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Me personal theory:
Robert's sister somehow got SUPER hyped up on spiked candy, making her more sick and then making her go ballistic, which everyone mistakes for a possession, so they call Gregor to deal with it. Skid and Pump are there because they know Rob's sister from school (but don't know she's his sister until the events of the episode) and came over because they thought it was cool that their classmate got possessed, because of course they would think that.
Because of this they all end up isolated from Kevin's plot of dealing with the spiked candy. This could lead to a joke at the end of the episode with someone warning the boys, Robert's family and Gregor about the candy after they already figured it out and got the sister back to normal.
Edit: Just saw the new character outlines on the patreon post preview (since I can't afford to donate) and they're almost certainly Robert's parents and grandma, with the individual description hinting at their future appearances... Or I'm just huffing copium.
I think SM 6 is gonna have 2 main plots/POVs, one being Kevin and the Candy Dealer + Candy Cartel (because Kevin has 8 minutes of voiced lines and one of the OC submissions options was in the Candy Club), and another being Skid and Pump + something to do with religion (based on something that was shared on Patreon), and that those 2 plots will overlap, like with Lila, Jaune and the cops and Bob with Skid and Pump in SM 5

Wait wait wait I think you're onto something??
Like in demonology Moloch is a powerful demon, maybe a demon down in hell went "I haven't seen this bastard in three years where tf did he go" and goes up to find him, possessing Patty in the process
Maybe that's what the seven circles of hell image on the spoiler collage is for???
First off, I never thought about the idea that we might actually see the SM universe version of hell.
And second, the idea i actually had was more like a rival demon who sees Moloch stuck in Dexter's body and goes "Oh, so you do possession, huh?" and then possesses Patty simply because she's the nearest person.
Also! Also! this fits as a parallel to my idea of an angel-obsessed rival for Susie, maybe their even Gregor's grandkid!
Analyzing the SM6 spoiler collage

A bit late to the party with this one, but I have some ideas I haven't seen brought up by anyone else so buckle up and get ready to theorize!
Let's start with the easy stuff:
priest-Gregor
exorcism-Gregor attempts to perform an exorcism but likely gets possessed himself (see the demon priest poster at the movie theatre in Tender Treats)
church-We get a better look at the local church, seeing as the door we see in Tender Treats has a cult diamond shaped window in it, there should be some pretty interesting stuff in there, maybe even the tome from the ARGs
burglars-The thieves
cat lady- Even if you're like me and not a patron you can still tell based on blurred image previews and post titles that one of the new characters is an old woman and there's also a bunch of cats slated to appear in the episode. It's pretty easy to see the connection.
touhou plushie in the bottom left-just confirming there will be more Touhou references
Less obvious stuff that I feel really confident in:
the nine circles of Hell-Since were likely to meet a new demon this episode we may also get a glimpse at the SMverse version of Hell
women drinking-Lila goes to Jaune's house and gets drunk with her, this is also where we meet Jaune's husband in person, since he's confirmed to be in the episode
furnace-Dexter's body is cremated, likely by Patty after she's possessed by the new demon to release Moloch, who then possesses Gregor
Ones I'm less sure about:
marionette-Either something to do with the over-arcing cult plot or just a reference to the general idea of possession
angel-Possibly an angelic being who appears later in the episode, or more entertainingly, a character who acts as a rival to Susie, who is obsessed with angelic imagery
water bottles and ice bottles-My best guess is something to do with Kevin and the candy cartel
eyes-While it may be tempting to relate this to Eyes, I think the stark bright eyes against black may represent the Candy Dealer
person waking up-Someone comes to after being un-possessed and feels great and doesn't remember the possession, either that or something with some new character
blood flow-I honestly have no fucking clue on this one, maybe some kind of demonic infection or just saying there will be a lot of blood
I have a theory that the plot of the episode will have another demon come to town looking for Moloch, explaining how both Patty and Gregor get possessed and also prevent Pelo from breaking his rule about not having a character (Moloch) be the big bad of more than one episode.
In case you haven't figured it out, I think Elusive will voice the new demon. (This also might explain his post about Pelo knowing that the new episode is going to cause a lot of shipping, since they both knew Moloch x new demon would be popular).

