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7. Hex and the Single Guy

It's Halloween and Hilary decides to hold a séance with a somewhat well-known psychic in order to say goodbye to Trevor and forces the family to go with her. However, when Will begins to mock the psychic, he puts a curse on him, resulting in everyone else at the mansion having bad luck. Will then goes back to the psychic's house and begs him to lift the curse.

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When the Banks family attends a seance so Hilary can contact her dead ex-fiancé Trevor, Scorpius, the spiritualist ( Glenn Shadix ) gets so frustrated with Will's mockery and skepticism that he curses the family with a hex that brings them all bad luck: Uncle Phil is put out of business because of assumed evidence that he was taking bribes and faces jail time, Ashley breaks an ankle just before her tennis match, Carlton's hair gets bleached as a result of his Macaulay Culkin Halloween costume, Geoffrey gets deported, and Jazz and Hilary plan to get married.

Will must convince the psychic to break the curse but when he returns, he realizes the man who cursed the Banks looks like a nerd, his real name is Ralph Scorpius, and he has none of what he had when he placed the curse. Will then wakes up from this dream but the day starts just like it did like an endless timeloop.

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