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Arielle Port started as a TV producer, developing content for Netflix (Firefly Lane, Brazen) and Hallmark (The Santa Stakeout, A Christmas Treasure) before transitioning into entertainment journalism. Her love of story went from interest to lifelong passion while at The University of Pennsylvania, where she fell in with a student-run web series, Classless TV, and it was a gateway drug. Arielle Port has been a Writer for Screen Rant since August 2024. She lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend and more importantly, her cat, Boseman.
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Part of the magic of Ghosts is the wonderful chaos an ensemble provides. The cast of Ghosts is stacked with characters from different times, each with a unique perspective and a deathly tale. Even five seasons in, Ghosts has more secrets to reveal — like the mystery of Sasappis’ death.
However, with such a large main cast, not every character gets equal time and attention each episode. In fact, most episodes of Ghosts are missing one or more main spirits. That makes the episodes that do feature fan-favorite spirits even more special, and each main spirit in Ghosts has a standout.
Season 4, Episode 11, Thorapy 2: Abandonment Issues
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Thor is, by nature, not the most emotionally attuned ghost at Woodstone. As a Viking, he approaches life — and the afterlife — with straightforward wants, blunt instincts, and a worldview built on loyalty, strength, and simplicity.
Ghost's season 2 “Thorapy” cracked open some of his repressed feelings, but this follow-up episode goes even deeper, unraveling the true root of his emotional walls: the pain of being abandoned by his fellow Vikings. For centuries, Thor only had questions, a wound he could not heal.
Pete’s decision to travel all the way to Norway to uncover the truth — and nearly die in the process — becomes the emotional hinge of the episode. The answers he brings back in Ghosts season 4, episode 11 give Thor not only closure about his past but also clarity about his present.
He realizes he already has a loyal, loving family in the spirits of Woodstone, a group that literally cannot abandon him. It’s a breakthrough that reframes Thor’s bluster as long-buried hurt finally given space to heal.
Season 1, Episode 14, Ghostwriter
Sasappis
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Sass is a storyteller who prefers to observe or stir the seeds of chaos behind the scenes of Woodstone. Ghosts often struggles to build plots around such an internal character, outside of making fun of Sass’s status as a virgin, at least through season 4. But in season 1, episode 14, the series leans into that stillness with real purpose.
Sass opens up about his father recognizing his storytelling gift while also fearing Sass would fail in the same way he once did — an unexpectedly vulnerable confession that reframes his dry, withdrawn demeanor. After symbolically passing his storyteller’s feather to Sam, Sass shares a poignant Lenape legend that deeply moves Sam, Jay, and the entire ghost household.
It’s one of the few episodes that not only puts Sass at the center of the emotional arc but also honors his Lenape culture and lore, offering a depth and cultural specificity that Ghosts could lean into more.
Season 4, Episode 16, St. Hetty's Day
Isaac
Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac Higgintoot in American CBS Ghosts US
Isaac began Ghosts as one of Woodstone’s most self-involved spirits, but he’s also experienced some of the show’s most meaningful emotional growth. Season 3, episode 16, “St. Hetty’s Day,” is often remembered for the reveal of Hetty’s powers, yet it also quietly highlights how far Isaac has come.
Against all odds, the man of Isaac’s dreams dies on the property and becomes a ghost — only to immediately hit it off not with Isaac, but with Nigel, Isaac’s ex-fiancé in Ghosts season 5, episode 16. The Isaac of early seasons would have schemed, sabotaged, or at least indulged in a satisfying bout of jealousy.
Instead, he accepts the situation with unexpected maturity and restraint. His biggest moment of growth comes when Chris leaves without saying goodbye to Nigel. Rather than let Nigel feel abandoned, Isaac lies to spare his feelings, telling him he made Chris so happy that he was sucked off.
It’s a small but profound kindness — one later exposed in Ghosts season 5 — that shows Isaac is no longer ruled by insecurity or pettiness. He’s grown into someone capable of empathy, generosity, and emotional grace.
Season 3, Episode 8, Holes Are Bad
Hetty
Hetty is typically prim, proper, and sharply condescending — a product of her era whose rigidity often reads as cold by modern standards. But this episode finally contextualizes her behavior, peeling back the carefully maintained layers of her Gilded Age persona.
When Flower is discovered trapped in a well in Ghosts season 3, Hetty shares the secret she has hidden for more than a century. She tells everyone how she strangled herself with the phone cord still wrapped around her neck, usually concealed by her ruff, to protect her sons from their father’s crimes.
