make this the
00:19:27best halloween in years we could start by selling tickets to this creepy attic come on it's not that
00:19:32creepy i will not be ashamed by my choice in music and how do you explain the creepy typewriter from
00:19:38the shiny that was my grandma's she taught me to type on that one yeah and that was the desk where
00:19:43i would sit and write all my stories you know maybe this is a message from her to get you to
00:19:48start writing again i wish she'd sent that message to my former agent or publisher or two i spent most
00:19:55of my 20s trying to make a career out of writing stories but it just wasn't meant to be maybe it's
00:20:00best this chapter of my life is left up here just a beautiful childhood memory this was your dream
00:20:06yeah but when your dream is just collecting dust in a box it's time to pack it up and
00:20:13move on all right we gotta get busy we have an hoa meeting to plan we have some serious bylaws
00:20:20to propose i am going to mobilize the ladies of the activities committee and if you could
00:20:24coordinate with ned about a venue on it thank you
00:20:27all right evergreen ladies this may come as a very big surprise
00:20:34thanks for the inspiration graham we'll make you proud
00:20:49all right evergreen ladies this may come as a very big surprise but in honor of my sweet grandma melrose
00:20:59i want to help bring back halloween in a big way so let's get a good old-fashioned brainstorm
00:21:04going on the thread traditions old and new all ideas welcome fire them off
00:21:08and as gram gram would say mount up
00:21:11come on honey let's go
00:21:15ned's hosting and you know he needs a good 36 hour advance notice to demust the place
00:21:19coming sweetheart
00:21:20i thought we agreed after the last time that we weren't going to hold the hoa meetings at
00:21:28ned's anymore i mean he served expired military rations i think we should have a potluck to go
00:21:34well then we're going to need a lot of luck because suzy's funeral potatoes almost killed me
00:21:38i'm impressed you really upped your game here what is the queen coming nothing says royalty like
00:21:44charcuterie i've got the donuts hips on the creepy cruller ned don't push me on the pastries you can't
00:21:50have a creepy cruller because they don't exist wait there are only crullers no donuts i know how
00:21:58popular they are so i made them all crullers i'm sorry what did you say crullers i i said crullers
00:22:03that's what i thought thank you belinda at least you won't embarrass yourself leg wrestling bob for one
00:22:09of them i would have won if he let me wear my orthotic sneakers it was barefoot or
00:22:13bust in my day that's because they hadn't invented shoes yet so what's the tea fam
00:22:19are the new neighbors going to show up today if they do i'm sure it'll be in a puff of smoke or
00:22:25on broom back i swear those two are witches have you ever heard that luna speak every word she says
00:22:32sounds like she's casting a spell so spooky yeah they've been invited as per jared and the prima
00:22:37conventus clause of 94 i've heard that marvin is a mortgage banker by day and moonlights as an
00:22:45undertaker just for kicks i don't know what they call them in the 19th century but today we call
00:22:51them morticians and where did you hear that from anyway i'll give you a hint he wears a singlet for
00:22:57underwear and he believes that pro wrestling is real if a masked man gave you the tombstone pile
00:23:04driver at a waffle house outside of galveston i assure you you would know just how real it is
00:23:11i can see that your ongoing litigation with the undertaker hasn't been resolved that doesn't mean
00:23:16that marvin works in a mortuary for fun think about it the initials embalmer embalmer what kind
00:23:24of a cruel joke were his parents playing worst part is i am embalmer the fifth so that's five
00:23:30generations of being bullied in middle school but no i am not a mortician for fun or professionally
00:23:35just want to clear that up from the jump sorry didn't mean to be rude not offended in the least
00:23:39round about the cauldron go in the poison entrails throat not the poison and while we're at it my wife
00:23:49is not a witch exactly what a witch would say dibs on the ruby slippers round about the cauldron go
00:23:56in the poison entrails throat yes oh i'm sorry you guys must think i'm crazy i just got cast in
00:24:05mcbeth at the castle theater oh she's gonna be witch number one yeah that's that's sort of a dream role
00:24:10for me your dream role is witch number one yeah because witch number two was already cast
00:24:15marvin and i are english professors at uvu and total shakespeare buffs what light through yonder
00:24:21window breaks tis our new neighbors and halloween is their son i see we have a fellow shakespearean
00:24:28among just got my bard card renewed a fortnight ago here we go and your lawn display is amazing bt
00:24:37dubs an homage to the great tragedies shakespeare was the father of the modern horror genre thou speaketh
00:24:43truth aye aye all right at last i hate to break up this fun little drama camp we've got going on here
00:24:52but this is evergreen lane not the globe theater and our hoa president would never allow this level
00:24:59of theatrics ladies and gentlemen of the hoa for the first time ever we present
00:25:08ladies and gentlemen i do apologize for this late start i was unaware of the potency of indoor smoke
00:25:35bombs you could have just borrowed my bulgarian fog condenser but whatever noted thank you i'm sure
00:25:41you're all wondering why we called this last minute meeting no not really emily emailed us all an
00:25:47itinerary last night great well i'm sure you're all wondering why the change of heart there no emily
00:25:52sent us a very inspirational voice memo explaining everything did she now it's great well i guess i'm not
00:25:59sure what i'm doing here other than just looking pretty fly in my vintage j-pressed suit
00:26:03you look great babe do you want me to take this please please all right everyone per addendum b
00:26:09subparagraph c of the hoa handbook the head of the activities committee has the right and obligation
00:26:16to propose and uphold traditions new and old i love it when you speak by law i learn from the best wow
00:26:22you two really took that to become one homily to heart oh thank you so much that's really sweet okay
00:26:28please stop so i took the committee's feedback i ran it by mr president here and we have decided to
00:26:34turn evergreen lane into evergreen lane we have taken the traditions of yesteryear combined with the
00:26:45zeitgeist of current day to bring this spooky season to life in a new and thrilling way
00:26:50inspired by the boldness of the balmers each household will be required to create a halloween
00:26:58lawn display to bring the spirit of this holiday to life you have one week to get your displays together
00:27:04or there will be consequences i mean it'll be like you know a citation or community service hours but do
00:27:10not tempt me for i have fresh citation pads there will be daily activities leading up to halloween such as a
