Episode 12: "The Nurse Who Announces Death - A Mother's Feelings" is the twelfth episode of Ghost Stories.
- Episode Ghost: The Death Nurse (Shinigami)
Synopsis[]
A strange nurse haunts Keiichiro, which triggers memories of the past. Not just for Satsuki and Keiichiro, who remember the death of their mother, but for Momoko as well, who happened to meet their mother just before she passed away. Is the cursed nurse here to take the siblings to join their mother?
Cast[]
- Satsuki - Hilary Haag
- Hajime - Chris Patton
- Leo - Greg Ayres
- Momoko - Monica Rial
- Amanojaku - Rob Mungle
- Satsuki's Mom - Marcy Bannor
- Reiichirou - Illich Guardiola
- School Nurse - Alice Fulks
- Hajime's Mother - Barbara Cummings Smith
- Infirmita de la Mexicana - Brittney Karbowski
Plot[]
Opening: While in the nurse's office, Keiichirou sees a ghost.
After school, Keiichirou tells his friends about the ghost he saw. Leo supposes that it was a the "Cursed Nurse", a ghost that takes people with her to the spirit world. However, Satsuki does not believe that a "Cursed Nurse" exists.
Keiichirou wakes up from his nightmare
The Miyanoshitas sit down to have dinner. Reiichirou reads about an upcoming parent-child lunch event, but Keiichirou does not want his father to go because the other kids may tease him for not having a mother. An agitated Keiichirou leaves the table. Reiichirou then shifts the topic over to Satsuki's cooking. He praises the dumplings she made, noting that they would surely make her mother proud. Following dinner, each of the Miyanoshitas thinks about Kayako. Keiichirou has a nightmare in which he was talking with his mother before three ghastly nurses separated her from him.
The next day at school, Keiichirou looks up and sees the Cursed Nurse watching him. Kayako and Momoko arrive. Keiichirou claims that he just saw the Cursed Nurse, but when Keiichirou points towards where she was, she is already gone.
Satsuki hangs up the laundry
Satsuki goes outside to hang up the laundry. By the time she comes back, however, Keiichirou is gone: in his place is a note saying he will go visit their mother. Satsuki flips through her mother's Ghost Diary to find an entry on the Cursed Nurse. Her mother's entry reports that to put it to spiritual sleep, one must say "the patient's illness has been cured" twice. However, she is not sure if it actually works.
Keiichirou boards a train to the hospital with Amanojaku in his backpack. Momoko and Satsuki chase after him. On a bus, Momoko tells Satsuki about her experience at the hospital. She recalls how every time the Cursed Nurse entered a room, the patient in it exited dead. She also tells Satsuki about the time she met Kayako at the hospital.
While at the hospital, Keiichirou finds Kayako's old hospital bed and reminisces about the time he spent in the hospital with Kayako. When he exits the room, however, he notices the cursed nurse is following him. Satsuki and Momoko arrive in the nick of time, but they are unable to stop the ghost. Amanojaku, noticing how stressed they are, tells the kids not to worry -- the cursed nurse only wants to deliver a message from their late mother. Momoko suddenly remembers that the ghost only approaches people on their deathbed to ask if they have any last words for their loved ones.
Kayako writes a message
When Reiichirou arrives, Satsuki hands him the letter. The four of them read Kayako's message together. In her letter, Kayako warned the kids about reawakened ghosts coming to seek revenge. She also addressed old memories from the Miyanoshita family photo album. Upon finishing the letter, the Miyanoshitas tearfully embrace.
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Trivia[]
- “Be a little hard to show my face after that doll-molestation scandal.” – Reichirou.
He seems to be talking about the events of the previous episode, "The Talking Mary Doll". - “I think that Keiichirou wants you to go.” – Satsuki
This is what she says in pig-latin. - “Guilt me into going, why don’t you, brat” – Reichirou
This is his pig-latin response. - “I never do [get much sleep]. You snore like Rob Mungle” – Keichirou
Rob Mungle does the voice of Amanojaku.
Cultural References[]
- “She looked like one of the man-girls from ‘’Paris is Burning’’.” – Keiichirou
Paris Is Burning was a 1990 documentary about drag queens in New York city. - “Remember what I was telling you about your mother’s cooking, Satsuki? Well, these dumplings would do your mother and Paula Deen proud, if Paula was Japanese.” - Reichirou
Paula Deen was the host of several cooking shows on cable-TV channel The Food Network. - “It’s like The Crying Game. This transvestite won’t leave me alone.” – Keiichirou
The Crying Game was a 1992 thriller involving a transgender woman. - “Don’t feel bad about bailing on mommy dearest.” – Amanojaku
Mommy Dearest was a 1981 biographical drama about how Joan Crawford wasn't a very good parent. - “I’d love to give you some more Family Ties moments, but that’s not me.” – Kayako
Family Ties was a 1990's sitcom.