ELUSIVEVA (JACK, ROSS AND KEVIN'S VA) RETWEETED THIS POST ABOUT THE MANNEQUIN MOVING
LOWKEY THINK HE KNOWS SOMETHING + MIGHT VOICE SKIDDAD
It's not just the lack of horns, it's that her eyes don't match the glowing swirly pupiled ones we see with Dex and all the doodles Pelo's made of Moloch possessing people.
Also Pelo has repeatedly said he doesn't want any villain/monster to be the focus in two episodes, so something other than Moloch is involved.
Here are some reasons for my theory:
Patty gets possessed but it's heavily implied that Gregor will also be possessed, I think this is building to a possession fight.
The image of the circles of Hell in the spoiler collage could imply we'll first see the new demon in Hell wondering where his rival's been for the last 3 years. (Also let's hope that in this seen we see uncle getting tortured)
Another possibility is and actual angel, again from the spoiler collage, which would fit the rival idea even better.

Okay I'm gonna fixate on the antagonists reflectijg the 7 deadly sins forever now

So, um, Gregor is DEFINITELY a cultist... The implications of this, especially for episode 6, are very interesting. Expect some more SM theory stuff coming soon. (On a side note, I'm not sure, but it looks like their doing a secret Santa, which is so funny and wholesome, as weird as it feels to say that about a cult that's trying to take over the world)
So @crossover-enthusiast , @the-spooky-children what do you think?

Also, I headcanon that these are all official Happy Fella merch in-universe and Dexter got to possess a nutcracker instead of a regular doll for a change.
Spooky Month 6 predictions
So, as a non-patron, my access to sm6 teaser is very limited, but that's exactly what makes me so fascinated by what I can get of them.
After combing through the teaser, I've managed to construct an outline of the episode's plot.
I hope my fellow non patrons will enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
LET'S BEGIN:
The episode begins with a typical spooky month set up with a montage of Skid and Pump running around town.
Some scenes in this segment are: Lila and Jaune are getting drunk together, the Kevin clip we got the other day and a scene with Rick and the cops at Gonuts, this sequence will likely introduce a new character or 2.
Most importantly, they come across the Hatzgang and Robert asks them to take something to his sister at the hospital.
After this, the boys come across Frank, who drops them off in front of the hospital at the same time as Gregor arrives, having been called by Patty to handle the Moloch situation.
At this point, we cut to a corner of hell where a New Demon (hereafter referred to as ND) realizes how long Moloch's been gone and decides to find him.
Back in the human world, the spookies try to follow Gregor into the morgue and briefly succeed, meeting a new mortician character, only for Patty to boot them out.
Afterwards they run into two men, one dressed in a Happy Fella costume and the other being the teased business man character, looking for the room of a severely ill girl who made request with a Make-A-Wish type group to meet Happy Fella, the boys assume the girl in question is Robert's sister, but she isn't and Rob's sister meets Happy Fella at the expense of a far more sick child.
Somewhere around this point we get a side plot involving the thieves looking for something hidden in the church, but their search leads them to the house of an old cat lady, this acting as the episode's major subplot. The item in question likely being cult related.
Back to the boys, we see that Robert's sister has many Happy Fella dolls, one possibly being possessed by Dexter, Skid and Pump naturally start destroying them.
Afterwards, they return to the morgue where Dexter's body has been cremated, releasing Moloch and letting him possess Gregor or Patty, either way, whoever he doesn't possess gets possessed by ND, who arrives at the perfect time start a demon fight! (which ends up being 2 bodies ragdolling in midair and occasionally smacking against each other)
Pump suggests they call Lila, but Skid says she told him she'll be busy, this is then contrasted with a scene of Lila and Jaune in full pisshead mode, when Jaune's husband calls to check up on them.
Then we get the climax of the boys (possibly with the presence of an angelic being) performing a double exorcism.
Annnd, that's it!
Special shout out to @crossover-enthusiast for helping my iron out some of these ideas.
Analyzing the SM6 cast line up teaser
More fun for the non-patrons as a height chart of episode 6's characters dropped and I have *thoughts*
Before we delve into the analysis, be advised that this will reference my SM6 prediction post, which can be found here.
And out last bit of preface

