In case you were keeping track, Isaac and Nigel weren’t the only relationships on Ghosts. Season 3 dug its heels in and took a turn outside the ordinary when it came to grouping its motley crew of characters. But one of the all-time favorites audiences have long awaited is the relationship between Pete (Richie Moriarty) and Pinnock’s Alberta.
While there have been breadcrumbs for fans of a potential love connection between the pair, nothing has come to fruition. Instead, our favorite 1920s jazz singer was lovestruck this season by shortstop for the Negro Leagues, Saul (Lamorne Morris), and carried out a relationship with him. Though the performance might have given Pinnock her “ultimate superpowers” as a performer working alongside the New Girl actor, their breakup is indicative of Alberta’s real feelings.
“Alberta and I are kinfolk when it comes to relationships. Earlier, when I was dating, I loved toxic men. I just loved it, and I loved the excitement of it. We thank God for therapy. I’m happily married after 11 years [to Jack Wallace], but there was a thing of, ‘Am I actually good enough to be in a positive relationship? Am I good enough? Do I have the self-esteem to be in a nourishing relationship where it’s 50/50, and not me doing all the things all the time?’ And I feel like there’s a little bit of that with Alberta,” she says.
Pinnock admits she is “very curious to see what happens in Season 4 with her and Pete,” simply because Pete is a good, well-rounded guy who loves hard. “I feel like that’s a lot for Alberta because she wants to be pursued by the gangsters and the bootleggers. That is not our baby Pete, and we love him for it,” she laughs. “And she does get the ick when people start to cling to her — I’m also very curious to see where that came from. You know what I mean? Is it something from when she was a teenager in high school, and maybe she was a clinger? So these are some of the things that I’m really curious about to see what [the Joes] have in store.
