Movie 13 Ghosts

[Giordano Thibault]

Ghostsis an American television sitcom adapted for CBS from the British series of the same name by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, who were also its showrunners. It premiered on October 7, 2021[1] and was picked up for a full season that month.[2] It was renewed for a second season in January 2022,[3] which premiered on September 29, 2022.[4] It was renewed for a third season in January 2023, which began filming in Montreal on December 2, 2023.[5][6] The third season, of ten episodes, premiered on February 15, 2024.[7] In March 2024, it was renewed for a fourth season which is slated to premiere on October 17, 2024.[8][9]

Married New Yorkers Samantha and Jay Arondekar believe their dreams have come true when they inherit a beautiful country house from Sophie Woodstone, Sam's great aunt, only to find that it is falling apart and inhabited by ghosts from different eras of American history who died on the property and are now bound to the area, appearing as they did at the times of their deaths, until they can reach the afterlife. Jay cannot see or hear the ghosts, but Sam can after a near-death experience.

Sam and Jay meet the Farnsbys, an older couple living on an adjacent property, who attempt to sabotage their renovations, which leads them to invite them over for dinner. At the dinner party, the ghosts attempt to sabotage Sam until she points out they need her to maintain a connection to the world of the living. In the end, with the help of the ghosts, especially Pete's knowledge of 1980s television, the Farnsbys promise to support their permit applications for their renovations.

The ghosts are unable to get into the Halloween spirit, being unable to participate (e.g. eating candy and wearing costumes) and thinking it to be insulting to ghosts because of the bedsheets. Taking advantage of Sam's ability to see and hear them, Isaac, Hetty, Sasappis and Thorfinn guard the mansion against middle school vandals. Meanwhile, Alberta, Pete and Trevor are horrified by media depictions of ghosts and how they're treated as they watch Ghostbusters. After Thorfinn uses his powers to accidentally set the front yard gazebo on fire and Isaac blames one of the young vandals, the ghosts argue over whether to tell Sam the truth.

As Sam introduces the ghosts to the Internet and social media, Trevor believes that he fathered a child from one of his one-night stands in 2000. After Sam locates Pete's wife Carol online, she invites her to the mansion at Pete's insistence, using his old Trooper's manual as an excuse. Pete finds that his wife and best friend were not only involved before his death, but are now married and he is furious until Sam reads one of his notes from his manual on forgiveness. Pete's daughter, Laura, then reveals his grandson has been named after him in his honor. Meanwhile, Thorfinn and Sasappis become obsessed with a reality show, which the former binge-watches without the latter.

To land a permanent job at a local magazine, Sam decides to write a human interest article about a 'Robin Hood-esque' bank robbery carried out by Flower during her time in a 'commune', but Flower refuses to be interviewed as she swore to secrecy. Having heard about the incident ad nauseam since Flower's death, Isaac and Alberta decide to learn about the robbery on Sam's behalf. Meanwhile, Sam encounters Shiki: the ghost of a Lenape woman on whom Sasappis had a crush, and she and Jay try to establish long-distance communication between them.

Sam volunteers to help Jay and the ghosts play Dungeons & Dragons together when Jay's D&D group abandons him. Also, Sam discovers that an old shed on the mansion's grounds was a British barracks during the Revolutionary War, now occupied by three ghosts of British soldiers, one of whom, Nigel, learns that Isaac, who has secretly requited feelings for him, accidentally shot and killed him.

Todd Pearlman, an obsessive fan of Alberta's, visits the mansion to do research for a biography he is writing about her and discovers that her briefcase contains vintage moonshine. He nearly dies from drinking it, as it was poisoned, confirming Alberta's suspicions that she was murdered. Elsewhere, Thorfinn tries reconnecting with Hetty during walks outside the mansion, as he remembers that she could see and hear ghosts as a child, which is a rare gift among living human children.

While trying to repair a sconce, Jay accidentally falls on top of Hetty, who possesses him and takes on-and-off control of his body. Sam struggles to keep this a secret from a wedding planner who is difficult to impress and visits the mansion to sample Jay's cooking. Refusing to be exorcised, Hetty attempts to escape the mansion in Jay's car, only to be separated from him because she cannot leave the mansion's grounds.

