Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Chapter 11)

Chapter 11 has Phoebe Spengler being lectured then fired at a police station.

Cast[]

Listed as they appear in film.

Equipment[]

Vehicles[]

Ecto-1

Environmental[]

Death Chill

Places/Locations[]

Plot[]

Ray Stantz, Phoebe Spengler, and Podcast were taken to a police station following an incident at the New York City Public Library. Winston Zeddemore, Callie Spengler, Gary Grooberson, and Trevor Spengler came to bail them out. Winston was incensed over Phoebe destroying one of the iconic lion statues with a Proton Stream since it was one of the few things kids loved about the library. He questioned why she shot the lion despite her claim she loved the library, too. Phoebe replied it was her job. Winston exclaimed she had no job. Mayor Walter Peck gloated and complimented Phoebe. Winston tried in vain to get Peck to dial it back after he called her a bookworm. Peck recalled he was waiting 40 years to say the Ghostbusters were finished. He informed them the Firehouse was condemned, the Proton Packs would be melted down to scrap the next morning, and his next target was Ecto-1. Phoebe stood up to Peck and reminded him what happened the last time he tried to shut down the Ghostbusters, he created a cross-rip into another dimension. Ray was pleased. Peck interpreted Phoebe's words as slander, a crime punishable by time in prison. He asked if she was going to behave or if he needed to have her arrested.

Phoebe was arrested again. Gary and Callie came to collect her. Gary admitted they thought she would have chosen "behave." Phoebe wanted to skip the lecture and be grounded. Callie informed her she was fired. Phoebe snapped back she would be their secretary if she was not a Spengler. Gary reminded her she was talking to her mother and being a Spengler doesn't equate to being a genius just a part of the family. Phoebe asked if he was. Gary told her if she was not being so selfish she would see they were doing everything they could to protect her. He yelled at her to wake up. She stormed out. Gary felt horrible but Callie consoled him. In the stairwell, Ray excitedly briefed Winston on the Orb of Garraka but the latter was angry. Winston told Ray to shut up and pointed out he could have gotten himself and the kids hurt. He implored Ray to take a vacation and enjoy his golden years. Ray stated he already was enjoying his golden years doing what he loved. Winston pleaded with him to find a new way to do things he loved before it got him killed.

Gary pulled up to the Firehouse where Lucky, Lars, Trevor, and Nadeem Razmaadi were waiting. The building was already sealed up by the police. Trevor tore the police warning off the door and Callie had Phoebe pick the lock. They soon discovered the Proton Packs were confiscated just as Mayor Peck claimed. Lars noted it was called "civil forfeiture." Nadeem was amazed by a fire pole. Trevor told him he should try it. Callie asked who he was. Nadeem explained he had a potential deep well of P.K.E. and was quite possibly possessed. He asked if he could try the fire pole. Callie told him to knock himself out. Phoebe realized it was their last night at the Firehouse. Callie went to her bedroom to pack. Gary revealed he wanted to stay and fight for it because it was their home. He started quoting lines from the "Ghostbusters" song and convinced her to stay, too. He added "busting make me feel good" and Callie told him to get out. Lars scanned the Containment Unit but he was startled when Nadeem came down and shouted in amazement at how trashed the room was. Lars implied it would not if a certain orb stayed in its rightful place. Ray confronted Nadeem about his legacy. Ray cited his Dadi was the guardian of the Orb and the last line of defense but it was now his turn. He speculated she either never told Nadeem about the Fire Masters or he was not listening. Ray pointed out he tried to sell his heritage for $50 but it was time to claim his destiny.

Trivia[]

