Ghosted: Haunted Hayride

December 4, 2017 10:35 AM - Season 1, Episode 8

Max and Leroy are sent to find out if a young girl who disappeared during a haunted hayride was the result of paranormal activity or something more benign.

I need to get the notes for their alphabet game.

This feels strangely like a first episode of a new season. I liked it, but still weird.

AV Club laments that this great episode wasn't the second one of the season.

posted by numaner (9 comments total)

Yaah, someone else is still watching this!

To be honest, there hasn't been much to discuss in past episodes (though I enjoyed Blake Anderson and Anders Holm as Jared and Chaz, the Ghost Studz -- mostly). This is my second favorite B+ comedy, following The Mayor -- fun filler, pretty forgettable for the most part.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:04 PM on December 4, 2017

This was pretty solid. While I don't have much complaints about the quality in general, it would surely fit better if the episodes were aired in order.
posted by lmfsilva at 12:43 PM on December 4, 2017

‘Ghosted’ Picked Up for Six Additional Episodes at Fox, Enlists New Showrunner. The new Showrunner is Paul Lieberstein, who has a lot of good production and writing credits but is probably best known as Toby Flenderson on The Office.

This show has been pretty hit or miss for me, but has a talented cast and a better premise than I thought. I hope they can pull it together.
posted by Gary at 10:24 PM on December 4, 2017 [3 favorites]

Which will bring its first season total up to 16 episodes, making this the new halfway point instead of nearing the end of its arc. Episode 9 is scheduled to air on Jan 7, 2018 and #10 a week after. I'm guessing there'll be another hiatus as the other 6 episodes are shot? Weird.

I need to get the notes for their alphabet game.

Here's my attempt to pull out their rules:

1. apply a number value to each of the letters.
2. double points for two of your letters on the same plate
3. triple points for an out-of-state plate
4. if you spot your exact initials and the numerical value of the digits reduce to any single digit from your birth year, it's a thousand points
5. I see it first and roll my window down, then it's a death plate and you exit the game
6. But if I want to reenter the game, I have to hit your hazards as we pass your initials - on a nearby billboard
7. If the plate is visible only from the mirror, you can call "reversey," and I have to put the car in reverse - as soon as it's safe to do so
8. But if I call a reversey in error, you get to snap my seat belt against my chest

Example: Double "B" and Ohio, that's 28 points

Proposed rule: Canadian plates shouldn't count.

Clearly, there are still some details missing here.
posted by filthy light thief at 1:26 PM on December 5, 2017 [3 favorites]

i wonder what hazards are.

also, foreign plates should totally count quintuple, unless you're in a border state to Canada or Mexico, then they're triple like out of states.

I would call reversey but no putting the car in reverse, that's too much.
posted by numaner at 2:47 PM on December 5, 2017

Huh, this thing is still going? Ok, going to catch up - it's not great, but it's like an affectionate puppy with deep staring eyes.
posted by porpoise at 11:35 PM on December 5, 2017

They've got a workmanlike groove going on, iron out a few wrinkles so every episode doesn't feel like a separate pilot.
posted by rhizome at 10:24 PM on December 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

The relief pattern around the BU elevator doors is the same as the tile in Deckard's apartment in Blade Runner.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 8:59 PM on April 7, 2018

numaner: i wonder what hazards are.

Hazard lights, or emergency flashers.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:08 AM on June 13, 2018