Ghosts is an American television sitcom adapted for CBS from the original British series of the same name by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, who were also its showrunners. It premiered on October 7, 2021[1] and was picked up for a full season that month.[2] It was renewed for a second season in January 2022,[3] which premiered on September 29, 2022.[4] It was renewed for a third season in January 2023, which began filming in Montreal on December 2, 2023.[5][6] The third season, of ten episodes, premiered on February 15, 2024.[7] In March 2024, it was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on October 17, 2024.[8][9]
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| Genre | Sitcom |
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| Composer | Jeff Cardoni |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original languages | English French |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
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| Production location | Montreal, Quebec |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 20–22 minutes |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 7, 2021 – present |
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Premise
Married New Yorkers Samantha and Jay Arondekar believe their dreams have come true when they inherit a beautiful country house from Sophie Woodstone, Sam's great aunt, only to find that it is falling apart and inhabited by ghosts of people from different eras of American history who died on the property and are now bound to the area, appearing as they did at the times of their deaths, until they can reach the afterlife. Jay cannot see or hear the ghosts, but Sam can after a near-death experience.
Cast
Main
Living
- Rose McIver as Samantha "Sam" Arondekar, a freelance journalist who, after an accident that leaves her clinically dead for three minutes, revives with the ability to see, hear, and interact with ghosts.[10] She is based on Alison Cooper from the original British series.
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay Arondekar, Samantha's husband and a chef with many typically "geeky" interests such as comic books, sci-fi films, video games, and Dungeons & Dragons. He often attempts to communicate with the ghosts despite being unable to see or hear them.[10] He is loosely based on Mike Cooper from the original British series.
Ghosts
- Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn "Thor", an aggressive, often melodramatic Viking from Norway and the oldest of the ghosts, who set out to explore North America over 1,000 years ago but was abandoned by his shipmates and died from a lightning strike conducted by the helmet he wore. He has the ability to manipulate electricity and enjoys watching TV as well as regaling his friends with stories of combat, especially against Danes, and his favorite foods, particularly cod. He has a son named Bjorn, now a ghost on an adjacent property, who married a Danish woman. His previous ghost girlfriends include Luella and "Flat Maria", both of whom have since moved on to the afterlife. He is loosely based on Robin the caveman in the original British series.[11]
- Román Zaragoza as Sasappis "Sass", a cynical Lenape man,[10] who often serves as the voice of reason for the other ghosts. He can influence living people's thoughts by interacting with them as characters in their dreams, making him the only ghost who can directly speak to Jay. He enjoys storytelling, stirring up drama, watching TV, and smelling food, especially pizza, prepared by the living. Despite being the second oldest ghost, he is more aware of the modern world than most and speaks like a modern person because he "pays attention".
- Brandon Scott Jones as Captain Isaac Higgintoot, an initially closeted gay Continental Army officer[12] who died of dysentery[11] two weeks after the siege of Fort Ticonderoga[13] and has been largely forgotten by history, making him immensely jealous of the more famous Alexander Hamilton.[13] The living can smell a foul odor if he passes through them. He is based loosely on the Captain in the original British series, while his ghost power is similar to that of Mary Guppy the witch trial victim, and his one-sided rivalry with Hamilton echoes Romantic poet Thomas Thorne's rivalry with Lord Byron.
- Rebecca Wisocky as Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone, the uptight lady of the manor, Sam's great-great-great-great-aunt, and the daughter of the original owner of the mansion. She takes pride in being wealthy, looks down her nose on the working class and anyone Irish, and experimented with now-illicit drugs throughout her life, including cocaine and morphine. Her husband cheated on her in life with many different women, while her son Thomas was responsible for Alberta's murder.[10] She strangled herself to death in 1895 using a telephone cord to avoid being arrested for her husband's crimes, thus allowing Thomas to receive his inheritance. She is based on Lady Fanny Button in the original British series.
- Alice Manning as Young Hetty, who could see and hear Thorfinn as a small child.
- Danielle Pinnock as Alberta Haynes, a flamboyant Prohibition-era lounge singer[12] who was murdered by drinking strychnine-laced moonshine;[14] solving her murder is a key plot arc of the second season. Her humming can be heard by the living.[11] She can also be heard by Alexa devices. Though not directly based on any character from the UK original, her death backstory is similar to Lady Fanny Button's, as they were both killed as a result of their respective partners' affairs.
- Sheila Carrasco as Susan "Flower" Montero, a cheerful and sweet but naive and forgetful hippie[10] who lived in both a commune and a cult in the 1960s. She was mauled to death by a bear she tried to hug while under the influence of drugs.[13] She can put a living person into a hallucinogenic high if she passes through them, and likes being in polyamorous relationships. She shares a closeness and gentle flirtation with Thorfinn, and they start dating later in the second season. Due to Carrasco taking time off work to raise her newborn daughter,[15] Flower goes missing in the third season, causing her friends to mistakenly believe she has moved on to the afterlife. Her cheerfulness and naïveté make her most similar to the character of Kitty Higham of the British original, though the roots of their dispositions are quite different (Kitty being a sheltered aristocrat, while Flower's derives from her hippie lifestyle).
- Richie Moriarty as Peter "Pete" Martino, a friendly and polite but socially awkward travel agent and Pinecone Trooper leader[12] of Italian descent who died in 1985 when one of his scouts accidentally shot him through the neck with an arrow.[11] He has an unrequited romantic interest in Alberta, and Jay considers him one of his best friends, despite being unable to perceive his presence, due to many shared interests between them. Among his varied interests are improv, basketball, Dungeons & Dragons, and Star Wars films. He is the only ghost in the main group who can leave the Woodstone property and go anywhere he wants, but if he stays away from the property for too long, he will start to vanish piece-by-piece into oblivion although it's unknown what happens if he fully disappears.[16] He is based on Pat Butcher in the original British series.
- Asher Grodman as Trevor Lefkowitz, the most recently deceased of the main ghosts, a wealthy, womanizing, hard-partying stockbroker[12] and Wharton School alumnus of Jewish ancestry who died in 2000 from a heart attack, caused by an accidental drug overdose, while not wearing pants. Though he claims he lost his pants because he died during a sexual encounter, he simply lent his pants to a friend as a good deed. He can physically interact with the corporeal world to a limited degree, usually with only one index finger, if he concentrates hard enough.[11] He is loosely based on Julian Fawcett MP in the original British series, and his initial attraction to Sam is similar to the poet Thomas Thorne's infatuation with Sam's counterpart Alison.
- Sam Ashe Arnold as Young Trevor.
Recurring
Ghosts
- Hudson Thames (Season 1) and Alex Boniello (Seasons 2-present) as the head of Crash, a smooth-talking 1950s-era greaser ghost who was decapitated.[17] He is loosely based on Sir Humphrey Bone in the British version; however, unlike Humphrey, whose head is always present in each appearance, Crash's head goes missing in the pilot episode when Thorfinn accidentally knocks it off his neck. Only his body (played by Matt Keyes) appears until his head is recovered in "Ghost Father of the Bride."
- The cholera victim ghosts (also called basement ghosts): an indeterminate number of ghosts who died in a pest house that used to be on the property during a 19th-century cholera outbreak and whose bodies were buried together in a pit. Although they can go upstairs if they wish, their sickly appearances disturb the upstairs ghosts, so they spend all their time in the basement and are experts on the house's heating system. They are based on the plague ghosts in the British version, and most share first names with their actors.
- Betsy Sodaro as Cholera Victim Nancy, a brash, obnoxious Albany native who spends most of her time berating her fellow victims and thinking of ways to permanently move upstairs.
- Stuart Fink as Cholera Victim Stuart
- Arthur Holden as Cholera Victim Creepy Dirk. When the ghosts decide to elect a representative to petition Sam rather than make requests individually, Creepy Dirk wins after Isaac's attempt to garner their support for his candidacy. He briefly holds the position until Sam rejects the arrangement.
- Cody Crain as Cholera Victim Cody
- Nigel Downer as Cholera Victim Nigel
- Cat Lemieux as Cholera Victim Catherine
- Tyler Alvarez as Cholera Victim Ralph, a teen who starts a relationship with Stephanie the prom ghost, only to move on to the afterlife.
- The British Revolutionary ghosts: three ghosts who died in the Revolutionary War and occupy the shed on the property that used to be a barracks, as was agreed upon with Isaac after the war ended. They keep mostly to themselves and come up to the main house to redraw the borderlines every few years.
- John Hartman as Nigel Chessum, the leader of the trio, whom Isaac accidentally shot. They have had secret romantic feelings for one another since they were alive, and they begin a relationship at the end of the first season.
- Chad Andrews (Season 1) and Steven Yaffee (Seasons 3-present) as Baxter, Nigel's subordinate who plays a fife.
- Christian Daoust as Jenkins, Nigel's subordinate who possesses a musket. He and Nigel had a physical relationship before Nigel and Isaac started dating, and they "liaison" once more when Isaac and Nigel go "on a respite".[a]
- Odessa A'zion as Stephanie, a senior high school student who was murdered on her prom night by a chainsaw killer in 1987. She sleeps in the attic for months at a time, as extended sleep periods are common for ghosts who die in their teen years, and wakes up around the day of her prom night each year.
- Crystle Lightning as Shiki, a Lenape woman on whom Sasappis had a crush in life. As a ghost, she is bound to the land occupied by the publishing office of the Ulster County Review magazine, so Sam and Jay help her establish a long-distance relationship with Sass.
- Lindsey Broad as Judy, Henry Farnsby's deceased mother, who now haunts their home.
- Christian Jadah as Bjorn, Thorfinn's son, who married a Danish woman and had three children, travelled to find his father, and now haunts the Farnsbys' property, having died at about the same age as Thor. Sam helps him reconnect with his father by having them shout to each other through the windows.
- Louis Labonville as Young Bjorn.
- Nichole Sakura as Jessica (season 2), a permanently drunk ghost who died in a car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol and is now bound to a small perimeter around her former car, enabling her to travel more freely than other ghosts can. She has a brief relationship with Sass when Freddy, who bought Jessica's car, begins working as an assistant at the manor.
- Caroline Aaron as Carol (guest Seasons 1–2, recurring Season 3), Pete's widow, who cheated on him with his best friend Jerry when he was alive. She becomes a new ghost on the Woodstone property in the third season after fatally choking on a doughnut hole. She becomes engaged to Baxter in the third-season finale.
- Tara Spencer-Nairn as Young Carol
- Mary Holland as Patience (season 4), a mentally unstable, stridently moralistic Puritan ghost who led a life of austerity; fell down a hole with Thor, Sass, and Isaac at some point in the 1890s; and remains stranded in the dirt until she finds a way back into the house in the present. As a result of her mental state, she often shouts her own name when feeling intense emotions. She can also make walls bleed and write short messages with the blood.[18]
Living
- Tristan D. Lalla as Mark, a construction worker involved in renovating Woodstone Manor for Sam and Jay.
- Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll as Todd Pearlman, an obsessive fan of Alberta's who operates a "museum" dedicated to her out of his mother's garage.
- Punam Patel as Bela, Jay's sister who was lured on social media by Trevor. Sam tells her the truth about her talking to ghosts, and while Bela is at first skeptical, Sam is able to convince her with the help of the ghosts. In the second season, she begins dating her coworker Eric.
- Mark Linn-Baker and Kathryn Greenwood as Henry and Margaret Farnsby, Sam and Jay's swinger neighbors and owners of a rival B&B, who promise to support their permit applications for their renovations. Their house is also haunted by a collection of ghosts from across history, including Henry's mother. They are based on Barclay Beg-Chetwynde and his wife Bunny in the British version.
- Punkie Johnson and Carolyn Taylor as June and Ally, Sam and Jay's neighbors who run an organic farm called "Cover Crop Farms".
- Mike Lane as Freddy (Season 2), a deliveryman hired as an assistant at the Arondekars' B&B.
Guests
- Rachael Harris as Sheryl, Sam's mother, who she sees as a ghost at the restaurant where she died. After she and Sam make peace with each other, she moves on to the afterlife. Her belches, which smell of shrimp, can be smelled by the living.
- Matt Walsh as Elias Woodstone, Hetty's husband, who died from suffocation in a vault that no ghosts can enter or exit. He has the power to make people sexually aroused when he walks through them. After he rants about becoming a permanent nuisance and refusing to change himself, he becomes bound to Hell.
- Gregory Zaragoza as Naxasi, Sass's father, who tried to convince him not to be a storyteller.[b]
- Mercedes Morris as Clara Brown, a lounge singer and bootlegger whose illegal activities Alberta reported so she could steal a gig from her.
- Drew Tarver as Micah, a charismatic cult leader who attempts to manipulate Jay into joining his group so they can move into the mansion.
- Hannah Rose May as Molly, an Irish maid with whom Elias had sex when they were alive. She is brought back from the afterlife briefly through a seance, and explains to Hetty that Elias coerced her.
- Dallas Goldtooth as Bob, a Lenape man from the Hudson Valley Lenape Culture Center. He corrects the information Sass has given the group about the ancient tree on their land and teaches them about land acknowledgements, and Sass admires his work.
- Kelly Craig as Olga, Thorfinn's wife and Bjorn's mother.
- Mathew Baynton as an actor starring in a reconstruction of Pete's death.[c]
- Rose Abdoo as Paula, the producer of "Dumb Deaths".
- Dana Gourrier as Jennifer, a woman who was one of Pete's scout troops that witnessed his death.
- Kaliko Kauahi as a liquor license inspector.
- Neil Crone as Benjamin Franklin, an American Founding Father and Freemason, with whom Isaac tried to build a good reputation so he could join the society.
- Andrew Leeds as Eric, Bela's friend, whom she starts dating in the second season.
- Hillary Anne Matthews as Beatrice, Isaac's wife, who knew about his sexuality but cared deeply for him regardless.
- Chip Zien as Lenny Lefkowitz, Trevor's father attending Trevor's memorial at Woodstone Manor.
- Laraine Newman as Esther Lefkowitz, Trevor's mother attending Trevor's memorial at Woodstone Manor.
- Tara Reid as herself attending Trevor's memorial at Woodstone Manor.
- Chris Eckert as George, a Puritan ghost in the Farnsby estate who is now open about his homosexuality due to failing to reach the afterlife.
- Ashley D. Kelley as Alicia, a lawyer and a descendant of Alberta, who is inspired by her ancestor's work to pursue singing.
- David Baby as Jerry, Carol's current husband and Pete's former best friend.
- Asia Martin as Theresa, Alberta's sister.
- Brooks Brantly as Earl, Alberta's bootlegger boyfriend.
- Daniel Rindress-Kay as Thomas Woodstone, Hetty's son and Earl's secret boyfriend, who planted a poisoned whiskey bottle for Alberta to drink when Earl left him for her.
- Jeremy Luke as Al Capone, a famous Chicago crime boss, who almost committed suicide with the poisoned whiskey Alberta ultimately drank.
- Jessie Ennis as a woman claiming to be Sam's cousin and David Woodstone's daughter.
- Brian Cook as David Woodstone, Sam's uncle and Trevor's former coworker, who dumped Trevor's body into a lake before dying of an aneurysm in the depressing strip club that he now haunts with one other ghost who died from eating contaminated sushi.
- Holly Gauthier-Frankel as Laura, Pete's daughter. She has a son named after her father.
- Emily Mitchell as Young Laura.
- Douglas Sills as Samuel, Hetty's father, who discouraged her from marrying an artist due to his painting her with her ankle exposed.
- Jon Glaser as Jeremy Lefkowitz, Trevor's brother, who refused to take over their father's business.
- David Kohlsmith as Young Jeremy.
- Lamorne Morris as Saul, a poltergeist and former Negro league baseball player who visits the manor using a guest as his host and starts a brief relationship with Alberta. As a non-traditional ghost, he can travel anywhere by binding himself to different human hosts in near range if he concentrates hard enough. He speculates that his power is a result of his tendency to become overly attached to people in life.[19]
- Geoffrey Owens as Gene, a new guest at Woodstone that Saul is tethered to.[20]
- Deniz Akdeniz as Chris, an Australian male stripper and part-time DJ hired to perform a lap dance, unknowingly for Isaac, causing Isaac to become attracted to him.
- Irene White and Adrian Martinez as Gloria and Mike, a ghost couple Pete meets in a DealMart superstore. They were trampled to death in a 2005 Black Friday sale, and Gloria is now stuck carrying a box containing the TV she tried to buy.[d]
- Marc-André Boulanger as the Butcher Ghost, the leader of a violent ghost gang that becomes active in the Hudson Valley DealMart after business hours, who was killed by a meat cleaver in his head.
- Allegra Edwards as Donna, a ghost Pete sleeps with in St. Lucia, who murdered her husband and fled to the island before dying in 1982 when an early cell phone struck her on the head.
- Dean Norris as Frank, Sam's father.[21][22]
- Melinda McGraw as Diane, Frank's new girlfriend.
- Matty Cardarople as Jamie, an Internet personality with a video series themed around detonating objects.
- Gardiner Millar as Duffy, a Vietnam veteran ghost who haunts his former house, now owned by Jamie.
- Connor Ratliff as Scott Morgan, the director of the Hudson Valley Players.
- Samantha Boscarino as Marisa, an actress in the Hudson Valley Players in whom Sass becomes romantically interested.
- Nat Faxon as Alexander Hamilton.[23]
Episodes
 | It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled List of Ghosts (American TV series) episodes. (Discuss) (October 2024) |
Series overview
Season 1 (2021–22)
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Trent O'Donnell | Teleplay by : Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | October 7, 2021 | GHO101 | 5.52[24] |
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Samantha "Sam" and Jay Arondekar, a young married couple living in a cramped New York apartment, inherit an old mansion from Sophie Woodstone, Sam's great aunt. However, the house is inhabited by a collection of ghosts who died on the property over a thousand-year period, are invisible and intangible to the living, can phase through walls but not floors or ceilings, and cannot eat or drink but require sleep. After learning that Sam and Jay plan to open a bed and breakfast, the ghosts struggle to haunt them out of the house, fearing constant disturbance and risk of being walked through by the living, a deeply painful experience for ghosts. Trevor, who can interact with the corporeal world to a limited degree, accidentally causes Sam to trip over a vase he moved, fall down the stairs, and almost die. She revives with the ability to see and hear them. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Hello!" | Trent O'Donnell | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | October 7, 2021 | GHO102 | 5.52[24] |
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Sam, now able to see, hear, and interact with the ghosts, tries to ignore them, believing them to be a symptom of her injuries and induced coma. However, after encountering more ghosts during a doctor's appointment and in the mansion's basement, she eventually accepts their existence and convinces her husband that they are real while offering to have them peacefully cohabitate as best they can until the ghosts can move on into the afterlife (which they refer to as being "sucked off", unaware that the phrase is considered an innuendo in modern times except Trevor who enjoys the term). | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Viking Funeral" | Trent O'Donnell | Josh Malmuth | October 14, 2021 | GHO103 | 5.27[25] |
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After beginning the renovations at the mansion, the construction crews uncovers Thorfinn's remains, which poses a threat to the renovations, so Samantha and Jay attempt to dispose of the remains. Despite learning the value of Viking skeletons and being tempted to sell Thor's remains to fund the renovations, Sam and Jay ultimately hold a Viking funeral. Thor appears to begin ascending into the afterlife, only to realize the light is coming from a police cruiser responding to the flames from the funeral boat. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Dinner Party" | Trent O'Donnell | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | October 21, 2021 | GHO104 | 5.20[26] |
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Sam and Jay meet the Farnsbys, an older couple living on an adjacent property, who attempt to sabotage their renovations, which leads them to invite them over for dinner. At the dinner party, the ghosts attempt to sabotage Sam until she points out they need her to maintain a connection to the world of the living. In the end, with the help of the ghosts, especially Pete's knowledge of 1980s television, the Farnsbys promise to support their permit applications for their renovations. Absent: Román Zaragoza as Sasappis | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Halloween" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Talia Bernstein | October 28, 2021 | GHO106 | 5.76[27] |
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The ghosts are unable to get into the Halloween spirit, being unable to participate (e.g. eating candy and wearing costumes) and thinking it to be insulting to ghosts because of the bedsheets. Taking advantage of Sam's ability to see and hear them, Isaac, Hetty, Sasappis and Thorfinn guard the mansion against middle school vandals. Meanwhile, Alberta, Pete and Trevor are horrified by media depictions of ghosts and how they're treated as they watch Ghostbusters. After Thorfinn uses his powers to accidentally set the front yard gazebo on fire and Isaac blames one of the young vandals, the ghosts argue over whether to tell Sam the truth. Absent: Sheila Carrasco as Flower | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Pete's Wife" | Trent O'Donnell | Kira Kalush | November 4, 2021 | GHO105 | 5.94[28] |
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As Sam introduces the ghosts to the Internet and social media, Trevor believes that he fathered a child from one of his one-night stands in 2000. After Sam locates Pete's wife Carol online, she invites her to the mansion at Pete's insistence, using his old Trooper's manual as an excuse. Pete finds that his wife and best friend were not only involved before his death, but are now married and he is furious until Sam reads one of his notes from his manual on forgiveness. Pete's daughter, Laura, then reveals his grandson has been named after him in his honor. Meanwhile, Thorfinn and Sasappis become obsessed with a reality show, which the former binge-watches without the latter. Absent: Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty Woodstone | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Flower's Article" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Emily Schmidt | November 11, 2021 | GHO107 | 5.23[29] |
