When Ghosts first appeared on CBS, the adaptation of the BBC original brought something different to the “living person can see ghosts” genre that has long been a staple of American television and film. Its premise allowed for a host of spirits across multiple generations to appear, from Nordic Viking Thor (Devan Chandler Long), the oldest of the ghosts in the house, to stockbroker Trevor (Asher Grodman), the most recent addition, having passed away in 2000.
The interactions between the spirits were funny, and often heartwarming, while Sam (Rose McIver), who can interact with the ghosts, and her loving husband Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) grounded the series with a rock-solid couple dealing with their strange, new circumstances.
The first season of Ghosts was unique, a TV series without a hint of mean-spiritedness, featuring a group of characters that made a makeshift family of sorts.
Flash forward to Season 3, and that feeling of family has disappeared in favor of a casual disregard for one another and a carnality that is far removed from the crew who didn’t understand how the phrase “sucked off” could be seen as a double entendre. And the series is suffering as a result.
