How CBS's Ghosts Echoes The Good Place as a Spiritual Successor
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Eden Arnold
4d ago· 5 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article compares CBS's Ghosts to NBC's The Good Place, arguing that Ghosts serves as a "spiritual sequel" to The Good Place due to shared themes about death, similar comedic tones, ensemble casts of characters in a liminal space, and philosophical undertones. The author, a recent viewer of Ghosts, draws parallels between the two sitcoms beyond just their death-related premises.
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Ghosts follows a couple who inherit a historic mansion...
I'll try to keep this relatively spoiler-free, but if you want to go in blind for either show, maybe go do that now.
As someone who's recently started watching the CBS version of Ghosts (I know, it's only taken 5 seasons), I can't help but notice similarities in style and vibes between Ghosts and my favorite sitcom about death: The Good Place. I'll try to keep this rela