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To land a permanent job at a local magazine, Sam decides to write a human interest article about a 'Robin Hood-esque' bank robbery carried out by Flower during her time in a 'commune', but Flower refuses to be interviewed as she swore to secrecy. Having heard about the incident ad nauseam since Flower's death, Isaac and Alberta decide to learn about the robbery on Sam's behalf. Meanwhile, Sam encounters Shiki: the ghost of a Lenape woman on whom Sasappis had a crush, and she and Jay try to establish long-distance communication between them. Absent: Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty Woodstone & Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "D&D" | Nick Wong | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | November 18, 2021 | GHO109 | 5.42[30] |
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Sam volunteers to help Jay and the ghosts play Dungeons & Dragons together when Jay's D&D group abandons him. Also, Sam discovers that an old shed on the mansion's grounds was a British barracks during the Revolutionary War, now occupied by three ghosts of British soldiers, one of whom, Nigel, learns that Isaac, who has secretly requited feelings for him, accidentally shot and killed him. Absent: Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty Woodstone & Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Alberta's Fan" | Nick Wong | Lauren Bridges | December 2, 2021 | GHO108 | 5.46[31] |
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Todd Pearlman, an obsessive fan of Alberta's, visits the mansion to do research for a biography he is writing about her and discovers that her briefcase contains vintage moonshine. He nearly dies from drinking it, as it was poisoned, confirming Alberta's suspicions that she was murdered. Elsewhere, Thorfinn tries reconnecting with Hetty during walks outside the mansion, as he remembers that she could see and hear ghosts as a child, which is a rare gift among living human children. Absent: Sheila Carrasco as Flower & Román Zaragoza as Sasappis | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Possession" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Rishi Chitkara | December 9, 2021 | GHO111 | 5.75[32] |
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While trying to repair a sconce, Jay accidentally falls on top of Hetty, who possesses him and takes on-and-off control of his body. Sam struggles to keep this a secret from a wedding planner who is difficult to impress and visits the mansion to sample Jay's cooking. Refusing to be exorcised, Hetty attempts to escape the mansion in Jay's car, only to be separated from him because she cannot leave the mansion's grounds. Absent: Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Sam's Mom" | Katie Locke O'Brien | John Timothy | January 6, 2022 | GHO110 | 6.48[33] |
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Sam and Jay travel to the restaurant where Sam's mother died to find out if she became a ghost. On arrival, they find her. After some tense moments with her daughter, Sam's mother admits that she loves and admires her and ascends to the afterlife. Meanwhile, Sasappis reveals that he overheard that Pete has feelings for Alberta. When it appears that she doesn't reciprocate those feelings, Pete denies it, and convinces Cholera Victim Nancy to pretend to be his girlfriend in exchange for getting to move upstairs. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Jay's Sister" | Christine Gernon | Julia Hartner & Ian Murphy | January 13, 2022 | GHO112 | 6.47[34] |
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Jay's sister, Bela, comes to visit after a break up, but reveals that she's been having great conversations with someone online. Sam and Jay are shocked when they realize that it's Trevor. Trevor reveals that he used their iPad to make a dating account. When Bela discovers the account on the iPad, she assumes that Jay created the profile and is furious. Sam tells her the truth about her talking to ghosts, and while Bela is as first skeptical, Sam is able to convince her with the help of the ghosts. Meanwhile, Nancy, still pretending to be Pete's girlfriend, threatens to tell Alberta the truth if Pete doesn't start to be more assertive. While Pete initially listens to her, he becomes upset when it leads to the other ghosts fighting. When Pete assertively tells Nancy that he enjoys being the one who keeps the peace, Nancy is proud of him for standing up for himself and pretends to break up with him and goes back to the cholera pit. Absent: Sheila Carrasco as Flower & Román Zaragoza as Sasappis | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Vault" | Christine Gernon | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | January 20, 2022 | GHO113 | 6.68[35] |
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On the eve of hosting a wedding of a major online influencer, a worker discovers a passageway and vault under the house containing the ghost and corpse of Hetty's amoral husband Elias (Matt Walsh), a robber baron. Shocked at how modern Hetty has become, he uses his power (making living people sexually aroused by passing through them) to destroy the wedding, hoping to force Sam and Jay into bankruptcy and out of the house. Sam and Jay plan to sell his corpse's gold pocket watch to temporarily thwart his plan. When Elias threatens to become a permanent nuisance, Hetty tells him to "Go to hell", at which point ominous unseen forces drag him through the floor. Despite it being unclear if Hetty caused this to happen, she uses the threat of this power to intimidate the other ghosts. | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Ghostwriter" | Kimmy Gatewood | Josh Malmuth & John Timothy | February 24, 2022 | GHO114 | 5.85[36] |
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Sasappis wants to help Sam write a creative piece for her planned inn's Website, although she dismisses his unusual manner of writing. After Trevor accidentally deletes the site while trying to open it for editing, Sass admits the truth and explains that his father believed he had a gift for storytelling, but was worried his son would fail at it the same way he did. After symbolically giving his storyteller's feather to Sam, Sass tells a meaningful Lenape legend that moves her, Jay, and the other ghosts. Meanwhile, Pete feels lonely with no one else around who wants to watch basketball with him until he learns Flower has an extensive knowledge of the sport. | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Thorapy" | Kimmy Gatewood | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | March 3, 2022 | GHO115 | 5.52[37] |
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As pairs of ghosts begin bunking with each other in various bedrooms to accommodate future living guests, Sam and Jay learn that Thorfinn has been experiencing night terrors for the past 500 years. Jay arranges for a therapist to visit the mansion with Sam pretending to have Thor's problems so she can interpret them for the therapist. Sam discovers Thor killed a friend named Oskar after being abandoned by his shipmates and assumes Oskar was human until Thor explains he was a squirrel that he ate for survival. Meanwhile, feeling nervous about his secret attraction to Nigel, Isaac feigns romantic interest in Hetty, his bunkmate, but hearing Thorfinn's story inspires him to come out to her in private. | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Trevor's Pants" | Trent O'Donnell | Kira Kalush & Talia Bernstein | March 31, 2022 | GHO116 | 6.23[38] |
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Trevor recognizes a man seeking to purchase the timepiece found on Elias's corpse as Ari, one of his former friends and fellow stockbrokers. He then recounts the story of his death and how he lost his pants. When Pinkus, another former coworker, was promoted to Trevor's group at their company in New York City, they celebrated at Woodstone Manor, as David, another friend, was a nephew of the late Sophie Woodstone. Although Trevor claims he died of a drug and alcohol overdose after having sex with a limousine driver, Sasappis reveals he actually died after giving his wallet, pants, and boxer shorts to Pinkus, who was to make his way back to the city wearing nothing but a white T-shirt in a ritualistic haze as part of the friends' "bro code". Sam helps Trevor exact revenge on Ari by playing a prank that would force him to follow the same haze, and Ari agrees to pay twice his original price for the timepiece. Meanwhile, Thorfinn tells Flower about his romantic feelings for her, although she would prefer to have group sex with an additional ghost. After going through several candidates, they agree to take their relationship more slowly. | |||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Attic Girl" | Trent O'Donnell | Emily Schmidt & Lauren Bridges | April 14, 2022 | GHO117 | 5.96[39] |
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Stephanie, a teenage ghost who was murdered by a chainsaw killer on her prom night in 1987, comes down from the attic after sleeping there for a year. For her one day of being awake, she invites the ghosts to a ghost-only prom. Alberta discovers she can communicate with Sam and Jay's new Alexa. Sam opens up to Jay about how she was catfished by high school classmates into thinking she had a romantic French penpal who wanted to come to her prom night. Pete overhears only part of the story and shares it with the other ghosts, inspiring Stephanie to play a mean prank on Sam by having Alberta order a bag of baguettes via Alexa. Feeling betrayed after learning the whole story, the main ghosts abandon Stephanie, but Sam convinces them to help her organize a prom anyway. | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Farnsby & B" | Cortney Carrillo | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | April 21, 2022 | GHO118 | 6.25[40] |
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When Sam and Jay refuse the Farnsbys' offer to buy their bed and breakfast, the Farnsbys open a rival B&B to drive the younger couple out of business. Thorfinn reveals that he placed a Norse curse on the mansion to prevent a B&B from ever being opened; and he claims the curse, which may or may not have been real, has caused every misfortune over the past season, including Sam's accident that gave her the ability to see the ghosts. Sam almost reverses the alleged curse by mixing cinnamon and sugar in hot water but decides not to do so, as she does not want to take the very small chance of losing her ability. She tells Jay that, no matter how many obstacles they encounter, they should continue working to get their business started. Meanwhile, Isaac sets out to tell Nigel that he likes him but is heartbroken when Jenkins, a subordinate, informs him that Nigel has ascended into the afterlife. Nigel later confronts Isaac, believing he was having an affair with Thorfinn, and the Revolutionary-era ghosts clear up their confusion and admit that they like each other. The Arondekars keep their business after they win by forfeit in a match against the Farnsbys, but, as they welcome their first guests, they fall through a weakened floor into the basement. | |||||||
Season 2 (2022–23)
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| 19 | 1 | "Spies" | Trent O'Donnell | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | September 29, 2022 | GHO201 | 6.46[41] | |||||||
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Sam and Jay welcome Tom and Debbie, their first guests since the floor incident, which earned their B&B a one-star review on Yelp, but the ghosts become suspicious of the newcomers' overly friendly demeanor. When the Arondekars discover Tom and Debbie's reputation for writing harshly negative reviews, the ghosts spy on them for Sam against Jay's wishes, and she struggles to act on the ghosts' multitude of suggestions to appease the visiting couple. Taking offense to his wife and cooking being insulted, Jay stands up for Sam, who tells the guests what they know about their Yelp activity, which they mistakenly thought was anonymous and ultimately earns the B&B a five-star review. Meanwhile, Nigel confides to Isaac how he feels about Thorfinn energetically disrupting their TV time, and when Isaac asks Thor to be more quiet, the Viking dejectedly leaves for the cholera pit. That evening, he apologizes to Thor, who turns out to share Nigel's love of watching ants. | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 2 | "Alberta's Podcast" | Trent O'Donnell | Talia Bernstein | October 6, 2022 | GHO202 | 6.21[42] | |||||||
