Ghosts (BBC)

[Allan Veríssimo Joined: Feb 22nd, 2019 Topics: 73 Posts: 1957 View Predictions]

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Premise: A young married couple, Alison and Mike, unexpectedly inherit the vast but crumbling Button House. The House is haunted by numerous squabbling ghosts from across the ages that died on its grounds, who are invisible and intangible to the living. Ignoring their solicitor’s advice to sell the property, Alison and Mike decide to move in and renovate it, with the idea of turning the house into a luxury hotel. At first, the ghosts are not very happy with their plans and conspire to get rid of the newcomers. After various failed attempts to scare them, one of the ghosts pushes Alison from an upstairs window. When she awakes two weeks later from an induced coma, she discovers her husband has arranged a huge mortgage, and that she can see the ghosts due to her near-death experience. Because neither she (for financial reasons) nor the ghosts (who are stuck there for eternity) can leave, both sides eventually agree that they have no choice but to coexist as best they can.

Trailer of Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e0nB1mSd9Q

Trailer of Season 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GJrrrF5_4M

Season 3 will premiere on August 9.

In April 2021, it was nominated for the Scripted Comedy BAFTA and Comedy Writer BAFTA

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 251 Posts: 39194 View Predictions]

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I enjoyed season 3! It wasn’t quite as strong or funny as season 2 and whilst I did appreciate the continuation of the exploration of the ghosts’ backstories I did find some of them a bit uninteresting this timer round but it was still entertaining nonetheless and I thought the risk of incorporating an arc into this season really paid off.

There’s something so uplifting I feel every time I watch this ensemble.

Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 251 Posts: 39194 View Predictions]

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Season 4 is without a doubt the weakest season of this show. The pacing felt slow at times and it did feel like there were strong Covid limitations (which feels rather weird considering season 3 filmed during peak Covid and didn’t seem to have any of these limitations).

That being said “Gone Gone” is one of the best episodes this show has ever put out and it still feels so pleasant to have this show on.

Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

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