Let’s be honest: going into this episode, the title “WMA” (White Male American) felt like pure comedy fodder. After all, we have three very distinct white male ghosts in the mansion: Isaac (Revolutionary War), Trevor (90s finance bro), and Pete (scout leader extraordinaire). Watching them form a “privilege protection” group seemed like a recipe for hilarious, tone-deaf disaster.
There are episodes of Ghosts that make you laugh until you snort, and then there are episodes like that sneak up behind you, wrap a cold hand over your heart, and squeeze.
The emotional gut-punch comes in the final act. Sam, fed up with both the ghost union and the rude Brits, gives a fiery speech to the filmmakers about how America is messy, complicated, and theirs . She doesn’t defend the bad parts. She defends the right to exist. ghosts s01e18 wma
Stay spooky, stay kind, and always check your attic for Revolutionary War ghosts. 👻
5/5 snowy driveways. Best Line: Trevor, after failing to get a single person to sign his union card: “This is exactly why we need unions—management keeps ignoring our PowerPoints!” Let’s be honest: going into this episode, the
But the filmmakers are not what they seem. They’re snobby, dismissive, and obsessed with the British history of the house. When they discover evidence of a British soldier dying on the property (a fact Sam has to awkwardly gloss over), they become insufferable.
No one throws a lamp. No one walks through a wall dramatically. They just… stand there. In the quiet. And you realize: these are not just comedic archetypes. These are souls. There are episodes of Ghosts that make you
The camera lingers on Isaac, who has spent the entire episode terrified of being forgotten. On Trevor, who hides his loneliness behind bravado. On Pete, who just wants someone to remember his name.