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A murder mystery podcast inspires Sam to develop her own based on Alberta's turbulent life. To gather more information, she invites Alberta's obsessive fan Todd back to the mansion despite Jay and the ghosts' warnings, and he comes across Alberta's secret diary. This prompts the singer to open up about being discriminated against because of her size; to this end, she ratted out Clara Brown, a rival singer, for bootlegging alcohol so she could earn a gig on stage. Sasappis recognizes Clara's name and recalls how she was present in the mansion at one time, making her a suspect for Alberta's murder and bringing more excitement and intrigue to the podcast. Meanwhile, Flower shows Hetty how to use the mansion's broken washing machine as a sexual stimulant. | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 3 | "Jay's Friends" | Trent O'Donnell | Guy Endore-Kaiser | October 13, 2022 | GHO204 | 6.54[43] | |||||||
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A small cult claiming to be a business group visits the manor, and their charismatic leader Micah deceives Jay into joining them, delighting Flower but concerning Sam and the other ghosts. While Sam gradually convinces Jay of the truth, Flower opens up to Alberta about how she chose to join a hippie commune instead of supporting her brother Rob, who went M.I.A. during his service in the Vietnam War. The cultists refuse to leave when asked because, as Jay realizes, the contract he had signed gave them permission to stay on the land indefinitely. At Flower's suggestion, Sam lies about being intimate with Micah to stir up a conflict and drive them out of the mansion. Meanwhile, Sasappis, tired of rooming with Pete, asks the scout leader to be less overly cheerful, and he feigns adopting a more dour and cynical personality. During a sunset, Pete tells Sass that his optimistic attitude regarding eternity comes from cherishing special moments that happen along the way, which he points out when Sam shows Flower that she wrote an email as a pretend commune member to Rob, who is still alive and wrote back a heartwarming message about his sister. | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 4 | "The Tree" | Trent O'Donnell | Josh Malmuth | October 20, 2022 | GHO203 | 6.08[44] | |||||||
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Sam and Jay's new neighbors, June and Ally, want to cut down an old tree. Sasappis has Sam tell the neighbors that the tree has a special significance to the Lenape people who lived on the land, noting the thirteen marks on the tree that he claims represent the Lenape language's dialects. Sam writes an op-ed in the local paper to get people's attention, but Sass confesses to the other ghosts that the thirteen marks are for every time Shiki said hello to him. As protesters arrive at the tree, Bob, who represents the Hudson Valley Lenape Culture Center, arrives and tells Sam that she is incorrect about her Lenape information, so Sass tells her the truth. The tree is cut down, and June and Ally give Sam seeds from the old tree to grow new ones. Meanwhile, acting on Trevor's advice, Thorfinn tries to get closer to Flower by learning about environmental issues, which interest her, but becomes overly concerned with protecting the environment. Flower tells him to use what he has learned to inspire rather than harass people. | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 5 | "Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Kira Kalush | October 27, 2022 | GHO205 | 6.78[45] | |||||||
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Jay hosts a last minute Halloween party after the Arondekars' new neighbors, June and Ally, say they want to go to Liam Neeson's party. To liven up their dull party, the ghosts tell Sam to do a séance with their guests. They bring back Molly, Hetty's Irish-born maid and her husband's mistress, from the afterlife. While the guests leave, Sam tricks Hetty and Molly into entering the ghostproof vault so they can resolve their old tensions. One man passes through Isaac and smells him, but Isaac tells Nigel that Pete is the source of the stench. Flower forgets Sam is in there and shuts the door, trapping her. Realizing a feather duster that Ally borrowed for her maid costume is the key ingredient that brought back Molly, Jay hurries to Liam Neeson's house and retrieves the duster. Back in the manor, Jay fogs up a mirror so Trevor can write where Sam is but misinterprets Trevor's incomplete message. Isaac reluctantly passes through Jay, using his stench as a signal to read the full message so Jay can rescue Sam, and Nigel appreciates his honesty. Having made peace with Hetty, Molly returns to the afterlife through a reverse séance. | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 6 | "The Baby Bjorn" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | November 3, 2022 | GHO206 | 6.15[46] | |||||||
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Sam discovers Thorfinn has a son named Bjorn, who has not seen his father since he was a young child, came to North America to find him in adulthood, and ended up haunting the Farnsbys' house. Because the Arondekars and the Farnsbys are not next-door neighbors, Sam decides to have the Vikings shout to each other through the houses' windows to reconnect. While reading Sam's notes from her interview with Bjorn, Thor is enraged to discover his son married and had three children with a Danish woman. He plans to announce that he has disowned Bjorn during their conversation but has a change of heart when he hears Bjorn call him "Father", something he was too young to do when they last saw each other. Meanwhile, Trevor schemes to outcompete Hetty, who has amassed an impressive afterlife "wealth" in back rub time, by using TV time as a new currency. Hetty convinces him to share his TV time, although he discovers that this was a trick so she could watch her favorite show: Bodices and Barons. | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 7 | "Dumb Deaths" | Nick Wong | Sophia Lear | November 10, 2022 | GHO207 | 6.61[47] | |||||||
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Paula, a producer behind the documentary TV series Dumb Deaths, wants to make a short film about Flower's death, although Flower is reluctant to having her image used in an unflattering light to raise money for the B&B. A chat between Sam and Paula leads the latter to prepare for a short film about Pete's death instead, but Pete does not want to be remembered as a failed scout leader. Sam and Jay reach out to Jennifer, a now-grown former member of Pete's troop, so she can provide a positive eye witness case for him. The ghosts plot to sabotage the production, and after Thorfinn runs out of energy from draining a camera battery, a production crew member gets high from passing through Flower, then shoots an arrow into Jay's rear. Jennifer follows safety precautions needed to remove the arrow that she learned from Pete, reminding him that he was a good leader after all. Meanwhile, Sam's interview with Isaac and Nigel about the American Revolution causes their old sentiments from the war to resurface, but she resolves their tensions by reminding Isaac of the U.S. and Britain's much friendlier present-day relations. At the end of the day, the ghosts gather to watch Sam portray Flower in a televised Dumb Deaths episode. Executive Producer Mathew Baynton, one of the co-creators, writers and cast members of the original UK version, guest stars as Pete's actor. | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 8 | "The Liquor License" | Nick Wong | Zora Bikangaga | December 8, 2022 | GHO208 | 6.35[48] | |||||||
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Jay admits to Sam that he neglected to apply for a liquor license when the B&B is about to host a whiskey tasting event. Since they have been selling alcohol illegally, Alberta encourages them to keep up the ruse for one more day despite Pete's objections. The liquor license inspector unexpectedly arrives during the whiskey tasting, so the Arondekars keep her from discovering the liquor by sending their guests into the vault for a "speakeasy" experience. When Alberta recalls a stash of Prohibition-era whiskey hidden in a wall, Sam and Jay try to convince the inspector to move to a room where she won't hear the wall being hammered open, but she sets up her final review work in the kitchen next to the whiskey wall. Jay tenderizes some meat loudly to drown out Sam breaking open the wall, and their party is a success, although they realize too late that selling the whiskey instead could have made them more money. Meanwhile, Isaac, who claims to have been in the Freemasons, wants to start his own intellectual fraternity for the ghosts, who all end up joining Trevor's fraternity because of the fun he promises. Trevor has a change of heart and invites Isaac, who was never really a Mason, to join the speakeasy party in the vault. In the whiskey hole, Sam discovers a letter adding two more suspects to Alberta's murder mystery. | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 9 | "The Christmas Spirit" | Jay Karas | Emily Schmidt | December 15, 2022 | GHO209 | 7.00[49] | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | GHO210 | |||||||||||
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Part 1 – When Jay's sister Bela and her friend Eric visit the manor on Christmas Eve, Sam is inspired by her love of made-for-TV Christmas movies to bring them together romantically. Trevor, previously Bela's "boyfriend", hatches a plan to possess Eric so he can be intimate with her for one night, and Bela agrees to his text invitation. After learning from Jay about how he was possessed by Hetty, Bela convinces Eric, who is genuinely interested in her, to go forward with the plan as well. That night, Jay catches Bela and Eric attempting to recreate the circumstances that led to Jay's possession and orders them to stop. Meanwhile, Isaac attempts to kiss Nigel for the first time under some mistletoe, but his nerves cause Nigel to leave for the shed. On Christmas Morning, Sam converses with Thorfinn, who despises Christmas for appropriating elements from Norse traditions, as she attempts to fix the sconce that caused Hetty's possession, gets shocked, and falls onto Thor, making him possess her. Part 2 – A heartbroken Eric leaves for the nearby train station, so Jay sets out to bring him back. At the station, they eventually agree to allow Trevor to possess Eric. While everyone waits for Jay's return, Thor, now in full control of Sam's body, opens his Christmas present: a decorative Viking ship model in a bottle, and he has a change of heart about the holiday. Jay returns with Eric, who attempts to shock himself on the sconce but fatally electrocutes himself and becomes a ghost. Thor revives Eric using his powers as a defibrillator, exposing himself as Sam's possessor, so Jay drives Sam over the ghost barrier, freeing the Viking. The livings and ghosts celebrate Christmas in full the next day. Elsewhere, Isaac has a nightmare about his wife Beatrice calling him a "big gay liar". In telling this to his friends, he shows a cricket Beatrice embroidered for him, making Sasappis remember how Beatrice visited Isaac on his deathbed. Realizing his wife wanted him to be happy, Isaac gains the confidence to kiss Nigel. After the Christmas celebrations, Trevor and Hetty secretly start their own relationship. | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 11 | "The Perfect Assistant" | Matthew Cherry | Lauren Bridges | January 5, 2023 | GHO211 | 6.55[50] | |||||||
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Sam and Jay hire Freddy, a food deliveryman, as their new assistant. The ghosts, who are concerned about the attention Sam is giving Freddy, discover that Jessica, a woman in Freddy's car, is a permanently drunk ghost who died in an accident that left her bound to a small area around the vehicle. Jessica lies and states that Freddy is a hit-and-run driver responsible for her death, leading the Arondekars to fire him over a cover story. However, she soon confides to the ghosts that she actually died upon crashing into a telephone pole, and that Freddy bought the car at a sale a few years later, but she does not want to give up life on the road. The ghosts break the news to Sam and Jay, who purchase copious burritos for online delivery until Freddy returns so they can hire him back. Elsewhere, Bjorn seeks counsel from Thorfinn when Judy, the ghost of Henry Farnsby's mother, bullies him. Though Thor wants his son to bully her back, Pete, who had a distant and strict father, tells Bjorn to use his words instead. Bjorn then learns Judy has a crush on him, and they start a relationship. | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 12 | "The Family Business" | Nick Wong | Zora Bikangaga | January 12, 2023 | GHO212 | 6.47[51] | |||||||
