The season’s B-plot—Sam’s estranged, high-maintenance mother showing up to "help" run the inn—is a swing and a miss. While Betsy Sodaro gives it her manic all, the character feels like a retread of every "annoying relative" trope. It pulls focus from the ghosts for two episodes and resolves too neatly. We come for the spectral shenanigans, not the family therapy.
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
The ghosts may be stuck in purgatory, but Ghosts the show is very much alive. ghosts s04 wma
If Season 3 of Ghosts was about adjusting to unexpected absence (RIP, almost, to Thor’s girlfriend Flower), Season 4 is about the chaos of a full house. The "Woodstone Mansion Assistants" (Sam, Jay, and the spectral ensemble) have officially settled into a bizarre rhythm, and the show is reaping the comedic benefits of its established world—while occasionally tripping over its own plot threads. We come for the spectral shenanigans, not the family therapy
Ghosts Season 4 knows exactly what its audience wants: quick gags, surprising heart, and the unique joy of watching the WMA fumble through the supernatural. It doesn't reinvent the haunted wheel, but it polishes it until you can see your own grinning reflection. If you loved the first three seasons, this is comfort food with a few new spices. Just skip the mother-in-law episodes on rewatch. The "Woodstone Mansion Assistants" (Sam, Jay, and the