These three new characters teased in an earlier update are hereafter referred to as the businessman, the new mortician and the cat lady.
Bear that in mind.

So here's the 2 lined height chart, so let's start putting names to these blobs!
Line 1: The Thieves, Lila, Skid and Pump, Susie (she's pretty hard to see, but you can mostly notice her shirt and hair), Mr. Wonder, Jaune, Jaune's Husband (who was shown in full in an earlier update).
The next figure at first appears to be another shadow, but upon closer inspection seems to be Father Gregor, after that we have;
The Cat Lady, Dexter (likely in another missing ad or for his body being unpossessed, if for a moment), Patty, John and Jack, then we have the first totally new character, a massive person (taller than Frank, making them the new tallest human in the series) who brings me to my first new theory:
This character, whose proportions are highly evocative of a cartoon vampire, will be either yet another new mortician, or in charge of the hospital's blood bank. Funnily enough, this actually matches weirdly well to a half-joking conversation me and @crossover-enthusiast had the other day.
Line 2: Skid and Pump again (for reference), Ross, Robert and Roy, Kevin, Radford (in his teased casual outfit), the actor in the Happy Fella suit, Mayor Evermore, The New Mortician and then... Roy's Uncle??!?!
This might be my biggest validation yet, as I've had a thought for some time of us first seeing the New Demon in hell, torturing the Uncle, if this ends up being true, I am officially the king of the SM fandom!... Where were we?
Oh yeah, we then have; Ignacio, The Businessman, Frank and yet another totally new character, a portly person I have no solid theories on.
Before I leave, I'd like to mention some characters who are missing here (other than Moloch and any other supernatural characters who might appear). Those being; Lucky, the Actor and Actress and Rick.
Rick is the only notable outlier, as he's a relatively major character, so where is he?
Well, I think Rick's absence is quite simple to explain. While not outright confirmed, Rick is heavily implied to be working at Gonuts in episode 6, meaning he's wearing a new uniform. I think Pelo just didn't want to spoil this, and so left Rick and his new outfit out of the line up.
And that's all I've got! One last note before we're done here, I'm pretty sure next week's update will be the episode 6 trailer, so there's that.
Hollow Sorrows Trailer Breakdown LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO
Obviously, if you don't want spoilers, scroll away. If you've already seen the trailer, LET'S GO!!!

So when we first see possessed Patty, she looks mostly normal, you can't even see her demon teeth through the mask yet. John and Jack probably only came in since they heard a scream and/or struggle coming from the morgue.

So we get a shot of the boys being too chaotic, something Gregor points out and what will likely cause the "bad character development" Pelo ahs mentioned.
Also, since it's 100% what Pelo would do, Costume Bob is the guy in the HF suit. Mark my words.

The scene with the hatz is really interesting to me, since Skid and Pump just annoys Roy for a moment and leave. I think this might be all we get of the hatzgang this time, similar to how Frank only had a brief Appearance in Tender Treats. If my theory that episode 7 will focus on Roy is true, this little scene will be very interesting to dissect when the full episode drops.

We actually get out first proper glimpse at a new character and I think this old man is the very last character in the line up teaser

And there's also a pretty good chance he Roy's grandfather and given the way he reacts to the boys antics here, I can definitely see him being a another reasons Roy's the way he is.
If he actually is Roy's grandpa, then @crossover-enthusiast and I's Roy discussions are going to get really fun pretty soon.