00:27:18pumpkin painting contest painting why don't we just carve those puppies because ned pumpkin guts are
00:27:24gross they're stringy they're slimy no but it's very visceral for me okay please ned we don't have
00:27:30time for your sensory obsession touch your corduroys thank you pamela you're gonna be thrilled to know
00:27:35that there will be a beastly fake off yes oh my gosh i could be ghoulia child with spooky sweaters and just
00:27:45how we do a toy drive at christmas we will be doing a charity food drive but to top it all off
00:27:53sorry okay jared really wanted to do this part so good thank you so much honey and to top it all off
00:27:58on all hallows eve october 31st halloween after the tricks have been played after the treats have been
00:28:05treated we will have a cul-de-sac carnival costume competition to bring that creativity to
00:28:14life are there any rules to who we can or cannot impersonate no more foreign dignitaries we do not
00:28:20need the fbi here again yes ned please keep all costumes within the parameters of hoa guidelines and
00:28:25in accordance with state and federal laws tricky but not impossible in light of all this we have
00:28:31something we'd like to propose that is if we can't invoke addendum three of the party protocol
00:28:35well invoke away please i know you already have the food drive planned but every year we do a big
00:28:41spooky alley in our front yard we go all out to raise money for the children's hospital as a young girl
00:28:47i was treated there and they saved my life so we try to do everything we can to give back that's amazing
00:28:54i mean dealt with the charity i love it i really wait wait wait wait how spooky are we talking say
00:29:01like a five or a six on the nosferatu meter but we hit a 7.5 once no no seven five but that was close
00:29:09to y2k so all sorts of things were happening that won't happen again i'm not opposed to it as long
00:29:20as we remember this is for the kids so we have to keep the scare factor to a five or below yeah of
00:29:24course should we just take a vote yeah i think we have to i mean that's part of the bible then that
00:29:29settles it i'll pass out some ballots and we can decide if this neighborhood is ready to come together
00:29:34to face our biggest fears this halloween i've already faced my greatest fear a hot yoga class taught
00:29:40by ned it's free on thursdays oh it might be free but you will pay dearly trust me now take me off your
00:29:48mail chimp halloween is back baby okay pumpkin spiced your latte i'm just so excited the vote
00:30:02was unanimous everyone loved my halloween plans and then our new neighbors had this amazing idea to do
00:30:06this outdoor spooky alley and it's gonna raise money for the children's hospital first lady of ever
00:30:10scream lane you're really taking charge carving up the hoa handbook how's jared doing with all this at
00:30:16first it was really hard for him to transition his mind to a new holiday kind of like he's cheating
00:30:20on christmas right but now that he's in it he's doubling down it's like kevin and k-pop this is
00:30:25new i played one song for him one time he totally made fun of me the next day it was all he was
00:30:30listening to he's basically made it his whole personality same thing with jared he's been driving
00:30:34all the way to provo to go to this tailor-made costume store almost every day you are in it we are
00:30:39but it is just a lot to balance with work i feel like i'm kind of just going through the motions i mean
00:30:44i'm doing a good job but it's just it's not fulfilling welcome to most of america i think
00:30:49it's just you know the wedding and the honeymoon it was so perfect i just want to relive it well
00:30:53the honeymoon phase is great but the real joy of marriage is the journey that lies ahead i love that
00:31:00speaking of i have to get that little journey to piano lessons hey honey you want to wrap up that
00:31:05book you're reading we got to get going all done i finished the whole series actually do you have any
00:31:10more oh i didn't even realize jared had brought that box down from the attic no i only wrote the
00:31:15seven seven how come i only knew about one after my agent didn't get any bites on the first one she
00:31:21dropped me like a t-swift album didn't really make sense to continue i really like the different aliens
00:31:27zolt is so funny really what was your favorite part probably when the hover wagon was broken
00:31:32and zolt was the only one who could fix it because of the combo wrench his dad gave him wow you really
00:31:37did read it yep let me know if you write any more thanks nicole i will
00:31:57oh cute costume you look adorable
00:32:00you shall not pass
00:32:09lie you fools boo what are you what are you doing here i've been trying to ask you the same question
00:32:15but someone i know doesn't answer their phone for the last two hours i'm sorry the store's a bit of a
00:32:19dead zone didn't you see the sign jared that says undead zone it's just a clever sign to sell
00:32:25a zombie paraphernalia i love this store clearly you've been coming here every day since we jumped
00:32:30on this haunted hayride i just want to feel inspired you know we have a we have a costume contest coming
00:32:35up no no we're doing fandom of the opera we're singing the duet yeah um i wanted to talk to you
00:32:40about that jared you know i don't do harmony what if i did the contest alone
00:32:46oh okay is that fine yeah i mean i i don't know what to say but honest reaction go
00:32:58it's fine of course it's fine yeah we have been doing a lot of stuff together lately and maybe
00:33:03maybe we should do some things on our own okay so you're not annoyed i'm only annoyed that now i have
00:33:08to figure out what i'm doing whatever it is i'm sure it's going to be epic speaking of epic we should
00:33:13discuss lawn display asap now what are you thinking evil battling robots zombie apocalypse
00:33:19no no this is what i wanted to tell you i think i have found the perfect thing
00:33:29i'm confused i thought we were working on the lawn display look around what does this remind you of
00:33:34mainly the fact that i missed lunch and i'm starving and i want to eat the entire store no think about it
00:33:38last halloween with grandma hansel and gretel the witch's gingerbread house what's more halloween
00:33:44than grim's fairy tale and it's the perfect way to honor grandma i'm gonna get to work on the
00:33:49blueprints immediately we don't have time for blueprints once we build a witch's house it'll be the
00:33:52perfect hiding spot for yard yelping jared yes no i didn't think you were into yard yelping i'm not
00:33:58i'm not i'm not but if i was i would be like the daniel day lewis of it you know i hate when people do
00:34:07that actually nashville it still haunts my dreams 20 years later i could see her in that scarecrow
00:34:14makeup she's lurking about oh it's horrible horrible well then why would you vote to protect yard yelping
00:34:21on new hoa protocol because like it or not it is a tradition and traditions are important but that's
00:34:26why i added the regulation to reduce the scare factor that way every screen lane is a halloween
