Incidents Around the House

The family travels to a small town called Goblin, known for supernatural happenings, where they talk to people and ask for help. They do not find any answers, and at the end of the day, they are no better off than before. Bela is unsettled that her parents keep asking for her opinion and is relieved when Grandma says they can stay with her friend Evelyn in her house on the outskirts of town. She cautions them not to tell Evelyn what is happening because she is worried about how she might react.

Evelyn welcomes them into her huge, empty house, and explains that she seldom has visitors since her children moved out. She shows them to the guest rooms, puts some frozen pizzas in the oven, and offers them drinks. She and Grandma retreat to the kitchen to talk, and Daddo and Mommy get drunk as they and Bela listen to records. They eat dinner together, but Bela is nervous that she will look up and see Other Mommy.

Russ and Ursula get very drunk and dance, together and with Bela. Russ pretends to be Other Mommy and jokes that he would offer her a drink.