Early Edition

"Halloween"
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Gwyneth: "They didn't have chicken's feet, so I got turkey."

Toby: "Gwyneth, can't you do anything right?!"

Meanwhile, Gary doesn't have time for these "wackos". Sundown is only hours away. He puts out the fire underneath the kettle.
Toby objects: "Excuse me, that's our spell pot!"
Gary answers a little too quickly: "I'll tell you something about your spell pot: the fire underneath it was going to burn this house down and take the whole neighborhood with it!"

"How did you just know that--about the fire?"
He realizes he just stoked the fires of their delusion, "I--I just did!", and runs out the room before it gets any worse.

Toby: "Well, that proves it. He's a warlock."
Gwyneth: "And he's cute!"

They catch up to him at the front door. "Wait! You're going to help us, aren't you? The spell? Getting our sister back?"
Gary: "Your sister?"
They explain that Elizabeth was lost.
Gary: "Well call the police, I'm busy, lady!" (He's sounding more and more like a city hall official!).
Gwyneth purrs: "The police can't help, we need you to find her."
Gary: "Uh, well, h-h-how long has your sister been missing?"

Toby: "Mmm-about two hundred years; give or take a couple of months."
Gary: "Uh-huh!"

Gwyneth: "We try every year [on Halloween] to rescue her, but something always seems to muck it all up."
Gary: "I'm leaving!"
Gwyneth: "Pretty please?"
Gary: "L-l-look, it's Halloween, I know that, but you two, you don't really believe you're witches!"

Toby: "Explain this: if we're not witches, how did we get you here?"

He decides to take the fifth rather than get into further hot water with them. "Goodbye, ladies!"

Gwyneth is still blocking the door, so he moves her out of the way, and flees into daylight.

The sisters exchange a frustrated glance.

Outside, Gary sees the black cat. He calls out for help, but once again, the forehead markings tell him he's made a mistake. Opening the paper again, he mutters: "C'mon, gimme something, willya?"