Skeleton Crew

The fourth episode of the fourth season of the series is called "Skeleton Crew" (orig. "Skeleton Crew").

While installing a new broadband network at the Wellington Police Station, workers accidentally discover an old cemetery where the remains of several New Zealanders ("Pakeha", or European colonizers) rest. Soon, the ghosts of Pakeha begin to haunt the police officers and lock Maaka, Minogue, O'Leary and Parker in the police station. Maaka finds himself possessed by the ghost of John "White" Whiteman, a passionate golfer who killed his fellow players after failing to score on the 18th hole. By deception and cunning, the police manage to force Whiteman to release Maaka. After that, the sergeant convinces the ghosts to return to their graves by presenting them with a title deed stating that the ghosts do not own the police station.

The ghosts of several New Zealanders (called "Pakeha" by locals, i.e. "European colonizers") are awakened after builders accidentally discover an ancient cemetery under a police station. Angered by the invasion of the territory they consider their own, the ghosts begin to haunt the police. They inhabit equipment (get out of the monitor, make the printer print creepy pictures, leave ominous messages, close electric doors, etc.), objects and even people to annoy the police.

The ghosts can be persuaded to return to the graves only after presenting a certificate of ownership of the land. At the same time, the ghosts do not fall asleep back and continue to communicate with each other already in the cemetery.

The burial place of European colonialists discovered in the plot of the episode is obviously a reference to the well–known stamp of American horror films - an ancient Indian cemetery, which often becomes the cause and source of terrible events. Buildings built on the site of an old cemetery are usually cursed, and the things placed in them and the people living nearby are possessed. The great popularity of this stamp was served by the 1983 novel by Stephen King "Pet Cemetery" and its film adaptations.

In one of the episodes, ghosts affect the space inside the building: police officers run through the same corridor over and over again, open a door at the end of it and get to the beginning of the same corridor.