What I’m Watching: Ghosts

Ghosts: Season 2, Episode 13 “Ghost Hunter” (B+)

I do think that reading Freddie in on the whole ghosts thing would have been the better choice, especially since he’s a terrific employee when he takes time to focus on his work rather than on trapping ghosts in a machine that actually does what it’s supposed to do. Thor getting sucked into the machine gave this show the highest stakes I think it’s ever had, and then Flower’s faulty memory led her to be in there too. At least now that means they’ll be able to give romance a try, and Pete doesn’t have to be the third even though that’s what Flower said, in a different context, as soon as he bravely volunteered himself for potential evisceration. Sam and Jay really do go to great lengths to accommodate the ghosts, which is understandable given that Sam has to hear them talking to her and giving her unsolicited advice on a very regular basis. Buying Freddie’s car back after he sold it just so that Sasappis could continue his romance with Jessica was quite the gesture, and Jay wasn’t at all happy that he had to pay more to get him to sell it in the first place and then accept half of what he paid for Jessica to have the freedom to go back on the open road with a driver who is a big fan of KFC. It is sad to a degree to think that these ghosts aren’t able to have any real future outside of the locations they’re forever tied to, but at least this show likes to close its threads on an optimistic note.