![]() ![]() Almost instinctively she turned to her husband. Embalmed bodies rose from their sarcophagi, lurching toward the baby, for they were mummies. Baby struggled to free itself from underneath, reaching and clawing, gasping for air. She walked to the nursery and there in baby’s crib was a snake wrapped around baby’s neck, squeezing tighter and tighter. That very night, Lydia was awakened by a loud, heinous hissing sound. One day, a young woman, Lydia, moved into the house with her infant child. It was rumored a man committed suicide there after being possessed by the devil. Robert California : When I was a boy, there was an empty house just up the hill from my family’s. But if you have seen it, I reckon the episode is a great, albeit fictional, case study on how to connect to your audience’s heart through the power of story: In other words, watch the whole episode if you haven’t seen it. ![]() Without knowing the episode, let alone the characters’ backstories and where this part of the nine seasons story finds them, the text and the clip probably don’t make that much sense. Towards the end of the episode, this strange and enigmatic character crafts a ghost story weaving in everyone’s fears – fears of dying alone, mummies, not spending enough time with their children, an unresolved disagreement. At his first Halloween party as CEO of Sabre – Dunder Mifflin, Robert California walks the office getting to know everyone, asking them about their fears. The Halloween party was a recurring feature episode of The Office, as it is in many American TV shows. ![]()
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