Ghosts!

This week I’ll be talking about ANOTHER one of my favorite shows. Seems like I have a bit of a streak going haha!! This time there’s more comedy than hurt, but as always with the things I enjoy, there’s some hurt. I mean, the name of the show is ghosts of course there’s going to be some sad bits! It’s dead people!!

There are two versions of Ghosts, and I’ll be talking about the BETTER version, which is the original British series created by comedy acting troop ThemThere. There is an American version, and after the first few seasons it comes into its own and is a good series, but at first it’s just not as good because it’s copying the main series practically line by line with a twist of explaining the joke. 

Ghosts follows Allison and Mike Cooper as Allison inherits a very old, very dilapidated, and very haunted mansion out in the country. The cast of the main ghosts present are, in order of death: Robin, a caveman struck my lightening; Humphrey, man beheaded accidentally; Mary, a woman burned at the stake because of accusations of witchcraft; Kitty, a Rococo woman who died to causes covered in season five of the series; Thomas, a poet who bled to death after being shot in the abdomen; The Captain, a WWII Captain that we know little to nothing of prior to his death up until season 5; Fanny or Lady Button, a Edwardian woman who was pushed from her window; Pat, a boy scout leader that was shot in the neck with an arrow; and Julian, a man who had a heart attack while cheating on his wife at a political event. 

It’s a bit hard to tell, but headless Humphrey and Robin (bottom right) are played by the same actor and are the closest in time of death!! The actors for Robin/Humphrey, Thomas, The Captain, Fanny, Pat, and Julian are part of the previously mentioned acting troop ThemThere. They had a start of acting as people from different periods as they were on an educational children’s series that aired from 2009-2014 called Horrible Histories (Unrelated, but one time when I was very very sick and a bit delirious, children’s shows like HH were the only things I could watch because I would start getting a migraine if I thought to hard. I was speaking in a British accent for like two hours). ThemThere created another historical based series named Bill, which follows the life of William Shakespeare, and a fantasy series named Yonderland.

I haven’t talked much about the episodes in detail or a series synopsis in this blog post because it’s a really good show I don’t want to spoil!! With Takin’ over the Asylum and The Walking Dead, they’ve been out long enough for spoilers on certain bits being practically unavoidable, but with Ghosts it’s pretty easy to assume that most readers of this know nothing about the original series.

My favorite episodes for each season have to be “Carpe Diem” in season 5, “Speak as ye Choose” in season 4, “The Woodworm Men” in season 3 (followed close by “Something to Share?”), “Redding Weddy” in season 2 (Followed close by “Perfect Day”), and “Getting Out” in season 1. To be honest, most of these episodes follow The Captain or he has a big impact on the episode. He may be my favorite a bit, but I just fall to love the trope of a cold closed off character coming into their own. The way he acts around the other ghosts and the people in season 1 when Allison and Mike first get to Button house, their mansion, compared to “Carpe Diem” in season 5 are so drastic and beautiful. Of course, other characters change such as Fanny’s brashness or Julian’s sexualization and sexist-ness towards others, but The Captain is the one who changes the most out of all.

Okay that’s definitely enough for this week. I will be talking more about my favorite episodes at a later date, but for now this is my signing off. Have a good day, ByeBye!!