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Hetty is taken aback when Sam treats Freddy with respect for his strong performance as an employee, insisting she treat him as harshly as Hetty treated her servants in life. Together, Trevor and Hetty secretly tamper with guest booking information at the front desk computer in the night, causing mass confusion the next morning. Sam takes out her frustration on Freddy, who promptly quits. Upon reviewing the incorrect data and learning that no livings were awake at the time, Sam and Jay deduce that the ghosts were responsible and are forced to beg Freddy to return. Hetty opens up about how she couldn't give her children guidance after her death and now wants to be a positive mentor for Sam despite her outdated methods. As Freddy checks the security footage from the previous night, he notices the keyboard keys moving by themselves. Meanwhile, Sasappis begins a relationship with Jessica the car ghost but grows jealous when she describes her encounters with charismatic ghosts during her time on the road. Acting on relationship advice from Pete, he confirms that she has not been cheating on him with any other ghost. | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 13 | "Ghost Hunter" | Alex Hardcastle | Rishi Chitkara | February 2, 2023 | GHO213 | 6.91[52] | |||||||
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Following his discovery of the front desk computer's keys moving seemingly on their own, Freddy purchases ghost-hunting equipment, including a ghost trap from Latvia. The ghosts are skeptical that the trap works, dismissing it as a children's toy, but when a worried Pete refuses to test it, Thorfinn, wanting to show his bravery, gets sucked inside. Flower soon naively follows suit. Freddy calls the company that sent him the trap, and Sam presses a button that causes the device to prepare to eviscerate the ghosts from existence. As the group realizes the label on the device means it can only hold a maximum of two ghosts, Pete willingly risks his afterlife existence and allows the device to trap him, malfunction, and free all three of its captives. Due to their heartfelt conversation in the trap, Flower decides she wants to date only Thor, and he warmly agrees. Freddy, fed up with the chaos in the mansion, quits for good after hearing Alberta's humming again. Meanwhile, Sass convinces Jay via Sam to buy back Freddy's recently sold car with Jessica, but they break up as they come to grips with neither being able to participate in each other's afterlife activities. | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 14 | "Trevor's Body" | Alex Hardcastle | Ian Murphy | February 9, 2023 | GHO214 | 6.98[53] | |||||||
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Trevor's skull is discovered in a lake when Jay is taking a visiting couple out to fish for their supper. The discovery of Trevor's remains brings his parents, Lenny and Esther Lefkowitz, to Woodstone Manor. Trevor is distressed to find out his parents are now divorced, so he hatches a plan to "Parent Trap" his parents and reestablish their marriage via making the Arondekars hold a memorial for himself. Despite a romantic meal, plus a special song and film, Lenny takes a work phone call, causing Esther to leave. Meanwhile, Isaac learns of the existence of George: a Puritan ghost on the Farnsby property who is now open about his repressed homosexuality due to failing to reach the afterlife and flirts with the Revolutionary. | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 15 | "A Date to Remember" | Richie Keen | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | February 16, 2023 | GHO215 | 6.53[54] | |||||||
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Sam and Jay put their Valentine's Day plans on hold to make Thorfinn's first date with Flower perfect. The next day, Flower does not appear to remember the previous night, so Thor requests to have the same night recreated exactly. When Flower helps Sam remember something she said before, she admits that she only pretended to forget the date because she is afraid her relationship with Thor will not last forever; her last two-person relationship in life ended when her then-boyfriend Michael died. Thor assures her that, as long as neither can die, they can stay together. Elsewhere, Nigel moves into the library but does not invite Hetty to his welcoming party, so Hetty, who used to be closer with Isaac before he started dating Nigel, seeks revenge by starting her own party. They seemingly apologize while Isaac is listening, although they secretly tell each other that their conflict over him will continue. The Arondekars ultimately have their romantic dinner six days after Valentine's Day. | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 16 | "Isaac's Book" | Richie Keen | Josh Malmuth | March 2, 2023 | GHO216 | 6.46[55] | |||||||
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With Isaac watching, Sam tries to pitch his autobiography to a publisher. The publisher later passes, but Sam lies to Isaac to make him happy, even posting on Facebook about the book being accepted by a fictitious publisher. An old friend of Sam's from journalism school arrives for a stay at the mansion, forcing Sam to keep up the lie. Just as Sam's friend is about to contact the book's fictitious publisher, Sam admits the truth in front of Isaac, to whom she explains that being loved and remembered by friends is more important than being remembered by history. The real publisher, having read Sam's posts and thinking another publisher accepted, makes Sam an offer for the book. Meanwhile, Flower tells Thorfinn she can't continue dating him unless he does something about his anger issues, so the Viking asks Pete to become more mild mannered. When Sam's friend's husband, a native of Copenhagen, begins speaking harshly of Norway, Thor loses his patience. Flower apologizes, admitting that she likes Thor for who he is and should not force him to change. In the basement, Nancy gives Nigel a tour and walks in on Trevor and Hetty in bed. | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 17 | "Weekend from Hell" | Trent O'Donnell | Sophia Lear | March 9, 2023 | GHO217 | 6.62[56] | |||||||
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Hetty's husband Elias returns from hell for a 48-hour furlough and tries to get her to sign a document of forgiveness that will release him from hell's torture. Hetty refuses until Elias tricks Pete into selling his soul, but she cannot write on the document because her forgiveness isn't genuine. Hearing Alberta's words about letting go of past toxic relationships, Hetty forgives Elias and signs the document, freeing both him and Pete. Sam and the ghosts allow Elias to stay unless he misbehaves, in which case Thorfinn will throw him back into the ghost-proof vault. Meanwhile, Jay walks through Flower and cooks a chicken dish that inspires a guest to invite the Menu Hunter, a TV food critic with whom she has ties. Unable to remember the recipe, Jay tries walking through Flower repeatedly without success but decides to go forward with a newly improvised lamb chop recipe. Elias, deciding he cannot control himself, states he will voluntarily return to hell and passes through the Menu Hunter, who ecstatically enjoys the lamb chops. When the portal to hell reopens, Elias almost drags Pete down with him, but Pete escapes using self-defense techniques he learned from Thor. | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 18 | "Alberta's Descendant" | Trent O'Donnell | Guy Endore-Kaiser | March 30, 2023 | GHO218 | 6.31[57] | |||||||
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Alicia, a lawyer and a descendant of Alberta's younger sister Theresa, books a stay at the mansion to participate in Sam's podcast. She is particularly interested in meeting Todd, who cohosts the show, and when he arrives, they start forming a relationship, much to Alberta's horror. With the ghosts' encouragement, Sam breaks up the couple during their dinner by divulging all of Todd's embarrassing secrets about his obsession with Alberta. Despite this, Alicia is inspired by her conversation with Todd to pursue singing and demonstrate her voice on the podcast to get some exposure. Although Alberta notes that music is a difficult career to pursue, she enjoys her descendant's voice and sings a duet with her. Meanwhile, Nigel uses his knowledge of Trevor and Hetty's affair as blackmail. Trevor, realizing his selfishness, breaks up with Hetty, and they finally recount their story to the other ghosts. During an episode of the podcast, new clues suggest that Theresa may have been Alberta's killer. | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 19 | "Ghost Father of the Bride" | Jay Karas | Julia Harter & Liz Alexander | April 13, 2023 | GHO219 | 6.26[58] | |||||||
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Pete wants to be part of his daughter Laura's upcoming wedding. Sam and Jay file a anonymous complaint to close an unlicensed deck that Pete built, so Laura, her mother Carol, and her son Little Pete arrive at the mansion, but Pete disagrees with all of Laura's wedding ideas, including her refusal to include lilies. This leaves Pete heartbroken as he remembers "marrying" Laura to a stuffed bear when she was a child and giving her a bouquet of lilies. Sam attempts to include a passage about lilies in Pete's old diary, but Little Pete, who has memorized it, quickly discovers the truth. As the Martinos leave, Sam uses a slang word that Laura remembers only her father using, and she recalls him giving her a bouquet of orchids. The scoutmaster "walks" his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day. Meanwhile, the ghosts recover Crash's head, which was thrown into the property's forest a year ago. Isaac and Alberta interrogate each of the ghosts until Flower confesses that she discarded the head. Alberta then notices a key detail in Isaac's story that only he would have known, and he admits he threw away the head to create a mystery to solve, but because she enjoyed the experience, they agree to start another mystery soon. That evening, Crash irritates Flower with a doo-wop-type love song, and she tosses his head out the window. | ||||||||||||||
| 38 | 20 | "Woodstone's Hottest Couple" | Jay Karas | Kira Kalush | April 27, 2023 | GHO220 | 6.35[59] | |||||||
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In New York City, Jay reapplies for a position at his old restaurant and buys an expensive pair of sneakers, hiding both from Sam. While hiding the shoebox in the attic, he accidentally awakens Stephanie the prom ghost, who has long had a crush on Trevor and is furious when she learns of his relationship with Hetty, plotting to break up all the couples at Woodstone Manor. This includes trying to show Thor and Flower that they have nothing in common and leading Sam to the shoebox, and when Sam asks Jay about it, he lets slip about the application and they get into an argument. However, Nancy gives away Stephanie's plan. Sam soon understands Stephanie is lonely and sets her up with Ralph, a teenage cholera victim. Thor and Flower realize that they both love owls and think this is proof that they are meant for each other. Discovering during tea with Isaac and Nigel that having their relationship out in the open isn't working out, Trevor and Hetty stage a fake breakup to start over in secret. | ||||||||||||||
| 39 | 21 | "Whodunnit" | Christine Gernon | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | May 4, 2023 | GHO221 | 6.40[60] | |||||||
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Sam's new podcast editor tells her that she has to post the solution to Alberta's murder within 24 hours. With help from the ghosts, she and Jay arrange a murder board, and much to Alberta's dismay, all the evidence keeps pointing back to her younger sister Theresa, making her feel betrayed. However, Hetty admits the love note to Alberta's boyfriend Earl signed "T" was not from Theresa, but Thomas Woodstone, Hetty's son. Thomas and Earl were secretly lovers, and when Earl broke it off, Thomas killed Alberta out of jealousy, using poisoned whiskey Theresa took from Al Capone while he was attempting suicide. Alberta is furious to learn Hetty saw what Thomas did and thus knew the truth all along, so she refuses to forgive her for keeping this a secret. Meanwhile, Trevor and Flower make Pete an email account so he can read daily jokes from Reader's Digest (despite Sam banning Trevor from using the computer following the Christmas incident), and the three end up falling victim to a Nigerian prince scam by wiring money from Jay's bank account. Sam stops the wire transfer upon receiving a fraud alert. | ||||||||||||||
