The following is a list of episodes of The Ghost and Molly McGee, listed in the order they originally aired. The series premiered on October 1, 2021. A preview of the series aired on May 1, 2021, during the "Halfway to Halloween" event on Disney Channel. Respectively, episodes 3-5 had early premieres on the streaming service Disney+ on October 6, 2021 prior to their Disney Channel premieres. On August 31, 2021, before the series premiered, it was renewed for a second season.
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"First Day Frights": Molly is nervous about her first day at school which Scratch tries to take advantage of, but she throws caution to the wind. She attempts to make a good first impression, but ends up upsetting influencer Andrea Davenport after mispronouncing her name and becomes a pariah alongside similar student Libby. When Molly refuses to back down, Scratch accidentally causes Andrea to faint. Everyone begins to insult Molly, but in an empathic moment, Scratch possesses Andrea's body and tells everyone that Molly and Libby are cool. Molly accuses Scratch of caring about her, much to his chagrin.
"The (Un)natural": Molly supports her school baseball team the Lemmings who are terrible. She decides to be their primary supporter and joins their team. She turns out to be just as bad and when the opposing team insults her, Scratch uses his powers to make her good. She is at first upset, but Scratch convinces her to go along with it, even though the team still has no spirit. On the last game, Molly decides to not use Scratch and the ball is hit, only for it to fly and be caught by Libby (with her face). Molly succeeds in raising her team's spirits while Scratch scares the opposing team's lead player.
"The Greatest Concert Ever": Molly decides to get country superstar Kenny Star to play at the bandshell and even meticulously charted where his tour bus would be. Word gets out, forcing the McGees to respond. When they learn that it is his stunt double's bus, they head home dejected and force to face the large crowd. Scratch gives into his empathy and finds a random tour bus, possesses the driver and races it back to Brighton. Just as Molly is about to tell everyone the bad news, Scratch arrives with the band who turns out to be Darryl's favorite K-Pop group Atomic Pink. Everyone celebrates nonetheless.
"Hooray for Mollywood!": Disappointed with a horror movie she just saw, Molly decides to make her own with Libby, Darryl and Scratch (posing as her Canadian cousin Carl). Their filming is less than stellar and they run into Andrea who offers to help them make their movie through her own connections. They get a studio to work with, but Andrea continues to make changes that result in all of them getting booted out. Molly decides to allow Scratch to perform a real haunt as revenge and he scares the entire crew; ending production. Darryl filmed the carnage and they edit it together as their horror film.
"The Best of Nin-tensions": Molly invites Grandma Nin over and it quickly becomes apparent that there is tension between her and Sharon. Molly and Scratch try to mend their relationship, but things get worse. They are convinced that Nin is upset because Sharon eloped with Pete and try to have a traditional Thai wedding. This fails too, and Molly finally has them confront their feelings. Nin was upset that Sharon gave up on her dream to be an artist and even brought back her paint brushes to remind her of her passion. Nin and Sharon make up and the former leaves on good terms while Scratch demands more snacks.
"No Good Deed": Darryl gets in trouble at school and asks Molly to teach him how to be good. Despite some trouble, things seem to work out. However, unbeknownst to Molly, Darryl uses her nice lessons as a way to get rid of the teachers by sending them to prison, not understanding that he needs to be nice to them too. Molly, Darryl, and Scratch go to rescue them, but the teachers, who were previously arguing, think they are doing a team-building exercise and manage to escape from prison, blissfully unaware of the trouble they were in. With the teachers on better speaking terms, Darryl does not learn his lesson, much to Molly's chagrin.
"All Systems No": Molly and Scratch challenge each other to only say "yes" and "no" respectively for the whole day, via another curse. Meanwhile, the rest of the McGee family try to remove a bee from the house. Grandma Nin tells them to harm the bee, but that only results in more bees showing up. The bet between Molly and Scratch ends up backfiring on the duo, as Molly ends up being miserable saying yes to everything, while Scratch is forced to give up a major opportunity with the Ghost Council. They swap for the rest of the day and return home where they help get rid of the bees without harming them.
