Warning: Spoilers ahead for Ghosts season 4, episode 19, "Pinkus Returns."

“roamer” ghosts in season 4, episode 17, which helped give parameters to Pete’s power. Season 4, episode 19 reminds us that Pete has yet to break up with Donna, his girlfriend who killed her husband, but Jay shames him for ghosting. Pete travels to St. Lucia, but Donna swears she didn’t kill her husband, though she doesn’t know who did.

Pete travels to her home and speaks with Richard, a ghost who claims to have witnessed Donna commit the murder in 1984 as a spirit. However, Jay catches that the tape eternally playing in Richard’s Walkman is Prince’s ’86 album Purple Rain, meaning he couldn’t have been a ghost in ’84. Richard confesses that he lied to protect his wife, meaning Donna is in fact innocent. Donna jokes that Pete should solve cold cases like Columbo, which feels like a soft dig at CBS’ reboot of Matlock, but a genuinely interesting idea for Ghosts to explore.

Pete Finds A Better Way To Use His Powers In Ghosts (& It Could Help Sam Too)

Pete Wants To Team Up With Sam To Solve Cold Cases

Pete eagerly suggests to Sam that they team up together to solve cold cases, which feels like a brilliant use of both of their powers. Pete has used his powers to help other ghosts, like helping Thor get closure in Ghosts season 4, episode 11, but I think Pete has just scratched the surface of how he can use his gift as a roamer. Solving cold cases would give Pete a greater sense of purpose while also offering Sam incredible stories no one else could tell.

Sam rejects his idea, as she is a homebody who just likes to be “cozy.” While Sam’s reaction is in character, this feels shortsighted on her part, as she is missing the obvious storytelling potential as an aspiring writer. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the kind of unbelievable material that no one would ever suspect was actually true. She’s already fictionalizing the ghosts’ adventures with projects like Isaac’s vampirized biography, so this could be a natural extension of her writing.

Pete & Sam's Potential Team-Up Will Break Ghosts' Storytelling

It’s The Perfect Opportunity To Get Outside Of Woodstone Manor

Ghosts has poked fun at The Bear, and while Ghosts has more true jokes in one cold open than The Bear has in an entire season, it faces an uphill battle in one key area: its less visually dynamic and varied setting. Because the show is largely confined to Woodstone Manor and a single set of costumes for most of its characters, it can sometimes be challenging to make Ghosts feel visually distinct from episode to episode.

However, if the show were to fully embrace Pete’s roaming capabilities, combined with Sam’s unique gift, it could open up a whole new avenue of storytelling possibilities. Even briefly seeing Pete in St. Lucia and Richard’s backyard was a welcomed change of scenery. Pete mentioned this investigative team as part of a joke to close out the episode, but it’s an idea worth exploring in Ghosts seasons 5 and 6. Expanding the show's settings would keep the series feeling fresh while still playing to its core strengths: heart, humor, and lovable chaos.

New episodes of Ghosts air Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET and stream next-day on Paramount+. Season 4, episode 20, "I Know What You Did Thirty-Seven Summers Ago" will air April 24, 2025.

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