Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Ghosts season 4, episode 1, "Patience"
While Ghosts season 4’s cast introduces a new arrival.
Ghosts' 2 Additional Expansion Series Solves The Creators' Original Crossover Challenge
As Ghosts season 4's premiere approaches, news of the hit CBS sitcom's spinoffs proves that a crossover could perfect for the show's future.
While Ghosts season 4 delayed Jay’s character growth by continuing to use Sam’s partner as little more than a human tool the ghosts use to dig a hole, the premiere did finally shed some light on the story of Mary Holland’s Patience. A new addition to the cast, Patience appeared briefly in season 3’s cliffhanger finale when she kidnaps Isaac. Ghosts season 4, episode 1, the aptly-titled “Patience,” focused entirely on her story, and the outing illustrated a lot of new information about the character. Patience was a spooky presence, although she had a surprisingly sympathetic backstory.
Patience The Puritan In Ghosts Season 4's History Explained
Patience’s Story Begins Back In The 1600s
Like most of the ghosts in the series, Mary Holland’s Patience has been around for a long, long time. However, she didn’t play a major part in the hit sitcom’s story until she kidnapped Isaac. After Isaac dramatically called off his wedding to Nigel, he was kidnapped when Patience dragged him through a wall in the basement. Before this, Patience was briefly mentioned in season 3, where Flower and Isaac explained that she was a Puritan who was left behind in the dirt when Thor, Sass, and Isaac escaped to the main house. Isaac revealed that his sneeze left Patience abandoned.
Patience was informed that she was too humorless and pious even for the infamously punitive Puritans,
This wasn’t the first time that Patience was abandoned. “Patience” began with a flashback to 1692, as Patience was called before the head of her Puritan colony. She was informed in no uncertain that she was too humorless and pious even for the infamously punitive Puritans, and she was banished as a result. It made sense that Ghosts season 4’s scary new character was angry at Isaac since she had a long history of being abandoned. Isaac soon soothed her by claiming he, Thor, and Sass all missed her, but this ruse didn’t last long.
Ghosts Season 4, Episode 1 Ends With Patience Living In Woodstone Mansion
The Rest Of The Sitcom’s Ghosts Rescued Patience From The Dirt
Patience initially tried to keep Isaac around by kidnapping Sass to keep him company, since Isaac had claimed that Sass also missed Patience. However, when she overheard Sass and Isaac discussing her instability behind her back, Patience lashed out again. This time, Patience set Isaac and Sass free in the house since she realized they don’t really want to be her friends. Feeling terrible, the ghosts resolved to save Patience by forming a human (or rather, ghost) chain and venturing into the dirt. Through teamwork, the group dragged Patience out into the basement.
Thus, “Patience” ended with the repeatedly rejected character finally finding a family of friends. Ghosts season 4 set up Isaac’s redemption arc when Sass convinced him that he owed it to Patience to help her escape the dirt, having previously left her there for decades (albeit accidentally). However, only time will tell how well Patience fits in with the rest of the ghosts. The Woodstone B&B’s inhabitants seemed unnerved by her, especially when the intense Puritan was left to sleep in Alberta’s room.
Who Plays Patience In Ghosts Season 4? Where You Know Mary Holland From
Ghosts Season 4’s New Star Has An Impressive Screen CV
Although Patience may have been trapped under a well for decades, the actor who plays her had a pretty illustrious couple of years before arriving in the world of Ghosts. Patience’s actor Mary Holland had her breakout role in 2020’s acclaimed Christmas dramedy Happiest Season, wherein she played the lovably quirky artist Jane. Holland also co-wrote Happiest Season and, before this major success, she had minor roles in a range of sitcoms, including Parks and Recreation, Silicon Valley, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mindy Project, The Good Place, New Girl, Veep, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Mary Holland's Earlier Movies and TV Shows |
Character |
Year |
|---|---|---|
Happiest Season |
Jane |
2020 |
Senior Year |
Martha |
2022 |
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window |
Sloane |
2022 |
Since the success of Happiest Season, Holland played ing roles in the movies Self Reliance and Senior Year, as well as appearing in the mystery parody miniseries The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window alongside Kirsten Bell. Holland also has a role in the literary adaptation Nightbitch, and it looks like Patience will play a major role throughout the rest of Ghosts season 4. While not all of Ghosts’ ing stars will get a backstory in season 4, Patience seems likely to be central in outings of Ghosts.
New episodes of Ghosts air Thursdays at 8:30 on CBS.
- Network
- CBS
- Cast
- Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Brandon Scott Jones, Danielle Pinnock, Lindsey Broad, Dallas Goldtooth, Sam Ashe Arnold, Odessa A'zion, Thomas Wilkinson Fullerton, Al Connors, Elizabeth Eveillard, Julius Cho, Christina Filippidis, Román Zaragoza, Lindura, Carolyn Taylor, Asher Grodman, Rebecca Wisocky, Sheila Carrasco, Devan Chandler Long
- Streaming Service(s)
- MAX
