‘Ghosts’ Season 5 Christmas Episodes Preview

This week’s new back-to-back Ghosts episodes celebrate “Ghostmas,” with a two-part storyline that finds Sam finding out what life would be like if she never gained the ability to see ghosts. Season five, episodes nine and 10 – “It’s a Wonderful Christmas Carol” parts one and two – will air on Thursday, December 18, 2025 beginning at 9pm ET/PT on CBS.

Larry Wilmore guest stars as Walter Storm, and Caroline Aaron reprises her guest-starring role as Carol.

“It’s a Wonderful Christmas Carol: Part One” Plot: Sam’s big Christmas Eve TV interview with Walter Storm (Wilmore) takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, Trevor and Patience bond over their mutual disinterest in celebrating Christmas.

“It’s a Wonderful Christmas Carol: Part Two” Plot: Sam gets a glimpse of what her life would be like if she could never see the ghosts. Both episodes were directed by Richie Keen.

Season five stars Rose McIver as Sam, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, and Richie Moriarty as Pete. Danielle Pinnock is Alberta, Asher Grodman is Trevor, Román Zaragoza stars as Sasappis, Rebecca Wisocky plays Hetty, Devan Chandler Long is Thorfinn, and Sheila Carrasco plays Flower. 

Román Zaragoza as Sasappis, Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Rose McIver as Samantha, Caroline Aaron as Carol, and Richie Moriarty as Pete in ‘Ghosts’ season 5 episode 9 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Ghosts Series Description, Courtesy of CBS:

Ghosts is a single-camera comedy about Samantha and Jay, a cheerful freelance journalist and chef from the city, respectively, who threw both caution and money to the wind when they decided to convert Woodstone Mansion, which Sam inherited, into a bed & breakfast—only to find it was inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home.

The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer (Pinnock); a pompous 18^th-century militiaman (Scott Jones); a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogens (Carrasco); an overly upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader (Moriarty); a cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009 (Chandler Long); a slick ‘90s finance bro (Grodman); a sarcastic and witty native from the 16^th century (Zaragoza); and a society woman and wife of a 19^th-century robber baron who is Sam’s ancestor (Wisocky), to name a few.

The opening of the B&B and Jay’s new restaurant are a source of intrigue, anxiety, and curiosity among the spirits, but they will gladly put up with the commotion as long as they can continue to interact with a living inhabitant.

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Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty, Richie Moriarty as Pete and Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac in “Ghostmas” season 5 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Román Zaragoza as Sasappis, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, and Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn in “Ghostmas” season 5 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, Betsy Sodaro as Nancy, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, and Sheila Carrasco as Flower in season 5’s “Ghostmas” (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Román Zaragoza as Sasappis, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Richie Moriarty as Pete, and Asher Grodman as Trevor in “Ghostmas” season 5 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

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