Here, Skid is clearly holding a framed photo, meaning this will almost certainly be the first time his father is brought up directly.
Also, yeah, with Pump's line about "hangover spooky month", it seems my theory about Lila in this episode was at least half right.

Yet more proof that the boys' absent parents will be more of a focus. The trailer as a whole gives me some ideas regarding the Wonder parents, but I feel they're best saved for another time.


The boys get into trouble with the cops and I have 2 theories regarding when, either Gregor tries to get them sent home before going to the hospital, but they talk their way out of it, or they actually do get sent home at the end of the episode.
John's expression here immediately makes we think that something Skid or Pump said reminded him of his daughter. Another plot thread that has yet to be directly acknowledged.

Ignacio watches Gregor lead the boys away, maybe he lives down the street from Skid and Lila to keep an eye on them for the cult?
Either way, I'm surprised his appearance won't take place in the hospital as I previously predicted.

"I will be your guide. And I know your parents would be proud of you."
There's something undeniably sinister about this line, but how sinister hinges on whether Gregor is a cultist or ex-cultist. Whatever the case may be, he definitely knows more about or sees more in the boys than he lets on.

A great title card, and thought the blood everywhere is definitely concerning, I don't think there's anything to really say here, just wanted to get a screenshot of it.



And it would appear the character I've referred to as the cat lady will have the unenviable role of a hapless victim to the episode's villain. But honestly, I'm more surprised by her being at the hospital in the first place and why that never occurred to me before.
The actual progression of Patty's possession confirms to she's possessed by something other than Moloch. And what seals it for me is, fittingly, the eyes. The white of her eyes becomes a more vivid yellow, yet her pupil snot only don't form Moloch's typical spirals, but they're a more vivid shade of baby blue, a color that has never had any significance in the series before. Moloch will mostly be trapped in Dexter before eventually possessing Gregor, I will die on this hill.

AND THE FUGGIN' RELEASE DATE!!!
Alright, that's all, only a month now. We're so back!
DUDE DUDE PELO POSTED THIS

It's only PART of the poster according to him, but holy shitttt

Extrapolating from what we see just a bit, I think this is the new demon dropping all pretenses and bursting out of Patty like an undersize shirt.
Gregor's expression is great and the general presentation is tops.
This was at the end of a patreon post about the credits tier so....

This is pretty big, because we know HS will feature 3d animation (like in "Hi Kevin" scene Pelo tweeted), so there's good odds that they needed an on model and fully rigged Gregor model for something in the episode itself.
Get hyped!
EDIT: He's doing a different dance on X

Analyzing the Hollow Sorrows thumbnail for last minute predictions

The first thing I want to say is I didn't look at the cast list, so I don't know if there really is a new demon, but I'm operating under the assumption there is.
The eye in the background is Moloch's, being paralyzed, he's reduced to a watching ghostly presence and a looming threat if New Demon succeeds at freeing him.
The big thing is that Skid is looking at Gregor while Pump is looking at Patty, possessed by New Demon. I think this is symbolic of the role this episode will play in the boys' arcs. Pump is drawn to the more chaotic and unpredictable supernatural events happening in town. Pump is also the one who seems to be more affected by Eyes
On the other hand, Skid is drawn to Gregor, who is heavily implied to be a cultist in this image:

So him manipulating Skid into replacing his father is a distinct possibility. All this supports my idea that the finale episode will see a clash of Skid and the cult against Pump and Eyes.
Also, the fact that Gregor is shadowed in the same way as the villains serves as yet more evidence that his intentions aren't pure.
Loved this moment
"No, no, you can't run, you might hurt yourselves. Walk normally."

