Paramount+’s School Spirits season three, episode six begins with Xavier (Spencer MacPherson) breaking the news to Kyle (Ari Dalbert) that there’s someone walking around in his body. Someone’s been living the life he should have had this whole time. Obviously, Kyle can’t believe his body’s alive, and Xavier promises he and Maddy are going to track down dairy mogul K.C. Jensen, who’s in Kyle’s body.
(The following is a recap of season three, episode six and there are spoilers.)
Maddy’s dad, Dave (Danny Mac), suggests that he and Kyle talk to Nurse Calvert, since she’s been around longer than the rest of them.
Maddie (Peyton List) is downing coffee at an alarming rate, just to keep her mind off the ghosts being trapped for eternity. Xavier adds to her problems by announcing they need to track down Kyle’s body snatcher.
Nicole (Kiara Pichardo) and Claire (Rainbow Wedell) spent the entire night researching and learned Van Heidt was a seriously corrupt financial player in town. They also found articles published after he died that Maddie thinks will be helpful.
Simon (Kristian Ventura) and the ghosts update Maddie on Van Heidt, with Simon explaining that he “saw” Van Heidt lock the children in the church. Rhonda (Sarah Yarkin) is sure they’ll end up trapped with Van Heidt, but the rest of the ghosts are still holding out hope Maddie will figure out how to stop them from being stuck forever.
Maddie delivers a bombshell: Kyle’s bodysnatcher is a town councilman who makes decisions on building new schools. She thinks she can reason with him, but Charley (Nick Pugliese) doesn’t know why a random hospital ghost who’s in Kyle’s body would help them out. Maddie says, “We have to throw everything at the wall…and this is the wall.”
Maddie warns Simon to be careful and thinks it’s strange that he doesn’t remember being hit by Quinn. Mr. Martin (Josh Zuckerman) shows them the ring Simon found in the scar, and it’s engraved with AVH. Simon wants to go back, and Mr. Martin reminds them he’s the only one Van Heidt wants to communicate with. Maddie agrees, but only if Simon rests first.
Maddie has a private conversation with Wally (Milo Manheim) and admits she’s been having disturbing dreams. She can’t remember pockets of time, and Wally thinks it might be her body’s response to trauma. Wally assures her no one expects her to figure this out by herself. Since they aren’t responsible for everything that’s happened to them or will happen, they should just spend the time with the people they care about.
They leave all their worries behind for a while and enjoy each other’s company, with both desperately wishing they could actually touch each other. It’s a sweet, sensual moment with just the two of them—and a much-needed break from the chaos.
Quinn (Ci Hang Ma), Rhonda, Charley, and Yuri (Miles Elliot) hang out in the library, and Quinn describes Kyle as a good guy who stood up to bullies for her. Rhonda fixates on being stuck there for eternity, and Mr. Martin joins them and insists they won’t give up. Instead, they need to think this through. He points out everything they’ve learned and accomplished in just the last month. Mr. Martin knows he won’t get his door, but the rest of them still have a chance.
Mr. Martin thanks them for allowing him to really get to know them as people. He points out how each has recently grown and how far they’ve come, and Charley agrees that it’s possible they get their doors before they’re trapped.
Charley heads out to see if he can learn how much time they have left, and Yuri follows him. Rhonda decides to go with Simon to the church. Mr. Martin joins them, but Quinn thinks she had better hang out in the library after hurting Simon the last time she went into the hole.
Charley goes through the school’s office and tries to find the demolition date. He’s panicking, worried that Yuri might get his door and leave him there. Charley’s losing it and Yuri admits that it’s hard for him to deal with Charley when he’s like this. Yuri confesses he doesn’t know what to say to make Charley feel better. They hug and kiss, and Yuri tells Charley there’s no one else he’d want to be trapped with.
The threesome in the church look around for potential clues, and Rhonda finds a door she can’t open. Simon discovers sheet music just as Rhonda and Mr. Martin are pulled into the water by the creepy hands. The librarian hears Rhonda and Mr. Martin fall into the library. She sees soggy books and a wet floor but not the ghosts responsible.
Back in the church, Simon confronts Van Heidt. Van Heidt cuts his own palm and holds it up to Simon, who’s shocked. “You bleed. You’re alive,” says Simon.
Rhonda and Mr. Martin are feeling pain from their collision, and Rhonda believes there’s something wrong with that scar. She thinks it takes something from them, and it’s definitely causing Simon to act strange.
Wally walks up, worried, and Mr. Martin can’t understand why the hands threw them into the library. Why here, and why was he thrown into the bus stop last time? Wally wants to check on Simon, but Mr. Martin won’t let him go alone. It’s too dangerous.
Xavier and Maddie attend a city council meeting, and Superintendent Deborah Hunter-Price (Jennifer Tilly) addresses the council, requesting that they move up the demolition date. Principal Hartman (Alex Zahara) argues that disrupting the school in the middle of a semester can be harmful for the kids. The council chairperson agrees with Deborah that the school’s in bad shape but points out it will be incredibly costly.
Deborah insists that council member Jensen could foot the bill. Just then, Jensen arrives and it’s obvious everyone in attendance likes him. Maddie and Xavier introduce themselves and insist they don’t want the demolition to go on because it’s their home.
