Rebecca and Dylan, desperate to sneak out of the house, plot how to get past Viola, who is nicknamed "Alcatraz" because no one has ever escaped on her watch. Charlie prepares a report on a historical person who inspires him.

Dylan and Charlie decorate the school for a Halloween party, but discover that the creepy janitor might be keeping a spooky secret. Rebecca and Bethany can't agree on a two-person costume for trick-or-treating.