The season 3 premiere said farewell to one of the main spirits.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 3 premiere ofGhosts, “The Owl.”
It’s a question that showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman asked themselves at the end of season 2.
Richie Moriarty as Pete, Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn, Sheila Carrasco as Flower, Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, and Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac.Jonathan Wenk/CBS
“Flower checked a lot of boxes for a candidate,” Wiseman says.
Thor [Devan Chandler Long], obviously, is going to be crushed.
It’s the person he loves most in the world.
Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn and Sheila Carrasco as Flower on ‘Ghosts’.CBS
And then other people are going to be jealous or be happy for her.
It just seemed like it created a lot of stories for us to mine."
Although fans might feel sad for the departure, unlike other television deaths, the character was already dead.
So within the world of the show, it’s not necessarily all sad.
“It’s not like Flower died.
To Sam, it is sort of like she lost someone.”
And, of course, the idea of getting “sucked off” is always present for the ghosts.
Ghostsairs Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
