This article is about the episode from The Ghost and Molly McGee. For the Elena of Avalor episode , see Festival of Lights.
"Festival of Lights" is the first segment of the tenth episode of the Disney Channel animated series, The Ghost and Molly McGee.
Synopsis[]
When a town-wide blackout occurs on the final night of Hanukkah, the people of Brighton seek refuge in Libby’s mom's bookstore, the only place in town with light.
Plot[]
On the final night of Hanukkah, the Stein-Torres' invite the McGees to their bookstore "Book Marks the Spot" to help celebrate. Not intimately familiar with the holiday, they are happy to learn more about it, though Scratch as usual is indifferent to it all. They have the whole night set up, but suddenly a blackout occurs. Leah puts more gas into their generator, but thinks that it will only hold for an hour. Nevertheless, people come to stay at the store for warmth. Following this, the episode is split into "hours":
Hour One: Scratch is already bored until Libby reveals that she has baked numerous desserts which, due to her upbringing, are filled with fat and oil. Scratch happily sings about eating such delicacies, only to burn his tongue on the 1st bite.
Hour Two: Libby plays Molly, Darryl and Scratch to dreidel. Despite the intensity of the game, Libby ends up winning the gold coins. Scratch is further shocked when he learns that the coins were actually chocolate.
Hour Three: Libby challenges the McGees to a spelling contest and asks them to spell Hanukkah. They all fail and she reveals that there are sixteen different spellings, which Molly believes she had unintentionally spelled.
Hour Four: Libby introduces the McGees to a miracle box and asks them to write their miracles down and put them in. Afterwards, she reveals that they are going to read them one by one. Scratch tries to remove his, but fails at every chance he gets. Molly's miracle is that she made a ghost friend, Darryl's miracle is that he "didn't get caught", Leah interjects that her miracle is Libby and Sharon's miracle is that the van is still running. Pete is about to read his, but when he realizes that Scratch is avoiding his, he decides to read it aloud. ("I used to haunt a house, now I haunt a home.") The McGees and Libby are moved, annoying Scratch.
Hour Five: Libby does a spoken verse about the history of Hanukkah, much to everyone's delight. Scratch wanders off for a latke run after growing bored again.
Hour Six: Scratch eats too many latkes.
Hour Seven: As more people come into the store, Leah meets Abby, another Jewish woman who reveals that ever since moving has felt distant from her holiday, but is now happy to see other people celebrating it. Leah reveals that her menorah has been in her family for generations. Flashback reveals that her grandparents fled Europe with it before settling in New York where every generation of the Stein family has had it. Leah is now happy to share it with Libby.
Hour Eight: The generator has managed to run for eight hours straight, only to suddenly stop. Luckily, the power comes back on all over Brighton. Leah is about to give more latkes away, but Scratch eats them all.
Cast[]
- Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
- Dana Snyder as Scratch
- Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres
- Pamela Adlon as Leah Stein-Torres
- Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
- Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee
- Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
- Eden Riegel as Abby
Song[]
- "Deep Fried Food"
- "History of Hanukkah"
Trivia[]
- This is the 2nd episode to have Libby replace Molly on the title card after the previous episode.
- This episode does not feature a real conflict and instead serves more as a Hannukah appreciation episode.
- The episode delves into the Stein-Torres history; revealing that Libby's great grandparents were WWII survivors who fled to New York.
- The events of the Flashback and Torres store getting destroyed was the events of Kristallnacht (also known as The Night of Broken Glass), occurred on November 9-10, 1938
- This episode reveals that Scratch has indeed accepted the McGees' house as his home.
- During the spelling contest, Libby spins around in a red and black chair with a giant buzzer. This is most likely a reference to the singing competition series The Voice.
- Todd Mortensen Sighting: He attempts to take a latke after Leah offers some, but discovers that they are all gone, thanks to Scratch.
International Premieres[]
- November 28, 2021 (Canada)
- December 29, 2021 (United Kingdom & Ireland)
- December 16, 2022 (Portugal)
- December 23, 2022 (Spain)
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