Trick or Treat

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Trick or Treat is the ninth episode of the first season and the ninth episode overall. It was the first halloween special episode and the first special episode overall. It aired on October 29th, 2015.

## Synopsis

It is time for Jenna's halloween party. Shirley , Lynette and Galen plan to find out what Jenna knows.Karma takes their game to an entire new level. Another murder hits the town of Springfield.

## Recap

"He has no pulse!" - shouted a medic, crouched by an unconscious person

Another one rushed over with a portable defibrillator. They tried to bring the person back to life, but it's no use.

"We lost him."

16 HOURS EARLIER

Springfield's prison was on the outskirts of the town. Secluded from the residents of the town, the building was standing there all by itself. The time for visiting has come. Although it only lasted an hour each day, most of the inmates anxiously awaited it, so they could finally see their loved ones. That was not the case for Nigel. He was about to meet with a visitor, but it's not necessarily a loved one. He walks into the room and takes a seat in front of his visitor.

"When exactly are you finally getting me out of here?" - he asks the person - "You say everything is going according to plan, but it doesn't really feel like that to me. Everything is nasty in here. I want out of here already."

"Baby steps, Nigel." - says his visitor who is revealed to be Jenna - "Everything is going according to plan, yes, like I told you many times already. Be a little more of a man, for once. Stop complaining. We are on the right path. Remember what the goal is. Justice."

Nigel rolled his eyes and sighed.

"What's happened in the outside world?" - he asked

"As we suspected, I can now confirm, Lynette really is the old guy's secret affair. Therefore, the plan will be happening, and it will be happening tonight." - she explained

"What? Tonight?" - Nigel looked in shock - "Don't you think it's a little early?"

"They are on to me ,Nigel. She was up in my room, snooping around. I don't know what she found, but if she touched things she shouldn't have, it has to happen fast. She could ruin everything. Do you get that?" - she lashed out at him

"I do. Yeah."

"Good. The sooner it happens, the sooner you will be out of here." - she said then looked at her watch - "Gotta go. Got some final touches to attend to. I have a party tonight." - she stood up

"I don't suppose I'm on the guests list?" - said Nigel ironically

"Sleep tight, Hicks." - she said as she turned around and left

Lynette, Galen and Shirley met at Shirley's house. They went up to the room and closed the door behind them. Galen and Shirley anxiously awaited what Lynette had to say as she sounded quite upset on the phone. Lynette told them about what she found in Jenna's room. The two of them were shocked.

"Well we gotta get a better look at it." - said Shirley - "She could know about..."

"If she knew that she could be Karma as well..." - said Galen

Lynette stood in front of them with her arms crossed.

"Well I mean we are going to be inside her house tonight. We could sneak up, get the file on a flash drive. Galen, you could bring Shirley's laptop and wait for us below Jenna's window. We'd throw it out to you so you can read it immediately." - explained Lynette

"Right. One of you just gotta make sure Jenna doesn't catch the other one." - said Galen

"Of course. It will be a piece of cake." - said Lynette

"You said she almost caught you. She could be suspicious now. That way she would be extra cautious." - said Shirley

"So are we." - replied Lynette

They all nodded in agreement and then Jasper walked into the room.

"Jas!" - said Shirley

"Hey Shir... your sister let me in. Um, am I interrupting something?" - he asked as he was closing the door

"We were just chatting. Nothing out of ordinary, luckily!" - said Lynette saving the situation, they didn't know if they could let him in on the plan or not. He now seemed to realize that Jenna isn't just a sweet little girl, but still, they can't forget the fact that he used to be completely oblivious to any suggestion of Jenna doing something fishy.

"Right! Well, Shirley, you ready to go?" - he asked turning to the girl.

"Ohhh my God! I completely forgot! Ugh we still have time right?"

"Yeah, totally. The store is just a few minutes walk from here. Although, I have no idea what to get her."

"Wait is it her birthday as well or what?" - asked Galen, confused.

"No Galen, it isn't. I just want to get her a little gift. We had a small argument earlier."

"I'm ready!" - said Shirley after putting on her coat - "Let's go!"

The 4 of them left the house and then parted ways with Jasper and Shirley going one direction and Lynette and Galen the other.

Jasper and Shirley were walking through the store, trying to find something for Jenna.

"So what was the arguement about? If you don't mind me asking, of course." - asked Shirley

"Just the usual. Small things that she gets pissed at."

"Then why are you the one that has to apologize?"

"Can you even picture Jenna apologizing?"

"Nah." - said Shirley, shaking her head - "I don't mean to pry, but you don't seem too enthusiastic about this relationship anymore. Is... everything okay?"

Jasper sighed.

"I'm sorry. Totally inappropriate. Just forget it!"

"No it's fine. You are right. I feel like the connection we had is barely there anymore. You know what I mean? Sometimes it feels like she is doing this to me on purpose, like she was.... we know who."

"Has that thought actually crossed your mind?"

