Ghosts Season 4 Episode 12 Review: It’s the End of the World as We Know It and What Were We Talking About?

In a season of delicious episodic servings, Ghosts Season 4 Episode 12, “It’s the End of the World as We Know It and What Were We Talking About?” is the main course — the crème de la crème.

It has a dash of flashbacks, a sprinkle of Flower chaos, and a thick slice of sexual tension for us to feast on.

The ensemble work is delectable, as always, slicing away at pop culture references while the grand opening of Jay’s restaurant unveils a whole new menu of characters and plot possibilities.

Indeed, Ghosts fed us well with this one.

It’s a full-circle moment to have Jay’s restaurant saved by the same ghosts who couldn’t remember any of his recipes once upon a time.

This is evidence of the valuable offscreen developments that Ghosts nourishes with little breadcrumbs here and there. The ghosts spend most of their day in the kitchen smelling what Jay is cooking. Sure, they didn’t pay attention at first, but their passive interest over time became so much more.

These spirits fell in love with cooking through Jay, and he learned how to connect with them through his passion. They repaid the favor by showing up for him when they finally could.

A chef taught a family of ghosts how to cook, and they saved his restaurant. Conclusions don’t get more beautiful than that.

Power of Flower

Speaking of full circle, Flower becoming the catalyst for Jay’s restaurant drama after last season’s owl incident feels like a proper escalation of events.

Any time we peek into Flower’s troubled past with the cult, it is guaranteed to invoke an emotional response. This episode is no different, as Flower deals with Bruce’s manipulation. Thankfully, her family is nearby to remind her that her innocence isn’t stupidity; it’s kindness beaten down by grief and taken advantage of by an abuser.

Ghosts touches on Flower as the victim of circumstance even after she orchestrates a coup to give a bunch of people cholera.

Once again, there’s a desire for more from the episode’s core conflict with her as Ghosts attempts to shift focus from singular character showcases in favor of group showcases. However, this is as close as we have come to seeing a seamless shift in focus.

Hopefully, it doesn’t take another season to see Flower and her beautiful heart in the spotlight again, though.

H-Money

Like dessert, we save the best for last — Hetty and Trevor!

Holy hell, and an Irish pub, the sexual subcontext between these two “friends” is so thick you could cut it with a knife. I don’t think any family-friendly network sitcom has managed to pack this much pent-up sexual desire and chemistry into a few verbal exchanges and a fist bump.

Hetty and Trevor were once the most disliked romantic pairing on this show, but now they are an unstoppable slow-burn couple.

A time when Flower and Thor are solid, Pete and Alberta are non-existent, and Isaac is single and mingling, Tretty has become Ghosts’ driving force behind the romance element of this ensemble. They are running away with the entire season in the process!

There were so many moments when we were unsure where this romantic subplot was going as the two unlikely housemates went from enemies to lovers and now, perhaps, from enemies to friends to lovers. 

It is diabolical (if not foul) to turn the tables on Hetty’s dinner party guest list and have Trevor deny her status this time. This turns their power dynamic on its head and forces Hetty to claw her way back into Trevor’s good graces by confronting him about their breakup.

By disrupting their sex partnership and having Trevor withhold pleasure from Hetty for once, her dominatrix persona falters, and she goes weak in the knees — for Trevor’s silly T-Money hand gesture, of all things. Save us now!

It is equally hilarious to watch Hetty and Trevor ignore their desire to jump each other’s bones in favor of friendship. They have fooled themselves with this platonic pact for now, and that adds to the beautiful, weird mess of this pairing.

When these two “power friends” sort through their delusion and find their way to a potential “I love you,” it will be beyond rewarding — especially if this excruciating slow burn continues as it has for four more seasons.

We’re down bad for H-Money’s rise to power, and may they rule with iron fists.

Ghostouille

Ghostouille gives its critics few negatives to chew on with this momentous outing!

From throwing stray shots at The Bear for calling itself a comedy to celebrating one of the best cooking films ever made — Ratatouille — Ghosts keeps adding new and delicious elements to that secret recipe it has perfected.

Jay’s love language translates into a stellar episode of laughs and triumphs as the restaurant is seamlessly integrated into Woodstone’s legacy.

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Ghosts airs on Thursdays at 8:30c/7:30c on CBS.

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