What I’m Watching: Ghosts

Ghosts: Season 2, Episode 17 “Weekend from Hell” (B+)

It was fun to see Matt Walsh, who was at SXSW for his dad less flamboyant role in the upcoming Hulu film “Flamin’ Hot,” back again as Elias, who really is just about the worst possible person. I’m convinced that the document he got Pete to sign was made up all along, but that he really could have dragged him back to hell with him as he tried to do at the end there. Making him think that Little Pete was in an accident was particularly cruel, and Pete gets picked up far too much as it is and doesn’t deserve that kind of stress in his (after)life. It doesn’t help that Hetty is probably the most stubborn ghost and didn’t want to do anything to risk having Elias back in her life. Getting Thor to threaten to lock him in the vault again was an effective scare tactic, though I have a feeling we may see him again sometime down the road. I like that Jay so wants to be a part of things that he read Pete’s family newsletter out loud, unaware that everyone was moving on to other things, and it would be helpful if the ghosts actually tried to helped him out by paying attention to what he was doing when he thought he was alone. Accidentally walking through Flower and making a delicious meal he could never hope to recreate was a humorous setup, and I love that Sam was able to show her support by getting her specific Star Wars references right and telling him to kiss her like “I’m your sister.”