Ghosts
Spies
TV Flash files “Spies” as a desk essential hour — Ghosts (2021–) on CBS, season 2, episode 1, aired 2022-09-29, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 19 of 94 in the Ghosts guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 2022-09-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Farnsby & B” (S01E18). Next is “Alberta's Podcast” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Spies”. Spies as season-two launch: dead-letter intelligence, still Viking-and-flapper math, still proof a remake can out-quote the pitch meeting.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sam enlists the ghosts to help secure a good review from an overly critical couple staying at the bed-and-breakfast; Isaac tries to integrate Nigel into his friend group.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Spies sit in the Ghosts guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 19 of 94 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did Ghosts S02E01 air?
Spies aired 2022-09-29 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need the BBC Ghosts first?
No. This is the U.S. remake that became the quote-at-Thanksgiving version for many viewers: CBS multi-cam, mansion ensemble, lovability as structure.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Proof a U.S. remake can become the thing you actually quote at Thanksgiving. CBS multi-cam in a haunted mansion: a Viking, a twenties singer, a scoutmaster, and the living couple stuck hosting them. Watch for lovability as structure — not a brand note — and for network comedy that suddenly felt easy again.
A couple inherits a country estate packed with ghosts only one of them can see, which is an older haunted-house night than streaming will copyright. Joe Port and Joe Wiseman's CBS sitcom, 2021 onward, makes Rose McIver's Samantha and Utkarsh Ambudkar's Jay hosts to a Viking, a twenties singer, a scoutmaster, and a mansion ensemble including Brandon Scott Jones's Captain Isaac and Danielle Pinnock's Alberta. U.S. remake of a haunted-house multi-cam that became a quiet ratings and affection hit. Lovability as…
Filed against
- Rose McIver as Samantha
Rose McIver's Samantha hosts Ghosts as the living half of a haunted-mansion multi-cam — a Viking, a twenties singer, a scoutmaster, CBS proof a U.S. remake can become the thing you quote at Thanksgiving. Lovability as structure. TV Flash…
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay
Utkarsh Ambudkar’s Jay made CBS’s Ghosts the living half of a haunted-mansion multi-cam — a U.S. remake you actually quote at Thanksgiving, Viking and twenties singer and scoutmaster upstairs, a couple stuck hosting them. Lovability as…
- Brandon Scott Jones as Captain Isaac
Brandon Scott Jones plays Captain Isaac on Ghosts, the 1920s scoutmaster stuck in a CBS mansion with a Viking, a jazz singer, and a living couple who cannot evict any of them. Multi-cam lovability as architecture, not a brand note. TV…
- Danielle Pinnock as Alberta
Danielle Pinnock’s Alberta made Ghosts the thing you quote at Thanksgiving — CBS multi-cam in a haunted mansion, a twenties singer among a Viking and a scoutmaster, lovability as structure. Proof a U.S. remake can actually land. TV Flash…