Ghosts Season 3 Episode 10 Review: Isaac’s Wedding

Warning: This review contains spoilers for Ghosts’ Season 3 finale.

Ghosts Season 3 Episode 10, “Isaac’s Wedding,” is a mixed bag of emotions, to put it lightly.

On the one hand, this sitcom is an excellent storytelling vessel, and no decision is rarely made without valid exposition to back it up. On the other hand, Nisaac will be avenged, and blood will spill in the streets!

Okay, we can take it down a notch, but dammit, Ghosts — how dare you do this when we have been nothing but kind and supportive.

Ghosts has always given us what we want from these characters with little fuss.

It is a show that has learned to weaponize fanfare, not work against it. So, to dismantle one of its staple day-one relationships (and its core gay ship) is a bold move.

Why make a decision that will go against what the majority of viewers want when the alternative of getting married would be so highly praised?

Unfortunately, that is a question for next season. Time will tell if this risk will pay off for Isaac and Nigel or if it will be a blite on the sitcom’s pristine run.

We can only hope it is not a decision born from shock value — although the decision doesn’t seem that superficial.

Isaac reveals his decision well before the final scene, and Ghosts establishes Patience as the cliffhanger twist. So we can rest easier knowing this is leaning towards a legitimate story choice rather than a surface-level ploy to unnerve us.

Ghosts’ misstep was choosing to go ahead with this breakup storyline in a shortened season run.

Many loose threads are tied up hastily in the finale’s closing moments. We haven’t spent nearly enough time exploring the complications of Isaac and Nigel’s opposite attraction dynamic to make this decision feel notable.

However, the episode tries honorably to make its case, and that’s where things become complicated.

I don’t believe this episode is poorly written. It’s strong, even in its betrayal, and it subtly draws from Nisaac’s disagreements over the seasons to try and justify Isaac’s feelings.

It cleverly uses our beloved dinosaur stripper as comedic relief, as well as an argument for why this wedding might not be the best course of action.

Learning Chris has no sense of smell and dislikes Hamilton is a riot. However, it also gives Isaac some of his most valid ammunition in questioning whether he should enter into eternal marriage simply because of convenience.

Ghosts frames this decision around a desire to explore the complicated layers of a gay man who is only now embracing his sexual desires and needs. That distinction could prove helpful, given this choice is coming from a valid place for Isaac.

By not going for the painless happy ending, the show is proving it wants to take this show to deeper, more emotional depths. Only time will tell if this breakup will be a catalyst for something positive.

It is also worth noting how clever it is for the show to come at eternity from a new angle.

Marriage in today’s world is not always forever, but for these ghosts, the promise to love each other forever is literal. Their marriage is for eternity, and that commitment has significant weight and consequences for these characters.

Not to mention if Isaac is already having doubts, it’s unlikely this relationship would bring him true happiness to get sucked off. If heaven is linked to happiness, that could motivate this decision.

Ultimately, I don’t think Isaac’s concerns are invalid, and I don’t believe Ghosts made this decision lightly. However, if it wants to convince us, the sitcom will have to put its writing where its mouth is next season.

That said, it’s not all turmoil and tears.

The basement ghosts revolting against the upstairs ghosts is the right move for the series. The core group cannot expect to get sucked off when they treat other spirits the way they do. With everything having consequences in this sitcom, it’s about time their casual cruelty proved harmful.

Feral antagonist Patience will make an excellent addition to the chaos next season, and it’s clever not to commit to casting her just yet.

I love that Pete’s fear of everything proved valid with his power, too. It makes sense that his travels would have limitations, but this will undoubtedly set our travel agent back a few steps in his spiritual journey.

And thankfully, Thorfinn and Flower decide that using Nisaac’s wedding venue would be in bad taste — and rightfully so. We can only take so much heartbreak in one finale, and Ghosts is wise to draw the line here.

Phenomenally, there weren’t many failures in this shortened season. When there were missteps, time was a huge factor in them.

Ghosts takes several huge swings during this finale without the proper amount of screen time this season to set up their conflict — and Nisaac’s endgame suffers for it.

Next season, back at full strength, the show would do well to prioritize Isaac and Nigel, its LGBTQ+ relationships, and Sas (our man needs new stories to tell).

Hopefully, the show will continue highlighting what has worked so well this season: emotional, layered backstories, dinosaur fixations, and Nancy.

Like a sitcom about ghosts, they said. What’s the worst that could happen, they said. Vengeful dirt spirits and heartbreak, that’s what!

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