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13 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
The Victorian age-died sisters Hazel, Rebecca and Sophie are delighted to hear the 'appeal' against their untimely death has been granted, so they're back in their grand family estate. However it's a shock to find out the proceedings took a century and a half, so it's now a co-ed boarding school. While meeting their new modern-age neighbors, they also start ghost training under a female guardian and three male ghost experts form various ages.
Episode 2
The sisters rather enjoy being introduced to modern technology, especially TV and Internet lessons from friendly Jonathan. Rebecca, who befriends him as fellow musician, plans to achieve social status by joining the 'popular girls', but unlike school stud David, who would give her a chance, head bitch Chrstine devices a mean hazing test, 'haunting' strict arts teacher Sinclair out of her mind. The sisters decide to use their ghost powers, but get locked in. Jonathan learned so from roommate David, who felt it unfair. Jonathan thus discovers their supernatural powers. The guardian ghosts should banish at least Rebecca, but find a loophole: swearing Jonathan to secrecy with a bond, his prized plectrum.
Episode 3
Rebecca's latest angle for social acceptance is basketball, as this seems to give opposite team captain Christine access to hunky jock David, who allows her to participate in trials with initially unwilling Sophie. Both do well, thanks to ball-moving ghost magic, but sissy Sophie's demure outfit without make-up wins his favor. Jealous Rebecca meanly throws out the locket ma kept some of her hair in, an heirloom she gave Sophie although not the eldest. Hazl discovers she can read creatures' minds, which leads to a misunderstanding about frogs. Jonathan discretely comes to the rescue to get David redeem and return the locket.
Episode 4
David has trouble with his book report, which may mean detention during a school match. Rebecca, who aced her on Victorian Jane Eyre, eagerly offers to tutor him. Alas she lets Christina's bunch trick her into stressing about a modern outfit and thus neglects actually preparing. A history class court simulation shocks usually quiet Hazel violently. Indeed, her childhood best friend, aboriginal sheep-herd Tom Kelly, was unjustly condemned for a gold theft. Trying to prove his innocence, she discovers the gift to make materialize creatures from her memories, who tend to cause trouble for everyone.
Episode 5
Unlike natural Hazel, Rebecca spontaneously dislikes hip-hop, until she realizes David loves it. Pretending to be a fellow fan, she discovers he even aspires a rap career and eagerly accepts joining him. Charlie is not amused when Sophie tries to intervene with the 'jungle law' having discovered senior Maz Baxter bullies him into making his assignments. She still spies on and discovers he collects homework from other A-students, and sells some to David. She make Reebecca confront him and find out he never guessed Maz is too dumb himself. Now all bullied kids ask their pay, but get chased instead. Jonathan can't protect them, but an enchanted garden hose and David are another matter.
Episode 6
During the school's culture week, Jonathan and Hazle choose ballroom dancing, Charlie and Sophie mean miss Sinclair's art class. Rebecca joins Mr. Doyle's production of Romeo and Juliet because David, who draws the lead, did. Christine drew the opposite lead, but hands it to her after blowing an enchanted horn releases a baharee, a ghost which makes people temporarily loose all self-control. The counter-magic is elaborate and ridiculous.
Episode 7
Sophie is the only pupil to join the book club for fun, but it's cut short when th headmaster stuffs it with David and other English remedial students, including Christine, who manages to get watching movie versions accepted. Because her demerits approach the expulsion limit, Hazle must 'volunteer' for an extracurricular project, building a hydraulic water-pump. Alas it means cutting down the peppercorn tree she planted with her ma, so she seeks Jonathan's and Mattie's advice to start an environmentalist campaign. Rebecca seeks a cause of her own in vain, but comes up with a historical solution for the tree.
Episode 8
It's Sophie's 164th birthday, but only the ghosts may celebrate that number. She's sad anyhow, missing her beloved horse Splendour, who died of a broken heart after the sisters, which means it also became a ghost. Anyhow, the headmaster and Mr. Doyle preside over Living History day, when everyone reenacts a glorious day at the estate 150 years ago. Rebecca starts as the eldest daughters receiving suitors, enjoying having Christine among hers servants, although Jonathan and especially clueless David don't live up to Victorian courting standards. Hazle opts out of the sister role to join the bunch of convict laborers and inspires a revolt.
Episode 9
Jonathan can barely control his disappointment that his spot on a conference in Peking goes to Piper because his family can't afford the travel expense. Rebacca is determined to help him. Sophie school 8000 meter record, albeit using levitation, and is selected for the school team. The sisters decide she should win a schools competition to donate the prize for Jonathan's flight ticket, but it's concert tickets. A nightly visit to the ghost coaches causes more trouble.
Episode 10
The living kids go on a field-trip, so the sisters plan to enjoy an old-fashioned holiday on the estate. Alas, ghost coach Grendel's cold, which killed her, proves contagious trough the undead sisters. So an epidemic kicks in when the tour bus has to return for a day delay, even healthy jock David ends up sick in bed.
Episode 11
In science and innovation week, Rebecca neglects the assignment to help 'designer' Christine's bunch with a fashion show, as David and hunky newbie Ernesto do the lightning. But the ghost council takes such offense at her systematically terrible grades that she starts fading, and actual expulsion, as the headmaster warns if she fails geography too, would mean back to the underworld for all sisters. Jonathan proves a far better, inspirational tutor then Sophie.
Episode 12
An Ainsworth estate heir's legate to the school arrives, depicting sir Charles and Rebecca's true love, Heathcliffe, as Shakespearian characters. Her true account is doubted by class and arts teacher Sinclair, but when she lovingly kisses his effigy that magically allows her lover to trade places with poor, thus trapped Jonathan. Heathcliffe courts Rebecca again, but finding her interested in David challenges his rival to a swords duel, with surprising results for all concerned.
Episode 13
Sophie gets all worked-up when the school plans to sacrifice the old stables, including her lucky shamrock-carving, for a new media center. But the ghosts of her beloved and especially legendary bush robber Tom Kelly are even more upset, and the last manages to possess her by body-switch, so as to take action.