| 40 | 22 | "The Heir" | Christine Gernon | Talia Bernstein | May 11, 2023 | GHO222 | 6.51[61] | |||||||
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A guest claiming to be the daughter of David Woodstone, Sam's uncle and Trevor's former coworker, states she is the rightful heiress. Trevor counters that this is impossible because David was banned from a strip club where he met the woman's mother, an exotic dancer. At the club, Sam and Jay encounter David's ghost, who explains that he had been sterile since before he met the woman's mother. Using this information, the couple gets the woman and her lawyer to admit that they had plotted to buy and resell the mansion at an immensely high profit to pay off gambling debts. Elsewhere, the ghosts put Hetty on trial for concealing the truth that her son killed Alberta, and although she is sentenced to staying in the forest for a year, Alberta forgives her on the condition that she shares a room with Flower, to which Hetty agrees. Sam reluctantly gives half the profits from Isaac's book to him, which he plans to spend on a new one-person bed. Understanding that Nigel is worried about what this means for their relationship, Isaac proposes to him, and he happily accepts. That evening, as the Arondekars reflect on how the ghosts have enriched their lives, and vice versa, Sam notices a beam of light from the mansion's roof, indicating that one of the ghosts has moved on to the afterlife, but it is unclear which ghost. | ||||||||||||||
Season 3 (2024)
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| 41 | 1 | "The Owl" | Jay Karas | John Blickstead & Trey Kollmer | February 15, 2024 | GHO301 | 7.05[62] |
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Sam frantically checks the mansion to see which ghosts are still present and deduces that Flower has moved on to the afterlife. Thorfinn struggles to find closure, so Jay tries comforting him by explaining the Hinduist concept of reincarnation. Jay's plans to convert the barn on the property into a restaurant are stunted when he and Sam find an owl perched on the rafters, which Thor immediately believes is Flower reincarnated, as they fell in love over their affinity for owls. Hoping to reach a compromise, Sam keeps the owl caged in the main house, only for guests to find it too noisy. The Arondekars help Thor let go of the owl as they remind him of Flower's free spirit, and he agrees that "Flower" should be free. Following a memorial service for Flower, Jay releases the owl into the wild, only for it to turn back and attack him. At the same time, Pete tries to make up for unintentionally offending the cholera ghosts by inviting them to move upstairs. Cholera victim Nancy tells him she liked coming upstairs alone to get away from the other basement ghosts, so she pretends to hear another accidental insult from Pete, and the other cholera ghosts return to the basement out of spite. | |||||||
| 42 | 2 | "Man of Your Dreams" | Jay Karas | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | February 22, 2024 | GHO302 | 6.05[63] |
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While Sam argues with Jay about where to put up a new TV so they can watch their favorite shows separately from the ghosts, Sasappis uses his secret power—entering living people's dreams to influence their thoughts—to convince Jay to buy a pizza oven for his planned restaurant. He admits this secret to Sam, who persuades him to manipulate Jay into setting up the TV where she wants it. Pete confronts Sass about the ethics of his actions, but Trevor persuades him to trick Jay into buying a Kathy Ireland poster for him. That night, Jay overhears Sass talking to Trevor, blowing his cover. Sass apologizes in the next dream and forms a new friendship with Jay. Elsewhere, Isaac informs Sam and the younger ghosts about Thorfinn's previous ghost girlfriends before Flower, both of whom moved on to the afterlife while dating him. Thinking they can move on as well, Hetty and Alberta try to form intimate relationships with the still somewhat depressed Thor, who rebuffs their advances when he learns of their intentions, explaining that Flower was his first girlfriend who genuinely listened to him. After the Arondekars agree not to put up their new TV after all, their preparations for Halloween give Trevor the idea to bring Flower back from the afterlife through a seance, restoring Thor's enthusiasm. | |||||||
| 43 | 3 | "He Sees Dead People" | Pete Chatmon | Talia Bernstein | February 29, 2024 | GHO303 | 6.10[64] |
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After Sam leaves for a trip to a bachelorette party, Bela visits and catches up on the ghosts' activities with Jay, then claims Eric can now see ghosts following his temporarily being one at Christmas. However, Eric makes several inaccurate statements about which ghosts are in the same room and what they are saying or doing. Jay fears that revealing the truth will end their relationship, while Eric confides that he lied to bring some new life into the romance. Sam returns due to a train rescheduling and learns this as well. Eric plans to pretend to lose his "power" by purposely falling down the stairs but blows his cover when he lies about passing through Flower first despite Jay informing Bela that Flower has moved on. The Arondekars persuade Bela to give him one more chance, as they are a good match. Meanwhile, Hetty brings Isaac and Nigel together to discuss financial arrangements for their wedding in light of the book money Sam has allowed Isaac to spend as he decides. The possibility of a prenup causes the soldiers to argue over the future of their relationship and if it will last, so Hetty opens up about how she broke up with an artist in her youth to avoid having her father cut her off from the family fortune, wanting the men to marry for love instead of money. | |||||||
| 44 | 4 | "Halloween 3: The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave" | Pete Chatmon | Josh Malmuth | March 7, 2024 | GHO304 | 5.64[65] |
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The Arondekars are welcoming guests to their Halloween party when Pete's widow Carol arrives, as they accidentally sent an invitation to her instead of their bookstore friend Caroline. While alone in the kitchen, Carol, hoping to cheat on her diet, dies from choking on one of the doughnut holes she brought, unknowingly becoming a ghost. During the party, Sam talks to Carol in front of her successful friends Sasha and Nico, unaware that she has died. Confused, Sasha and Nico find Carol's body in the kitchen and suspect Sam and Jay have killed her, especially when Jay returns from digging where Flower died to find a focus object for Thorfinn's planned seance to bring her back from the afterlife. The ghosts try to tell Sam the truth, but she refuses to speak to them to avoid looking strange in front of the party guests. She and Jay try to stop Nico and Sasha from leaving when Carol talks to Sam about her hand passing through a chair and sees Pete, making the Arondekars and ghosts scream as their friends flee the mansion. Using a ring Flower wore when she died, Sam, Jay, and the ghosts try to bring her back to no avail. Flower is then shown to be still on Earth, having fallen down a well in the forest a month earlier, and hears Thor shouting her name in the distance. | |||||||
| 45 | 5 | "The Silent Partner" | Trent O'Donnell | Kira Kalush | March 14, 2024 | GHO305 | 5.51[66] |
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The Arondekars plan to borrow the $10,000 from Isaac's book, which Jay hasn't yet read, to invest in Jay's barn restaurant. Though Isaac reluctantly concedes, Trevor sets up a brokerage account and invests the money in stocks, which multiplies the total to $187,000, inspiring Isaac to try to keep the money. Sam encourages Jay to let Isaac share ownership in the restaurant, though Jay disagrees with all of the Revolutionary's suggestions, leaving him offended. That night, Jay decides to read the book and is inspired to go through with naming the restaurant in Isaac's honor, demonstrating accurate knowledge of his life in paying an admiring tribute to him. Meanwhile, the recently deceased Carol, unaware that Pete knows of her affair with Jerry, assumes Pete must have a girlfriend when he and the other ghosts explain their dating history. In a panic, Pete says he has one, leading Alberta and Nancy to separately pretend to be his girlfriend. When Pete tells Carol that Nancy is his "mistress," she tries to advise him on how to successfully have an affair, although his conscience leads him to confront Carol about her unfaithfulness. Soon after, Pete apologizes to Alberta for dragging her into his ruse, but as he removes his arrow from his neck, she realizes she indeed has romantic feelings for him. | |||||||
| 46 | 6 | "Hello, Brother" | Trent O'Donnell | Guy Endore-Kaiser | April 4, 2024 | GHO306 | 5.86[67] |
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Trevor's brother Jeremy visits the manor, having been fired from their father's business. Though he claims to be worse off financially, he starts buying the most expensive items available to guests. He then reveals he has exploited a loophole in the Woodstone guest rewards program and amassed over one million reward points using 10,000 fake email addresses, allowing him to stay at the mansion for free for a year. Jay challenges him to Super Mega Bowl, a football video game that the Lefkowitz brothers played growing up. Despite losing to Trevor throughout his childhood, Jeremy is now a world record holder, so Hetty, via Sam, tries to help Jay cheat. Trevor catches Sam in the act, leaving Jay alone against his competitor. Jeremy admits he actually quit his father's business because he didn't want to take it over. Just before Jeremy can score a winning goal, Trevor gives him a wet willy in his ear, costing him the game but motivating him to act more maturely and leave to start a new venture. At the same time, Carol charms Pete into rekindling their intimate relationship. When she later flirts with Thorfinn, he agrees to Sassapis's plan to subject Carol to a loyalty test and ends up sleeping with Carol. Infuriated to learn this, Pete punches Thor, who ultimately congratulates him for using violence to solve a problem. Also, Isaac becomes intensely fascinated to learn about dinosaurs for the first time. | |||||||
| 47 | 7 | "The Polterguest" | Jude Weng | Akilah Green | April 11, 2024 | GHO307 | 6.08[68] |
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A Negro league baseball player ghost named Saul arrives at the mansion alongside new guest Gene. He explains that he is a poltergeist and has the power to travel anywhere by forcibly binding himself to small perimeters around different human hosts, then demonstrates by binding himself to Jay so he can start a relationship with Alberta. This frustrates the Arondekars as they now know the two are having an intimate relationship in close proximity. Alberta begins having second thoughts when Saul states his plan to continue to become attached to new human hosts as long as he remains on earth so he can continue their relationship. They part on amicable terms when Saul admits his clingy nature and returns to having Gene as his host. Meanwhile, the main male ghosts except Isaac throw a bachelor party for Nigel, whose subordinate and ex-lover Jenkins performs a lap dance. When Isaac finds out, Nigel claims it was "in good fun" and suggests his fiancé have a lap dance of his own. Sam hires Chris, an Australian male stripper, and tells him to perform before what he sees as an empty chair, though Isaac is so aroused by both the stripper's performance and his knowledge of dinosaurs that he cannot concentrate on his conversation with Nigel the next morning. | |||||||
| 48 | 8 | "Holes Are Bad" | Jude Weng | Sophia Lear | April 18, 2024 | GHO308 | 6.20[69] |