"I'd be lying if I said it hasn't. It has but I mean, it's just silly. Jenna can't be that person right?" - he said laughing

"Hopefully not!" - said Shirley with a wide smile, then she turned serious - "Look, Jasper, back at my house it wasn't really a casual talk... the truth is.."

Before she could finish the sentence, Jasper's phone buzzed.

"Oh dang it! It's my reminder that I'm gonna be late. I gotta hurry, I'll grab her something on the way there. Thanks so much though, Shirley!" - he said as he ran off

"You're welcome.. I guess." - said Shirley looking after him.

The time has come for Jenna's party. The house was full of teens dressed in various Halloween costumes. You could hear the music from a mile away. Lynette and Shirley arrived together. Lynette dressed up as a witch, while Shirley went as a zombie.

"Are you in position yet?" - asked Lynette on the phone

"Yep. I can see all the pink from here so that's got to be her window." - said Galen

"Right. We should be able to get it soon." - she said as she hung up

They made their way into the house. There was barely any space anywhere. Some people were already drunk and the party had barely even started. Lynette looked towards the kitchen where she saw Kyra and Madison. Kyra spotted Lynette as well. Lynette waved at her, but Kyra just looked away with disgust in her eyes.

"Can you even believe it? 10 years of friendship and now this." - said Lynette

"Hello ladies!" - said Chad, who was dressed as a police officer as he was walking up to them

"Chad! Nice to see you here." - said Lynette

"I wish I could say the same! I'm gonna have to ask you for some ID or I might have to take you in." - he said jokingly

The girls laughed together.

"I'm gonna get some drinks. Be right back!" - said Shirley

"No seriously, all jokes aside, I'm happy to see you made it Lyn." - he said smiling

"Thanks, Chad!" - she said smiling back at him - "I sure hope you save me a dance later tonight!"

"You didn't even have to ask! I'll see you around!"

"Have fun!"

As he walked off, Jasper and Jenna showed up at the top of the stairs. They were dressed as the famous couple, Danny and Sandy from Grease. They spotted Lynette and walked up to her.

"Oh Lyn! This party turned out so great! I couldn't have done it without you!" - said Jenna

"No this is all you Jenna! I love your outfits by the way."

"Oh gee thanks! Yours is just amazing! It's almost as if you were a real witch!" - she said laughing

Jasper and Lynette laughed along. A crash can be heard from another room.

"Dang it! I sure hope it wasn't my mother's vase." - she said as she ran off

"Sooo, how you been Lyn?" - asked Jasper

"Err is that supposed to be a joke?" - she asked smiling

"Oh yeah, I mean of course, I know how you've been. But apart fromt all that stuff, what's up?"

"Well, not too much. Did you manage to get Jenna the gift?"

"Oh yeah, in the end I got her a nice candle. Nothing major."

"Even the small things can make a big difference sometimes."

"I couldn't have said it better myself." - he said as they giggled together

"Oh that reminds me! I forgot it in the car. I'll see you around Lyn." - he said as he ran off

"Totally."

Shirley got back with 2 drinks in her hands.

"Pink cups?" - asked Lynette

"Pink everything! Have you seen the bathroom?" - she said as they laughed together

Jasper walked out to his car to get the gift for Jenna. As he was reaching in for it, he spotted a dark figure at the back of the house. He decided to check it out and walked to the back of the house.

"Galen?"

"Woah. Uh, Jas! Hey, nice party huh?"

"What are you doing here? No offense but I'm pretty sure Jenna wouldn't invite you, and even so, why are you standing in the back yard?"

"Nothing! Gee, I just wanted to make sure the girls get here safely." - he said laughing

"Don't lie to me, dude."

Galen rolled his eyes, sighed and took a deep breath. He decided to let Jasper in on the plan, so he explained everything to him as he listened carefully.

"I know you're gonna yell at me, but we just gotta see that file."

"I'm not gonna yell at you, Galen."

"...You're not?" - he asked, surprised

"I don't want to believe what you are telling me, but IF this really is true, I gotta know."

"You'll know everything as soon as we have it."

Jasper nodded and walked back inside the house.

Shirley and Lynette decided it was the perfect time to go look for the files; Jenna appeared to be busy with her guests and nobody seemed to pay any attention to them.

“You should probably stay here”- said Shirley. “If Jenna notices that you are missing, she will get all suspicious.”

“Sure, I guess… I’ll stay. I’ll text you if someone goes upstairs, and then you can hide.”- agreed Lynette.

“Okay, yeah, I’ll try to be as fast as possible.”