00:34:31destination for all young and old so impressive i just really want this to be next level and it's
00:34:36going to be everyone can see it thanks you know though speaking of ashlyn doesn't she host wake up
00:34:43utah on channel six yes her mom and mine stayed friends after they moved she mentions it every time
00:34:50she's on tv do you think she could put me in contact with her maybe they could do a story about what
00:34:54we're up to this year sure but aren't you guys like frenemies i mean we were but it was a long
00:35:01time ago and if it could help bring people to the carnival that would be great i mean our neighborhood
00:35:05isn't exactly known as a halloween destination so if we want to raise some serious money for
00:35:10children's hospital i do think it's worth a try i like where your head's in cheers where's your stomach
00:35:14at because i'm starving excuse me can we get a dozen patries to go and uh one is german chocolate
00:35:20cookies and uh oh there went two honey boys excuse me could i see this please orange oh they clear two
00:35:34careful bob i don't want to fall down he's a werewolf why would he be wearing a ball gown
00:35:39let's judge this guy up careful that could be flammable trust me i know
00:35:43do you know jared slow down looking good belinda thanks boo did you just call ned your boo no i i was
00:35:55just trying to scare him boo did i scare you right out of my socks girl hey jared help me put the nails
00:36:03in my coffin smile you two oh what a couple of handsomes you are oh my goodness oh oh you come
00:36:23you need some ice on this jared a little help yeah i got you what do you clowns think you're doing
00:36:29oh thank you jared it has been a real circus around here with these guys i swear one of them
00:36:36is possessed you know clowns freak a lot of people out but not me i actually i kind of like them well
00:36:42you are braver than i am you know i'm going to try to get these guys set up over there i mean you've
00:36:46been working out could you get that big clown stood up of course anything of course pamela sure
00:36:51you just got yard yelped hard you did jared you got me helen you got me good i thought you said
00:37:05clowns didn't scare you hope we didn't scare you too bad don't you ever apologize for a well executed
00:37:12prank jared is a big boy he can handle it that's right oh look none of melinda are trying to prank you
00:37:18too are you seeing what i'm seeing oh my gosh jared jared are you okay what's happening to him mom i
00:37:28don't know sweetie just go inside yes dear whatever looking good belinda thanks boo oh i'm sorry oh here
00:37:39oh is that better yeah that's better jared are you okay
00:37:48i've seen that people jared don't do anything crazy
00:38:01emily emily where are you i'm in the kitchen no no no no no no no is everything okay no it's not okay
00:38:13we are in fact in a worst case scenario scenario did you get rejected from the santa academy why
00:38:18did you hear something no it's worse than that how is that even possible it's ned did he steal your
00:38:22devil sticks what no where are those by the way it's so odd maybe they'll show up so bad i don't even
00:38:26want to say it out loud okay is he going through like a flat earth phase again it's worse than that
00:38:30okay you're killing me small spit it out ned is dating my mom oh no
00:38:37i don't care what he says i refuse to call him dad you might be getting ahead of yourself here you
00:38:46don't know how serious it is yet whatever it was it definitely was not in the friend zone do they know
00:38:51that you saw them flirting no i'll never say a word because i want it erased from my memory every time i
00:38:56close my eyes i can just see the way they were looking at each other just focused and intense like
00:39:02there was no one else in the cul-de-sac actually sounds kind of sweet the man pours pickle brine
00:39:06in his shredded wheat there's nothing sweet about him i have to tell pamela not to tell anyone she
00:39:14saw two is that bad that's not good is she gonna tell everyone i mean that tea's probably too hot for
00:39:18her not to spill we have to stop this i get that you're upset but you got to remember they're adults
00:39:21and ned is ned and maybe that's what your mom wants or maybe she's onto a spell didn't you say that
00:39:27he studied hypnosis in uh in vienna jared you have to talk to her ask her how she's feeling she's
00:39:33obviously worried and that's why she's hiding it from you so tell her it's safe for her to talk to
00:39:37you about it at this point i don't know if it is great okay why don't you just take a breath let
00:39:42go work on the gingerbread house i'm sure there's some gumdrops that need to be gummed or some candy
00:39:45that needs to be caned what there's no candy canes at halloween jared just eat your pie for you
00:39:51i will needs more sprinkles that looks good when did you do this i've been wrapped up with all this
00:39:59net knot since i've even noticed this what are you doing over here jess was over here with nicole the
00:40:03other day and she read all of his books that you had brought down from the attic and she really loved
00:40:08them and it just kind of inspired me to pick it up again you totally should it's very casual just the
00:40:12neighborhood had inspired an idea and it just you know just started sketching some things out sketch away
00:40:17my love looks great you're so talented i love you oh oh my goodness ashlyn texting me back oh nice
00:40:26what'd she say the channel 6 news is coming to ever scream lane what i'm gonna text the girls
00:40:42what happened there graham how'd you go all skiwampus on me again
00:40:47everything's looking really good around here and
00:40:59i'm writing again i mean i'm not getting too excited just because of what happened last time but
00:41:04i am having so much fun and that's enough for me right now anyway it's turning into the picture
00:41:11perfect holiday and it just feels like everything's come full circle
00:41:19i only wish you were here to see it
00:41:23love you good night
00:41:32i'm ashlyn ashworth and welcome to wake up utah we are here on evergreen lane
00:41:37or should i say ever scream lane a neighborhood that is usually known for christmas has traded its
00:41:43cheer for fear this spooky season when we come back we will join them as they kick off the much
00:41:49anticipated neighborhood pumpkin painting contest a tradition that has been squashed for over 25 years
00:41:58i nailed that right hey is it a bad time no not at all we're on commercial it is great to see you emily
00:42:04good to see you too thank you so much for coming oh are you serious i had to see this for myself
00:42:08i still can't believe that you're behind all of this we used to live here you know how festive we
00:42:12get for christmas sure but ever since you got so scared by my scarecrow prank this entire neighborhood
00:42:18turned into a ghost town on halloween remember oh that is good hey write that down oh i remember
00:42:24and so does my therapist trust me come on it wasn't that bad i mean your friend jeremy was there and
