Ghosts will introduce a new non-spirit character in season 4, uniquely positioned to develop a lacking Sam plot from two years ago. Rose McIver plays the central Ghosts character, who runs a bed and breakfast called Woodstone B&B with her husband Utkarsh Ambudkar’s Jay. The couple run their business out of a historic mansion Sam inherited from a distant relative. She can see all the ghosts from various time periods and backstories who haunt the house following an accident that left her knocking on death’s door. Since the accident, the spirits and Sam have become inseparable.
More than the ghosts at Woodstone in CBS’ Ghosts, Sam can see ghosts wherever she goes. McIver makes the discovery when she goes to a doctor about being able to see the dead in Ghosts season 1, and she unwittingly consults with a ghost doctor before realizing that he’s not living. Sam’s ability to see ghosts in all places opens her character up to even more bizarre narratives, like when she translates messages between Sasappis and a fellow Lenape ghost who inhabits the Ulster County Review office. Sam’s gift opened her up to revive an important connection in season 1.
