Brothers Josh (Joshua John Miller) and Max (Edan Gross) win a local science competition by creating Newman, a voice-activated robot. But after a strange incident with a Ouija board on Halloween night, the brothers discover that Newman has developed a mind of his own. Luckily, it's a friendly one -- the spirit of the boys' deceased father, Matt (voice of Alan Thicke), who's returned to set the record straight about how he died.