Episode 8: Needs Must

[SCENE I. NICHOLAS’s place. KELLY arrives just as NICHOLAS and SOPHIE are leaving; she tries to get him to stop, but they ignore her as they hurry into the car. She tries the front door, but it is locked, and her key no longer works. She is about to break in through the window when she spies MELINA peering out the window at the retreating car. Their eyes meet and KELLY indicates the door; MELINA hurries over and unlocks it.]

Episode 7: Know Thyself

[SCENE I. MELISSA and SARAH’s house. MELISSA is on her laptop the couch, looking generally unkempt: she wears a dirty bathrobe, her hair is a mess, and she has dark circles under her eyes. She is staring listlessly at the monitor. The blinds are all drawn, so the only light comes from the laptop. MELINA walks in, casting sunlight on MELISSA, who cringes away from it.]

Episode 6: The Devil You Know

[SCENE I. The mayor’s office. NICHOLAS is standing at the window, looking out into what looks like an endless field of nothingness. His cell phone, on his desk, begins to ring, and he walks over to answer it.]

Episode 5: The Case of the Missing Melissa

[SCENE I. Behind GAVIN’s house, behind some bushes. SARAH and MELINA have gathered and are quietly but urgently discussing the situation.]

Episode 4: Bored and Sorcery

[SCENE I. GAVIN’s party. GAVIN and MELINA are talking. GAVIN looks uncomfortable; MELINA looks like someone who has just realized there’s a camera watching her and is trying to appear nonchalant.]

Episode 3: The Dark Tower

[SCENE I. Outside JEREMY’s house. He is sitting on the porch, drinking a beer, staring at the horizon thoughtfully. CELESTE emerges from inside, looking pleased with herself.]

Episode 2: Time Flies

[SCENE I. MELISSA’s bedroom. FUTURE MELISSA is lying on the bed while PAST MELISSA admires her costume in the mirror.]

Episode 1: A Timely Intervention

[SCENE I. SARAH and MELISSA’s house. MELISSA is lounging on the couch, staring at the ceiling, looking bored. SARAH is in the easy chair drawing in her sketchbook.]

Administrative Note

Due to a contract dispute with the writing staff, Season 4 was terminated before its time, rather than providing sub-par material for our loyal and discriminating viewers. Season 5 should resume shortly. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Episode 4: The Siren’s Call

[SCENE I. MELISSA is eating dinner with THE COLONEL in his private dining room. None of the others seem to be present.]

Episode 3: Desolated

[SCENE I. SOPHIE and GAVIN are in a boat which is by most measures far less awesome than the Regret. SOPHIE is piloting; GAVIN is in the back reading a book and occasionally glancing up at their course. They are approaching Desolation Island.]

Episode 2: The Colonel

[SCENE I. Desolation Island. The surrounding waters are strewn with shipwrecks, but MELISSA brings the Regret to a suspiciously man-made-looking harbor safely. There, they pull some camouflage netting over the boat and disembark.]

Episode 1: The Xenakis Family Fortune

[SCENE I. The Xenakis family home. DIMITRI, ANA, and MELISSA have apparently recently finished having dinner.]

Programming Note

With the close of 2012 comes the close of the third season of Vaudeville Ghosts. Season 4 will begin soon; in the meanwhile, happy new year from Vaudeville Ghosts. I hope 2013 is weird and wonderful for you.

New Year’s Special: A New Year’s Carol

[SCENE I. SARAH returns home, apparently from a vacation–she has a couple of laden bags, etc. It’s rather late at night, and she looks exhausted and like she is trying not to make noise. She manages to wake up MELINA on the couch.]

Episode 25: Here Comes The Sun

[SCENE I. MELISSA’s bedroom. It is dark outside, and she is asleep in bed. The door opens and MELINA enters, wearing a winter coat and hat, and shakes her sister awake.]

Episode 24: Reign of Terror

[SCENE I. The offices of the Portland Examiner. CHARLOTTE is looking over some emails and muttering to herself.]

Episode 23: The Raven

[SCENE I. A dreary midnight at the house of NICHOLAS Hayes. He is pondering, looking like he’s barely keeping himself awake, over some old books. Just as he is about to nod off, there’s a tapping sound, like someone knocking at the door. NICHOLAS starts awake.]

Episode 22: Getting Into The Spirit Of Things

[SCENE I. The Xenakis family home. DIMITRI and ANA are preparing a meal when MELINA arrives; she is sporting a black eye and a generally unhappy demeanor.]

Episode 21: Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

[SCENE I. The office. MELISSA is still held captive by the SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS, currently shaped like Santa Claus in a business suit. The others stand around tensely before MELINA steps forward, swinging a flashlight like a cudgel. The SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS dissolves into a terrifying spirit form; she loses balance, stumbles past, and hits her head on a desk. She gets up and massages her eye, still scowling.]