Feb. 9, 2025

Ghostly High School Adventures: Insights into 'School Spirits' Season 2

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be stuck in high school for an eternity? Or how a teen ghost might solve the mystery of her own disappearance? The central narrative of "School Spirits" revolves around the poignant predicament of Maddie Nears, a 16-year-old girl who, upon her untimely demise, finds herself ensnared within the confines of Split River High School, an ethereal purgatory inhabited by fellow spirits.

As she grapples with the surreal reality of her afterlife, Maddie possesses the unique ability to communicate with the living, utilizing this extraordinary gift to unravel the enigma surrounding her own mysterious murder. The series, now captivating audiences in its second season on Paramount+, adeptly intertwines themes of mystery, camaraderie, and the haunting reflections of adolescence as it explores the lives of various souls trapped within the school's walls.

Throughout our discussion, we shall delve into the intricate tapestry of this compelling narrative, whilst also highlighting the remarkable ensemble cast, including Peyton List and Milo Manheim, whose performances breathe life into this enthralling tale. Join us as we navigate the spectral corridors of "School Spirits," where the echoes of the past resonate profoundly in the present.

Takeaways:

  • In the enthralling second season of 'School Spirits', we witness the haunting tale of Maddie Nears, a recently deceased teenager who becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding her own untimely demise.
  • The show's unique premise intertwines the supernatural with the reality of teenage life, as Maddie navigates the complexities of her afterlife amidst other spirits trapped in Split River High.
  • The series showcases a talented ensemble cast, including Peyton List and Milo Manheim, who bring depth and nuance to their characters, enriching the narrative experience.
  • As the plot unfolds, viewers are invited to explore themes of legacy, memory, and the unresolved mysteries that bind the living and the dead, prompting profound reflections on existence.

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Chapters

00:00 - None

00:06 - Exploring the Haunting Mysteries of School Spirits

03:15 - Exploring 'School Spirits': A New Chapter Begins

08:07 - Exploring the Characters of 'School Spirits'

17:46 - Exploring Afterlife Themes in Television

20:52 - Exploring the Mysteries of Death and Time

26:43 - Exploring Relationships: The Depths of Connection

32:46 - Exploring the Intrigue of School Spirits

Transcript
Michael Herst

Hey, one more thing before you go. Have you ever wondered what it's like to be stuck in high school for eternity? Or how a teen ghost might solve the mystery of her own disappearance?

To find out, you have to join us as we unearth the secrets of a captivating series created by Megan and Nate Trinrud that explores the mysteries in the haunting world of school Spirits, now in its thrilling second season on Paramount Plus. I'm your host, Michael Hurst. I'm here with my lovely wife and co host Diane.


Diane Herst

Hello.


Michael Herst

Welcome to one more thing before you go over the decup Sunday with Michael and Diane. Hello, Diane.


Diane Herst

Hello, Michael.


Michael Herst

I know we're talking about school spirits and why did I do the, the, the. What the heck was the name of the show with Audrey Hepburn or she teaching her how to, how to speak good English? Oh, it's world famous.

It's world famous.


Diane Herst

Caitlyn, Caitlin would hate us right now because it's one of her favorite movies. Yeah, yeah, it'll come to me.


Michael Herst

Okay, governor, we'll figure it out later. Oh, God, I'm supposed to speak that way. Well, okay. It's. I'm excited to be here. I know you're excited to be here. It's a great day.

So for everybody that is listening and watching, thank you very much for listening and watching because we know it's the Super Bowl.


Diane Herst

Yeah, Super Bowl Sunday.


Michael Herst

Yeah, Super Bowl Sunday. We excited you have your. Is it you say 1978 Super Bowl?


Diane Herst

No, 1998.


Michael Herst

1998. 78.


Diane Herst

Yes, 1998.


Michael Herst

Boy, did I regress way back.


Diane Herst

Yeah, well, I think they were. I think Denver was in the Super Bowl. I started watching Denver in 77. I want to say that's when they were in the Super Bowl. I could be wrong.

Anyway, they won in 98 and there was another year they won, I think.