"Talent Show": Libby accidentally signs up to perform in the talent show when she was trying to sign up for the tech crew. Molly pushes her to go forward with a singing act, only to learn that she is terrible at it. Scratch wants her to fail miserably, as talent shows are considered high on misery points, but Molly does everything she can to stop her from performing without explaining why. Eventually, Molly tells Libby the truth, but she decides to go on anyway by turning her singing act into a spoken verse poetry act. It ends up working, much to Scratch's disappointment. Molly agrees to be more honest with Libby, except when it comes to Scratch.
"Friend-Off": Libby is shocked at Scratch's existence and immediately does not like him due to his personality (and vice versa). However, Molly thinks they can be friends and plots a scavenger hunt to get the two to work together. Over time, Scratch and Libby turn the whole thing into a competition to see who Molly's real best friend is. Molly ends up getting in trouble by falling into a compost machine and Scratch and Libby put aside their differences and work together to free her. Ultimately, the two realize that they have a lot in common and proceed to playfully mock some of Molly's own habits, much to her annoyance.
"Saving Christmas": During the Snowflake Celebration, all the Christmas lights in town suddenly burn out, causing celebrations to be cancelled. Molly, and even Andrea, ask Mr. Davenport to help by contributing more decorations, but greedily turns them down. Scratch and the McGees try to pull a Christmas Carol event on him, but he sees through it. With Molly's spirits dashed, Scratch makes a solo effort, and Mr. Davenport discovers that Andrea is sad as she wanted to be the Snow Queen for the celebration. With his change of heart, Mr. Davenport, Scratch, and the McGees repair the town decorations just in time for Christmas.
"Ready, Set, Snow!": Brighton gets a snow day, and Molly calls Libby to ask her and Scratch to play in the snow. Instead, they want to try hygge and keep warm. Angry, Molly tries to get Geoff, Sharon, Pete, and Grandma Nin to go out with her, but they all end up joining Scratch and Libby. Darryl, who was outside, finds it unbearable and also joins the hygge. In a deranged state, Molly heads outside to enjoy the snow by herself. Despite being miserable and cold, she refuses to stop playing. Scratch finally convinces her to join the hygge, only for everyone to become too warm and head outside after all, to Molly's frustration.
"The Don't-Gooder": Molly becomes infuriated by the attention Andrea has been receiving for doing charity work, despite her not actually doing much in comparison to Molly. She attempts to outdo her by selling nougat bars, but Andrea outsells her. With Scratch's help, they discover that Andrea bought all the bars herself and Molly decides to recruit Darryl to help expose her at a school event. She regrets this after realizing that Andrea was seeking the approval of her disinterested parents, and manages to cover for her when she gets exposed. Back at home, Molly embraces her parents while Scratch eats all of Andrea's nougat bars.
"Twin Trouble": Pete dreads the arrival of his twin older siblings Billy and Jilly, who unintentionally torment and bully him. His sadness results in the arrival of Sobgoblins, whom Scratch is afraid of as they feed off of depression. Molly tries to fight them off, but she too succumbs to them as does a powerless Sharon. However, upon seeing Darryl beginning to emulate the twins, Pete finally chastises his siblings who solemnly admit that they think of him as a success compared to them. The Sobgoblins are about to drain them, but the McGees all forgive and forget and hug to finally defeat them.
"A Very Hungry Ghost": Grandma Nin visits to help a competitive Molly and Darryl celebrate Sart Duan Sib while Pete and Sharon go camping. The special day is meant to be a feast for ghosts, exciting Scratch, but he must invite other guests. He intends to only bring Geoff, but after being told by Scratch to "not tell nobody" (a double negative), Geoff ends up inviting even more ghosts. Soon, the Ghost Council arrives as well, forcing Molly to pretend that she is under servitude to Scratch. Thankfully, the Council leaves satisfied after having a nice meal. Scratch fails to get any food, but Nin offers to order him a pizza.
"The Bad Boy Bobby Daniels": Patty reveals that her long lost love Bobby Daniels mysteriously abandoned her when she was younger and Molly and Scratch decide to look for him. They find him at a library where he has become very homely. Despite his failure to return to his bad-boy self, Molly reunites him with Patty. When she reminds him why he left, Bobby claims that she sent him a letter. Suddenly, a masked rider kidnaps him and Molly, Scratch and Patty give chase and learn that Linda, Patty's best friend, split them because she did not want to lose her. With everything resolved, Patty and Bobby resume their relationship.
