Rachelle Hampton

Oh, oh, she's there to get the inn appraised so they can sell it. But they can't get the appraiser in because Daniel keeps fucking shit up. Which is funny. It's really funny. And they're like, why haven't you gotten the inner praise? And Kate can't be like, well, there's a ghost that I'm thinking about fucking. Yeah. Yeah. That doesn't usually go over well with your boss. No, it doesn't.

It might here, but not then. Yeah. I think I could tell Justin that I was busy because I was thinking about fucking a ghost. You probably could. And it would probably be okay. Yeah. He would be like, we'll talk about that later. No, he'd be like, well, um, I'm concerned for you, but as long as the ghost isn't evil, we'll talk later. Yeah.

Yeah. She goes back. And this is the moment where, like, when she leaves, she promises to come back. And Daniel very clearly is like, I hope you do. Yes. And then when she comes back, I'm like, oh, something has changed here. They are... into falling in love territory. Mm-hmm. Yes.

When you can tell they've been running around at recess and have maybe redone their ponytail that you gave them at the beginning of the day. Like, it looks so bad.

I would say it does, yeah, less than nothing. It's negative. It is a net negative hairstyle.

It's so bad. And it's like, this is the most romantic scene in the movie because it's a Christmas party. Daniel and Kate are dancing. The innkeeper and the bartender are dancing. Like, the innkeeper and Daniel are talking about Kate. And he's like, I think I really like her. And you look at her and she's wearing this stupid ponytail. And you're like, motherfucker. Yeah.

I'm like, you probably look like a little girl to him. Like, stop this. Stop it. Yeah. So that was terrible. But it is a cute scene. You can see that they're really starting to feel each other and thinking about the logistics of making this work. Because they haven't figured out what exactly happened yet. Like, all Daniel knows is that his fiancée maybe betrayed him. Maybe.

For reasons that don't really make sense.

Clearly, no one was paying attention here. They were like, well, whatever she needs to find out. So we're going to make this easy for her. Yeah, of course. So Daniel's like, do I want to go into the great beyond to be with Lily, my fiance, or do I want to be with Kate? And this becomes the central tension where Kate is like, I want you to be happy, but also I want you to stay with me.

And then spooky shit starts happening at the party. Spooky. This is the spookiest scene. Yeah.

Yes.

Exactly. And there's a confrontation between the ghost of Lily, the ghost of the cousin, and Daniel, who is also ghost. And also Kate, who's not ghost.

Yeah, I think the gift is that she is protecting him from his cousin who we find out killed him because the guy that Daniel was running rum for in Canada is just like evil.

If you think about it, it's ACAB all the way down. It sure is. I'm not entirely sure what Lily's gift is. I think him being stuck in this purgatory is somehow her gift to him. Like, she saved him somehow.

I don't really get it either. All I know is that, like... Daniel and his cousin have a conversation and his cousin is like, thank you for forgiving me. Yeah, and then he disappears. And so he's released from the purgatory and then Lily is like, okay, deuces. And Daniel has to make a choice as to whether or not he is released from purgatory. And him and Kate spend, like, a night together.

Do you think they fucked? They don't fuck.

And they're going to disappear in two hours.

You don't have an opportunity for another year. You also don't know if he's going to come back next year because his storyline has been resolved. So Kate wakes up the next morning. And funnily enough, Daniel's not there. But also she receives a call from her boss who's like, you know what? I have been underappreciating you. You do deserve vacation. It's insane.

I'm so sorry that I yelled at you about closing the inn. This has never happened. It's never happened, but I also was like, you know what? I'm glad that they know your worth now because you stopped working for, what, three days? The real moral of this story is to take your vacation days so that your work will appreciate you. Actually, yes, it is.

Take your vacation days so your work realizes how much work you're doing. So she takes her vacation days and she's like, okay, great. I'm going to get promoted to, again, what, partner? I don't fucking know. I don't fucking know. But she's also like, she walks outside. It's a beautiful snowy day. And she's like, Daniel's gone. I miss him. I guess I'll come back next year to see if he comes back.