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"Till Death Do Us Start" is the 29th episode of Extreme Ghostbusters, first aired on November 14, 1997. The title is also rendered as "Till Death Do We Start," a pun on the marriage vow "till death do us part." It was written by Lane Raichert and directed by Tim Eldred. In the story, a retiring tax accountant who wishes for a wife at an old wishing well finds himself stalked by an undead bride, and the Ghostbusters discover the well itself is the real threat.
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Leonard Bates watches movers finish unloading his belongings into a new house on Long Island. He admits he is moving in alone. In the tool shed he finds a wishing well, tosses in a coin, and wishes for a wife. A bride rises from the well, her skin turning translucent, and declares that Bates is hers before chasing after him.
In Manhattan, Garrett Miller and Kylie Griffin race past the firehouse while Roland Jackson times them, and Eduardo Rivera arrives late and on foot. Bates speeds through the streets in his convertible, hunted by the Ghost Bride, who travels through mirrors and other reflective surfaces. He reaches the firehouse and pounds on the door. The team brings him up to the rec room to consult Egon Spengler, who recognizes the attack as a conjunctive ritual and asks whether Bates made a wish at a well. Bates explains that he is turning 40, sold his apartment on the Upper West Side, quit his accounting job, and wanted someone to share his life with. Egon decides the team will investigate the well the next morning and has everyone spend the night at the firehouse.
That night the Ghost Bride finds the firehouse and moves between mirrors, a TV screen, a window, and a silver plate, draining Bates of energy when she kisses him. Roland identifies her as a Class 5. Kylie lures her out by pretending to flirt with Bates, Eduardo tackles the ghost off Kylie, and the team confines and traps her.
Back at his Long Island house, Bates is attacked again. Egon theorizes the new bride is a copy. The Ghostbusters smash every reflective surface in the house, but the ghost survives in the broken shards. Consulting his database on the area's psychokinetic turbulence, Egon concludes the real threat is a Class 4 psychoreactive specter called the Wishgiver, and orders the well destroyed. The team blasts the wishing well until it explodes, ending the haunting. Some time later, Bates leaves for a three-week trip to Europe.
Leonard Bates and the Wishgiver are the episode's antagonists, with the Ghost Bride as the Wishgiver's manifestation. The Ghostbusters who appear are Egon Spengler, Eduardo Rivera, Roland Jackson, Garrett Miller, and Kylie Griffin, along with Slimer.
The regular voice cast is credited as Tara Charendoff, Maurice LaMarche, Jason Marsden, Alfonso Ribeiro, Rino Romano, and Billy West. Valery Pappas and Mark Taylor are credited as guest voices.
The team uses the Proton Pack, particle thrower, proton canister, P.K.E. Meter, proton pistol, trap, Ecto-1, and radio. The Ghost Bride is sent to the Containment Unit.
The episode moves between Manhattan and Long Island, including Bates' house, the firehouse, and a storefront called Beatty Mirror and Glass.
The "For Sale" sign Bates removes from his lawn references Adelaide Productions, the Sony Pictures Television animation division that produced Extreme Ghostbusters.
Egon recalls a similar kissing ritual that he nearly fell victim to in the Real Ghostbusters episode "Til Death Do Us Part," which has a similar title.
Bates mentions that he moved out of the Upper West Side, the same neighborhood Janosz Poha is from in Ghostbusters II.
The episode is preceded by "Eyes of a Dragon" and followed by "Glutton for Punishment."