"The Internship": Molly is assigned to be an intern to Weird Larry at his cluttered pawn shop, which she believes is "where dreams go to die". She tries to get out of it, but when that fails, she tries to make the store cleaner and more efficient, but this saddens Larry who had it organized his way. She finally learns the error of her ways when Larry shows off his mechanical dragon made from discarded junk. Meanwhile, Scratch hires an intern named Reggie, but mistreats him as a servant. When Reggie tells the Council that he actually learned positive things from Scratch, he is promoted to be his boss instead, much to Scratch's chagrin.
"Lock, Stock, and Peril": The McGees are trying to fix a broken fuse after Scratch knocked out the power while using the bathroom. Molly accidentally locks the door to the basem*nt, trapping Sharon, Pete, and Darryl in there. While they panic and cause internal conflict, Molly and Scratch go to get help from Weird Larry, only to get distracted by everything and miss him several times throughout the day. Molly is finally forced to overcome her absent-mindedness and has Scratch possess Weird Larry so that they can drive back to the house and get him to finally unlock the door. Molly apologizes for getting distracted.
"Home is Where the Haunt Is": The McGees are forced to live in their van in the woods. Molly continues to go to school, but tells Libby that everything is fine, though she can clearly see through her lies. Meanwhile, Scratch tries to scare away any potential buyers, until Candace gets the attention of a creepy expectant couple who like Scratch. Scratch begs Candace to not sell, and she allows the McGees to at least say goodbye to the house. Fortunately, Andrea, who saw the McGees' living conditions, convinced Brighton to help them buy their house back. The McGees happily reunite with Scratch and their house.
"All Night Plight": Molly wants to hold a gathering for herself, Libby, and Scratch to watch a rare comet fly over Brighton. Molly has her mother drive out to the country due to the city's light pollution and things get even more complicated as a drowsy Libby behaves like a fantasy hero and Scratch desperately tries to order something to eat as the snacks were left at home. After Libby scares a herd of buffalo towards them, Molly admits to a frustrated Scratch that she wanted one perfect memory for all of them to remember. Scratch becomes a hot air balloon and flies Molly and Libby above the overcast sky so that they can finally see the comet.
"Molly vs. The Ghost World": The McGees and Libby are all concerned for Scratch's well being. However, Molly calls upon Geoff to aid them. Thanks to Geoff's portal, Molly becomes a Wraith, someone who is not dead, but still a ghost. Her mere existence in the Ghost Realm causes joy to be spread whenever she touches anything. She manages to reach Scratch at his trial, but the Council decide to send Molly, Scratch and Geoff to the flow of failed phantoms. However, Molly's joy overpowers the flow and frees everyone while she disintegrates the Chairman with a single touch. Everyone returns home with Scratch embracing his family.
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"Double, Double, Darryl & Trouble": After getting in trouble at school once again, Darryl becomes a wraith so he can have fun while his soulless husk does all his work. After seeing everyone commend Darryl's husk on his good behavior, he becomes jealous and prepares to run away. However, after overhearing Pete and Sharon lament over how Darryl has lost his spark, Darryl chases his body as it hops onto the back of a garbage truck on the way to the junkyard (as he previously called his husk a "piece of garbage"). After he rescues his body right before it gets burned in the incinerator, Darryl reenters his body and returns home. The family becomes gladdened that Darryl is his own self again.
"A Soda to Remember": As Molly and Libby reminisce on past memories, Scratch reveals that he doesn't remember anything from his life before he became a ghost, except for a brand of strawberry soda that was discontinued years ago. Fortunately, Darryl is able to obtain a bottle online, but when he shows it to the others at school, Principal O'Conner confiscates it. The four plan out a heist to steal the soda back, but Scratch attempts to sabotage the mission, afraid of remembering something bad. Molly encourages Scratch and they succeed in stealing the soda. When Scratch drinks the soda, he remembers a time when he was young and a friend of his moved away. Afterwards, he looks off into the distance, distraught and sentimental.