Michael Herst

Yes. Like, and then they didn't get the three Pete because they kind of lost. But then I think Peyton Manning took them back.

You know, so they've been there three times. They sent me there three times in a row.


Diane Herst

In a row. Right. Which the Chiefs are trying for. We'll see. Sarah, I'm not really rude. I don't really. We don't have a dog in the fight, so whatever. But.


Michael Herst

But we do have a dog in the house.


Diane Herst

Yeah, we do, Charlie. And we're going to watch the Puppy Bowl.


Michael Herst

And we're going to watch Puppy Bowl. Exactly. So a little something for everybody. But that's not what we're here for today. We're here for an Absolutely. Favorite show.

And Nicole's going to be mad because we didn't invite her into this conversation, but I'm sorry. Oh, shoot.


Diane Herst

She's. Yeah, she's really going to be mad at us.


Michael Herst

She's going to be mad, but I can't.


Diane Herst

She loves the show.


Michael Herst

Yeah, she really does. So we'll give it. See, there's an endorsement. There's three endorsements before we get started.


Diane Herst

Yeah.


Michael Herst

Yeah. Well, I'll tell you, IMDb has it right when they said in school spirits High school isn't just a phase, it's an eternity.

Which back in high school kind of felt that way, I think just a little bit. Yes, it did.


Diane Herst

Yes.


Michael Herst

At times. At times. For Mattie Neares, a 16 year old girl who finds herself newly deceased. Split River High becomes an afterlife limbo.

Trapped within the school walls, Maddie discovers she's joined by others who have died there over the past 100 years. Unlike her spectral companions, Maddie can still communicate with the living. It's an ability she uses to investigate her own mysterious murder.

Or is it murder?


Diane Herst

Or is it dun dun dun.


Michael Herst

Sounds exciting, doesn't it?


Diane Herst

It's very exciting.


Michael Herst

It, it is, it is. Yes. I, I think that is something that when we first started watching it, we, we are familiar with one of the stars.

Everybody, anybody that's watched Cobra Kai is familiar with Peyton List and you know, she's done a few things after that which I think are pretty cool, including one where she is a ghost. It ends up going back and we won't give the plot away of that one. But she's going to another show. But it's a cute show. It's a cute movie.

But she's an incredible talent. She really is.


Diane Herst

She is.


Michael Herst

She kind of shows off her, her talents.

Here is an amazing storyline, an incredible talented cast including Peyton List, as we just said, as Matty Nears, Kristen Ventura as Simon Elroy, Spencer McPherson as Xavier Baxter, Chiaro Pichardo as Nicole Herrera. Mil Manheim, who we all know from Dancing with the Stars and he is the son of Cameron Manheim. Cameron Manheim, Yes.


Diane Herst

But he was also. He's a huge Disney star.


Michael Herst

Yeah, exactly. He was a huge Disney star.


Diane Herst

Huge Disney star. Yes. He's awesome. He's also, he's also somebody that is going to be around for a very, very long time.


Michael Herst

A long time. He's good. He plays Wally Clark, football player. Sarah Yarkin is Rhonda Nick.

Brad Pugliesi as Charlie Rainbow Woodell as Claire Zollmer and Zosh Zuckerman. As Mr. Martin, you know, as I said earlier, it was created by Megan Tinrud and Nate Trinrud.

They actually created from a graphic novel series and then adapted it to the TV series, which, you know, I'm happy for.


Diane Herst

Yeah, I. It doesn't get enough. I don't even know if anybody's really heard of it. Like it.

You don't really see anything about it because really it doesn't get enough credit. It doesn't get enough advertising. I mean people need to know about the show. It is fantastic.


Michael Herst

Well, we started watching it because obviously we love the paranormal anyway. We love anything supernatural. Paranormal. And when, you know, we serve first saw the, the trailer for it, it's like, yeah, we gotta watch this.


Diane Herst

I think I would highly recommend if somebody starts watching the show that you binge watch, is a very benchable show. And the thing is, is that they have week, they come out every week. So I don't know. I almost wish we had saved up this season.

I wish we'd saved up and not started watching it yet so that we could just binge it in a weekend. Because it's so bingeable. Because it's so hard to wait a week now.


