The Ghost and Molly McGee

"The Curse": The McGee family moves into a decrepit house in their new hometown of Brighton that just so happens to be inhabited by Scratch, one of the worst ghosts in the Ghost Realm. Molly, the daughter, immediately "befriends" him who in his anger accidentally curses her so that he is forever tied to her. He tries to scare the family out of the house so that the curse can be broken, but Molly convinces the family to stay. Taking the advice of her Grandma Nin, she makes a Sal Phra Phum for Scratch who graciously accepts it under the condition he be fed. In the Ghost Realm, the chairman notices that Brighton's misery gauge went down.

"Howlin' Harriet": Molly wants to have a human best friend and filters it down to Kat, Sheela, and Libby, who are all Wilder-Scouts. She decides to camp with them while Scratch deals with Geoff, a goofy ghost who claims to be his friend. On a camping trip, Molly seems to favor Sheela and Kat while Libby clumsily meanders through the woods. At night, Libby tells the story of Howlin' Harriet. Scratch decides to scare the girls until the real Howlin' Harriet appears looking for her missing toes. Molly and Libby make toes for her and she leaves satisfied. Afterwards, Molly and Libby become best friends.

"Getting the Band(shell) Back Together": The McGees go to a retirement home to do volunteer work. While there, Molly meets Patty, who recalls Brighton's bandshell, which was destroyed in a hurricane years ago and never rebuilt. Molly goes to the Mayor to pitch an idea to rebuild the bandshell, but they refuse, so she and Darryl collect money from everyone. They manage to get the materials, but not the labor and Molly holds a community day. No one appears, much to her disappointment, but the retirees eventually show up, causing the rest of the town to come and finish building the bandshell. Molly suddenly realizes she has no one to play at it.

"Mama's Gotta Hustle": The McGees' van breaks down and they are unable to cover the costs. Sharon decides to take on odd jobs via an app called Gig Pig. Meanwhile, Pete and Darryl clean the basement and find a locked door and try to open it. Sharon gets small increments with each job. Eventually, Sharon manages to earn the required funds, but Pete and Darryl manage to open the door and discover it was the house's water heater, which they damage in the process and need to cover that cost too. Despite this, Sharon decides to continue her efforts with Gig Pig.

"Not So Honest Abe": Molly has to put together a presentation about Abraham Lincoln. To convince Molly that he knows him, Scratch has Geoff pretend he is Lincoln. However, Geoff begins to feed false information to Molly, causing her grade to falter. Scratch manages to locate the real Lincoln (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), who has him come to terms with the fact that he cares about Molly's opinion of him and wants her to think he is cool. He brings Lincoln back and he helps Molly put together a presentation that grants her an A+. Scratch apologizes for lying to Molly, but then lies that he knows Albert Einstein when her science project is due.

"Mazel Tov, Libby!": Libby invites Molly to her Bat Mitzvah and becomes excited after seeing videos about the ceremony. However, when Molly arrives, she is surprised to find that it is very plain and that she is the only guest. With Scratch and her family's help, Molly spruces up the ceremony. Libby becomes unnerved by the abundance of guests. She tries to get through the night, but breaks down. Realizing that she was going against her friend's wishes, Molly drives everyone off by releasing bats (brought by Scratch based on his confusion over the ceremony), and she spends personal time with Libby and her family for the rest of the night.

"The Turnip Twist": In order to defeat Perfektborg in next month's issue of Midwest Monthly, the Mayor places Molly and Pete in charge of a Turnip Festival. Scratch is threatened by the Ghost Council that if the festival is a success he will be tossed to the Flow of Failed Phantoms. Eva, the inspector, ends up enjoying the festival, but when Scratch tells Geoff what will happen, he ruins Brighton's chances of winning, making Pete very upset, but saving Scratch from punishment. However, due to the festival going viral, tourists proceed to book their stay at Brighton's motel for next year, making Brighton's misery meter go down anyway.

"Monumental Disaster": Brighton praises its hero Ezekiel "Tug" Tugbottom by unveiling his statue. Molly meets his ghost and while impressed at first, she quickly discovers that he is an arrogant blowhard who in no way lives up to his heroic legacy. With Libby's help, she learns that Ezekiel was lazy and that his older sister Sally was the true hero of Brighton. As she exposes this information, Ezekiel attacks her and ends up destroying his own statue. Luckily, Scratch arrives with Sally's ghost and her bear to stop him. Inspired by the new information, the Mayor rightfully erects a statue of Sally instead.