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While Sam and Jay are out of town for the weekend, Stephanie comes down from the attic and bemoans how Ralph, her cholera victim boyfriend, moved on to the afterlife several months earlier. While the other ghosts realise that Flower may not have moved on but is lost somewhere, Thorfinn however believes she has went to the great beyond as he believes she has been communicating with him from beyond and saying she is "well" whenever he walks in the forest. The other ghosts correctly conclude that Flower is still on earth and stuck down the well in the woods, where they find her unable to climb out due to her phasing through the walls into the dirt. Sasappis and Isaac recall a time they, Thor, and Puritan ghost named Patience were stuck in a hole but navigated their way through dirt back to the manor's basement. Along the way, Isaac, who was holding Patience's hand, sneezed and let her go, leaving her to an unknown fate. Mark prepares to fill the well with cement, so Trevor, unable to open a drawer to access Sam's tablet, uses Mark's phone to contact the Arondekars, though they can't see any of the ghosts over video chat. Hetty reluctantly reveals she strangled herself using an early telephone cord to avoid trouble with the law for her husband's crimes and to protect her son. She uses this cord, now part of her ghost being, to rescue Flower, who joyfully reunites with Thor as the Arondekars arrive home. | |||||||
| 49 | 9 | "The Traveling Agent" | Christine Gernon | Skander Halim & Emily Schmidt | April 25, 2024 | GHO309 | 6.07[70] |
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Pete is discussing Isaac and Nigel's honeymoon when he runs away from a bee over the property line. He realizes he can go anywhere but is reluctant to leave the property until the Arondekars encourage him to go on errands with Jay. He is soon distracted by the selection of razors in the superstore Jay takes him to and gets lost, encountering a ghost couple that was trampled to death in a 2005 Black Friday sale. After the store closes for the night, a violent gang of ghosts, whose leader was a butcher killed by a meat cleaver in his head, chases Pete out. Using some key locations from the Hudson Valley he once knew that still exist as well as the stars, he finds his way back home. Concluding that his power is the result of never being able to travel as much as the clients he served did, Pete accepts Sam and Jay's offer to be sent on a vacation to St. Lucia so he can spend time with his family. Meanwhile, Thorfinn struggles to admit to Flower that he had an affair with Nancy while the hippie was stuck in the well. Flower is taken aback when he tells her the truth, but she and Nancy eventually agree to a polyamorous relationship with him. As they celebrate, Thor reveals he also slept with Carol, and Nancy remarks that she did the same. | |||||||
| 50 | 10 | "Isaac's Wedding" | Christine Gernon | Lauren Bridges & John Timothy | May 2, 2024 | GHO310 | 5.95[71] |
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Isaac has an erotic dream about Chris, the stripper who gave him a lap dance. Sasappis assures him that this was only induced by pre-wedding anxiety, but when Jay hires a DJ for the wedding reception, Chris arrives. He also mentions having a boyfriend and a low opinion of Alexander Hamilton, making Isaac only more attracted. The captain becomes excited by the possibility of Chris dying from an allergic reaction to Jay's crab recipe, but is later disappointed to hear he was rushed to the hospital and will survive. Although Nigel is upset by his reaction, they talk things through. When Nancy learns that the basement ghosts have been excluded from the wedding, Thorfinn and Flower join her in the basement out of sympathy. The two then agree to attend the wedding in Nancy's honor. In St. Lucia, Pete sleeps with Donna, a ghost who died in 1982 when an early cell phone fell on her head. He ends the affair when he starts disappearing in pieces due to being away from Woodstone for too long. Returning to Woodstone and interrupting the wedding, the restored Pete gives a speech that causes Isaac to change his mind. Though he and Nigel break up on largely unfriendly terms, Sam and the other ghosts encourage Isaac to maintain hope for the future. Thor declares he only wants to date Flower, but they agree not to marry right away out of respect for Isaac. Carol then announces she is about to marry Nigel's subordinate Baxter. Nancy invites Isaac to the basement for a "present", and a vengeful Patience, the ghost he lost in the dirt, drags him through the wall. | |||||||
Season 4 (2024)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [72] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [72] | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 51 | 1 | "Patience" | Richie Keen | Trey Kollmer | October 17, 2024 | GHO401 | 5.57[73] |
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The Arondekars ask the other ghosts about where the absent Isaac was last seen until a suspiciously nervous Nancy admits she witnessed Patience the Puritan ghost dragging him through the basement wall into the soil, having been alerted by the loud bass from Isaac's wedding music. While Patience holds him hostage, Isaac mentions missing his friends, prompting Patience to briefly reenter the basement and abduct Sasappis. Sam and Jay then begin looking for where to dig to rescue their friends using clues from Flower, which turn out to be 1960s song lyrics. Sass and Isaac reminisce about their time underground and make fun of Patience's tendency to shout her own name as a sign of her instability, so Patience, feeling unloved, returns them both to the basement. Sam convinces the ghosts to show Patience how much they care. Trevor, who has been struggling with self-image issues due to Thorfinn's teasing, directs both the upstairs and basement ghosts to form a chain leading to Patience's hiding spot under the mansion's fountain, and Isaac, who had made a promise to become a better person, persuades Patience to join them. Patience spends that night in Alberta's room, making Alberta panic. | |||||||
| 52 | 2 | "Sam's Dad" | Richie Keen | Josh Malmuth | October 24, 2024 | GHO402 | 5.55[74] |
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Sam's father Frank, who was absent for most of her life after her parents divorced, arrives at the manor with his new girlfriend Diane. Enraged that the two of them share a bed despite not being married, Patience causes a wall to bleed. To keep her happy and prevent Frank and Diane from learning of the ghosts, the Arondekars try to separate the pair into two bedrooms for an "authentic" luxury experience, but when Frank sneaks out at night to sleep with Diane, Patience makes their shared bedroom wall bleed the word "Sin". Sam convinces Frank it was a prank and calls him out for his absence, and he and Diane start to leave, but Sam convinces them to stay by explaining she wants to be closer to her father; in response, the main ghosts tell Patience that Frank and Diane were instantly married in their car. The livings and ghosts gather to listen to Sam playing a recorder like she did in the 5th grade at a recital Frank missed. Meanwhile, Thorfinn and Flower agree to help Isaac persuade Nigel to move back to the shed in return for Isaac informing Nancy that the couple no longer considers her their third partner. Seeing Nigel in a dour mood, however, Flower and Thor allow him to stay. When Isaac finally musters the courage to tell Nigel to leave, Nigel reflects on how he now thinks of the mansion ghosts as family, so Isaac agrees to move to the shed instead. That night, Nigel decides they should switch places again, as Isaac had annoyed the other shed ghosts with a rant about becoming a better person. | |||||||
| 53 | 3 | "Halloween 4: The Witch" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman | October 31, 2024 | GHO403 | 5.82[75] |
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To appease Patience, Sam cancels Halloween, to the disappointment of Jay and the other ghosts, and instead hosts a yard sale. Patience, convinced that Sam is a witch, places her on trial in absentia, and after most of the ghosts get revenge by voting that she is guilty of witchcraft, Patience declares that she will turn Sam to stone as punishment. At the yard sale, Jay sells a statue that strikingly resembles Sam, who was wearing one of Hetty's old dresses as a period costume; in response, Trevor texts Jay to go after Jamie, the man who bought the statue and hosts a Web video series where he detonates various items. At Jamie's house, which is haunted by a Vietnam veteran Pete befriends, Jay reluctantly trades in one of his favorite sci-fi collectibles for the Sam-like statue. Isaac introduces Patience to television, which she believes is sinful despite being entertained by it, and tactically threatens to use her enjoyment against her as blackmail in Sam's retrial. The ghosts almost agree to overturn their verdict as Flower hugs Jay in celebration; in his brief high, he accidentally decapitates the statue. The real Sam shows up alive, explaining that she found the statue among the multitude of artifacts in the ballroom. Later, Patience announces she is going back underground, hinting that there are other ghosts dwelling in the dirt. Absent: Román Zaragoza as Sasappis | |||||||
| 54 | 4 | "The Work Retreat" | Katie Locke O'Brien | Sophia Lear | November 7, 2024 | GHO404 | 5.31[76] |
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Trevor has been secretly working remotely in a job for three months under the pseudonym "Michael Jackson". When the company requires him to partake in a mandatory work retreat, he persuades his employer to host it at Woodstone, with Jay serving as his body double and Sam as Jay's secret dialogue coach. Though the retreat starts well, the other attendees notice how Jay behaves nothing like how Trevor did during his remote work, making Trevor feel as if he left no lasting legacy on the business world. His spirits are lifted when Jay calls Trevor his mentor, and the other attendees say they remember Trevor as a hero who helped his former coworker Pinkus, now the founder of the new firm who ended the hazing ritual that cost him his own pants. Trevor celebrates his legacy as he joins his coworkers and Jay in running through the backyard without pants; Isaac, who has undone his ponytail and adopted a carefree attitude to cope with his breakup, follows suit. Hetty and Sasappis start a rumor that Pete's Caribbean girlfriend Donna is imaginary. When word gets out, they apologize to Pete, who is still disappointed he has no way to prove that Donna is real. Sam learns from her research that Donna murdered her husband and fled to the Caribbean, leaving Pete horrified. Absent: Sheila Carrasco as Flower | |||||||
| 55 | 5 | "A Star Is Dead" | Kabir Akhtar | Liz Alexander | November 14, 2024 | GHO405 | 5.40[77] |
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The Hudson Valley Players, a local acting troupe, rents out the manor's ballroom for a production of Anything Goes. Alberta encourages Sam to audition for the part of principle character Reno Sweeney, which she tried to audition for in high school before vomiting out of stage fright. She then subjects Sam to an intense training regimen for acting; despite initial struggles, Sam's performance improves until she successfully lands the audition. The performance goes well as Alberta dances and sings alongside Sam, who gets an inflated ego after the production. Meanwhile, Sasappis becomes smitten with Marisa, an actress in the troupe, and convinces Jay via Sam to fill his head with thoughts about her before going to sleep each night so he can talk to a manifestation of Marisa in Jay's subconscious. He soon ends his scheme as he realizes that this version of Marisa shares all of Jay's interests. Absent: Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn | |||||||
| 56 | 6 | "The Primary Source" | Kabir Akhtar | Talia Bernstein | December 5, 2024 | GHO406 | 5.44[78] |
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A publisher tells Sam she must find any primary sources to confirm if any of the information in Isaac's book is true. To protect Isaac's existence as a ghost from being discovered, she and Jay follow his instructions to find his lost journal, conveniently found beneath a cobblestone outside Fort Ticonderoga, but every entry in the journal is useless and related to food, especially sandwiches. Jay proposes a scheme to fill the blank pages with knowledge about Isaac's life, which the Revolutionary dramatically narrates, drawing the attention of both the upstairs and cholera ghosts. An assessor arrives and puts on his smock for work, making Sam mistake him for a cholera ghost and admit her and Jay's scheme. Sam works out an agreement with the publisher whereby Isaac's book can still be published as a young adult vampire romance fiction and persuades Isaac to go forward with the plan. Several of the ghosts observe Jay stepping on a ghost snail and plan to take turns caring for it. When the snail goes missing, everyone assumes Thorfinn ate it until Trevor, who feigned indifference at first, admits he took it because he died while his dog Bucky was still alive and misses having a pet. After Trevor shows the snail The Cutting Edge, he calls it a "good boy" and appears to begin moving on to the afterlife, only to realize the snail is ascending very slowly instead. | |||||||