Jensen suggests they make an appointment with his secretary to discuss the matter. Maddie says it’s too urgent, and Mr. Jensen agrees to meet them at school that evening.
Back in the church, Van Heidt does another mind meld and Simon sees what happened in the moments leading up to the flooding of the church. Wally and Mr. Martin rip him away from Van Heidt, but Simon insists he needs to finish watching what Van Heidt is showing him.
Over at the hospital, Dave and Kyle learn from Nurse Calvert that there are hidden rooms in the hospital (scars) where you can see your memories. Calver’s is an old elevator and around the time Kyle came into the hospital, she passed by her scar. Someone opened its door, and she believes that someone from beyond their world got in. It felt like something dark. Now she realizes that whoever opened the door left Kyle in the hospital and took his body.
Dave wonders if that means someone got her key, and Nurse Calvert says she’ll show them how the doors can be opened another way later that night.
The ghosts and Maddie are gathered around when Simon finally comes to. He reveals that White Eyes isn’t Van Heidt; he’s the church’s pastor. White Eyes was trying to protect the kids, not kill them. Simon also reveals that White Eyes is alive and that it was his blood used on the drawings. The pastor could see the children after they died, just like how he could see Maddie. Which means there’s something down there that will help them understand how the veil is lifted.
Maddie thinks that the ghosts should let her and Xavier have their meeting with Mr. Jensen first. Xavier’s with Maddie and points out Mr. Jensen is a no-show so far, so Maddie wants to go to Mr. Jensen’s instead. Wally insists that it’s too dangerous to do this at night alone.
Simon interrupts and orders Maddie to go to the boiler room. Mr. Martin hangs back with Wally and asks if he’s planning on telling the other ghosts about his door. Wally confesses that he doesn’t know how he can do it.
Maddie and Simon argue over her decision to go to Mr. Jensen’s place. Simon’s certain the pastor’s trying to tell him something that will help him get out. They’re scared for each other and wish they were in the same realm to do this together. Neither agrees to give up on their plans, and Maddie hopes someday this will all be a hilarious story.
Nicole and Claire want to join Xavier and Maddie to speak with Mr. Jensen, but Maddie doesn’t want to put them all at risk. She thinks she’s convinced them to let her and Xavier handle it, but of course they follow her.
Chain-smoking Nurse Calvert walks Dave and Kyle through the hospital, just as the ghosts and Simon return to the church. Simon asks Quinn to play the piano and then asks White Eyes to tell him his story. Just then Mr. Martin realizes the drawings are White Eyes’ story; it seems that he’s trying to remember his life. Simon reads Finnish on the wall perfectly and it says, “Do you know who I am?” Simon says he knows he’s the pastor and that together they’ll remember what happened—and then White Eyes can tell him why he’s there.
Maddie admits to having a bad feeling when they pull up outside Mr. Jensen’s house. They ring the bell and are freaked out when Mr. Jensen’s suddenly outside behind them in the dark. He invites them in and Xavier notices he has a lot of antiques, including a lot of guns. Mr. Jensen fixes them tea and puts on an old-timey record. He cuts to the chase and wonders why they’re really there. Mr. Jensen opens his checkbook to write a donation check to their “club,” but Maddie explains they want info on who he really is.
She asks about ghosts and Mr. Jensen thinks this is weird and they need to leave. As he’s putting down his checkbook, Maddie notices he’s wearing the ring from the church. Mr. Jensen admits it’s a family heirloom. Maddie calls him Mr. Van Heidt and he responds, “It’s been a long time since someone’s called me that.”
Maddie promises they won’t tell anyone if he helps them. He admits that when you’re around a long time, you can “outlast every single consequence.” Mr. Jensen fetches their tea as Xavier points out a photo of Kyle to Maddie.
Nicole and Claire pull up outside but stay in the car.
Deborah and her daughter, Livia (Erika Swayze), also show up at Mr. Jensen’s to pick up the donation check. Nicole and Claire watch as Deborah rings the doorbell. Mr. Jensen gets up to answer it and a few seconds later, Maddie realizes she doesn’t hear any voices. Maddie realizes Mr. Jensen’s making a run for it and Xavier notices a gun is missing. He chases after her, screaming that Jensen has a gun.
Maddie runs through a corn maze, hot on Mr. Jensen’s heels. Xavier continues to chase her, telling her to stop. Nicole and Claire also join the chase.
White Eyes shows Simon the children in the church on their final day. Van Heidt visited them after they died, according to the drawings on the wall and White Eyes’ memories. There was a lightning storm and Van Heidt got out while White Eyes got stuck in this realm. Since then, he’s been stuck there. Simon knows White Eyes is the children’s protector and lost his memories from his own grief. White Eyes wails, and suddenly water floods the church. Mr. Martin sees his childhood friend who disappeared and was presumed dead among the children in the church.
Simon’s swept away as lightning begins striking in the area. They’re all pulled under the water and back into the library, except for Simon.
Maddie and her friends continue to chase Van Heidt in the field until Maddie suddenly has a vision of being in the boiler room while her body remains on autopilot running through the field. She sees Van Heidt standing in a doorway leading out of the school. He calls her a lucky young lady and then fires a shot.
Xavier, Nicole, and Claire find Maddie with Van Heidt. There’s blood and a gun, and Maddie says, “He’s gone.”
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