Ghosts (TV Series) Carpe Diem (2023) User Reviews

Perfect episode

[dsahukfsa · 10/10 · 26 October 2023]

Here we are, Carpe Diem, the highest rated Ghosts episode, and one that people are already saying might be the best ever. Does it live up to the hype?

It's a resounding yes from me. It's got that perfect mix of laugh out loud humour, character growth, quotable lines, deep emotion and the underlying feeling of warmth that Ghosts has become so adored for.

This episode of course gives us the Captain's long awaited death. Some may grumble that it only devotes around five minutes to it, rather than a whole episode, but that scene really answers all the outstanding questions about the character so succinctly and effectively, and the emotion hits so deep, that not a moment longer is required.

The last ten minutes of the episode are just wave after wave of emotional moments, including Thomas coming to terms with his non existent legacy, and Mike supplying a surprisingly wise insight about growing older, before we get the sweet, joyous release of all the characters breaking out in a dance.

If I have a minor quibble it's that perhaps this episode should have been switched with episode 6, as it would have been a perfect way for the show to go out.

One of the show's standout episodes, stunning.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 10/10 · 15 May 2024]

Robin makes a shocking prediction, that one of The Ghosts is about to move on, panicked with the concept of moving on, they all contemplate the thought of leaving.

What an absolutely stunning episode, absolutely brilliant, so funny, so moving, very much Ghosts at its peak.

Oh my days, this episode is worth watching for that scene where Fanny goes to jump into the water, what a joyful and side splitting moment.

Humphrey, that is something I never thought I'd ever see, wow, go Kitty......Atomic Kitty!

I can truly empathise with both Alison and Mike, that moment where you realise that you're getting older, it's a chilling realisation.

I love the way that Robin is being portrayed as the wise man of the house, talk about character development.

I don't want this show to end.

10/10.

Carpe Diem

[bobcobb301 · 5 November 2023]

They did a good job of building up a key moment, and one that syncs up with the US version, of someone potentially getting sucked off and disappearing. Robin saying maybe he was off by a day was a perfect tease for the series finale next time.

This show is a gem and while it is not the funniest show ever, you get a bunch of good chuckles and you feel like the cast is a whole family.

Curious to see how it all ends up concluding next time, but I hope they give us the kind of ending the characters and the fans deserve and endings like that are really often kind of difficult to do in this day and age.