Michael Herst

It is. They. They tease us like that. And it. And I hate when they do that because even when you binge watch it, it's great to binge.


Diane Herst

It's great to binge.


Michael Herst

We've talked about this before.

It's a double edged sword because you can binge everything right off the bat and you have one long continuous movie but at the same time you're up till four or five in the morning because you can't get to sleep because you just binge watched a whole damn series.


Diane Herst

Yeah. Or you just can't go to bed because you've got to see what happens next.


Michael Herst

I got to see what happens.

Even though we can stop it and come back and finish watching it in our minds and our hearts and our souls connected to it, we got to say no, no, no, no, no, no. We have to know what's going to happen next.


Diane Herst

And since we could be grownups and go to bed like normal grownups to do that.


Michael Herst

Who wants to do that? You know, it. It's pretty cool. It was introduced in 2023. 2024. 2024. Yeah.


Diane Herst

Anyway, I was thinking 23, but I.


Michael Herst

Don'T know, I thought it was 23 also because there was a huge delay in it coming out again.


Diane Herst

It was a huge delay between season one and season two.


Michael Herst

Yeah. But I mean you can catch up on it now. So yeah, we'll tell you about at the end of the show where you can, where you can find it and everything.

But, but Maddie, you know, she's, she is a teen stuck in the afterlife. As we said earlier.

She's investigating her own disappearance and she goes on a crime solving mission with the rest of the ghosts that she can see in the high school. And as I said earlier, the hundred year gap, we see different ghosts from different eras and periods.

There are some that hang around and there are some that get to move on kind of thing. We won't say who and when and where, but, you know, so that you get a diverse look.

You can't go a hundred years in existence without having some kind of go.


Diane Herst

Somewhere, I would think. I mean, you know, I mean, we probably have them here. I'm sure we do. I know we do.


Michael Herst

That's true.


Diane Herst

Yeah.


Michael Herst

But you know, she tries to adjust to high school purgatory and you know, she's really good about playing a high school student. She does it in Cobra Kai. We watched her in was six, seven seasons or six seasons in Cobra Kai. And she's brilliant. Her character is very diverse.

You know, she really brings it when she embodies a character. She brings it and she does it in this as well.


Diane Herst

Yeah, she's, she's really a talent and I think she's gonna be around for a long time. And I think I saw, I'm not, I'm not sure, but I thought I saw her listed as a, as a producer on this now on School Spirits.


Michael Herst

Well, I'm sure, I'm sure because of her clout.

The more she does and the more she's doing that her agents have probably parlayed it into, you know, she is the show in the season that's good for her. Think about the, the, the cliffhanger on season one. It absolutely left us hanging on the edge of a cliff. It was the epitome of a cliffhanger.


Diane Herst

A cliffhanger. Yes. And it was so, so long to season two that was killing me.


Michael Herst

You know, it is a well put together cast. Everybody works really well together.

You could believe, you know, even the cross reference between all the eras that are represented, you can believe that they absolutely have become friends back here and they all band together to help solve the mystery. Because there are some things that we won't give away.

If you have started binge watching this because you have to, you have to have a Paramount plus subscription in order to, to watch it. You can't see me Pointing this in Italian is Paramount plus subscription.


Diane Herst

Paramount plus subscription. Okay, so we're clear.


Michael Herst

Yeah, you have to have one in order to see it, but it's well worth it. I mean, Paramount plus got so much more to offer. It really does.

But in reality this is like one of the top notch things that really are up there where we connect with.

Even though this is about high school students, we have adapt, you know, kind of really embodied it and really kind of enjoy watching it and love it, you know, getting into the whole. Probably because it's a mystery. It's not just a thing about a bunch of high school. It's got adults as well. It's not just high school.


Diane Herst

I was going to say. Yeah, it's not just teens.


Michael Herst

It's a cross section of a series of adults over the time period as well. And you know, there are adults that pop up from the other areas, eras as well. So, you know, what you see is you see a family. This is a family show.


Diane Herst

Yeah, definitely. Kids can watch it for sure.