00:42:29he didn't seem too scared jared who me jared farnsworth oh i'm so sorry i meet a lot of people
00:42:36no no it's okay uh i was with her the night that you yard yelled this dress is handsome you know we
00:42:41were in miss thornock's homeroom together super skinny legs always wanted to play the mash game with
00:42:46us super nerdy that's fun to hear oh yeah big dorky glasses and he would always rig the mash game to
00:42:51end up with you i was like hello well i guess he got his wish because we got married last month
00:42:58that's amazing seriously congrats you two thank you and thank you so much for doing this segment it's
00:43:04really exciting as hoa president we really appreciate the exposure to show how far we've
00:43:09come since we celebrated halloween on this level of course do you want me to interview you two no yes
00:43:15i i just was thinking we should keep it about the neighbor you know totally okay well we're about to
00:43:19be back so i can catch up with you guys later yeah girl do your thing okay uh ty let's move let's go get
00:43:26more coverage do your thing girl what's that i don't know i mean i get around her and i turn into
00:43:30plastic that is the least of my concerns right now i mean look that is at the table with my mom
00:43:35they're on a team relax relax relax it's ned and how do you feel about the halloween traditions coming
00:43:41back to life it's simply gorgeous did you see what i did there gourd gorgeous that is a good one did you
00:43:49just come up with that that's been ripening on the vine for years don't make me put you down for
00:43:54enough when you're known for only christmas you don't have the opportunity to show your range
00:43:59most people know that i have a doctorate in arts and crafts but what they don't know is that i did
00:44:05a study abroad in the atacama region of northern chile which is the pumpkin capital of south america
00:44:12basically i have forgotten more about these babies than most people will learn in a lifetime i'm about
00:44:17to ph destroy the competition if you know what i mean do you know what i mean i think i do how
00:44:24would you describe your neighbors intense in a good way like benedict from much ado about nothing
00:44:30well i'd say a little more like catherine from taping it she's more like rosalyn well no i mean
00:44:34i know you love rosalyn might as well talk about tartuffe i'm excited to use the pointillism technique
00:44:38my mom taught me i think it really captures the essence of the holiday without being too on the nose
00:44:43i've gone for more of a cubist approach using shapes to really represent the surreal nature of
00:44:48what halloween represents look at those couple goals adorable i can't even enjoy this right now
00:44:52i'm far too upset honey i want you to try to stay calm like it the wise like it the wise that's
00:44:58something you only say under extreme dress deep breaths tie for this one i'd love to get a nice
00:45:03in-camera zoom as you can see not everyone dressed up for the painting contest i guess some of us just care
00:45:11more now ty go white go white paint with us fun fact the first jack-o-lanterns were made from turnips
00:45:26or large potatoes it stemmed from the celtic samhain festival in ireland which some people pronounce
00:45:31salween yeah they were believed to ward off evil spirits lurking about but today there's a much more
00:45:40jocular meaning to it and dare i say romantic oh romantic in what way uh take our pumpkins for
00:45:48example oh romeo and juliet correct we are nearing noontide so the lighting is not correct for this but
00:45:57could you imagine what this street would look like at night and with these pumpkins carved and lit as
00:46:04they should have been done come even tide these star-crossed lovers will surely light up the autumnal
00:46:13sky oh dear edgar james broadhead step away from my mama i most certainly will not jared sweetie you
00:46:26know what let's just take a minute and talk about this that's a great idea belinda you know why don't we
00:46:31turn off the cameras for a second and we can discuss how long has this been going on well i can't speak
00:46:37for the lady but as for me two christmases ago the night you first took the throne in santa's village
00:46:43betrayed and in my own kingdom i will not allow you to defame the farnsworth name with your unwelcomed
00:46:51advances they are more than welcome thank you very much is that true truer than true north more absolute
00:47:00than absolute zero there you have it folks true love right here on live tv
00:47:21and just like that hoa president jared barnsworth smashes a jack-o-lantern of love
00:47:29begging the question should this neighborhood actually be called ever mean lane that's enough
00:47:36ashland back to you ted back to you ted as a childhood resident of the lane i know from experience how
00:47:46firm of a grip the homeowners association has on its residents the intensity is simply too much for some
00:47:53including my parents when asked hoa president jared barnsworth refused to make a statement but his
00:48:00actions spoke much more than words many utahans would dream of living on evergreen lane but today
00:48:09felt more like a nightmare on elm street oh come on that's just yellow journalism with a reputation like
00:48:15that i have a feeling the surrounding communities will be frightened away from the rest of the
00:48:20activities this halloween turn it off i'm ashlyn ashworth and this is thank you for letting us use
00:48:27your house as a neutral holding zone while the deliberation occurs so sorry you had to see that i
00:48:31thought it was kind of exciting actually ned broadhead is dating my mother do you understand the
00:48:36implications behind that type of betrayal and you expect me to be concerned with anything else right now i
00:48:41mean i don't know left from right up from down i don't know diagonals right now i mean the man who
00:48:45lived next door to me my best man and the woman that gave birth to me she gave birth to me and i
00:48:51don't know what's happening right now i'm so confused let's just put a hold on the existential crisis
00:48:56until we hear what it is you have to do to make this right and i just hope they don't strip you of
00:48:59your presidential powers they can do that it's in the hands of the triumvirate of truth is that from
00:49:05star wars oh don't let the name fool you it's just mary louise pam and bob they meet at swigalicious
00:49:09and sugar house don't belittle the system these are time-proven protocols emergency measures to
00:49:14bring balance to the bylaws star wars who can forget the great hayfield mcavoy debate of 91
00:49:20when a power grid dispute almost cancelled christmas but lo two humble hoa members stepped
00:49:27into the breach and created the magna carta of merriment are you saying all this because you and i
00:49:33invented it can't i just be proud of our work yes but you don't make us sound humble humble schmumble
00:49:37that's not a nice accusation can we please make a good impression on the new neighbors honey do you
00:49:42think you'll ever forgive me it's not my forgiveness you need right now
00:49:59the triumvirate of truth has reached a decision do what must be done
