What I’m Watching: Ghosts

Ghosts: Season 2, Episode 12 “Family Business” (B+)

Sam and Jay are not doing a terrific job of retaining their terrific new employee, and they’re lucky that he’s such a nice guy that he continues to come back because he genuinely likes the work. Hetty emphasizing that it’s important not to express interest in the help had an unfortunate influence on Sam, who really did get quite mean when Freddie was opening up and later confided in Hetty that it felt very good. I enjoy when there are moments like that which aren’t neatly resolved but instead indicate tendencies that might not have changed as much as they should over the centuries, and it also allowed Hetty to bond with her only descendant over whom she was able to have any sort of resounding impact. Hetty is quickly becoming my favorite character, with the way in which she spoke to Trevor about how she feels about their dalliance absolutely hilarious. I like that Flower got a good zinger in at Sasappis’ expense when she reminded him that he marked a tree when a girl said hi to him and that he might now write a rock opera. Fortunately, they got to a good point after he was far too jealous, and, provided Freddie sticks around for another few episodes, they’ll have a chance to get closer with sappy lines like how she’s his favorite smell. Pete also got a nice win when he gave Sasappis romantic advice that actually turned out to be pretty helpful. One dynamic I’m loving is the one that Alberta and Thorfinn have, with her expressing exasperation at Thorfinn’s refusal to call a car anything but “land ship” even though everyone else was literally saying it over and over.