"Scratch the Surface": Molly is saddened by the fact that she cannot tell Libby about her adventures with Scratch. He tells her that as more people know about him, he becomes less scary, and could even lose his job. She decides to create an alter ego named Millie so that she can tell Libby anything. Libby sees through the disguise, becomes suspicious of Molly's actions and chases her through Brighton. When Libby finally confronts her, she believes that Molly no longer wants to be friends with her. Scratch finally allows Molly to tell Libby the truth and she is able to see him for the first time, only to faint.

"Festival of Lights": The McGees and Scratch spend time with the Stein-Torres family on the last day of Hanukkah. A power outage occurs all throughout Brighton, but Ms. Stein-Torres has a backup generator, causing everyone to stay in her store for the time being. The McGees and Scratch take part in various Jewish traditions such as a game of dreidel, miracle boxes, storytelling, and (in Scratch's case) eating greasy foods. The generator, expected to last only one hour, ends up lasting eight hours. Thankfully, the power comes back on and Molly tells Libby that she had a wonderful time spending Hanukkah with her.

"Ice Princess": Everyone panics as a major snow storm is about to hit Brighton. Scratch reveals that it is caused by the spirit of a failed ice skater named Sonia Davis (a parody of real life Olympic figure skater and movie star Sonja Henie). The McGees visit her as she tries to perfect her routine and, in the process, learn that she needs a partner. Pete is revealed to be a former ice skater himself and becomes Sonia's partner, but she threatens to freeze Brighton forever if their routine fails. The two of them perform flawlessly, but fail at their very last move. Instead of being angry, Sonia realizes that she had a lot of fun and gives up on winning, finally able to pass on.

"Game Night": To get out of cleaning the downstairs bathroom, Scratch exploits the McGees' weakness for a board game titled Mega City, a game that Sharon is apparently lousy at and thus refuses to play. Scratch cheats and wins, forcing the McGees to clean the bathroom instead of him, but Sharon finally decides to confront him with a winner-take-all situation. It turns out that Sharon is actually a former Mega City champion (she lost to her family on purpose to spare their feelings) and completely annihilates Scratch with little effort. Scared of her ego, Pete takes the game and buries it and Scratch ends up cleaning the downstairs bathroom.

"Innocent Until Proven Ghostly": Pete's anniversary cake, which he baked himself, is eaten. The family blames Scratch, so Molly holds a trial. Sharon, Darryl, and even Pete are all questioned, but they all have alibis. They discover ectoplasm under the plate, further convincing them that Scratch is the culprit, but he still claims innocence. When Molly realizes that carob is one of the ingredients, she reveals to her family that Scratch has a severe carob allergy, proving his innocence. The McGees apologize for doubting him and the cake is revealed to have been eaten by Geoff, who thought it was for him.

"Goat Your Own Way": Molly is tasked with training a goat named Totes for the county fair. However, she is unable to comply with the strict regimen and tries the "Molly Method", which only results in Totes getting fat. Meanwhile, Scratch uses the proper training technique on Pete so that he can get Scratch his own personal fried food platter. The final day comes and Totes ends up eating Scratch's hard-earned platter, resulting in the McGees and Totes being banned from the fair. Realizing that she should have just listened to her mother and follow the proper procedures, Molly has Totes trim the Brighton City Park, where he ends up losing weight.

"Scare Tactics": Scratch and Geoff attend a yearly scaring seminar, but play hooky during the class. Meanwhile, Molly is left home alone until she learns that Darryl's pet tarantula Heidi Hairylegs is loose. Despite her best efforts, she is unable to capture her. Scratch has to perform a scare tactic to the Chairman or risk getting sent to the Flow of Failed Phantoms. Geoff saves him by claiming that he invented a new tactic and peeking in on Molly, they see her horribly frightened and think Scratch was responsible. After he returns from the seminar, Molly reveals that they cannot enter the house because Heidi had babies.

"Citizen McGee": Molly volunteers for the "Mayor for a Day" position, but Mayor Brunson gives her the job permanently as he finds it stressful. Molly sets up a syrup-powered slide as part of "enhappifying" the town, but this attracts horseflies that swarm the citizens. Molly and Scratch find Brunson who does not want to return, but his new lease on life is not all that much better. Molly calls upon the ghosts of the previous mayors who convince Brunson to take his job back, and he saves the town. While Molly is sad she was not a good mayor, Brunson tells her that she will make a good mayor one day through time and experience.

"The Lucky Penny": Libby is concerned with Friday the 13th as her bad luck tends to increase during that time. Molly offers to give her her good luck to Libby for the day and Scratch enchants a penny with Molly's good luck and gives it to Libby. Libby experiences a good day, while Molly begins to suffer. However, they accidentally drop the penny into Andrea's purse, resulting in her getting too lucky and unknowingly absorbing everyone's luck and creating nearby disasters. Libby is forced to counteract it and successfully gets the penny back. She decides to give the good luck back to Molly as she finds it too stressful for her.