00:50:12jared farnsworth you have been charged with destruction of personal property and projecting
00:50:17a pumpkin in a pedestrian perimeter not only did this impact the cleanliness of our curbs but it brought
00:50:22negative news coverage to the neighborhood which in turn plummeted the projected property values by
00:50:28approximately three percent hold my soda we know ned to be neurotic and now is known to be necking with
00:50:36your next of kin however we have reviewed the reasoning for your revolt and although we find the target
00:50:44of your treason to be tyrannical it cannot be tolerated in order to be forgiven you must fulfill
00:50:50the following i don't read kirstie very well i'm sorry bob i don't know hieroglyphics i'll paraphrase
00:51:01your powers will be temporarily suspended and given to emily until you make things right emotions are
00:51:07running really high right now and we think you need to sit down with ned and talk it over man to man you
00:51:13ruined it bob you took away all of my alliteration and flair i got you girl basically you better buy
00:51:19the old buck a beer i accept the triumvirate's decision i i'm sorry i hold on look i i'm all for
00:51:29you making good with ned i mean you can go out on your mandate you can bro it up all you want but
00:51:34as your interim president i have a mandate of my own anything before you go out with your bro
00:51:39i think belinda deserves a one-on-one conversation of her own don't you i concur madam president thank
00:51:46you i'm so embarrassed we had so much soda i i can't believe that we never thought of her i blame
00:51:53the firm psychological grip of the patriarchy my bad it's okay i've got my traveling quill all right
00:51:59i'll just add this to the bottom of the parchment okay men do not tell book club about this
00:52:06yes
00:52:22pink meringue oh yes thank you you're delicious you know you didn't have to spring for the queen victoria
00:52:29package i i know i've been i wanted to i know you've always wanted to have tea with a daughter
00:52:36but you know there are no rules about having it with a son i appreciate it but it's me we we can just
00:52:43talk okay then i will start by apologizing emily reminded me that we're all adults here and
00:52:53i sure wasn't acting like one neither did i i could have told you i should have told you when i
00:53:02first started catching feelings but it took me a while to realize what was happening
00:53:09sorry are you in that like
00:53:11i don't i don't know how to define it exactly but according to mary louise the kids would say
00:53:22we're talking talking what does that mean first of all how does an 80 year old woman know what the lingo is
00:53:33mom the real question is are are you happy i find myself smiling every day
00:53:39that ned is a real rizzler rizzler love that for you i think your father's been gone for so long
00:53:48that i i kind of forgot what it felt like to be seen in that way and i never expected to feel that
00:53:54way about ned but something about him has changed and i love the way his eyes light up when he sees me
00:54:02or when he listens to me talk and i know he's one tall glass of some self-distilled spirit but he gets
00:54:11me and oh when he kisses me oh you can stop there i get the picture oh boy i think it just caught me by
00:54:20surprise you know i then i haven't always gotten along and he's the strangest man i've ever met
00:54:30but you know i love the guy i know you do and honestly it's still early with us i don't know
00:54:35what's gonna happen but it means so much to me to know that i have your support absolutely i love you
00:54:42son i love you too but if you call ned the rizzler ever again i've changed my mind
00:54:54so when did you first know uh christmas eve uh the year emily came back your mother joined me outside
00:55:04for a mug of hot bourbon cider it was so dark i could just see the moon on her hair and we started
00:55:13talking about our favorite stars you know i could not narrow it down to one star but i do have a
00:55:20favorite nebula of course because everyone knows that so i was born may 1st yes which makes me a
00:55:29please land your plane a taurus taurus which means my favorite is going to be the crab nebula
00:55:38otherwise known as ngc 1952 sure every everyone knows that yes but what i didn't know was your
00:55:45mother's favorite star is australia star you didn't know that at all i literally named the
00:55:53only star i could think of it's okay not all of us are astrophiles but those of us who are know that
00:55:59it is located in the constellation of taurus and then your mother tells me that australia
00:56:07is really a very famous greek nymph how about i stop you right there uh it's gonna be enough
00:56:13mythology for one evening no really you should google the story and read it later it's a scorcher
00:56:18i promise you i will not okay but do you want to ask you a favor yes sir first never use
00:56:26nymph and my mother in the same sentence ever again that's a big ask i'm asking i'm gonna try
00:56:32try really really hard yes sir also please treat her well and please be honest with her
00:56:44i swear on the stars and you watch out for yourself too broadhead you hear me okay she breaks your heart
00:56:50don't come crying to me the game of love is high risk high reward i know what i'm playing
00:56:57i swear they're risking it all
00:57:00do you want to play some pool i'll play billiards you can call whatever you want you're going down
00:57:11bro hell yeah sure
00:57:13hey babe how are you setting up i had an idea and it just keeps flowing i couldn't sleep
00:57:26how'd it go with ned and belinda
00:57:38wow that good huh not my weeds not my cart well said
00:57:44i'm about to head to bed all right should i wait up for you no i'm almost done here i was hoping
00:57:52maybe we could snuggle and watch a movie i think i'll make that happen do not drop me please why would
00:57:59i drop you talk about so by watch a movie do you mean start a movie and then in 15 minutes you'll be
00:58:10asleep in my arm yeah but first we could flirt a little you know laugh and cuddle while we try to
00:58:16find something to watch that actually sounds amazing it's my favorite thing in the whole world
00:58:23you know the more i think about the ashland situation i the more i feel like maybe i should
00:58:30reach out and just try and clear the air
00:58:34it was me who embarrassed myself on regional tv no honey i'm not talking about pumpkin gate
00:58:41something she said on the broadcast like maybe her family felt like they were pushed out of the
00:58:48neighborhood i mean i know i can't change anything but i i just would really love to extend a peace
00:58:55offering you know i mean we're adults we shouldn't be shouldn't have this like weirdness from our
00:59:01childhood between us that's the way you feel i think you should definitely reach out thanks honey
00:59:09mm-hmm it's so nice to have someone you can say anything to at any time
00:59:21that is the best definition of marriage i've ever heard
00:59:32hey thanks so much for agreeing to meet me oh of course i'm sorry i don't have more time i have just
