Finally, Utkarsh Ambudkar is going to see dead people.
For three seasons of the CBS supernatural comedy “Ghosts,” his character’s wife has been able to converse with colorful specters, but he hasn’t. That changes in Season 4 (premiering Thursday, 8:30 EDT/PDT), and Ambudkar was excited to hear the news.
“Yes! I wish I was strong enough to throw this table right now,” Ambudkar said during a “Ghosts” presentation at pop-culture confab Comic-Con in July. “I finally get to talk to people at work.”
“Ghosts” centers on Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Ambudkar) as a couple who move to upstate New York when they inherit a rundown mansion and decide to turn it into Woodstone Bed & Breakfast. Sam has a near-death experience, allowing her to interact with the assorted colorful ghosts who inhabit the place.
In the “Ghosts” finale, Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones) talks with Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky) about expressing his love for redcoat Nigel (John Hartman).
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The new season, taped in Montreal, will add a pair of new personalities – dead and living.
Mary Holland is joining the cast as Patience, the ghost of an ultra-judgmental Puritan woman abandoned by gay Revolutionary War phantom Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones). In the Season 3 finale, the feral Patience emerged from her dirty place of unrest to kidnap Isaac, and fans will see what she has in store for him in the Season 4 premiere.
Holland’s “funny, she’s quirky, she’s off. She’s perfect for Patience,” said “Ghosts” executive producer Joe Port. Román Zaragoza, who plays Sasappis, a Lenape Native American, has already filmed a scene with Holland: “I’m just in awe of her.”
The other new guest star is “Breaking Bad” alum Dean Norris, who plays Sam’s father Frank. They haven’t stayed close since Frank divorced Sam’s mom when she was 10, but he arrives for a visit to Woodstone with his new girlfriend. Sam has secretly resented her father for decades because he’s been absent from her life, and those emotions come to a head when a new ghost leads her to finally have a father/daughter chat.