"It's Always Sunny in Sunnyland": When bad weather cancels the McGees' plans for a week's vacation in Sunnyland, Molly decides to bring the vacation to them by creating a makeshift Sunnyland park in their home. She hires Scratch to help out and the family has the time of their lives. However, the family expects the fun to last the whole week, and Molly starts getting tired planning things out. She tries to hire Libby to help, but Libby is more interested in the rides. After an exhausted and frustrated Molly accidentally floods the house, everyone apologizes to her for not being considerate of her feelings and they let her join in the fun.
"Davenport's on Demand": Andrea takes an interest in coding and creates an app that allows people to order anything. The app proves extremely popular, especially with the McGee family, until Molly finds that small businesses are being closed due to the app's success. After failing to compete by starting a delivery service with the other business owners, Molly leads a protest against the Davenports to shut down the app and while Mr. and Mrs. Davenport do not care, Andrea feels bad and shuts down the app while Molly distracts her father. Andrea then promises to use her coding for good from now on. Meanwhile, a CEO of a company decides to expand his business into Brighton, thinking it will be the perfect town for sales, profit, and products.
"The (After)life of the Party": Scratch is invited to Geoff's party, but thinking it might be dull, he decides to go instead to a supposedly more impressive party being held by another ghost named Jeff (spelled differently), much to Molly's exasperation who feels that he should go with whomever invited him first (which was Geoff). At Jeff's party, Scratch sees Geoff there after all and tries to hide from him. Jinx, who is also at the party, exposes Scratch to Geoff as revenge for defeating the Chairman. It turns out that Geoff and Jeff had set up the party together (which Jinx knew all along) and Scratch joins in the fun, though Jeff warns him not to trifle with Geoff's feelings again.
"100% Molly McGee": Molly's Thai cousin, Emmie Suksai, comes to visit, along with her Uncle David and Grandma Nin. While excited at first, Molly soon comes to realize that her mom's side of the family is steeped in Thai culture much more than she herself is and feels inadequate. She decides to undergo a cram session to learn more about the Thai language and culture. While she succeeds to an extent, she is still unable to keep up with her family rapidly speaking Thai during a meal and breaks down, deciding that she's not "Thai enough". However, her family empathizes, admitting times when they also didn't feel Thai enough. Emmie says they love Molly the way she is, which makes her happy and declare that she is "100% Molly McGee".
"Nin-dependence": After Grandma Nin injures herself, the McGees take her in, but prove to be overprotective of her. She sends them out on various errands so that she can sneak out on her own, and when they return and discover that she's not there, they all get worried and search the town for her. Meanwhile, she is found by the other senior citizens of Brighton, and enjoys their company more. When the McGees catch up to her at the senior home, she tells them that she wants to stay there, where she'll receive better care, and they apologize for the way they treated her.
"Dance Dad Revolution": Pete's campaign for a plastic bag ban gets ignored by the mayor, who is too engrossed in watching Internet videos. Molly helps him out by creating a social media profile and encouraging him to dance while delivering his message, and his videos become extremely popular and successful. However, he eventually gets caught up in Internet fame and forgets his original intentions, which concerns Molly. She and the rest of the family hold an intervention, with help from the rest of the people of Brighton, and he sees the error of his ways. Meanwhile, Scratch, inspired by Pete's method of influencing through dance, uses it to get other ghosts to do his Chairman duties for him, particularly cleaning up a dance hall that was ruined by the Frightmares. This works until the ghosts crave other styles of dance and end up ruining the dance hall again.
"Let's Play Turnipball!": Brighton gets ready to face Perfektborg in a game of Turnipball, with Ollie as their new team member, who, despite not knowing how to play the game, keeps making good plays with pure luck. When Ollie suddenly gets a timeout after misinterpreting one of the rules, Brighton begins to fall behind and the team begins to suspect that the Perfektborgians are cheating. While snooping around in their locker room to investigate, Molly realizes that the Perfektborg team members are actually very nice and they agree to purposefully let the Brightonians win out of pity. Meanwhile, Scratch attempts to outdo the Perfektborg team's mascot (a meatball) by acting as the Brighton team's mascot (dressed as a turnip), but realizes how friendly the meatball mascot is. Unfortunately, Ollie inadvertently causes the team to lose by scoring the automatic loss, but Brighton is just glad that their team actually scored some points and they are determined to win next time.