Michael Herst

Now I'm not sure that I've seen some of the other people within here.

I'm sure that they're probably well known with either across the Disney channels or across any of the other nickelodeons or any of those particular shows. And because they, you can see their experienced actors. Christian Ventura, he, he absolutely. You can tell he's. He's not a newcomer.

His experience plays out really, really well. He plays Simon, Maddie's best friend in high school. Everybody. Spencer, excuse me, Spencer McPherson plays Xavier Bhasker, plays Nicole Herrera.

And then of course we talk about Milo Mannheim, who you mentioned that he was a Disney kid anyway, and we loved him when he got on Dancing with the Stars. I think it's one of the last seasons of Dancing with the Stars we watched actually.


Diane Herst

Yeah, we haven't watched it since then. I don't think he was so good. He's so cute.


Michael Herst

He did really, really well. And he's good at this in here too. He plays a football player from the 80s and he embodies the football player from the 80s.

And they've got a woman there from the 50s and a teacher there from the 50s, I believe. The 50s, or was she from the 60s? One of them's from the 50s. And then I think the girls in.


Diane Herst

The 60s, she might have been from the 60s, she might be from the 60s. I can't keep them all straight, but yeah, yeah.


Michael Herst

And then you know, you have another guy that they're from the the 50s, 60s, 70s, the 80s, 90s, the 90s? Yeah. See, there's a nice cross reference. And they play their characters really, really well.


Diane Herst

Yeah, they're. They're really great. They. The things that they talk about, they went through when they were alive and, and how they deal with it in their death.

And it's just a really. It's a really interesting idea.


Michael Herst

You know, I think that we've all. We all. At least I know that you and I, and I think the majority of individuals, especially having conversations on one more thing before you go.

We all really want to know what's on the other side, what's waiting for us on the other side, and whether or not we exist on the other side, whether or not people remember us, whether or not we've left a legacy or our name embodied in some form or another. It just kind of gives us a hint that if this is kind of a little bit what's left on the other side or if this is all at all possible.

Every time that we're in the, like, even the room that you're in right now, sometimes the light will turn on all by itself.


Diane Herst

It does.


Michael Herst

Sometimes it turns off by itself. Yep.


Diane Herst

Yep. And dad. Dad passed away in this house, so I just figure it's dad.


Michael Herst

Exactly. There's little bumps, little. Little noises, little bumps, little things that kind of pop up.


Diane Herst

And Charlie, Charlie will just all of a sudden just stop and just stare at something. Like just. He is so focused, you can't even get him. You can't even get his attention. So I know he's seeing something.


Michael Herst

And see the Internet, that's what gets me here too, because a lot of these kids that are in the high school are carrying on doing some of the things that they were doing before. Nobody sees them or nobody hears them, but they can pick things up, they can move things around, that kind of stuff.


Diane Herst

Right.


Michael Herst

Seems to me that's one little thing that. A little flaw within the whole system.


Diane Herst

That nobody sees the objects. Nobody sees the objects. Solid objects. Right, Exactly.


Michael Herst

They're picking them up, they're moving them around, but we don't see them from, from the other students perspective, like going, wow, did you see that?


Diane Herst

Yeah. Like when they. Even when they open and close a door and there's other people right there and they don't like nothing.


Michael Herst

Pick up a piece of paper or. It's weird.


Diane Herst

Yeah, yeah, right. The paper.


Michael Herst

Like there's a. Two dimensions.


Diane Herst

Yeah. Which maybe that's what they're trying to say, that they're two totally different dimensions that are intertwined with each other.

But they don't exist within each other.


Michael Herst

And Manny's best friend, Simon. I'm going to give this part away. There's the thing I'm going to give away.


Diane Herst

Well, it's a major part of is.


Michael Herst

But I think by now, hopefully everybody has seen it. But if you haven't, Simon is a Native American kid and he obviously has. His beliefs are that they do exist.

Well, he can see Maddie, but he can't see the other ghost.


Diane Herst

Right. But he can see the other and he can communicate with her as if she's right there. Just.


Michael Herst

Yes.


Diane Herst

I mean, like there's nothing between them.


