Summary
WhileGhostsseason 4 promises to make a change to the show’s usual rules regarding the afterlife, this could massively complicate its entire premise.Ghostsis a CBS sitcom based on the 2019 British series of the same name. The show follows Jay and Sam, a couple who inherit a mansion from a distant relative and convert it into a B+B. After Sam has a near-death experience, she gains the ability to see and communicate with the dead. This allows her to interact with theghosts of CBS’sGhosts, a mismatched group who co-exist in her mansion.
The ghosts provideGhostswith the rest of its main characters and their antics make up a large portion of the show’s storylines. WhileGhostsseason 4promises to introduce a new ghost in the form of Mary Holland’s Puritan Patience, this is not the only change that the show will be making to its formula. Sam’s father will also appear, played byBreaking Bad’s Dean Norris. Meanwhile, the show’s creators also revealed in a recentTVLineinterview that the ghostly inhabitants of the mansion would be expanded with a change that could be fun or confusing, depending on its handling.
Ghosts Season 4’s New Cast Member Is Great News For A Plot I Hated
Although Ghosts season 3’s cliffhanger ending seemed annoying, season 4’s new cast member convinced me that Isaac’s story is going somewhere great.
Ghosts Season 4 Includes An Animal Ghost (Which Is Tough To Explain)
The Mansion Should Really Be Teeming With Animal Ghosts
Showrunners Joe Wiseman and Joe Port said that season 4 would feature an animal ghost for the first time, adding that the “Very small” animal would become a “Sort of ghost pet.” Adding animal ghosts seems to mean the mansion should be much busier, since the spirits of every animal that ever died on its grounds should number in the millions. AlthoughGhostsis hardly a paragon of realism, it is hard to see how the show will simply ignore this oversight.Ghostschanged some of the original British show’s formula, but the show still sticks with some rules.
For example, any ghost who completes their purpose on earth can be “Sucked off,” to use the parlance of the sheltered ghosts, into the afterlife. This might be used to excuse the lack of animal ghosts on the show’s property, as the same rules could apply to animals. If this is the case, it would make sense forGhostsseason 4 to reveal that the vast majority of animals pass into the afterlife without pause, which explains why it is so rare for the characters to encounter an animal ghost. However, the series may not offer even this much explanation.
Ghosts Has Always Played Fast And Loose With Its Rules
Ghosts Has Struggled With Its Internal Logic Before
Ghostshas always played fast and loose with the rules of the show’s reality, with plotting trumping logic at times. It is hard to see how Flower and Patience got stuck at the bottom of a hole when the ghosts can phase between solid surfaces, but this facilitated a good storyline, so it got a pass. Similarly,Ghostsseasons 4’s Jay twistpromises that Sam’s partner will see ghosts, but it is tough to imagine the show setting this up without another unlikely near-death experience. Thus,Ghostsseason 4 can find a similar excuse for its animal ghost.