It’s far more impactful than the reveal of Hetty’s powers in Ghosts season 4, because it’s only useful one day a year. This confession, however, reframes everything about her character. By using the same cord to save Flower, Hetty symbolically reclaims her darkest moment, and gives the audience a deeper understanding of the pain and strength that have shaped her.
Season 4, Episode 15, The Bachelorette Party
Alberta
Danielle Pinnock's Alberta smiles and holds up a finger in GhostsImage via CBS
Ghosts season 4, episode 15, “The Bachelorette Party,” is a standout Alberta episode because it finally puts her often-maligned power front and center in a meaningful way. Alberta’s humming ability is frequently dismissed as the weakest or least useful gift among the Woodstone ghosts.
Alberta herself usually gravitates toward big, flashy moments that keep her in the spotlight. (Just look at how quickly she took over Sam’s rehearsal for Anything Goes in Ghosts season 4, episode 3.) But this episode gives Alberta something far more intimate and powerful.
When her descendant Alicia returns to Woodstone for her bachelorette party, she privately worries about her fiancé’s faithfulness. In a rare moment of quiet sincerity, Alberta hums a love song that reaches her at exactly the right time, offering comfort, clarity, and a sense of ancestral support.
It’s not a showstopping number or a dramatic reveal. Instead, it’s a deeply personal gesture that underscores the emotional resonance of Alberta’s gift. For once, Alberta doesn’t command the spotlight; she uses her power to lift someone she loves, and that makes the moment shine even brighter.
Season 4, Episode 18, Smooching and Smushing
Flower
Flower hasn’t experienced the same sweeping character growth as many of the other Woodstone ghosts, though her commitment to a monogamous relationship with Thor is a meaningful step forward. She’s often written as free-spirited to the point of being one-dimensional, her drug-induced haze obscuring the sharper edges of her personality.
Flower does have layers, and Ghosts season 4, episode 18 brings one of them to the surface: her cleverness. The episode leans into her surprising depth, the same depth that once fueled her passionate love of and unexpected expertise in basketball.
When Trevor, long considered one of the house’s savviest spirits, decides to teach Flower a lesson, he wildly underestimates her. Expecting her to blow the money he gives her on something frivolous, he’s stunned when she turns the tables.
Flower outbids him for the item he wants and then holds it hostage until he donates to a charity of her choosing. It’s a sharp, funny reversal that proves Flower is far more perceptive and strategic than anyone gives her credit for, making it one of her most satisfying showcases to date.
Season 3, Episode 9, The Traveling Agent
Pete
Pete looking excited in Ghosts
Since unlocking Pete’s power to roam, he’s used it entirely in service of others: traveling to Norway to get Thor answers about his abandonment, tracking down a girlfriend for Sass, and even helping clear Donna’s name. But the episode in which he first discovers his power remains one of Pete’s most memorable showcases, putting him in an unexpected solo adventure.
Accidentally abandoned in a massive superstore, Pete is forced to navigate a strange new world without the safety net of the Woodstone. He encounters territorial ghost gangs, uses every bit of his Boy Scout ingenuity, and ultimately outsmarts far more intimidating spirits in order to find his way home.
The experience is thrilling, funny, and a rare episode outside of Woodstone Manor in Ghosts, revealing Pete’s resourcefulness and quiet bravery. It’s a turning point that transforms him from the group’s wholesome moral compass into a true adventurer.
Season 1, Episode 16, Trevor's Pants
Trevor
Ghosts' Asher Grodman (Trevor) SmilingCredit: CBS via MovieStillsDB
This early Trevor-centric episode is essential because it reveals that Trevor's problematic character is, in many ways, a performance. Trevor loves projecting an image of excess: he boasts that he died from a haze of drugs, alcohol, and an ill-advised hookup with a limousine driver, but the truth is far more vulnerable and unexpectedly noble.
In reality, Trevor died after giving the literal clothes off his back to help a friend who was being hazed, an act of loyalty and courage that cost him his life. What once seemed like shallow bravado becomes a coping mechanism, a mask he wore both in life and death to blend in with the high-powered world he inhabited.
Beneath the swagger is someone loyal, big-hearted, and deeply protective of the people he cares about. The episode doesn’t erase his bro-y charm, but it adds a layer of emotional depth that makes Trevor one of Ghosts’ most surprisingly complex characters and proves he has far more to offer than punchlines about hedge funds and partying.
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