Michael Herst

And they think that that possibility exists, that the reason that can happen is because they had such a close relationship and that he's also open to the fact that he was devastated. The possibility that, that. And you see it in the first step. You see it the first couple episodes.

She appears to be murdered or you don't know what happens to her. She appears to be murdered.


Diane Herst

So that's what they think.


Michael Herst

Yeah.

So the, the cops are trying to figure out where she went, where she disappeared to, why there, why there was blood in certain, you know, down in the border room and in this kind of a thing. And, you know, nobody can seem to solve this mystery.

But there, there's one that starts evolving and I like the way that they, you know, they kind of. The afterlife. Has a counseling session.


Diane Herst

Yeah, I guess, if you can call it that. Yeah, I guess it kind of. It was a counseling session. Yeah.

For the kids about how to, for the kids to deal with their death and, and yeah, that's all I'm going to say about it.


Michael Herst

Well, you know, and I think that, you know, the plot in itself, what an amazing opportunity to really delve this out.

I'm really happy that Paramount plus picked up and is doing it because what it, what it does is then you and I, I mean, look, cop, you work for the legal system as well. And, you know, we've been together for more than 35 years and some of the best things.

And we've talked about it on this show and some of the other shows. We really enjoy sitting down, watching the rookie, watching ncis, watching, you know, different shows.

Hawaii Five zero, when it was on, you know, the NCIS Los Angeles or New Orleans or Hawaii. It's got a mystery, right?


Diane Herst

Yep.


Michael Herst

We like solving it. We like going along with it and saying, hey, we figured that out. We have a contest. Who gets to figure it out first.


Diane Herst

Yeah. And I've been getting really good. I've Been figuring out things before you, which is unusual, but this I can't figure out for the life of me.


Michael Herst

Well, we. Well, we didn't at the end of season one, but now things are starting to fall into place a little bit.

Season two, they're starting to fall into place.


Diane Herst

There's some things that are revealed, but then there's. Then there's that other mystery that. That pops up, the objects.


Michael Herst

And to be honest, you know, we will give this way, too, a little bit. But they're stuck there because that's where they died.


Diane Herst

Right.


Michael Herst

So the. The students that are stuck there are stuck there because they had died, so.


Diane Herst

Died somewhere on the school, on campus.


Michael Herst

So they've got a limit as to how far that they can go. They have a limit that they can only go to a certain extent, you know, certain area, and. And they can only be in certain areas.

So that's because that's where they died, and that's where their stall is attached to. So this, the story and the plot evolves, at least in season one, that really everybody's got a mystery because they died there.

But a lot of them are still trying to answer the question why? They know how. They just don't.


Diane Herst

A lot of them know how. Right, right.


Michael Herst

They just don't know why.

And then season two, now that we're getting into it, they start opening doors and start opening things where they're starting to understand and facing the reality of why they died at school, why they died in a particular thing. And I think that's what really, to me, is really intriguing.

And I think that the way that they developed it from season one to season two, that in season one, you find out by the end of season one that not only does Mattie have a mystery, but everybody's got a mystery. And then you kind of go, well, everybody's got a mystery to solve.

They're going, okay, well, I just kind of put up with the fact that I'm stuck here, but, you know, why am I stuck here? Then they kind of, you know, why are we having all these counseling sessions all the time? And, you know, why am I still stuck here?

Which I think is pretty cool. So evolving into season two, we're starting to get some of those things answered, I think.

And, you know, it is exciting other than the fact that, you know, we should have waited till they were all out and binge watched.


Diane Herst

Yeah. Because it's hard. It's hard to wait a week.

And then they also introduced the other, the spirit, another kid who died at the school that wasn't in season one, but he'd apparently been there the whole time. But they start talking to him, too. He's. I like him. I like him a lot. He's very. He's very cool and just, you know, whatever.

He's the one from the way it is. Yes.


Michael Herst

He's the one from the 70s.


Diane Herst

70S.


Michael Herst

Yeah. And he's not required, but. And that, you know, also pins to a few things, which you'll see, but you're in there and you kind of go, wait a minute.

Well, how come nobody sees this happening?


