{"id":357883,"date":"2025-12-19T10:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357883\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:34:09","slug":"ghosts-bosses-break-down-the-others-reveal-and-sams-trippy-christmas-possession-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357883\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ghosts’ Bosses Break Down the Others Reveal and Sam’s Trippy Christmas Possession (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat To Know<\/p>\n

Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman break down Season 5\u2019s holiday possession.
\nThe bosses take us inside that shocking reveal surrounding Patience and where it will take viewers in the new year.
\nThey also explain why Sam is possession victim for Christmas again.<\/p>\n

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Ghosts Season 5 Episodes 9 & 10, \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Christmas Carol.\u201d]<\/p>\n

Ghosts <\/a>is keeping up with its penchant for honoring classic pop culture in its latest holiday episode, \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Christmas Carol,\u201d which takes elements of It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/a> and\u00a0A Christmas Carol to take Sam (Rose McIver<\/a>) on a journey to understand the role Woodstone\u2019s ghosts have had in her life, as well as put into perspective her equal impact on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed like [a perfect opportunity] to do our version of it,\u201d co-showrunner Joe Wiseman shared of the pop culture influence over this year\u2019s Ghostmas event. \u201cWe had a ghost whose name was Carol (Caroline Aaron<\/a>), and it seemed like we had our title right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to doing the two-part Christmas episode every year, and so we always want to make them big and fun,\u201d he adds. \u201cAnd it seemed like time to do an episode that was reflective about how our characters have all affected each other and affected Sam and Jay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rose<\/p>\n

Bertrand Calmeau \/ CBS<\/p>\n

Over the hour-long event, Sam is invited to be a featured guest on a national broadcast to promote her book as a potential Christmas gift idea. But as she prepares for the occasion, Thorfinn (Devan Chandler Long<\/a>) decides he wants to gift his girlfriend, Flower (Sheila Carrasco<\/a>), with the opportunity to possess a body so she can satisfy her longstanding munchies.<\/p>\n

Things go sideways, though, when Flower occupies Sam\u2019s body after Thorfinn manipulates electricity in Woodstone\u2019s holiday village display. When she uses Sam\u2019s body to test out drugs from the kitchen staff at Mahesh, Sam gets so high she messes up her interview as Flower takes over her body.<\/p>\n

Once she reclaims it, Sam yells at the ghosts and expresses regret for having been able to see them at all. When Sam awakens the next morning, after wishing she had never been able to see the ghosts, she is given the opportunity to see what her life at Woodstone would be like without that ability, while also seeing what the ghosts would be up to without her.<\/p>\n

All of their existences were seemingly miserable, with rifts between Sam and Jay, and ghosts carrying on in an inauthentic way, most notably with Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky<\/a>) and Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones<\/a>) gearing up for nuptials. Sam was guided along by Carol (Caroline Aaron<\/a>), who fulfilled that angel archetype.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cIt's<\/p>\n

Bertrand Calmeau \/ CBS<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very excited to find a way to bring Caroline Aaron back,\u201d gushes co-showrunner Joe Port. \u201cShe\u2019s a legend, and we love her. So we were sad to see her go. We wanted her sacrifice at the beginning of the season to be one that hurt a little to make it significant,\u201d he adds in reference ot Carol being \u201csucked off\u201d<\/a> earlier this season. \u201cSo it was nice to be able to bring her back.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, Sam learns that her experience was mostly a dream, an effect of the drugs Flower tested while possessing her. Ultimately, she\u2019s able to do her interview (with guest star Larry Wilmore<\/a>) and celebrate the holidays in peace, having seen the mutual impact she and the ghosts have had on one another.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne nice thing I like is that it was a way to demonstrate that a lot of the ghosts have come a long way and have really been enriched by the lessons they\u2019ve learned since Sam and Jay moved in and she got the power,\u201d Wiseman notes.<\/p>\n

As for selecting Sam as the possession victim once again, it was an easy choice for \u201cthe Joes\u201d as stars often refer to the showrunners. As Port points out, McIver had previously done a lot of mimicry on iZombie<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s such a weapon to have somebody who\u2019s that good of an actor and can bring that ability,\u201d he gushes.<\/p>\n

Outside of Sam\u2019s storyline with most of the ghosts, Trevor (Asher Grodman<\/a>) found himself commiserating over his lack of Christmas spirit because of being Jewish alongside Quaker, Patience (Mary Holland<\/a>). Ultimately, the pair ended up kissing, leading to what Port calls \u201cone of the weirdest scenes we\u2019ve had in the history of the series thus far.\u201d<\/p>\n

But despite Patience\u2019s initial regret for the kiss, she begins to think it through and suggests she and Trevor explore their connection more, introducing him to the long-teased \u201cOthers,\u201d she\u2019s supposedly met in the dirt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we come back\u2026 We are going to meet the \u2018Others,’\u201d Wiseman promises. \u201cWe\u2019re basically going to pick up where the previous episode left off, and that was part of our decision to meet the \u2018Others.’\u201d Ghosts will take an extended break over the winter, returning in late February post-Winter Olympics, giving fans plenty of time to ponder the identities behind these new ghosts. Until then, let us know what you thought of the reveal, and don\u2019t miss Ghosts when Season 5 continues in the new year.<\/p>\n

Ghosts, Season 5, Returning Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:30\/7:30c, CBS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What To Know Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman break down Season 5\u2019s holiday possession. The bosses…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-357883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}