"All in the Mind": Taking place after the events of "A Soda to Remember", Scratch develops bubbles on his body and his doctor tells him that the problem is in his mind. To allow them to enter Scratch's mind and solve the problem, Scratch reluctantly opens a portal into it. Scratch's mind is revealed to be just a colorless version of the McGees' house, with a monkey wearing a suit. After a long search, Scratch and Molly get sucked inside Scratch's dollhouse, which leads them to a cardboard boat in a strawberry soda bottle. Scratch is eventually forced to tell Molly the truth about the memory he had about his old friend (who was named Adia) and Molly reassures Scratch that she will always be there for him.
"Davenport's in Demise": Taking place after the events of "Davenport's on Demand", Mayor Brunson bans shopping giant Bizmart from building a mega-store inside Brighton, only for them to build one just outside Brighton instead. The Davenports face having their store go out of business and hold a liquidation sale. Andrea experiences an identity crisis, as her online identity was primarily supported by the Davenport's business. With Molly's assistance, she makes several attempts to rebrand herself, but nothing works, and she loses followers. Eventually, Andrea breaks down with Molly accidentally streaming it live, which earns multiple supportive comments. They realize that Andrea's online identity should be her true self, and Andrea decides to take a break from social media to find herself.
"Kenny's Falling Star": Molly runs into Kenny Star, who is hiding out in Brighton after being exposed as a sellout. She lets him stay at her house and helps him reconnect to his country roots. Meanwhile, Scratch and Darryl auction off several items Kenny had touched on the Internet. This allows the press to learn Kenny's location, causing him to panic. Molly stages a concert for him at the bandshell, and he sings a genuine country song for the press, moving them and reconciling his reputation.
"Fit to Print": Molly becomes editor-in-chief of the Brighton Middle School Bugle, the school newspaper, which has lost funding. She seeks out advertisem*nts and procures a sponsorship from Flavor Burger, a burger joint trying to market its new burger made from Brighton turnips. She has also enlisted Libby and Scratch to find a good story for the front page, but when they hear that the burgers taste good, they become suspicious because Brighton's turnips are notorious for tasting bad. They stake out Flavor Burger and discover that the burgers are not made from Brighton turnips, but from parsnips imported from Perfektborg. Knowing that this will result in Flavor Burger pulling their sponsorship, Molly publishes the story anyway, choosing integrity over longevity. The citizens of Brighton are outraged, and picket Flavor Burger. Molly is sad that the newspaper will apparently be shut down due to lack of funding, until several other local business owners offer to advertise themselves in the newspaper, saving it.
"Perfect Day": When Molly wakes up for New Year's Day, she thinks that having a perfect day means a perfect year. She starts the day good, but falls in a puddle. She decides to ask Scratch to curse her to restart the day if something goes wrong, and once she has the perfect day, the curse will be broken. She restarts the day, and is happy the curse works. She goes down for breakfast, but Darryl bought a pancake maker that goes crazy and hits everyone in the face. Molly restarts the day again, and does more adventures. This happens over and over again, and during those days, she went ice-skating, watched Time Loop Rodent, went ice-skating again, accidentally set fire to Libby's bookstore, and other crazy events. Eventually, she goes insane, and she becomes one with the very same puddle that she fell in before the curse. However, that day ends up going perfect, causing the curse to be broken, and Scratch vows never to eat pancakes, as he ate a lot of pancakes during the time loop.
Brandon Hoàng,[1][2] Sammie Crowley,[3] and Madison Bateman[4] revealed the titles and plot synopsis to cancelled episodes following the series end. Entire scripts and outlines for eighteen of the episodes were later posted online.[5] Bateman joked that leaking the episodes online were what caused the show to get cancelled, yet leaking the scripts was also considered somewhat relieving.[6] The following are listed in the original intended season numbering and production order.
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"UpROOTing the Chens": Ollie reveals that his family is moving, due to them no longer being ghost hunters. Molly decides to exploit Ruben's root beer business to keep them in Brighton, with Andrea revealing that Davenport's shutting down also means her family is moving. Molly gets the Chens and the Davenports on Wolf's Den (the show's version of Shark Tank) and their business is invested by Dorothea, keeping both the Chens and Davenports in Brighton. Scratch also learns that his name is possibly "Williams", not "William".