Diane Herst

Yeah, that's the. That for sure. The stuff around him just doesn't make any sense that somebody doesn't see it or at least sense stuff's happening in that room.


Michael Herst

So. And as I said earlier when you mentioned he's in the season, but he wasn't in the first season.

You know, the absolute brilliance of the cliffhanger in season one will bring you to season two. I mean, the anticipation of how long it took to bring back season two, you're kind of going, yes. Are we ever going to get that?

Are we ever going to understand that? What the hell just happened?


Diane Herst

Well, we were so afraid that maybe they weren't going to bring it back. Like it was going to be canceled on that cliffhanger because. Oh, God, I hate when they do that.


Michael Herst

So many shows they've done that to, too.


Diane Herst

Yeah. They give you this intense cliffhanger and then there's no more show, no resolution.


Michael Herst

We're canceled.


Diane Herst

You're going, oh, do you not understand? This is going to haunt me the rest of my life.


Michael Herst

Oh, my God, just damn crazy. Do you think there's a cultural impact? Like, how does it resonate with current issues and trends or.

I like how they've integrated students from different eras because you get to see that. A commonality. We won't talk about it. We hope that you as the audience will be able to see it.

But what you see is a commonality between us as human beings. What a teenager goes through.


Diane Herst

Yeah.


Michael Herst

The anger, anxiety, the stress, the live up to expectations. You get to see that through the eras, through the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, the 90s.

I don't understand why there isn't anybody past the 90s, though.


Diane Herst

Well, Maddie. Maddie would be the only one.


Michael Herst

Well, Maddie. Yeah, but I mean, you know, there's nothing in the true file.


Diane Herst

And you said. You said it spans 100 years, and that's what it says on IMDb, I guess. But yes, we said on IMDb, I don't think anybody.

I don't remember anybody being before the 50s.


Michael Herst

There were a few other ghosts that pop up.


Diane Herst

Because that one that.


Michael Herst

Like the marching band and then there was.


Diane Herst

Okay, maybe the marching band.


Michael Herst

Yeah, there was a couple other ones that had shown up that may have been from an earlier era.


Diane Herst

Okay. They're just not in it enough, I guess, for me to really remember one thing that I think that they could do a little. I mean, that would be more.

I think it would be kind of a funny thing, and they've done it a few times, but I think that there were. There'd be so many more opportunities to do. This is the spirits from way back, you know, and the, The. The more recent deaths.

And they talk about things like the guy from the 80s would talk about things in the 80s, and the people in the 50s wouldn't know what the hell he's talking about.

And I know they've done it a few times, but I kind of wish they do a little more because I think there's so much opportunity there to make jokes about that kind of thing or have. Have the, the people from the 50s just be like, flabbergasted about what comes out, what, what we all have in life, you know, like cell phones.


Michael Herst

It was the kids walking around in cell phones today. So I mean, the 50s, we'd be going, holy crap.


Diane Herst

Right?


Michael Herst

Well, and we'd be doing that. So, I mean, the 70s would be doing that other than Star Trek was introduced within, you know, the late 70s. But that's the thing.


Diane Herst

They. They are seeing this because they see all the kids. They see the, the kids in present day, in the schools.

They see them with their phones, but they never really talk about it. They don't say, well, what is this about? What is that? Like, how did this happen? They don't, they don't reference any of the stuff.


Michael Herst

Or the computers.


Diane Herst

Or the computers. Right.


Michael Herst

Or the LEDs.


Diane Herst

They could do a little better of referencing what they're seeing. Like, this is incredible, you know.


Michael Herst

Yeah, it's got some great reviews with regard to some of the people, what they're saying. And, you know, they're getting, you know, nine out of tens, ten out of tens, eight out of tens. And there's like 116 reviews on there.

And then it's still, still got like a 9 on IMDb, which, you know, it. It's. We've talked about this before.

I, I don't put too much credence in a lot of actual reviews, enough where somebody trying to sound like the neighborhood critic. But in this particular case, you have a multitude of people going, yeah, I love this. It was binge worthy. And, you know, the.

