[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Ghosts Season 4 Episode 22, “The Devil Went Down to Woodstone.”]
Ghosts served up one other huge cliffhanger in its newest finale as Season 4 closed out with Elias Woodstone’s (Matt Walsh) return within the aptly titled episode, “The Satan Went All the way down to Woodstone.” Nevertheless it wasn’t all doom and gloom because it additionally made manner for a possible relationship between Alberta (Danielle Pinnock) and Pete (Richie Moriarty).
As viewers noticed, the episode revolved round Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) throwing a e book launch get together for her and Isaac’s (Brandon Scott Jones) novel, however issues acquired tense when Puritan spirit Persistence (Mary Holland) reemerged from the dust to warn that she felt evil had arrived at Woodstone.
Whereas everybody was unaware of Elias’s presence till the tip of the episode, Persistence posed an issue for Sam and Jay’s get together as she threatened to make use of her bloody ghost present to interrupt up the soiree. It was as much as the opposite ghosts to maintain Persistence distracted, and Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky) threw Alberta beneath the bus by revealing her secret affection for Pete currently.
One factor led to a different, and Alberta discovered herself sharing her sinful ideas aloud to all the spirits, together with Pete, who listened in as a part of a disgrace circle ceremony Persistence prompt. Alberta was initially upset when she observed Pete had run off, however it turned out he needed to break issues off along with his long-distance girlfriend earlier than he’d decide to Alberta.
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And though the ghosts’ effort to maintain Persistence out of Mahesh, the place the e book get together was set, backfired, and the angered spirit used her bloody present to color the partitions pink, the spooky visible solely elevated the occasion, which celebrated the vampire aspect of the e book. In direction of the tip of the get together, although, Jay met a critic who praised his cooking and complimented his publicist for pointing them within the course of Mahesh.
When Sam requested who his publicist was, Jay launched Brent, not conscious that it was the bodily manifestation of Elias Woodstone. The ghosts and Sam have been instantly shocked and tried to clarify that Elias had been a spirit on the property prior, however he’d since gone to hell and have become a demon doing soiled work for the satan.
Apparently, Jay signed a contract to make his skilled goals a actuality, unaware that Elias had tricked him into signing a contract that might promote his soul to the satan. With the deal basically finished, Elias threatened that Jay would go to hell as soon as he died, and moments later, a lightweight fixture fell, nearly crushing the chef.
Elias promised he’d see all of them quickly, hinting that shenanigans for the satan have been simply starting. As talked about above, Pete and Alberta capped off the season with a long-awaited smooch, teeing up a enjoyable romance set to unfold.
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As for what’s in retailer shifting forward, co-showrunner Joe Port teases, “I’d count on we’ll see Matt Walsh a minimum of early on subsequent season as we try to extricate Jay from his state of affairs.” And Port, together with fellow co-showrunner Joe Wiseman, will likely be determining issues sooner quite than later as they’re mere days away from returning to the Season 5 writers’ room.
“We’ve been speaking on the whole about concepts and stuff, however we’re actually going to roll up our sleeves and start to interrupt tales out within the subsequent week or two,” Wiseman teases.
Together with shaping Jay’s life and loss of life stakes shifting ahead, the duo, referred to by their workforce as “The Joes,” are additionally on the point of additional discover the influence of that Alberta-Pete kiss they’ve been constructing towards for the reason that present’s first season. “It’s one thing we’ve planted since Season 1. It’s been clear that Pete had a crush on Alberta, after which we’ve been chipping away at Alberta’s reluctance towards him. I feel even in Season 3, we had him take out the arrow, and she or he noticed him in a distinct gentle,” Wiseman factors out, referring to the dynamic between the Jazz period spirit and arrow-skewered scout chief ghost.
As Wiseman notes, “Since [Pete] acquired this energy to depart the property, he’s change into a bit bit extra assured. So it simply felt like time. Let’s have them kiss and see what occurs.”
Along with Elias’s return, viewers additionally revisited Persistence, who, regardless of her scary present, appeared quite keen to assist rid Woodstone of evil. May that imply she’ll be an ally of Sam, Jay, and the remainder of the property’s non-demonic crew in Season 5? “We love Persistence, and we love Mary’s portrayal of her, and it felt like a pure option to carry her again after we’re having the satan’s emissary come to Woodstone. Going ahead, now we have to determine that out,” Wiseman shares. “It does look like she is likely to be ready to assist out, however we’ll should see.”
Who is aware of, maybe “the others” she teased earlier in Season 4 may have the ability to assist. Whereas we by no means met “the others,” Port teases, “We need to meet them too. And I feel that ultimately we’ll, they usually may play a task, in a useful manner, as may Persistence, as we get into the early elements of Season 5.”
As for what else might lie forward, Port provides, “We nonetheless have a loss of life to find out about, and never simply Sasappis’ (Román Zaragoza) loss of life, however there are different characters as effectively…”
Keep tuned for extra Season 5 particulars as we stay up for Ghosts‘ future, and tell us what you considered Season 4’s stunning finale within the feedback part under.
Ghosts, Season 5, Fall 2025, Thursdays, 8:30/7:30c, CBS