Jay's sister, Bela, comes to visit after a break up, but reveals that she's been having great conversations with someone online. Sam and Jay are shocked when they realize that it's Trevor. Trevor reveals that he used their iPad to make a dating account. When Bela discovers the account on the iPad, she assumes that Jay created the profile and is furious. Sam tells her the truth about her talking to ghosts, and while Bela is as first skeptical, Sam is able to convince her with the help of the ghosts. Meanwhile, Nancy, still pretending to be Pete's girlfriend, threatens to tell Alberta the truth if Pete doesn't start to be more assertive. While Pete initially listens to her, he becomes upset when it leads to the other ghosts fighting. When Pete assertively tells Nancy that he enjoys being the one who keeps the peace, Nancy is proud of him for standing up for himself and pretends to break up with him and goes back to the cholera pit.

Paula, a producer behind the documentary TV series Dumb Deaths, wants to make a short film about Flower's death, although Flower is reluctant to having her image used in an unflattering light to raise money for the B&B. A chat between Sam and Paula leads the latter to prepare for a short film about Pete's death instead, but Pete does not want to be remembered as a failed scout leader. Sam and Jay reach out to Jennifer, a now-grown former member of Pete's troop, so she can provide a positive eye witness case for him. The ghosts plot to sabotage the production, and after Thorfinn runs out of energy from draining a camera battery, a production crew member gets high from passing through Flower, then shoots an arrow into Jay's rear. Jennifer follows safety precautions needed to remove the arrow that she learned from Pete, reminding him that he was a good leader after all. Meanwhile, Sam's interview with Isaac and Nigel about the American Revolution causes their old sentiments from the war to resurface, but she resolves their tensions by reminding Isaac of the U.S. and Britain's much friendlier present-day relations. At the end of the day, the ghosts gather to watch Sam portray Flower in a televised Dumb Deaths episode.

On November 29, 2019, CBS announced that they were developing an adaptation of the BBC One series Ghosts.[72] The original British series upon which the series is based was created by Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond for BBC.[73] On February 4, 2020, it was announced that the pilot had been picked up by CBS Studios and was co-produced with BBC Studios and Lionsgate Television.[74] On March 31, 2021, it was announced that the adaptation has been picked up for a full series.[75] In July 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere as a Thursday-night entry on October 7, 2021.[1] On September 23, 2021, CBS changed the premiere to back-to-back episodes.[76] On October 21, 2021, CBS picked up the series for a full season.[2] On December 17, 2021, it was reported that production has been temporarily halted due to a positive case of COVID-19 on the set of the series.[77] On January 24, 2022, CBS renewed the series for a second season[3] which premiered on September 29, 2022.[4] On November 8, 2022, it was announced that the BBC would be airing Ghosts in the United Kingdom under the name of 'Ghosts US' on BBC Three & BBC iPlayer on November 20, 2022.[78][79] On January 12, 2023, CBS renewed the series for a third season,[5] which premiered on February 15, 2024.[7] On March 12, 2024, the series was renewed for a fourth season which is scheduled to premiere on October 17, 2024.[8][9]

On March 4, 2020, Rose McIver was cast in a leading role for the pilot.[80] On July 1, 2020, Utkarsh Ambudkar was cast in a main role for the pilot.[81] On December 9, 2020, Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman, Rebecca Wisocky, Sheila Carrasco, Danielle Pinnock and Roman Zaragoza were cast in main roles for the pilot.[82] On May 12, 2021, Devan Chandler Long joined the cast as a series regular.[83]

For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 93% approval rating with an average rating of 7.3/10, based on 27 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Ghosts could stand to ask more of its characters, but an excellent ensemble and a genial wit make for easy, softly spooky viewing."[84] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 69 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[85]

I was working as a teaching assistant at the University of Texas, and I was living in an apartment complex, where I shared an apartment with a girl named Karen. She was thin and pale and quiet, too. We were both ghosts. One day, Karen met a man, a local, who was not a ghost. He had a beautiful face, hands, and body, and he had a beautiful soul, too. They fell in love. I watched them fall in love, and I envied them. I envied her. I wanted to fall in love, too.

When I was in college, I used to walk around campus for hours, at night, sometimes in circles. I wanted to walk until my feet bled. I wanted to walk until I passed out. I wanted to walk until I disappeared.

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