Sam's Mom

Sam travels to the scene of her mother's death, leaving the ghosts to entertain themselves.

A nice changeup, it was good to see The Ghosts having to keep themselves entertained without their humans, and without the distractions of television.

So maybe the story was a little corny, I mean what are the odds, but it's fun, it's sweet, it's actually a little bit moving, and Rachel Harris was terrific as Sheryl, that's a voice I could listen to for hours.

Nancy, wow she was some wild character, where have they been hiding her all this time.

Some good one liners, and definitely some funny scenes in the restaurant, but importantly it introduced a new plot device, the ability to remove characters.

Good fun, 8/10.

As time marches on, television programs lose more and more time to commercial breaks. As a result, good storytelling and character development is hamstrung. This episode highlights the problem. There are two major storylines going on, and neither are given justice. Sam and her ghost mom have a deeply wounded relationship that was not given decent exploration because of the time wasted on the Pete plot. So instead, a couple of unconvincing sentences serve to patch up years of hurt on Sam's part so we can get the cliché sitcom end-of-episode resolution that was equally unconvincing. The story with Sam and her mom should have been the ONLY plot in this episode, and Pete's story could have been its own standalone episode. Cram both plots into a 20-minute episode, and both storylines are robbed.

I really wanted to like Ghosts, but so far I am running out of desire to continue watching. At least this show introduced me to the far superior UK version...

Rachel Harris was great (seems tautological since she's always great, but i digress)... but I didn't recognize her without those glasses but there's no hiding that signature voice. Glad the rest of the ensemble is back after the covid scare...