"Out of House and Home": While trying to clean the gutters, Pete falls off the roof and ends up in the hospital. The McGees find themselves with an exorbitant bill, requiring Molly, Darryl, and Sharon to find quick ways to make money while a very compliant Scratch performs all the house duties and cares for Pete. As usual, things do not go so smoothly for the McGees as their family dynamic changes. Luckily, they manage to get all the money and send it to the hospital, only for realtor Candace Green to inform them that they did not pay their mortgage, forcing the McGees to move out and leaving Scratch all alone.

"Scaring is Caring": Scratch puts off his scare report until the last minute and to make matters worse, he is now filled with "joy", gradually making him smaller, cuter, and unable to perform his tasks efficiently. Molly decides to fill in for him and is further motivated when Scratch laughs at her notion. At the ghost doctor, Scratch is told that he needs to find his fear while Molly tries and fails miserably to scare people around Brighton. In the end, Scratch gets scared when he sees Molly in danger and he reverts to his usual self while rescuing her, ironically meaning that she technically scared him successfully.

"The Jig is Up": The Ghost Council discovers that joy has increased in Brighton and sends Jinx, a joy hunter, to watch over Scratch. He continuously attempts to dissuade her but is later horrified to learn that ghosts spread misery because the Chairman feeds off of it. He finally manages to get rid of her and get back with Molly, but Jinx returns and discovers Molly as the source of Brighton's joy. She attempts to kill her, but Scratch stands between them. Realizing that Scratch has befriended a human this entire time, Jinx takes him away to be punished, leaving Molly distraught.

"Book Marks the Sprite": Libby's mother asks her to watch the book store while she is out, which becomes a problem when a story sprite, a tiny creature who has the ability to consume words in stories and become the characters in them, appears. As if that wasn't bad enough, Oliver enters the book store, looking for ghosts. Molly takes him outside as Scratch and Libby try to defeat the Sprite. Eventually, Libby uses her diary to turn the Sprite into a clone of herself, who puts all the words back in the books and cleans up the store. Meanwhile, Molly is unable to convince Oliver that ghosts aren't as bad as they seem, but Libby reassures her that there's still a chance for him to change his mind.

"Faint of Art": Sharon goes down into the basement to fulfill her passion for painting, but is intimidated by the blank canvas and cannot come up with anything. She continually tries to get away from painting, but her family keeps stopping her. Eventually, Sharon confesses that with so many things that paused her passion in life, she is afraid to do it for real, but Molly tells her that it is okay to feel that way. After Scratch accidentally sits in Sharon's paints and rubs his posterior onto the canvas, Sharon is finally inspired to paint, and Scratch and Molly leave her to paint in peace.

"A Period Piece": When Molly invites Libby and Andrea to a sleepover, Libby ends up getting her first period. Having already experienced this event, Andrea helps Libby out and they become closer to each other (even forming a "period pact"). While Pete and Scratch are out buying period products, Molly becomes threatened by Libby and Andrea's new bond and tries to act more mature to join in, but eventually breaks down. Libby and Andrea assure Molly that everyone grows up at their own pace and that they will still be friends with her, making Molly happy.

"I Wanna Dance with Some-Ollie": Molly is going with Ollie to an upcoming school dance, much to the chagrin of Scratch due to the fact that Ollie is a ghost hunter. At the dance, everyone deems Molly and Ollie a couple, while Scratch tries to sabotage the dance. Molly tells Scratch that she indeed has a crush on Ollie and an upset Scratch leaves and gets caught in a ghost trap that the Chens set up. Upon finding out, Molly frees Scratch, and they apologize to each other, with the former declaring that she and Ollie are through. Unbeknownst to them, Ollie has found out about Scratch and overheard what Molly said, leaving him heartbroken. After the dance, Esther asks Ollie if something is wrong, but Ollie lies and decides to keep Molly's secret from his family.

"A Doll to Die For": Scratch curses a scary, trouble-making ghost named "Lord Doom" to possess the next object he sees, which turns out to be a baby doll in the human realm. Despite coming to the McGees' house to attack Scratch, Molly decides to train Lord Doom in being nice. As time passes, Molly becomes concerned that Lord Doom is trying to kill her, but he reveals that he was only trying to make her a collage. He becomes saddened by how Molly doesn't trust him, but he also realizes that he doesn't belong with the McGees due to his intense personality. He eventually becomes the plaything of Gertrude and Hidalgo's son, Octavious.