Lynette took another drink to appear busy and stood near stairs while Shirley walked up. After a few wrong doors she finally managed to find Jenna’s room. Laptop was on the desk, just like Lynette said, so Shirley opened it and again, it wasn’t locked. She took a look around the desktop but the file wasn’t there. As a matter of fact there was nothing suspicious on the desktop, or anywhere on the laptop. Shirley could swear she looked everywhere but it appeared like the file never existed. Suddenly she heard someone walk into the hall. Quickly, she slammed the lid on laptop and hid in the closet, holding her breath. Inside the room walked a person wearing hoodie, Shirley couldn’t see their face and couldn’t tell whether it was a he or she. The person did the same thing as her- opened the laptop and started clicking and typing something. After less than a minute he stood up and walked away, leaving the laptop open. As soon as the person was gone, Shirley walked out of hiding and toward the laptop. She saw the file named “Ciera research” being deleted, tried clicking cancel and pressing the Esc key but it was too late. The file was gone, deleted permanently.

“Ugh”- she said as she closed the laptop. “Why didn’t you warn me that someone was coming up?”- she texted Lynette and went back down.

Lynette was standing near the staircase, making sure nobody goes upstairs unnoticed when Jenna walked up to her.

"Hey, how come you are all alone here? Are you not enjoying the party?"- she asked.

"No, no, it's great, really. Shirley went to talk to some people so I'm waiting for her."- replied Lynette.

"Oh. Then you won't mind bringing some more drinks from the basement, will you? Please, i need to stay and entertain my guests, and you already know where it is. Please?"

"Sure, anything to help."- Lynette smiled.

She opened the wooden door and walked down the stairs into the basement. It was large and full of food and drinks and just as Lynette was about to pick up one of the crates she heard the door lock from upstairs. She walked up the stairs and tried to open the door but it wouldn't move.

"Hey, it's not funny! Open the door."-she yelled but the music was too loud, nobody could hear her. She tried banging on the door as well but no use, so she called Shirley- she was probably still upstairs and anyone could catch her red handed now. And yeah, Lynette needed someone to set her free. She dialed the number but the call didn’t go through. There was no signal in the basement.

Behind the house Galen was waiting for any signal from the girls. When he got a text, naturally he expected it to be from them. But it wasn’t, it came from an unknown number. "Karma...", Galen thought to himself, and he was right.

"Jenna isn't who you think she is but she is trouble. If you want to know what she knows come to the greenhouse."- the text said.

He didn’t think twice before going inside- just to take a quick look, he told himself. It wasn’t locked and he started walking through lines of vegetables trying to find anything of interest. Finally, at the very end of the building, there was a small wooden table with a bunch of tools. Galen started going through them quickly and noticed a small flash drive among. As he took the drive he saw a shadowy reflection in the glass. The shadow appeared to be holding a shovel right above his head. Galen turned around, shoved the person aside and ran towards the exit. The figure took one of flower pots and tossed it in Galen’s direction. He stooped and managed to avoid it. This left the person stunned so Galen decided to switch up the roles. Now he was chasing after them but the person knew their way around this place well. Soon both were outside and Galen fell behind. He gave up on the chase, took a deep breath and opened up his palm, revealing the USB he managed to take from the table.

Still inside the basement, Lynette noticed a small window. It was out of reach but she wasn’t giving up that easy. She piled up a bunch of boxes and crates and tried to climb up. The window was too small for her to get out but she managed to hold out her phone and catch signal. She tried to call Shirley and this time it was a success.

“Where the hell are you? I almost got caught.”- started Shirley, upset.

“I’ll tell you everything later. I’m locked in a basement, come get me out.”

“Basement? What even… okay where is it?”

“Back of the house, massive wooden door. You can’t miss it.”

“Oookay… yeah I see it. You are lucky that whoever locked you up left the keys here.”- said Shirley as she unlocked the door and let Lynette out.

At Price mansion Kenneth was enjoying his evening. He had no nerves for trick or treaters so he just locked the front door and ignored the doorbell. Now he was standing on the balcony drinking whiskey and thinking about his business. It was going really well, and tomorrow he will have an important meeting where he might sign on a good deal. Someone interrupted him in his thoughts by walking up behind him.

“How did you get in? What are you doing here?”- he asked in shock, looking at his visitor.

Shirley and Lynette walked outside to meet with Galen. He explained how he had to tell the truth to Jasper so they called him out as well. When they were all together Lynette told the guys how she got locked up in basement and Shirley explained what happened upstairs.

“… and then this person, I don’t know, I didn’t see the face, got up and deleted the file… I’m really sorry I didn’t manage to get it. But she hid it well.”- she said looking at everyone.

“Don’t worry Shir, we wont leave this party empty handed.”- said Galen pointing at flash drive in his hand. Everyone looked at it curiously and then turned around to the road as they heard the ambulance siren.

## Main Cast

* Chord Overstreet as Jasper Price
* Emily VanCamp as Lynette Jackson
* Brant Daugherty as Galen Wright
* Melissa Benoist as Shirley McHale
* Unknown as Karma

## Guest Stars

* Leighton Meester as Jenna Hillsburry
* Zach Roerig as Chad Mullins
* Erinn Westbrook as Kyra
* Jamie Chung as Madison
* Alexis Denisof as Kenneth Price
* Chace Crawford as Nigel Hicks

## Title

* A threat issued by children in costumes as they go door-to-door on Halloween night.