Sam's Mom

**Sam's Mom** is the eleventh episode of Season 1 in the American sitcom *Ghosts* and the 11th episode overall. It premiered on January 6, 2022.

## Plot

Sam and Jay decide to travel back to Ohio where her mother died to see if she's now a ghost. As they're getting ready to leave, Pete asks Sam for advice on how to approach Alberta on his secret attraction to her, but Sam wants to give it more time after her trip. As they're leaving, Jay accidently mentions the secret while Sam is talking to Sassapis and he in turn casually mentions it out of boredom after the TV turns itself off during Sam and Jay's absence. To spare his embarrassment, Pete claims he has a secret girlfriend and turns to the Cholera Ghosts in the cellar for help. Only one of them is willing to help: an offensive fat ghost named Nancy using Pete to get out of the cellar.

Meanwhile, in Ohio, Sam is reunited with Sheryl, her mother and her friends, Sondra, an 80s-era ghosts who died there, and Peggy Sue, a 50s-era ghost who died after being impaled on a car fin. Sheryl turns out to be just as critical of Sam's life choices as she was in life and leaves the restaurant. Jay tries talking to Sheryl although he can't see her, but Sondra convinces Sheryl to use Sam to get herself "sucked off," but the attempt is quickly spotted and Sam walks out again. The next day when Sam goes back to say good-bye, Sam hears from Peggy Sue about how much her mother really loves her. Sheryl confesses that she has only been critical because she only wants the best for Sam. Having lightened her soul, she passes over as Sam watches.

Back at Woodstone mansion, Nancy has been antagonizing the other ghosts and pressing Pete to be more assertive, which also annoys the ghosts. They are also dubious of several of Nancy's overblown romantic claims, but it does get Alberta to get introspective enough to remind her of the bad relationship's she been a part. Sam and Jay now get home and dicover Nancy, the new ghost.

## Quotes

**Sasappis**: And also to remind you to leave the TV on when you go.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Rose McIver as Samantha Arondekar
* Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay Arondekar
* Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac
* Danielle Pinnock as Alberta
* Richie Moriarty as Pete
* Asher Grodman as Trevor
* Sheila Carrasco as Flower
* Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn
* Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty
* Román Zaragoza as Sasappis

### Guest cast

* Rachael Harris as Sheryl
* Betsy Sodaro as Nancy
* Nadine Djoury as Peggy Sue
* Rodrigues A. Williams as Dennis
* Arthur Holden as Creepy Dirk
* Nigel Downer as Nigel
* Stuart Fink as Stuart
* K.C. Coombs as Sondra

## Historical notes

* Hetty mentions Rutherford B Hayes and the fact that like Samantha he is from Ohio.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode in the Ghosts franchise to focus on the deceased parent of a main living character as Alison's parents were only ever just mentioned in the original series while her father was used an plot device in the third series.
* Jay bragging about solving the Saturday crossword puzzle in ink refers to the fact that in daily newspapers, the Monday puzzle is the easiest and they get more difficult as the week progresses.
* While discussing Sam's accident, Sam's dead mother believes, at first, that a ghost pushed her. This is a reference to the original BBC version, where the protagonist is indeed pushed out a window by the ghost who is Trevor's UK counterpart.
* This is the first episode that brings up Pete's crush on Alberta.
* This episode marks the return of the Cholera ghosts.
* At the restaurant a guy named Harold forgave his brother for running off with his wife and he got "sucked off."
* This is the first episode to show Hetty becoming somewhat of a maternal figure to Sam, which later comes up again in The Family Business.