The cast is great and everything they said is fantastic because they all get along so well and they all have a vested interest in solving Maddie' as well as the rest of the mysteries, which I think is kind of pretty cool.


Diane Herst

I think that there's a lot of. So there's a lot having to do with relationships between parents and children.


Michael Herst

Yeah.


Diane Herst

And there's a lot having to do with. Between teenagers. The relationships between teenagers. And a lot of the characters really go through different arcs of learning things and changing.


Michael Herst

And we think they were human, that they were in the real world, they weren't ghosts, that they're in the real world. But what you're seeing is even on the other side, they still had the same humor, angst, anxiety, depression, anger, resentment.

They're still going that scope of emotional, in mental, in physical aspects of being alive, which I think is a kind of unique approach. Even in the conversations that I've had on. One more thing before you go where we're talking about the other side.

Never had that really addressed from that. They say, well, everything's all fine and dandy. When you go on the other side, everything is.

You know, you get everything you ever wanted and everybody looks 35 years old.


Diane Herst

Right. Which is interesting because we. We've heard that a lot from different psychics and mediums and things like that.

But then that one medium we had that you were talking to and you had to come get me. I was. I was working and you were doing an interview, and you stopped the interview and came get tame.

Came to get me so that I could go talk to her because apparently dad came through to her.


Michael Herst

She actually. She actually asked for you.


Diane Herst

Yeah.


Michael Herst

She said, I have a message for your wife.


Diane Herst

Right.


Michael Herst

And. And she said. She didn't. You mean, I. I didn't tell you because I never told her your dad's name.


Diane Herst

No.


Michael Herst

And she didn't know your maiden name either. And she said, I have a message for your wife from David.


Diane Herst

Right. So, like, you know, the thing. The thing was, is that he was.

And I guess this was to confirm or, you know, validate that it was him, but he was mad because they didn't have. They didn't have Scotch.


Michael Herst

Yeah. Didn't have scotch on the other side.


Diane Herst

Or cigars. They wouldn't. They didn't have any cigars or scotch. And he was mad.

And I thought, okay, that's the first time I'VE ever heard that the other side doesn't have, like, everybody's happy and satisfied, but that, you know, kind of. That would be my dad.


Michael Herst

Maybe he wasn't looking in the right place. Maybe he didn't go through the right door. Maybe the. The bar was down the street and not where he was at the moment.


Diane Herst

He hadn't. He hadn't explored enough on the other side. I don't know.


Michael Herst

But then again, we also get these people that picture, you know, the painting that, you know, when you're. When you go to the other side, you go to heaven, and this is what you experience.

You got, you know, butterflies and rainbows and, you know, dancing through the field. And if you're the bad guy, then you go to hell and it's nothing but fire and brimstone.


Diane Herst

Right.


Michael Herst

But who's to say in reality, you know, each one of us may experience something different when we go to the other side. Each one of them. Each one of us may go to where we're supposed to go or want to go number one. And there's. There's always a purgatory because we.

We know from watching paranormal shows.

We've heard it, we have seen it, we've watched evidence to show that there is a communication between the other side and here and that they're still among us.


Diane Herst

Yeah.


Michael Herst

So I think this is, to me, it's a brilliant. It's a brilliant show. You gotta watch it.

If you love the paranormal, you love the supernatural, you love mysteries, you love intrigue, you love watching people grow, you know, get involved. Yeah. I think this is. I think it's a series you really need to check out.


Diane Herst

It's got a lot to it. Yeah, it's very good.


Michael Herst

What do you think is going to happen? What do you think?


Diane Herst

I mean, the show. I mean, just when I think I understand what's happening, they throw something else out. So I don't know. I'm very confused by the whole.

What's going on in the second season, the objects. That's all I'm going to say. But I'm very confused as to what is. What's happening.


Michael Herst

Well, there's a mystery within a mystery, and somebody's messing with the realities of both sides.


Diane Herst

Yeah.


Michael Herst

And I think because they're messing with the realities of both sides that that's where some of the intrigue is going to continue. I don't know whether or not it would. I mean, theoretically. Why would it go into a third season?


Diane Herst

Oh, don't say that. I want it to.


Michael Herst

I Want.


