CBS' Ghosts began its fifth season with a twist that viewers weren't expecting, leaning into the show's supernatural mechanics before bending them for a more interesting outcome. Ghosts season 5 episode 1, "Soul Custody", picked up where the previous season left off, with Jay Arondekar (Utkarsh Ambudkar) having mistakenly signing his soul away to Elias Woodstone (Matt Walsh), without recourse.

While Ghosts season 4 made it seem like things may be headed into a long, slow-burning resolution, the season premiere brought together two of the show's long-standing rules to create a resolution that felt creative and, in moments, a bending of the preexisting supernatural rules present within the series. Ghosts is a show that has mapped out its world, but adds to the lore when nece

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