"Robe Knows Best": The Ghost World is in sudden disarray with Scratch taking Molly and Ollie to investigate. The Chairman's Robes arrive and starts to nuzzle Ollie like a dog, wanting him to be the new Chairman. The group try to find a better replacement, but no other ghost works out. Ollie eventually organizes everyone to stop a giant pit from sucking the Ghost World away and accepts the Chairman position on a part-time basis. In the subplot, Patty and Grandma Nin take Molly and Ollie's shells around town to show them that they are fun, unaware of the fact that they are emotionless husks.
"She Loves Me, She Loves Me Bot": Molly and Andrea enter a battle robot competition where they run into Alina Webster, Andrea's crush. Andrea reveals that she never actually told Alina that she had a crush on her and Molly pushes her to finally admit her feelings to her. After accidentally ruining Alina's controls, Molly orders Scratch to possess Alina's robot so that they can both get to the top. Molly enters a robot that hugs the competition. After sending the wrong message to Alina, Andrea finally admits that she likes her and two decide to go out. Molly's hug bot ends up becoming violent and unintentionally wins.
"Songkran Surprise": Molly explains Songkran, a Thai new years tradition where people soak each other with water to wash away their sins. Grandma Nin arrives and it is revealed that she is a master at water balloon fights as she never gets wet. While Scratch joins the "winning side" with Nin, Sharon hopes to finally hit her mother with a water balloon as she always fails to get her. After several failed attempts, Sharon finally decides to have Molly, Pete, and Darryl help her and together they finally defeat Nin.
"Dead and Breakfast": The McGees want to go on vacation for Spring Break, but cannot afford anything. Scratch reveals that Geoff and Jeff are opening a bed and breakfast in the ghost world and they need guests to test it out. The McGees travel to the ghost world and take advantage of the luxuries. Geoff and Jeff are happy, but soon Scratch and the McGees continue to take advantage of them and they break down. The McGees and Scratch apologize and agree to give them a good review. Geoff and Jeff are happy, but believe it's best to only have ghost clients and no wraith ones.
"Taking a Band Stand": Molly raises money to finally get a band for the school. The students are introduced to Dr. Melody who insists that everyone play the recorder. Everyone hates the instrument and Molly finally snaps as the students start a revolution. Dr. Melody reveals that she is well aware that the instrument is terrible, but it is easy to learn and wants the students to get used to it before they move on to more complicated instruments. Molly and the students finally agree to play the recorder. In the subplot, Ollie is called to the ghost world and starts to perform his basic duties, but becomes engrossed in other problems. Scratch manages to snap him out of his "engoodifying" trance and sends him back home.
"Teaching Mr. Pham": Molly discovers that Mr. Pham was a superstar poetry teacher, but lost his enthusiasm due to cutbacks. She goes about trying to renew his interest in teaching, but fails. Meanwhile, Scratch becomes entranced with faculty life and starts to pretend that he too is a teacher, despite no one being able to see him. With his newfound enthusiasm, Scratch tells Molly that she needs to teach Mr. Pham only if he wants to learn. Molly manages to get Mr. Pham to become interested when she shows off her bad poetry, though she didn't realize it was bad. Mr. Pham resumes being a passionate teacher as the poetry class is brought back.
"Painter's Palate": Sharon feels that she has not accomplished her goal of being an artist and wants a steadier job. Grandma Nin arrives and reveals that she bought Sam's Diner, giving them a steady job. Sharon is upset, but goes for it anyway. It is revealed that she despises the strictness of the kitchen because she feels that it stifles her artistic talents. Eventually, Nin tells her to see the artistic expression in cooking and Sharon realizes that there is art in cooking. She creates a brand new dish that impresses Nin. Sharon has finally found her calling. Originally titled "The Oy of Cooking".
"Forever Home": Molly learns that Patty has passed away, but she takes the news well as this means that she can visit her as a ghost. She gets ready to make a Sal Phra Phum for her while Scratch goes to the ghost world and enlists Ollie to help look for her. After checking the directory, Ollie comes to the devastating realization that Patty is not a ghost. Due to the fact that she had completed all her "regerts", she had no need to stay in the ghost world and passed on. Molly is heartbroken by the news, but Scratch and Ollie assure her that Patty will always be with her. Having finally accepted this, Molly starts healing.