| 57 | 7 | "Sad Farnsby"[79] | Heather Jack | Guy Endore-Kaiser | December 12, 2024 | GHO407 | TBD |
| 58 | 8 | "A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 1"[80] | Richie Keen | Rupinder Gill | December 19, 2024 | GHO408 | TBD |
| 59 | 9 | "A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 2"[80] | Richie Keen | Rupinder Gill | December 19, 2024 | GHO409 | TBD |
Production
Development
On November 29, 2019, CBS announced that they were developing an adaptation of the BBC One series Ghosts.[81] The original British series upon which the series is based was created by Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond for BBC.[82] On February 4, 2020, it was announced that the pilot had been picked up by CBS Studios and was co-produced with BBC Studios and Lionsgate Television.[83] On March 31, 2021, it was announced that the adaptation has been picked up for a full series.[84] In July 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere as a Thursday-night entry on October 7, 2021.[1] On September 23, 2021, CBS changed the premiere to back-to-back episodes.[85] On October 21, 2021, CBS picked up the series for a full season.[2] On December 17, 2021, it was reported that production has been temporarily halted due to a positive case of COVID-19 on the set of the series.[86] On January 24, 2022, CBS renewed the series for a second season[3] which premiered on September 29, 2022.[4] On November 8, 2022, it was announced that the BBC would be airing Ghosts in the United Kingdom under the name of 'Ghosts US' on BBC Three & BBC iPlayer on November 20, 2022.[87][88] On January 12, 2023, CBS renewed the series for a third season,[5] which premiered on February 15, 2024.[7] On March 12, 2024, the series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on October 17, 2024.[8][9]
Casting
On March 4, 2020, Rose McIver was cast in a leading role for the pilot.[89] On July 1, 2020, Utkarsh Ambudkar was cast in a main role for the pilot.[90] On December 9, 2020, Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman, Rebecca Wisocky, Sheila Carrasco, Danielle Pinnock and Roman Zaragoza were cast in main roles for the pilot.[91] On May 12, 2021, Devan Chandler Long joined the cast as a series regular.[92]
Filming
Filming for the third season began in Montreal on December 2, 2023.[6]
Reception
Critical response
For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 93% approval rating with an average rating of 7.3/10, based on 27 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Ghosts could stand to ask more of its characters, but an excellent ensemble and a genial wit make for easy, softly spooky viewing."[93] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 69 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[94]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has received an approval rating of 100% with an average rating of 7/10, based on seven critic reviews.[95]
Ratings
Overall
| Season | Timeslot (ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank | Avg. viewers (millions) | 18–49 rank | Avg. 18–49 rating | ||
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| Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | ||||||||
| 1 | Thursday 9:00 p.m. | 18 | October 7, 2021 | 5.52[24] | April 21, 2022 | 6.25[40] | 2021–22 | 13 | 8.41 | 16 | 1.00[96] |
| 2 | Thursday 8:30 p.m. | 22 | September 29, 2022 | 6.46[41] | May 11, 2023 | 6.51[61] | 2022–23 | 8 | 9.07 | 8 | 0.94[97] |
| 3 | 10 | February 15, 2024 | 7.05[62] | May 2, 2024 | 5.95[71] | 2023–24 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| 4 | TBA | October 17, 2024 | 5.57[73] | TBA | TBD | 2024–25 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
Season 1
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | "Pilot" / "Hello!" | October 7, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.52[24] | 0.2 | 1.79 | 0.8 | 7.31[98][e] |
| 3 | "Viking Funeral" | October 14, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.27[25] | 0.4 | 2.53 | 1.0 | 7.80[99] |
| 4 | "Dinner Party" | October 21, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.20[26] | 0.3 | 2.52 | 0.9 | 7.72[100] |
| 5 | "Halloween" | October 28, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.76[27] | 0.3 | 1.74 | 0.9 | 7.51[101][e] |
| 6 | "Pete's Wife" | November 4, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.94[28] | 0.3 | 1.79 | 0.8 | 7.73[102][e] |
| 7 | "Flower's Article" | November 11, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.23[29] | 0.2 | 2.07 | 0.7 | 7.29[103][e] |
| 8 | "D&D" | November 18, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.42[30] | 0.4 | 2.53 | 0.9 | 7.94[104] |
| 9 | "Alberta's Fan" | December 2, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.46[31] | 0.4 | 2.82 | 1.0 | 8.27[105] |
| 10 | "Possession" | December 9, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.75[32] | 0.4 | 2.49 | 0.9 | 8.23[106] |
| 11 | "Sam's Mom" | January 6, 2022 | 0.7 | 6.48[33] | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | "Jay's Sister" | January 13, 2022 | 0.7 | 6.47[34] | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | "The Vault" | January 20, 2022 | 0.7 | 6.68[35] | 0.3 | 2.05 | 1.0 | 8.73[107][e] |
| 14 | "Ghostwriter" | February 24, 2022 | 0.6 | 5.85[36] | 0.3 | 2.36 | 0.9 | 8.21[108][e] |
| 15 | "Thorapy" | March 3, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.52[37] | 0.3 | 2.27 | 0.8 | 7.79[109][e] |
| 16 | "Trevor's Pants" | March 31, 2022 | 0.6 | 6.23[38] | 0.4 | 2.75 | 1.0 | 8.98[110] |
| 17 | "Attic Girl" | April 14, 2022 | 0.6 | 5.96[39] | 0.4 | 2.86 | 1.0 | 8.81[111] |
| 18 | "Farnsby & B" | April 21, 2022 | 0.6 | 6.25[40] | 0.4 | 2.72 | 1.0 | 8.96[112] |
Season 2
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Spies" | September 29, 2022 | 0.6 | 6.46[41] | 0.4 | 2.77 | 1.0 | 9.23[113] |
| 2 | "Alberta's Podcast" | October 6, 2022 | 0.5 | 6.21[42] | 0.4 | 2.77 | 0.9 | 8.98[114] |
| 3 | "Jay's Friends" | October 13, 2022 | 0.6 | 6.54[43] | 0.4 | 2.50 | 1.0 | 9.04[115] |
| 4 | "The Tree" | October 20, 2022 | 0.5 | 6.08[44] | 0.4 | 2.65 | 0.9 | 8.73[116] |
| 5 | "Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past" | October 27, 2022 | 0.5 | 6.78[45] | 0.4 | 2.60 | 0.9 | 9.38[117] |
| 6 | "The Baby Bjorn" | November 3, 2022 | 0.6 | 6.15[46] | 0.4 | 2.71 | 1.0 | 8.87[118] |
| 7 | "Dumb Deaths" | November 10, 2022 | 0.6 | 6.61[47] | 0.4 | 2.79 | 1.0 | 9.40[119] |
| 8 | "The Liquor License" | December 8, 2022 | 0.6 | 6.35[48] | 0.4 | 2.21 | 0.9 | 8.56[120][e] |
| 9–10 | "The Christmas Spirit" | December 15, 2022 | 0.6 | 7.00[49] | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | "The Perfect Assistant" | January 5, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.55[50] | 0.4 | 2.70 | 1.0 | 9.25[121] |
| 12 | "The Family Business" | January 12, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.47[51] | 0.4 | 2.54 | 0.9 | 9.00[122] |
| 13 | "Ghost Hunter" | February 2, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.91[52] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 14 | "Trevor's Body" | February 9, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.98[53] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 15 | "A Date to Remember" | February 16, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.53[54] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 16 | "Isaac's Book" | March 2, 2023 | 0.5 | 6.46[55] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 17 | "Weekend from Hell" | March 9, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.62[56] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 18 | "Alberta's Descendant" | March 30, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.31[57] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 19 | "Ghost Father of the Bride" | April 13, 2023 | 0.5 | 6.26[58] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 20 | "Woodstone's Hottest Couple" | April 27, 2023 | 0.5 | 6.35[59] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 21 | "Whodunnit" | May 4, 2023 | 0.5 | 6.40[60] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 22 | "The Heir" | May 11, 2023 | 0.6 | 6.51[61] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Season 3
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Owl" | February 15, 2024 | 0.7 | 7.05[62] |
| 2 | "Man of Your Dreams" | February 22, 2024 | 0.4 | 6.05[63] |
| 3 | "He Sees Dead People" | February 29, 2024 | 0.5 | 6.10[64] |
| 4 | "Halloween 3: The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave" | March 7, 2024 | 0.5 | 5.64[65] |
| 5 | "The Silent Partner" | March 14, 2024 | 0.5 | 5.51[66] |
| 6 | "Hello, Brother" | April 4, 2024 | 0.5 | 5.86[67] |
| 7 | "The Polterguest" | April 11, 2024 | 0.6 | 6.08[68] |
| 8 | "Holes Are Bad" | April 18, 2024 | 0.5 | 6.20[69] |
| 9 | "The Traveling Agent" | April 25, 2024 | 0.5 | 6.07[70] |
| 10 | "Isaac's Wedding" | May 2, 2024 | 0.5 | 5.95[71] |
Season 4
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Patience" | October 17, 2024 | 0.5/5 | 5.57 | 0.2 | 2.08 | 0.7 | 7.65 | [73] |
| 2 | "Sam's Dad" | October 24, 2024 | 0.5/5 | 5.55 | 0.2 | 1.97 | 0.7 | 7.53 | [74] |
| 3 | "Halloween 4: The Witch" | October 31, 2024 | 0.5/6 | 5.82 | 0.3 | 2.02 | 0.7 | 7.84 | [75] |
| 4 | "The Work Retreat" | November 7, 2024 | 0.4/4 | 5.31 | 0.2 | 2.05 | 0.7 | 7.36 | [76] |
| 5 | "A Star Is Dead" | November 14, 2024 | 0.4/4 | 5.40 | 0.3 | 2.24 | 0.7 | 7.64 | [77] |
| 6 | "The Primary Source" | December 5, 2024 | 0.4/4 | 5.44 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [78] |
Accolades
| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artios Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Comedy Series | Elizabeth Barnes, Tannis Vallely, Andrea Kenyon, and Randi Wells | Nominated | [123] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Brandon Scott Jones | Nominated | [124] |
| 2023 | Best Comedy Series | Ghosts | Nominated | [125] | |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Brandon Scott Jones | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | 2022 | Best Broadcast Network Series, Comedy | Ghosts | Nominated | [126] |
| Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Utkarsh Ambudkar | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Rose McIver | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Brandon Scott Jones | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Danielle Pinnock | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Best Broadcast Network Series, Comedy | Ghosts | Nominated | [127] | |
| Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Utkarsh Ambudkar | Won | |||
| Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Rose McIver | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Brandon Scott Jones | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Danielle Pinnock | Won | |||
| Rebecca Wisocky | Nominated | ||||
| Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Christine Gernon (for "Whodunnit") | Nominated | |||
| Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy | Joe Port and Joe Wiseman (for "Whodunnit") | Nominated | |||
| Imagen Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actress – Comedy (Television) | Sheila Carrasco | Nominated | [128] |
| Saturn Awards | 2022 | Best Fantasy Television Series: Network / Cable | Ghosts | Nominated | [129] [130] |
| Best Actress in a Network / Cable Series | Rose McIver | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Network / Cable Series | Brandon Scott Jones | Nominated | |||
| Best Guest-Starring Performance: Network / Cable Series | Rachael Harris | Nominated | |||
| Television Critics Association Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Ghosts | Nominated | [131] |
| Outstanding New Program | Ghosts | Nominated | |||
The first season was recognized with The ReFrame Stamp for hiring people of underrepresented gender identities and of color.[132]
Home media
Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the complete first season on Blu-ray and DVD on November 29, 2022.[133]
Notes
- This is a reference to the often-repeated line "We were on a break!" from the series Friends, which began with the episode "The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break".
- White previously played recurring character Carol in the series Superstore.
References
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