"Not THAT normally!"
Father Gregor: Spooky Month's fascinating anti-villain

Now, before I go full tilt into my rambling, I want to explain why I'm classing Gregor as an anti-villain. Put simply, his character flaws get in the way of his noble goals and lead to him and the boys being in danger.
So, what does Gregor do in Hollow Sorrows, anyway?
Well, he suddenly takes it upon himself to teach two unruly children how to act in a way he deems acceptable. Over the course of his effort he first gets them to ask people for forgiveness and/or make amends for issues they've caused. Where this went wrong is Gregor making the boys systematically apologies to everyone, including Patty, which leads to all the Moloch shenanigans, and Ignacio, which is implied to be what led to Gregor being sacrificed at the end of the episode.
Then we have the other lessons Gregor tried to teach the boys, all of which backfired, with Skid and Pump applying them in situations or ways Gregor didn't foresee or intend. The reason for these backfires being Gregor's inability to look past his own values and understand why someone might not act in accordance to them. He shows this almost every time he talks to someone other than the boys, as the criticisms he makes, while usually at least partly true, often don't come from the right place or don't consider context.
This is what makes Gregor an anti-villain to me, and why I consider this to be his episode instead of Moloch's. Pelo said in the stream where he redid the cultist reference sheet that he wants the villains of the episode to have a seven deadly sins theme to them. Seeing as the first 2 episodes didn't really have focused villains and the cult, as the big bads, aren't likely to be grouped with the episode specific villains, I always saw his statement as referring to episodes 3-9. With this in mind, the villains and their sins would be: Moloch- wrath (obsessed with getting revenge on the boys) Dexter- lust (bloodlust or his "needs") Bob- gluttony (duh) and now, with Hollow Sorrows, Gregor- pride (as his arrogance and perceived moral superiority to others continuously causes problems during the episode) I do have theories on the remaining episode villains and their sins connections, but that's a story for another post.
The Tree Banshee theory
This is a theory predicting the role of Spooky Month's most enigmatic monster, one many fans might not even know about yet, so sit back and enjoy!

Watching HS for a second time, Gregor's pose here stuck out to me, so I went back to check my hunch...

Yep, he's in the same pose as the figure on the left wing of the gate. But what about the tree like figure on the right wing?
Well, for that, we turn to the movie theatre, many fans know about the demon priest poster that foreshadowed HS back in TT, well we see a very interesting poster for a second in episode 6

"The Forest Sight", huh?
Now for the clencher, we turn to an image from the arg

The same eye patterns, and a ghoulish being I've come to call the Tree Banshee, you might remember it for it's scream in TT or for an illustration of it in the book from the TT arg.
I believe this entity also somehow benefits from sacrifices made to Eyes and that it will be a/the major monster of a future episode, which lines up well with my idea of Roy's episode being about him chasing Skid and Pump into the woods, where they get lost.
I need P. M. Seymour to do a Gregor cover of Rappin' For Jesus


i won't apologize...
I just realized that in the last panel Gregor's head looks like he's being *spurted* out of the *tip* his cloths.....I regret nothing

My spooky month 6 prediction
You are correct, that's why people throughout the episode keep asking Gregor if he's really a priest, since they don't know the church is a thing now.
Wait
Did Father Gregor die?
I thought he was just being indoctrinated
We honestly don't know atm, it's pretty heavily implied he was sacrificed? But we don't see him die, and considering the last time we didn't see a character die he turned out to be alive (Streber), there's always a chance.
I hope he's not dead lol
He indeed is, in fact, in TT, you can see planks of wood leaning by the door of the church, meaning it was likely unfinished at the time
Wait
Did Father Gregor die?
I thought he was just being indoctrinated
We honestly don't know atm, it's pretty heavily implied he was sacrificed? But we don't see him die, and considering the last time we didn't see a character die he turned out to be alive (Streber), there's always a chance.
I hope he's not dead lol
Moloch could be stommiform
Kinds of fitting, it has his smile
Good idea, also, this gave me the idea of Gregor as a sea angel