00:59:36been so busy with the tapings and keeping up with my followers i've recorded seven cameos this week
00:59:42oh my goodness i'm gonna make it quick i um don't worry about michaela she has heard it all she is a
00:59:47bolt i just wanted to apologize for when we were younger i was the one that scared you remember i know
00:59:55but what i really mean is after that i know the neighbors went into overdrive trying to protect me
00:59:59after my grandmother passed and after the whole scarecrow thing and i just really hope that's not the
01:00:04reason your family decided to move away and after you moved i i thought you were angry at me i
01:00:09really did i thought you were mad and i should have talked to you about it right then and there
01:00:12and instead i put up this wall and it wasn't because i didn't like you it was actually quite
01:00:17the opposite come on emily you nicknamed me schlin shady and that was totally unfair i mean how
01:00:22were you supposed to know that i was going to ask buzz okey to sadie's everyone wanted to ask buzz
01:00:26ah blue-eyed buzz the truth is you were so cool and popular and i and i just loved what you did
01:00:30with the school announcements you never told me that well i should have they were clever and funny
01:00:34and everyone loved them and i mean look look where you are now secretly i kind of always wanted to
01:00:39volunteer to write the copy for the teleprompter why didn't you say anything i just never had the
01:00:43courage and i was embarrassed about how things ended between us when you moved i just want to say
01:00:50i'm sorry that i let my own insecurities come between what could have been a really cool friendship
01:00:53we need ashlyn and studio c asap oh i'm so sorry i have to run it's okay talk later yeah of course
01:01:02go go go thank you oh uh here's a headshot for free oh thank you i'll see you soon
01:01:10that went well i can't believe you confronted the great and powerful ashlyn been bugging me for years
01:01:17it felt so good to get it off my chest i mean she didn't give me much of a reaction but that's okay
01:01:21what's worth it i gotta say i'm proud of you on so many levels oh thank you also i think you're
01:01:26really onto something this year those spider doodles look amazing they taste great too i had three of
01:01:31them when mom wasn't looking Nicole Marie you're gonna make yourself sick come on it's halloween isn't
01:01:35that the point well fine at least give me a bite then those are amazing thank you i'm so glad let's save
01:01:44some room for pamela's because you know she is a shoe-in to win the contest no secret there i don't know
01:01:48i'm pretty much of a cookie expert at this point i think you have a chance thanks i mean we'll see
01:01:55i just do feel like the creative juices have been flowing you know since i started writing again
01:01:59i don't know maybe some of that energy has been absorbed into the baking as well i was gonna say
01:02:03there's something different about you i thought it was the honeymoon glow but got a little spark in
01:02:07you i didn't realize how much i miss writing you know like i've forgotten about the joy it brings me i
01:02:12think i thought copywriting was enough but maybe it's not well now you know at least you're back to doing
01:02:17something you love yeah exactly and even if it doesn't turn into something i do for money at
01:02:21least i know it's important to me it's exactly how i feel about the real housewives of salt lake city
01:02:25oh i wish they'd bring monica back right she's the best part i was more intrigued by jen's storyline
01:02:31i said i was a good mom not a perfect mom i hope it's okay that we're a little late i gotta set up
01:02:36thanks oh thank you so much for hosting belinda was a little preoccupied this week if you know what i mean
01:02:42are you kidding this is our idea of a housewarming party more like heartwarming seriously we have
01:02:48lived in a lot of places and never really felt like we fit in till now oh well i think if we
01:02:54looked into the cauldron we would see a lifetime of friendship ahead for us
01:03:00look at our little angel all caught up in festive spirit true i've never seen her so happy but
01:03:06our angel still can't compete with our devil food albert you little demon you come on come on he's
01:03:14just let me have just a little taste bob not yeti oh i have never been so in love well if you're so
01:03:22in love go get me a drink i can't believe you would take palesthesia over echolocation i mean if you
01:03:28lost your prefrontal cortex see there you go again trying to confuse me with your technical jargon i'm
01:03:33just saying money aside i would rather be peter parker than bruce wayne you are so wrong oh luna wow
01:03:43the detail of your piping is amazing i applaud your efforts i i really do and this is your first
01:03:52cookie competition is it yep and i guess we'll have to see if a win is to be or not to be oh never heard
01:03:58that one before either way we're really hoping we can at least turn a few heads oh well how very
01:04:04optimistic of you but alas poor yorick once the judges take a bite of my chocolate chip chupacabras
01:04:12you're going to be heading home with a participation ribbon pinned on your festive little sweater
01:04:18and that is what we call pre-game intimidation helen take notes shoot they're pretty good okay
01:04:31are we ready
01:04:35welcome to the first beastly bake-off in more than 20 years we had a wickedly hard time judging the
01:04:43entries this year and uh i'm a little scared to announce the winner you should be scared lover girl
01:04:48because if i smell any netty boy nepotism i will go nuclear i can assure you that outside of this
01:04:55year's amazing entries there has been no home cooking in the selection process unlike christmas rules
01:05:02there is only one winner today no second or third place that's right only room for one creature in this
01:05:08cavern baby okay here we go and the winner is
01:05:17for her cinnamon spider doodles
01:05:26there's no such thing as cruelers
01:05:29pamela no no pamela pamela pamela darling pamela it's me it's mary louise
01:05:36oh mary louise it's you
01:05:42bob it's you too oh you guys i just i just had the most horrible dream
01:05:48oh there were cookies and and a witch and and and you were there and and belinda you were there
01:05:56oh and jared you were there too and and still were you
01:06:00i could confidently confirm that there was no tomfoolery she won fair and square but i
01:06:13and she can't how good jean she's never been able to cook anything in her life pamela if i had known how
01:06:19much this was going to upset you or how you were going to react i i would have just given up and let
01:06:22you win you and me both where's my helen she's in her room facetiming with her dad thank you sure
01:06:31well i don't know if it's a head injury or not but i want to apologize to all of you
01:06:38every year i get so obsessed with winning that i let it become my identity but as i look around and
01:06:46see all of your faces i realize that i've already won because i live on evergreen lane
01:06:55and there's no place like home