Diane Herst

Okay. I could definitely see it doing that.


Michael Herst

Well, I think with all the elements that are in it and really the reality of. Of. Of the situation, you have to watch it to be able to see, because I don't want to give anything away.

Yeah, but in reality, you kind of go, I don't know how long a person can survive that way in her state without something deteriorating. So, you know, you go on too long, then it's gonna. It may, you know, create more of a conflict or an issue that really you can't unres.

You know, you can't resolve, you can't undo.


Diane Herst

I just. I can't even imagine, you know, we just finished, what, episode four. That was the last one.


Michael Herst

Yes. Damn it.


Diane Herst

I cannot. I. I just can't even think as I'm. The end of episode four is like crazy.

Well, all the end of every episode's pretty crazy, but it keeps you hanging, that's for sure. I just. I don't even know. I can't even begin to. I can't even begin to think about what could happen, what's going to happen. It's just. It's so great.


Michael Herst

I would say School Spirits absolutely keeps you intrigued each and every episode. It allows you to get your investigative aspects brewing. It gets you excited, it gets you sad, it gets you anxious. You know, it really.

You know, you get involved in these characters lives to a point where you're kind of going, I'm vested in this outcome as well.

I really want to see what's going to happen because I'm cheering for certain people, certain entities, to get closure and to get fixed and this kind of a thing.

So, you know, from my thing, if it goes into a third season, it goes into a third season, and who knows, please, they can take it off in a different direction after that.

Because in reality, we see that there is the potential to be able to have communication with the other side, to get problem solved, which I think is kind of cool.


Diane Herst

Yep. I think that there's also humor. Don't. Don't think it's all just supernatural, paranormal mystery. There's humor in it, too. I mean, there's some.

There's some funny lines that make me crack up.


Michael Herst

There's drama, there's love. Comedy. There's love, there's comedy, there's anger. There's. What you're gonna run the gamut, too, of emotions as well.


Diane Herst

I think it's got everything.


Michael Herst

School Spirits is available, as I said earlier, to stream on Paramount. Plus, we are not an affiliate, so if I'm telling you they should go to Paramount plus. It's worth the investment, even if just for this show alone.

But you know, they got a lot of other good stuff on there as well. New episodes of season two released in there every Thursday.

So we have to wait every Thursday, which we need to call Paramount and talk to them about that. How to watch it again.

You can Sign up for Paramount plus online at paramountplus.com you can also sign up for Paramount plus on mobile devices using Paramount plus apps for iOS and Android. You can watch Paramount in so many streaming devices like we do on Apple tv, Android tv, Fire Stick tv, Roku, blah blah, blah, blah, blah blah.

You can watch the first season and you can catch up on the second season, I think.


Diane Herst

Or just wait until second season's complete and then binge them both.


Michael Herst

Yes, absolutely. 100 I think you should. Either way. 100 so hey, do you have a. I know. We're planning. We're planning for this. We're planning for it. We are planning.

We are planning. Other than the super bowl, what kind of day is today?


Diane Herst

Okay. Other than the Super Bowl. But it's interesting that the super bowl landed on the same day as National Pizza Day.


Michael Herst

Yes.


Diane Herst

Yes.


Michael Herst

And what do we have out on the patio? A pizza oven.


Diane Herst

Pizza oven.


Michael Herst

What's one of my favorite things to cook?


Diane Herst

Homemade pizza. Yes. So we're going to go and do that.


Michael Herst

We're gonna do pizza and then we're going to, you know, get ready for the Super Bowl.

We're going to watch the super bowl commercials which we just caught up on some of the ones that they just showed on CBS for some of the best over the years, of which the funniest. Yes.

And of the two that were nominated for the top two over the past number of years, one of them we know, very close friend of the family and unfortunately he passed away and so did his son, the kid that you see in the commercial. But yeah, we got to see it again. But we're looking forward to it.


Diane Herst

Yep. And the Puppy Bowl. Don't forget about the Puppy Bowl.


Michael Herst

One more thing before you will go. Have a great day. Have a great weekend and thank you for being part of the One More Thing before Eagle community.


Diane Herst

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