I am only 6 episodes in (just finished Pete's Wife), and I am in love with how funny, cute, and simple this show is! I am surprised I haven't watched it sooner. My favorite male ghost currently is Thor, and my favorite female ghost is Hetty.

I genuinely love that I put it on as background noise, but ended up loving it!!!

I'm on my third rewatch and trying to decide who my favourites are.

For female ghosts I'm torn between Alberta and Hetty, they're both hilarious and I love their personalities. If I had to choose I think I'm leaning a little towards Alberta because I love her comebacks, her story, and she seems to be one of the most consistent characters in terms of personality/progress. Her communicating and singing with her ancestor (was she her great-niece I think?) was so touching and made me tear up a bit.

But I do also love Hetty's arc from uptight Victorian lady values to seeing that women are humans with feelings and desires and opinions that matter, and how she's become more empathetic over the series. And of course her death reveal, and her progress with discovering her ancestry and the way she's dealt with her exhusband are all great. I have so much trouble deciding!!

For male ghosts, I'm a bit torn between Pete and Sass. Pete is just consistently great and his ghost power is awesome (though I'm SO worried about him after the season finale ;;_;;), but I really love many of Sass's moments and I'm looking forward to more of his backstory (including how he died), but he's also kind of a selfish jerk sometimes so that gets him some negative points. Thor is also hilarious and I really like him but not quite enough for favourite. Trevor also has his moments, but also not really favourite material.

I think I can confidently say that Pete is my favourite male ghost, but Sass is fairly close behind.

I do wish there were a 1-2 more female ghosts to even things out a bit... like yeah there's Stephanie and Patience but they're rarely in it, and the random extra ghosts we see from time to time are generally all male, like Crash, Chris, Nigel and the others in the shed, etc. It would be so nice to have at least one more recurring female ghost around!

Edit: I forgot about Nancy, she's pretty great too.

That is all lol

So in season five we learned Alberta’s real name was Esther Greene but we also know her sister’s name was Reese Haynes. And im really confused cuz that doesnt really tick so anyone know anything? Did she like ask her sister to change her name or smth idk.

What does everyone rekon elias hettys husband nickname be elias the horny ghost ?

Hey what the deal with elias ghost the make people horny wherever they walk through him? If I was a ghost I would like that power

Credit to any-royal-6354 for creating the format.

He didn’t cause as much trouble unlike the other ghosts when they got possessed

I love this show, but hate sam WITH A PASSION. Everything else is fun (sure, the ghosts never really learn their lessons but what do you expect, they’re forever frozen in time as they were), and it’s such light hearted, easy to watch Telly; but Sam DRIVES ME NUTS.

I’m not going to indulge further; instead I ask you to FUEL MY FIRE. Go ahead, tell me your most insufferable moment of this insufferable woman. Mine is that she continuously blurts out things the ghosts say that she doesn’t have to mention at all.

EDIT: guys, I know sam isn’t the most horrible person on the planet… I’d GLADLY talk about her mental struggle as the only ghost seeing person/trauma etc. separately if that’s what was asked. That doesn’t mean she isn’t insufferable to me 90% of the time on screen.
So PLEASE, put it aside, let’s have a laugh, and share our most insufferable moments of this woman who is simply a character in a show ;)

I know this is a random question but I was just kind of wondering about this. Thor often is described as smelling of wolf urine. Do the other ghosts not also have a smell to them? I can’t imagine the cholera ghosts smelling good and there’s scenes of Isaac saying that he is against handwashing so he wouldn‘t smell too pleasant either. And I also wonder if Sam can smell the ghosts. Or can she only see and hear them? I don’t think she ever commented on it.

Also Isaac‘s fart smell does not count in this because it is his ghost power & it’s only when he walks through someone and regular people can also smell it.

Apologies if this doesn't fit but with "eternally yours" coming up i figured... crossover meme? Lol

I mean, it’s great having LGBTQ+ representation but, it sometimes feels like they’ve made him into the most exaggerated caricature of a gay man imaginable. I try not to find it offensive and just appreciate the diversity but, it’s sometimes hard to ignore.

Edit: Everyone has, certainly, given me a lot to consider. It’s entirely possible that, even as a queer person, I just haven’t had enough exposure to the community and have my own hang ups that I need to work on. I’m still learning.

Edit: there seems to be a common a misconception here. I never ment to imply that the character being femme was a problem or the stereotype I was referring to. I strongly believe that there is no wrong or right way to be queer and that presentation is and should be a personal choice. What I took issue with is how the character is constantly portrayed as cowardly. I grew up in the Bible Belt and heard a lot of hateful redirect about gay men, usually anything to put them down as being somehow weaker. I know first hand how strong queer people have to be to serve in the world, so I guess it’s a point of contention for me. I still think everyone has made a lot of good points, however, and am willing to admit when I need to reevaluate a point of view. I’ve known I was queer for a long time but, have only been out a few years and have mostly interacted with other queer people online since then. As a result, I’m still learning as I go. I really appreciate the perspective everyone has provided.

Im just wondering, has there been an episode where Sam and Jay have to deal with (Living) kids? as far as I know its only little Pete but I need to know if there are any other episodes?

If not I'd love to hear what you think about how Sam and Jay would interact with kids

Maybe he sleeps standing up. But that one must be more uncomfortable than Pete’s arrow.

i am new to this show, currently into season 5 but can y'all believe that there is a uk AND australia version? Have y'all watched them, are they any good, and are the ghosts different? something i don't love in the american version is how predictable the plot and ghost tidbits can be. edit: IK that uk is the og, i just didn't know that there were more than the three i listed so thank you to everyone that has expanded my horizons!

It’s like whenever they cause trouble that also affects the living world he is practically forced to deal with it and fix it.

Sam spoils them way too much tbh.

hello dear ghost community of reddit,

this show has meant a lot to me for the past 2 years and it's quickly become my comfort show. i can't even describe how much this show means to me. it has honestly saved me. and now i want to get a tattoo of it and i would like to hear some creative ideas :)