01:06:59uh you guys i'm so sorry to interrupt this very sweet moment then don't
01:07:03but i have news it looks like channel six wants to come out and live stream the carnival spooky alley
01:07:08and all looks like we better haul out the halloween
01:07:19okay everyone everyone thank you thank you so much for coming on such short notice
01:07:25an opportunity has presented itself and i just had to share and bring it to a vote i got a text from
01:07:31ashton ashworth at channel six and it looks like they want to come back to the lane what about that
01:07:37smear piece she did about us it wasn't exactly a smear jared did go full billy corgan on those
01:07:43pumpkins he did i'm taking full responsibility for my actions apparently it was great for ratings for
01:07:48the network and they want to come back and cover the carnival and the spooky alley i think this could
01:07:52take our fundraiser to the next level i think we should do it guys they lived here like five minutes
01:07:56okay i'm just saying you know fundraising you know it's for the kids but you know it still
01:08:00seems really fishy to me i smell a conspiracy can't risk any more bad press guys guys guys come on
01:08:07it's time to help a prez out listen when i had to relinquish my powers to my better half i realized
01:08:13something i realized that serving this community it's a privilege i let my anger get the best of me and
01:08:21ty was a very poor example of how our leaders should be luckily you guys cared about me enough
01:08:25to give me a second chance now it's our chance to come together as a community and a neighborhood
01:08:32and celebrate in front of the entire state of utah and the few select counties in idaho wyoming and
01:08:37nevada depending on local tv markets yes ned not important but sure yeah the point is it's time we
01:08:46back up our humble president and we show everyone what halloween means to us what do you say are you
01:08:52in yeah ever scream on three one two three hey did you ever bob for apples oh you better believe it oh well
01:09:06we're wrong here we go that way they call it bobbing for apples leave them alone it'll keep them
01:09:19busy till naptime smart inflatables are not scary and if they get unplugged did you i mean the illusion
01:09:26is ruined the idea is for the kids to have a good time not send them home with night terrors look at
01:09:31this it's horrifying okay we're gonna mix her and also the animatronic chucky doll but i'm keeping
01:09:36the homemade babadoop oh keep the babadoop guys i'm a little worried about the costume contest we
01:09:41don't have any signups i mean my parents are given jared said he's preparing something other than that it
01:09:45is slow and i'm just worried we won't have a lot of foot traffic you know for the spooky alley i just
01:09:49hope the rumors aren't true what rumors oh i i don't like to gossip says a woman who invented the avril
01:09:55levine conspiracy oh i have my reasons and quite compelling evidence i might add thank you i don't
01:10:01care about that belinda tell me what you heard please spill it honey you gotta go listen i don't
01:10:05know what they've been talking about i'm scared we've been gone for months i don't care if you're
01:10:08scared grab a couple cans all right you know mary louise's hairdresser britney bateman girl can frost
01:10:13the top and that's no rumor apparently her sister-in-law heidi birch works out at train insane
01:10:19with none other than ashlyn ashworth she said they're only covering the spooky alley for clickbait
01:10:25what oh i don't understand she's hoping it's going to be a train wreck like the pumpkin contest
01:10:31what do you got i got nothing and after what she posted about pamela from the beastly bake-off
01:10:36how do you suppose she heard about that do you reckon i've kept in touch with her mother i didn't
01:10:40know the phone call was on the record yeah there was always something strange about ashlyn didn't you
01:10:46tell me that when you were in high school they called her schlin shady yes technically but that
01:10:50was kind of my fault i don't think she has an ulterior motive oh really you don't think she does oh i
01:10:55hope so but you know after that first news piece went viral doesn't look like the rest of the
01:10:59neighborhood is so confident rumor or not we can't let this thing fail it's for charity now and we're
01:11:04going to prove everyone wrong yes you know marvin and i are all in so thank you i don't doubt it and
01:11:09you can put bob and i down too yeah we've been cooking up something that's uh what you find really what is
01:11:15that you can click down d j frankenstein but another word mary louise i do not want any spoilers
01:11:23that's exactly what jared said he's not doing something with you no he insisted on doing
01:11:27something solo what about you guys ned asked me to join up with him really where are you going us
01:11:32i tell you but he made me sign an airtight non-disclosure agreement i will say the stakes
01:11:38are very high with this one what does airtight mean to you exactly and what about you pamela don't ask
01:11:44you know that helen and i are ride or die i wasn't asking to tag along i have something
01:11:49very special up my sleeve anyway well i hope that it's spooky because we've got something that's
01:11:53going to push that nosferatu meter to a high five ah yeah touchdown bob now empty those tubs because
01:12:04they're contaminated you're lucky lady mary louise i don't know why that keeps happening to you graham
01:12:16you trying to tell me something i don't know what the stress levels are like on the other side there
01:12:21but let me tell you they're getting pretty high around here i'm just trying to balance it all you know
01:12:28chariot and the hoa and my work and all the activities and i really just want to make you proud
01:12:36she is bro you sure about that
01:12:43yeah
01:12:46the whole neighborhood is especially me
01:12:50i'm proud of you too
01:12:51even after my near impeachment okay so it wasn't exactly your brightest moment but it did show me
01:12:59how much you care about your mom and i love that about you i love everything about you
01:13:10i gotta tell you there was this moment at the bake-off when they announced my name is the winner
01:13:18it was the first time i had heard someone else say it out loud emily farnsworth i just had this surge of
01:13:26joy and love and it just filled my heart from bottom to top that is of course until it was totally ruined
01:13:33when pamela face planted into the ground but for a moment it was perfect
01:13:41i'm so proud to be married to you thank you for saying that
01:13:47i needed to hear that i feel like i was really good at being your boyfriend your fiance like i'm
01:13:55dropping the ball a little as your husband oh honey come on marriage this is new for both of us i mean
01:14:02there's no shame in needing practice i think if we're willing to be honest about what's going on inside
01:14:09the good the bad the ugly i think we'll be just fine yeah i think so too i am a little worried about
01:14:19all these rumors that are going around about ashlyn ashworth i i just i i don't even know what to
