CBS’ Ghosts just introduced a surprise twist involving Trevor’s daughter — but what does this mean for the show’s future?
During the Thursday, November 6, episode of the hit sitcom, Trevor (Asher Grodman) found a way to spend more time with his daughter, Abby (Gideon Adlon), by getting her a job at Jay’s (Utkarsh Ambudkar) restaurant. But in typical Ghosts fashion, Trevor started to meddle in Abby’s life, which meant Sam (Rose McIver) was getting too close and personal with the guest.
Abby’s frustration caused Trevor to give Sam the green light to reveal that she sees ghosts — including him.
“I was excited by that. It is such a big thing for someone to know. One of the true pillars of the show is the secret that there are ghosts there,” Grodman, 38, told Us Weekly during an exclusive interview. “This is the first time that we’ve told [a relative of one of the ghosts] and it’s such a big thing.”
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Grodman teased how the reveal would continue to be explored.
“When you take those big steps, you’re a little bit like, ‘Oh, God, I don’t know. Are we ready for this? Have we earned this?’ There’s excitement and there’s trepidation that’s always good to lean into,” he continued. “At the end of the day, getting to spend two weeks with Gideon Adlon is pretty fantastic because she’s awesome and such a fun foil for Trevor, who is so self-assured and following every whim that he has.”
He added: “Trevor is just bouncing off the walls vs. Abby. Gideon does this in her work where there’s a real great ease and a great authenticity to her work that I really love. It’s great and it’s so fun to play off of.”
Ghosts, which premiered in 2021, is based on the original British series of the same name. After a married couple moves from the city to their recently-inherited Woodstone Manor, Sam suffers an accident that allows her to see the ghosts of people from different eras of American history who died on the property and are now bound to the area.
Grodman plays Trevor, who is a womanizing stockbroker that partied too hard and died in the home. Now, Trevor has evolved but yet still maintained his sometimes selfish and very fun ways, which will continue to be explored in season 5.
“I can tease that he’s going to stir up some trouble, which is certainly a likely place for him to be,” the actor joked. “That is Trevor’s defining characteristic. We’re going to see some patterns emerge for his behavior. I’ll put it that way.”
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Since Ghosts is in its fifth season — and already renewed for season 6 — Grodman praised the show for finding the balance between stability and keeping things new and fresh.
“As time has gone on, we’ve really been able to flex our crew muscles as we build these elaborate sets. The worlds we’re creating in that studio in Montreal is really wild. The other thing that’s so fun about it is that at any point in the show, the audience always knows exponentially more about the world than the ghosts do,” he explained. “But the ghosts know much more about the worlds where they came from, know much more about the history of what happened and what’s happened on this plot of land than the audience does.”
One of Grodman’s favorite parts of doing the show is diving into “the lore,” adding, “When we get to go back into the history of this land and see how one story is connected to another story, it’s a great little map that we get to play with. As long as we’re responsible creatively, I think the possibilities are really endless because every little thing you set up is a seed that we plant to pick up somewhere else.”
Ghosts airs on CBS Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET before streaming the next day on Paramount+.