The police station was filmed at 55 Broadway in central London.^[1]
Winston, and later Peck, refers to the New York City Public Library.
At the police station, Winston incorrectly asks Phoebe why she shot Fortitude in the face. Possessor possessed Patience.
Above the chalkboard Trevor, Callie, and Gary sit in front of are a set of framed awards. In the middle is a certificate of appreciation for Detective Second Grade Eric Reich, a nod to senior vice president Eric Reich from Ghost Corps.^[2]
The field coat worn by Peck at the police station was a suggestion from costume designer Alexis Forte.^[3]
Mayor Peck mentions the Proton Packs are going to be melted down for scrap.
The stairwell where Ray and Winston talk was filmed at 55 Broadway in central London.^[4]
Ray refers to Winston as "Zedd."
The Firehouse ground floor scenes were filmed at Shinfield Studios in Reading, United Kingdom.
The Police Warning notice has the in-universe address for the Firehouse, 110 N. Moore Street.
Callie and Gary's bedroom was originally going to be on the third floor but was changed to being on the second floor.^[5]
The Firehouse second floor set was at Winnersh Studios in the United Kingdom.^[6]
Due to a combination of compromising between real world window positions, restricted stage space, and budget, Callie and Gary's bedroom is shorter compared to the size it was in the first movie. The set can be entered from the closet.^[7]
The paneling in Callie and Gary's bedroom was made to match the real details in the rooms abound Fire Station #23 in Los Angeles.^[8]
Callie mentions she is used to being on the move. In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, she moves her family to Summerville and between movies, to New York.
When Gary quotes parts of the "Ghostbusters" song to Callie, Gil Kenan could not stop laughing during the filming of the scene.^[9]
The Firehouse basement were two sets at both Shinfield and Winnersh Studios.^[10]
Ray, Podcast, and Nadeem's scene was filmed at a set in Trilith Studios in Georgia during additional photography.^{[Note 1]}
Lars alludes to Nadeem's Apartment.
Lars and Ray allude to Dadi.
Ray brings up when Nadeem came to Ray's Occult Books to sell the Orb of Garraka in Chapter 03.

Notes[]

↑ According to a private email correspondence on July 10, 2025 between Ghostbusters Wiki administrator Mrmichaelt and Ghost Corps' Eric Reich, the scene with Ray, Podcast, and Nadeem in the Firehouse basement at the 1:10:58 mark, some of Phoebe and Melody talking at the basement stairs at the 1:32:24 mark, and reversing the polarity of the Containment Unit at the 1:41:01 mark of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was filmed at a Trilith Studios set.

References[]

↑ Gil Kenan (2024). Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire- Commentary (2024) (Blu-ray ts. 1:06:16-1:06:39). Sony Pictures. Gil Kenan says: "We filmed that in a--in a high-rise in central London. It was a building that used to be the headquarters for the New York--sorry--for the London Underground, and, uh, randomly gave us one corner of a floor where we could, um--where we could film in this police station.."
↑ Eric Reich instagram 6/8/2024
↑ Gil Kenan (2024). Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire- Commentary (2024) (Blu-ray ts. 1:05:48-1:05:58). Sony Pictures. Gil Kenan says: "It was so cool when she suggested this modern kind of field coat for the mayor."
↑ Gil Kenan (2024). Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire- Commentary (2024) (Blu-ray ts. 1:08:08-1:08:12). Sony Pictures. Gil Kenan says: "This scene was filmed in that same location in central London, a true stairwell."
↑ whitelock_design_limited 4/21/2024 Luke Whitelock writes: "in the original plan this was Callie and Gary's bedroom, when we moved them downstairs the decision was made to retain the doors as walk offs."
↑ whitelock_design_limited 4/21/2024 Luke Whitelock writes: "Secondly this set was built at Winnersh studios and my ground floor set was based at Shinfield which was a 10 minute drive away so I couldn't oversee both sets and another Art Director (Tom Weaving) came on board to take over and oversee the finishes."
↑ whitelock_design_limited 4/21/2024 Luke Whitelock writes: "You enter the set through the closet in Callie ad Gary’s bedroom and you see that this room is shorter than the original dormitory in the original movie, again due to working with real window positions on the real firehouse and restricted space on the stage and budget it was decided to make this room shorter to accommodate all those factors."
↑ whitelock_design_limited 4/21/2024 Luke Whitelock writes: "The panelling in this room matches the real details in the rooms abound Ladder 23 in LA and I thought was a nice touch to bring some of that detailing across and apply it to these rooms."
↑ Gil Kenan (2024). Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire- Commentary (2024) (Blu-ray ts. 1:10:12-1:10:18). Sony Pictures. Gil Kenan says: "This--I could not stop cracking up behind the camera during the making of this scene.."
↑ whitelock_design_limited instagram reply 4/26/2024 Luke Whitelock writes: "there were two sets of the basement one at Winnersh and one at shinfield."