Winter's Cumin' Streaming 24' - School Spirits - Season One

School Spirits is my first binge on Paramount+ for a minute. I am watching Evil's final season week to week, however it is the streaming service I would give up first if they increased prices, or continued to deliver less content. Fake the new Australian drama will land on the service next week, however other than that it's finally slim picking.

Hence picking up this supernatural teen drama series. It started back in March last year, with a second season planned to land later this year. Or Fall as they say in the US of A. In Australia that is Spring y'all.

Like most shows, the series was adapted from the graphic novel by the Trinruds and Maria Nguyen.

Starring Peyton List, Kristian Flores, Milo Manheim, and Spencer Macpherson, this is not as star studded as shows like Tulsa King or 1923 on Paramount+.

So what's this teen series about? Set in the fictional town of Split River, Wisconsin, the show follows Maddie, a teen girl stuck in the afterlife investigating her own mysterious disappearance; she goes on a crime-solving journey as she adjusts to high school in the afterlife, but the closer she gets to the truth, the more secrets and lies she discovers.

So ready for some juicy reveals? SPOILERS ahead. Do I need say that, if the series is a year or so old?

Before the season ender, Maddie (Peyton List) was convinced her mother had killed her. She even struggled throughout the finale with coping with the idea that her own mother could have been behind her death. 

Earlier in the season, Maddie's ex-best friend Claire (Rainbow Wedell) seemed suspicious, as did Mr. Anderson (Patrick Gilmoe). However, both were proven innocent, and Maddie and her friends continued their search for her killer. What made things so difficult was Maddie couldn't remember how she died and didn't know how to jog her memory.

This was a crucial detail that hinted at the truth about Maddie's death, which came out in the finale.

Another crucial piece of the puzzle was the last episode when Dawn (RaeAnne Boon) crossed over, causing some strange technological effects on the school's lights. Wally (Milo Manheim), Charley (Nick Pugliese), and Rhonda (Sarah Yarkin) realized that didn't happen when Janet crossed over, leading them to wonder if Janet actually did cross over. 

Mr. Martin (Josh Zuckerman) brushes the events off when they bring it up, but by the end of the episode, it's obvious why Janet didn't trigger flickering lights, and many other mysteries are also solved.

The biggest mystery in School Spirits has been solved, and after how hard everyone worked to find out the truth about Maddie's death, it turns out Maddie never died in the first place. 

The School Spirits ending explains what happened to her. There were several hints throughout the season that suggested she might still be alive. One of them was when she was warned against using hypnosis to try and remember her death because it would allow a spirit to enter her body. This is seemingly what happened to her while she was still alive.

After getting into an argument with her mother, Maddie hid in the boiler room. She overheard an argument and followed the voices to a door. When she opened it, Janet, who clearly did not cross over, jumped out and possessed her body. Mr. Martin was the one arguing with Janet proving he knows a lot more than he claimed. Another hint was when Maddie showed up for support group and sat in Janet's chair, suggesting there was a connection between the two.