Last week’s episode of CBS’ Ghosts revealed Sam’s (Rose McIver) sixth sense to another character. This time, the secret was uncovered by Trevor’s (Asher Grodman) daughter Abby (Gideon Adlon), setting the stage for more chaos.
The most recent episode, titled T-Daddy, shows Trevor being absolutely thrilled that Abby got a job at Woodstone. He wants nothing more than to spend time with her. However, he has absolutely no idea what being a dad actually entails. This leads to a series of awkward attempts to reconnect as he tries to navigate fatherhood on his own.
In an interview with Deadline, Grodman discussed Trevor’s growth as a character and how being a dad changed him for the better. He also teased what was in store for his character for the remainder of Ghosts season 5.
The actor revealed how he was surprised by his story arc. He admitted that he wasn’t really expecting it to come to fruition, as the show has given the audience a lot of “fake outs” in the past, so he was unsure if Trevor was actually going to be a father. He made it clear that while he was caught off guard by the new development, he was more than happy about it and how much he enjoyed working with Adlon.
I was excited [about this storyline]. This is something that I really never thought we were going to do, because we do that fake out in “Pete’s Wife” at the beginning of Season 1, where Trevor’s like, a DILF, and it’s not a thing. So I was just very convinced that, ‘Oh, we’re never gonna do that. Why would we?’ When they decided to, I think, in the beginning, I was trepidatious…but it’s been so fun, and Gideon is such a blast to work with. She’s such a fun foil for Trevor. When you try new things, it’s always an excitement and a trepidation, and the idea of someone who’s not related to Sam or Jay knowing the secret, this is a first, and so this is a big moment for the show. So I guess I felt excited that Trevor was part of it. Because of his proximity to life as one of the youngest ghosts, there’s a lot of story potential in that. So if Trevor has even a tenuous connection to the living world, it always yields fun results.
When asked about the remainder of Ghosts season 5, Grodman remained vague and tight-lipped. “I think we are forging new territory in a lot of episodes, and there’s a lot of creative stuff that happens. God, you know, this is always that question. I’m like, there’s so much, but I don’t want to spoil,” said the actor. However, he did tease an upcoming episode. According to Grodman, there will be a fun Christmas episode on the horizon.
There is a Christmas episode coming up. We’ll do this thing occasionally, where the form matches the content a little bit. I know I sound like I’m teaching a college class, but where the story is affecting how we’re telling the story. A soft example of that is ‘Trevor’s Pants,’ where the episode is weirdly like a murder mystery, but it’s all about a missing pair of pants. A similar thing happens with the Christmas episode, where we’re leaning on a classic Christmas movie concept in order to tell the story we’re telling. It’s a two-parter, and there’s a possession, but it’s kind of like a love letter to the concept of our show. I think fans are really gonna love it, because you get to see everything from a new point of view.
New episodes of Ghosts are released on Thursdays at 8:30 PM ET and 5:30 PM PT on CBS.
- Release Date
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2019 – 2023-00-00
- Network
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BBC One
- Directors
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Tom Kingsley
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Christopher Villiers
Simeon
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Jason Thorpe
Samuel – Puritan Man
