Okay I liked the episode, but it feels like there was so little attention paid to the details which make the environment of Woodstone seem more realistic. Other reviewers have already mentioned The Situation in the Kitchen, but also: who was hosting the party while Sam & Jay were otherwise occupied? They don't have enough money to hire hosts or catering staff. And when there was so many living characters shouting and screaming at the foot of the stairs, why were the rest of the party guests totally disregarding all the screaming (as if they were extras told to disregard the main actors)? True, Ghosts is a comedic fantasy, but one still expects the living roles to act realistically.
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Halloween 3
bobcobb3018 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
It looks like in the same way Roseanne and Brooklyn Nine-Nine tried to make annual Halloween episdoes this show is going to head down that route.
I think it is a mistake though as this was actually a quite weak episode.
If they truly bail things out and have it where Flower was not actually sucked off, that is a huge disappointment. You need to add stakes to the show and have it possible characters could move on, even if that is not how US sitcoms traditionally operate.
And Carroll being a ghost is not the kind of thing I think that anyone actually hoped for when the new season kicked off recently.
I think it is a mistake though as this was actually a quite weak episode.
If they truly bail things out and have it where Flower was not actually sucked off, that is a huge disappointment. You need to add stakes to the show and have it possible characters could move on, even if that is not how US sitcoms traditionally operate.
And Carroll being a ghost is not the kind of thing I think that anyone actually hoped for when the new season kicked off recently.
Insufferable Guests
cwigtil-756249 March 2024
There are times when a show's producers must hire actors who can portray annoying characters to advance the plot, create conflict, and raise the stakes. Great care must be taken when this happens, for an audience can only take so much annoyance before finding the show insufferable.
Unfortunately, the producers hired three guest actors for this episode, two of which were completely insufferable, and one of which is going to come back for a future episode. It would helpful if in the course of the episode if there were a redeeming arc or sympathetic quality written about these characters, but this was either overlooked or, more plausibly, impossible due to the time constraints of a 30-minute show.
Such problems are not mine to concern myself with, however: it's on the writers to write themselves out of the corners they have written themselves into. The end result of this error is the same: it made me care far less about the entire conceit of the plot, and took me out of the show. It made me wonder about the state of supervision at CBS, and you know you've failed as a TV show when I am thinking about that rather than the intended entertainment set before me.
Unfortunately, the producers hired three guest actors for this episode, two of which were completely insufferable, and one of which is going to come back for a future episode. It would helpful if in the course of the episode if there were a redeeming arc or sympathetic quality written about these characters, but this was either overlooked or, more plausibly, impossible due to the time constraints of a 30-minute show.
Such problems are not mine to concern myself with, however: it's on the writers to write themselves out of the corners they have written themselves into. The end result of this error is the same: it made me care far less about the entire conceit of the plot, and took me out of the show. It made me wonder about the state of supervision at CBS, and you know you've failed as a TV show when I am thinking about that rather than the intended entertainment set before me.
Terrible addition
thejaynemo9 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Because of the strike I figured the writing would be weak but this episode was particularly cringy and awful. I'm gonna go back to the British one. This season is trash.
Thorfinn is getting so shouty and annoying. His loins are more important than noticing a dead person? Atleast the step brothers costumes got put away.
Now who got sucked off after the flower twist... what terrible writing. Especially with crash and cholera teen guy disappearing. No consequences or correct personalities for timelines...
Pete pouting and just weak character development after carol shows up. But why out of all things does the writers think Carol will be a good addition to the ghost world!? Maybe a big redeeming arc will happen between her and Pete and Sam and jay who are rude as hell to her from the moment she can to wood stone for the party, will realize two sides to every story.
Speaking of Sam... she is getting more unlikeable. Especially how she continually puts the ghosts first and makes jay do weird things, and constantly put his needs and dreams second. He willingly does it... with no fight.
She deserves to look like an idiot and terrible acting all around this episode.
Thorfinn is getting so shouty and annoying. His loins are more important than noticing a dead person? Atleast the step brothers costumes got put away.
Now who got sucked off after the flower twist... what terrible writing. Especially with crash and cholera teen guy disappearing. No consequences or correct personalities for timelines...
Pete pouting and just weak character development after carol shows up. But why out of all things does the writers think Carol will be a good addition to the ghost world!? Maybe a big redeeming arc will happen between her and Pete and Sam and jay who are rude as hell to her from the moment she can to wood stone for the party, will realize two sides to every story.
Speaking of Sam... she is getting more unlikeable. Especially how she continually puts the ghosts first and makes jay do weird things, and constantly put his needs and dreams second. He willingly does it... with no fight.
She deserves to look like an idiot and terrible acting all around this episode.
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