Fans of CBS’s Ghosts have scored great news ahead of the sitcom’s upcoming Season 5. New episodes are shaping up to see one of the show’s best characters taking the spotlight.
TV Insider interviewed Ghosts co-showrunner Joe Wiseman who talked about the Season 5 premiere and also dished on what fans can expect to see from Susan “Flower” Montero — the lovable and naive hippie ghost played by Sheila Carrasco during the season. “Flower has some big developments early on,” Wiseman revealed. Season 5 of Ghosts will premiere on Oct. 16 on CBS.
These big developments include showing viewers a new side to Flower. “We’re going to see what she’s like when she’s a little bit more lucid, before she was so drug addled,” Wiseman shared. This sadly also means that the relationship between Flower and Thor (Devan Chandler Long) will be hitting a rough patch this season.
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Another character who will likely also find themselves dealing with love issues is Román Zaragoza’s “Sass”, the cynical Lenape hunter who often serves as the voice of reason for the other ghosts. “He is in that relationship with Joan (Taylor Ortega) who can travel, and for a long period of time,” co-showrunner Joe Port noted. “He’s struggling with what it means to be in a long-distance relationship.”
There is still plenty of room for love in the series, though, and Jazz singer Alberta (Danielle Pinnock) and scoutmaster Pete (Richie Moriarty) will have a romance that continues to blossom in Season 5. Wiseman teased the two will be “navigating early relationship stories” in the upcoming episodes.
Ghosts debuted on CBS in 2021 as an adaptation of the British series of the same name. It stars Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar as two New Yorkers who inherit a country house called Woodstone Manor. Believing it to be their dream home, they soon find there’s a lot more to the house than meets the eye, with it falling apart and being inhabited by ghosts from different eras of American history. Earlier this year, the series scored an impressive two-season renewal that will see it continuing through Season 6.
Ghosts Showrunners Tease Halloween Episode & Classic Film Tribute
With new episodes of Ghosts set to begin airing in October, fans will get to see a special Halloween storyline pretty early on in the season, including the yearly Halloween seance. Part of the story will involve Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones) dealing with the aftermath of the lie that he told to his ex-partner Nigel (John Hartman). Fans will also get to see Hetty’s mummy, who was teased in last year’s episode.
The Ghosts showrunners also teased an upcoming road trip in Season 5 that will pay homage to a classic Hollywood movie. “[W]e’re talking about a fun homage to Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Sam and Pete going on a road trip,” Wiseman revealed.
New episodes of Ghosts premiere Thursday, Oct. 16 on CBS.
Release Date
October 7, 2021
Directors
Christine Gernon, Jaime Eliezer Karas, Katie Locke O’Brien, Nick Wong, Jude Weng, Pete Chatmon, Richie Keen, Alex Hardcastle, Kimmy Gatewood, Matthew A. Cherry, Cortney Carrillo
Rose McIver
Samantha Arondekar
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Jay Arondekar