01:14:23believe anymore even if they are true so what this entire neighborhood is pulling together and if she
01:14:28thinks that we're gonna fall apart on live tv she's dead wrong you're absolutely right this neighborhood is
01:14:35so special and if people don't get it that's on them
01:14:42you know what i'm gonna stay up and work on my book a little bit okay
01:14:46you don't have to wait up like all the time you need because i am planning a little surprise for us
01:15:01are you a good witch or a bad witch i was gonna ask you the same thing why i'm clearly glinda the
01:15:05good i know sorry i don't know why i said that you look cute but what's with the headset well
01:15:10somebody's got to run the show so i get that i'm excited where's your husband oh he's been out
01:15:16running errands for the carnival all day i think he's waiting for the big reveal he doesn't want
01:15:19anyone to see his costume to the last minute i'll make sure the cameras are rolling okay yeah um i should
01:15:26probably go all right ty let's get b-roll well i know they say wickedness was never happiness but
01:15:34this outfit begs to differ you look amazing thank you where is your costume i told you it's a surprise
01:15:41okay well you better hurry up i can't be seen with a halloween humbug i would not dream of it
01:15:47i don't know what to think i just can't tell if she's up to no good it doesn't matter look at this
01:15:53cul-de-sac you're literally surrounded by loved ones you got this there you go gotta go
01:16:15see you later happy halloween
01:16:23what are you 30 no out of here out you did my taxes last year you can't trick-or-treat you're too old
01:16:30i hope it picks up i'm not worried you think it has anything to do with pretty pink princess over
01:16:43there i mean i hope not oh yeah i see how it is you don't show up for helen's harp recital
01:16:49but you make it to the halloween party sorry sis you know i can't pass up a good old-fashioned
01:16:54fright fest it is a full moon but keep the scares to a minimum emily will have you removed from the
01:17:00premises true i'm more teen wolf than full-blown lichen but lichen is nerdy little brother speak
01:17:05for werewolf the lore is very important to me especially at this time of year do you accept
01:17:10cashier's checks well sure i don't see why not thank you you're welcome these are great by the way
01:17:17yeah all right scare you guys later bucky this isn't costco those aren't free samples
01:17:22no no no let him have it like it or not the man is generous
01:17:36who dares receive each other as we shall make our grease and clamor roar upon his death and now
01:17:50straight from transylvania some dark magic from dracula i want to blow your mind
01:17:57false face must hide with the false heart doth know i hope i haven't made a mistake
01:18:10oh you are like me now my love all right everybody let's give it up for dj frankenstein and his buffet
01:18:22if you're looking at our costumes and you're feeling kind of jelly i'll tell you a story by the
01:18:31lady mary shelley the stale is guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine it's about the one
01:18:36i know like dr frankenstein he ignored his friends at school and didn't listen to his teachers he went
01:18:41around his lab just to work on his creature it took a bolt of lightning to bring the thing to life
01:18:46and then when he was done he started working on his wife doctor what dr dr dr frankenstein
01:18:52doctor who dr dr dr frankenstein
01:19:01hey hey i i should have said this earlier but i just wanted to thank you for your kindness
01:19:09it meant a lot to jared and all of us really that you were willing to give us a second chance
01:19:14please don't mention it and i want to give you something it's it's not totally finished the dummy but
01:19:20in the spirit of ever scream lane it's about a little scarecrow who loves the tricks of halloween
01:19:25and a witch who loves the treats and well they figure out that they can both have a happy halloween
01:19:32it's so cute oh look it's us who did this oh i did it yeah i i did it i
01:19:41you know this whole season has been full of ups and downs but it's really inspired me to get
01:19:44back to doing what i love and you were a huge part of that i don't understand you've just always known
01:19:50what you wanted and you've gone for it and i truly admired that and i may have gotten a little
01:19:55sidetracked but i realized i got to get back to doing what i love which is writing books well thank
01:20:01you for this and thank you for what you said when you visited the studio it really helped me put
01:20:08everything into perspective i could have been a lot nicer to you as well maybe now we can start over
01:20:14i'd really like that yeah yeah i'd really like that and uh just a heads up you might want to send
01:20:22some more volunteers to the ticket booth oh really i've been sharing the fun of my stories and the word
01:20:27is really spreading you're about to have a lot more visitors headed your way oh thank you we're ready
01:20:32for them ladies and gentlemen it's time for our special guest nickelback on elm street i love nickelback
01:20:45give it up for the lead singer chatty krueger
01:20:59i realized when i was picking out this chatty krueger outfit that was the old jared thinking now i'm
01:21:05thinking as your husband what i really wanted was something for for us that's what this is what is this
01:21:13step into my lair
01:21:26oh look at their costumes could they be more adorable no someone surprised me with a couple's costume
01:21:32after all i like this so much i'm not gonna take it off i don't think i could take these off if i
01:21:37wanted to pamela sewed my shirt into my pants thanks again for making the fundraiser happen guys they are
01:21:42still counting donations but we have already earned double what we did last we should get some mead
01:21:50by the way a courier dropped this off today you were busy with your tape measure so i told them i
01:21:54would give it to you okay thanks what's this it's velvet
01:21:59i got it
01:22:08i got it we're going to norway
01:22:10that is if my wife and i agree after an in-depth discussion there you go good day
01:22:20santa academy okay but tonight's not about santa we may only have a few hours left to celebrate
01:22:26before christmas takes over so what do you say we give halloween all we got happy halloween
01:22:41and thus began a new chapter in the story of evergreen lane we became the annual go-to place for
01:22:48trick-or-treating and the spooky alley fundraiser was a huge success
01:22:52in order to keep the peace we let pamela and helen win the costume contest the excitement of my new
01:22:58children's book along with jared's loving support gave me the confidence to quit my job and pursue
01:23:03writing full-time i know what gram gram was trying to tell me the true spirit of halloween is about
01:23:10remembering the ones you love and having fun and creating memories with those that are still here
01:23:15if you can remember that and pass the tradition on to the next generation that spirit will never truly die
01:23:45so
01:23:56you
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