Home is Where the Haunt Is

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"**Home is Where the Haunt Is**" is the second segment of the eighteenth episode of the first season of *The Ghost and Molly McGee*, and the thirty-sixth episode overall.

## Synopsis

Molly does her best to pretend everything is normal while Scratch protects the house.

## Plot

Continuing from the last episode, the McGees have resorted to living in their moving truck in the woods. Sharon and Pete try to maintain a straight face by suggesting that they treat their new living situation as if they are going camping, but Molly and Darryl are clearly not having any of it and must make do with their situation while also missing Scratch. Meanwhile, realtor Candace Green tries to sell the McGees' house, but Scratch goes into full ghost mode scaring away any potential buyers. Candace, who can see and apparently has had a history with ghosts, makes it her duty to try and sell the house by the end of the month as they only have thirty days.

Molly continues to go to school where Libby suggests that they hang out at her house as her mom is testing out slam poetry. Molly turns her down and makes up an excuse that they need to attend Geode Club after school, lead by Andrea of all people, though Libby can tell that something is wrong with her. Molly claims that they need to go to more after school clubs, despite her obviously being stressed. Scratch's scaring comes to a halt when an expecting, and creepy, couple take an interest in a haunted house. Andrea and her father are in the woods looking to expand when the former catches Molly living in the woods and uncomfortably leaves; concerning her.

Scratch finds Molly and tells her that their house is almost being sold and the McGees prepare to move back in with grandma Nin. This results in Scratch pleading with Candace to hold off the sale. While she cannot stop, she allows the McGees one final goodbye to the house. However, the entire town of Brighton reveals that they have pitched in to buy the house for the McGees, thanks to Andrea who used her influence to help raise the money for it (while also considering Molly her best friend). The McGees return to their home where Molly wonders if the curse between her and Scratch is broken as they technically left the house, but Scratch feigns that they are still linked, making her happy.

## Cast

* Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
* Dana Snyder as Scratch
* Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
* Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee
* Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
* Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres
* Jules Medcraft as Andrea Davenport
* Thomas Lennon as Maxwell Davenport
* Natasha Rothwell as Candace Green
* Fred Tatasciore as Hidalgo
* Jessica DiCicco as Gertrude
* Pamela Adlon as Leah Stein-Torres

### Non-speaking cameos

* Robyn
* Patty
* Mayor Brunson
* Mrs. Roop
* Miss Lightfoot
* Mr. Bates
* Irving the Illusionist
* Bobby M. Daniels

## Trivia

* Since Molly and her family were forced to leave the house, Molly and Scratch are no longer cursed together. However, Scratch still continues to be around Molly due to their friendship.
* This the first episode to not feature the end jingle.
* This is the second episode to not feature the standard title card, after "The Curse".
* Candace Green is the fifth person outside the McGees to see ghosts after Andrea Davenport, Libby Stein-Torres, Maxwell Davenport and Mayor Brunson.
* Andrea believes that she and Molly are best friends.
	+ This episode marks the end of Molly and Andrea's status as enemies.
* In her attempt to keep up the "everything is normal" facade around Libby, Molly ends up joining 18 after-school clubs and somehow becomes president of 11 of them, all in the span of a single day. These clubs include Geode Club, Bee Keeping, Square Dancing, Hip Hop Dancing Appreciation, Softball Practice, Chess Club, Cheese Club, L.A.R.P., Kung Fu, Yearbook Committee, Cheerleading, Diorama Club, Woodworking, Show Choir, and Pottery Club.
* This is Andrea's last appearance in Season 1.

### Continuity

* This is the third episode to pick up after the previous one after "Getting the Band(shell) Back Together" and "The Greatest Concert Ever", and "Scratch the Surface" and "Friend-Off".
* A bunch of clips from Season 1 episodes are shown.
* In "The Best of Nin-tensions", Pete McGee was seen giving his daughter Molly the bad advice of pretending everything is normal and happy instead of talking about what is bothersome in tense situations. In this episode, Pete tries to dodge the concept of "real talk" and tries to put a positive spin on the McGee family's homelessness (much to Sharon's disapproval), and he and Molly both keep up the everything-is-normal facade in song form.

## Allusions

* The episode is a reference of the phrase "*Home is Where the Heart is*".
* Scratch recreates the floating candelabra from *The Haunted Mansion*, which he refers to as an homage.
* TikTok - Libby suggests making a KlicKlock video, a reference to TikTok.
* *The Addams Family* - One of couples that were interested in the house and were excited about having a ghost. The couples looks likes Gomez and Morticia Addams.
* *Transformers* - Andrea makes a hashtag "#morethanmeetstheeye" can be referenced to one of the two franchise's slogans.
* ***Vampirina*** - Also has an episode with a title based on the phrase "Home is Where the Heart Is", which also reveals that the house is haunted. The main difference is that in "Home is Where the Hauntleys Are", every local catches on to the fact the Hauntley family is made up of vampires with monster staff for their B&B, while in this episode, the existence of Scratch is only revealed to Candace Green and several buyers he attempted to scare away, while everyone else in Brighton (except for the McGee family and Libby) are oblivious to the possibility that the house they bought back is actually haunted.

## Errors

* When the McGee Family cheered that they got their home back, Molly has her left shoe on instead of wearing both socks only.

## References

1. ↑ Salem, Mitch (June 28, 2022). Showbuzz Daily's Saturday 6.25.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals. *Showbuzz Daily*. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved on December 17, 2023.
2. ↑ Disney Channel June Premieres. *The Cable Forum*. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022.
3. ↑ June 2022 Programming Highlights. *Disney General Entertainment Content* (May 20, 2022). Archived from the original on May 20, 2022.