"The Unhaunting of Brighton Video": A ghost named Blair is haunting the former store "Brighton Video", which is due to be converted into a community center, and Molly enlists the help of the Ghost Friends (including Molly herself, Scratch, Libby and ex-ghost hunter Ollie) to deal with her. After the group's failed attempts to get Blair to leave, Ollie shockingly takes her side and the rest of the group gets kicked out of the store. Eventually, Ollie confesses that he has had trouble getting over his past life of hunting ghosts, which prompts Blair to admit that when she was still alive, she failed to return the horror movie "Blood Mansion", and died before she could. In order to solve the problem, the group pretends to be employees at the store so Blair can return the overdue movie. She then happily leaves the store, her unfinished business taken care of.

"All Shark No Bite": Pete and Sharon go out for a date night, leaving Molly, Darryl and Scratch by themselves. They watch a horror movie, "Fins of Fear", which is about a ghost shark. While Molly and Darryl are terrified, Scratch reassures them that the ghost shark is not real and, donning his Chairman outfit, "summons" one to prove it. However, the trio are horrified when they discover that the summoning worked, and spend the night fleeing the ghost shark in terror, all the way up to Molly's bedroom. They eventually realize that Scratch has the power to decide what the ghost shark is, and he changes it into a cuter, docile version of itself. Pete and Sharon return home to find them all relaxing on the couch and, though confused about the ghost shark's presence, decide not to ask.

"Like Father Like Libby": Libby gets a present from her father in the mail, along with a letter asking for a visit. Libby is excited to meet him, as she hasn't seen him in years due to his travels around the world for his career as a novelist. Her mother agrees to take her on a road trip to see him, though she is apparently reluctant. Libby fantasizes along the way about all the fun things she anticipates doing with him to make up for lost time. But when she finally meets him again, he tells her that he'll be spending his time expanding his newly finished story into a trilogy instead of with her, showing he cares more about his career than her. A heartbroken Libby returns to her mother, who cheers her up and hugs her. Meanwhile, Molly volunteers to babysit Libby's pet turtles while she's away. She quickly loses track of them, but manages to gather them all up just as Libby returns home.

"Jinx!": Still upset with Scratch because of the Chairman's demise, Jinx jinxes Scratch with bad luck and tells him that if she says his name three times, the jinx will be undone. Scratch, with the help of Molly, manages to get Jinx to say his name the first two times, but she ultimately finds out about the ruse before she can say it a third time. However, Scratch manages to jinx Jinx back and they later unjinx each other, though Jinx still holds a grudge against Scratch.

"The Ghost IS Molly McGee": Molly becomes the stage director of Libby's school play, but the children refuse to actually work on it, while the Ghost Council go on strike because Scratch does not show appreciation for their work. Molly and Scratch decide to swap bodies and fix each other's problems. This works out well for the most part, but a girl named Georgie stubbornly refuses to listen to Scratch, while Bartholomew refuses all the gifts that Molly gives him. To resolve these two conflicts, Scratch and Molly calmly talk with Georgie and Bartholomew respectively and listen to what they have to say. Afterwards, Scratch resolves to let Georgie, who never got a casting role in a play, star in it, while Molly promises Bartholomew that Scratch will no longer eat at the Ghost Council's table.

"Carbon Zero Heroes": After hearing a class presentation on climate change, Molly and Ollie dedicate themselves to a carbon-neutral lifestyle, while Libby resigns herself to preparing for a climate apocalypse and invites Scratch into a bunker underneath her bookstore. Molly and Ollie make several sacrifices for their cause, including riding bicycles to Andrea's birthday party only to arrive late, and refusing to watch movies, eat meat or dairy, or use kitchen appliances. When Darryl calculates that the results of their efforts were negligible, they are devastated. They rendezvous in Libby's bunker, where Scratch is despairing over the lack of ice cream in an apocalypse scenario; however, his ranting leads Molly to realize the true solution to climate change: mobilizing everyone to work together to stop it. They present their case to the rest of the town, and it succeeds.

"Web of Lies": After Darryl warns Molly and Scratch not to enter the basement, they give in to temptation and do so anyway. Molly ends up stepping on what looks like Heidi Hairylegs, Darryl's pet tarantula, apparently killing her. She and Scratch bury her in the backyard and agree to never tell Darryl what happened. However, they are both wracked with guilt and have several spidery hallucinations. They dig up her grave, but then Darryl walks in on them to ask what they're up to and if they've seen Heidi, who has gone missing. She then appears on Darryl's shoulder, and Molly and Scratch, believing her to be a ghost, confess. Darryl then reveals that Heidi had been in the basement because she was molting; what Molly had stepped on wasn't actually her, but her discarded skin. Molly and Scratch are relieved.