I’m bummed out about how CBS handled a giant Ghosts twist ahead of season 4. During San Diego Comic-Con, the series announced that Utkarsh Ambudkar’s Jay would be able to see ghosts in season 4. I was shocked by the announcement. Jay’s wife, Sam, played by Rose McIver, can interact with the dead at the Woodstone Mansion. After inheriting the mansion, Sam falls down the staircase, leaving her with a bizarre connection to the ghosts of the CBS series. Jay’s comedic inability to see ghosts where his wife can is the entire premise on which the series stands.
As much as the series centers on Sam’s unique ability, it relies on the comedic moments that come with Jay missing out on all the ghost action. While it would be gratifying for Jay to share Sam’s ability, his role in the series making a dramatic shift risks throwing off the show’s perfect comedic balance in Ghosts season 4. If Ghosts were to include a significant twist, I wish they would have handled it differently. Whether Jay’s ability to see ghosts pans out how I think it will, this one major letdown worsens the plot twist.
More than anything, I wish Ghosts had waited to let its Jay twist play out. The news is a major spoiler, and I wish I hadn’t known this considerable plot twist going into Ghosts season 4. Like many viewers, I enjoy the suspense and twists of any story. Jay’s new ability coming as a surprise would have been a real treat. Now, I will anticipate the moment that Jay can see ghosts rather than be thrillingly caught off-guard. It would have been a real mind-bender unveiled organically.
The series employed a similar tactic ahead of Ghosts season 2, teasing that Jay would be able to see the dead in the show’s sophomore run.
Now that the series has released this update, I’m afraid that the Ghosts season 4 twist is a fakeout to garner attention. The series employed a similar tactic ahead of Ghosts season 2, teasing that Jay would be able to see the dead in the show’s sophomore run. Instead, when season 2 aired, Jay’s ability to see the dead was just wishful thinking. After experiencing a life-threatening fall in the Ghosts season 1 finale, Jay hopes that he can see the dead due to the circumstances that had him knocking on death’s door, but it doesn’t pan out.
