‘Ghosts’: Hetty’s History Takes a Shocking Turn in Latest Season 4 Reveal
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Ghosts Season 4 Episode 10, “The Not-So-Silent Partner.”]
Ghosts is back and uncovering more history for Woodstone’s former proprietor Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky), who made a shocking revelation about her family tree thanks to the help of her living relative, Sam (Rose McIver).
When Hetty suggests that she’s related to English royalty, Sam decides to research their family tree to find answers, and the results yield some rather shocking results for the Gilded Age era spirit who has always abhorred one particular group of people — the Irish. It turns out that Hetty is actually of Irish descent, tilting the world as she knew it on its axis.
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Initially, Hetty is in denial, figuring there must be some mistake, but Thorfinn (Devan Chandler Long) comes forward to inform her that the results aren’t wrong and that he’s known about her true ancestry for years. As viewers will recall, Thorfinn was Hetty’s imaginary friend when she was a little girl growing up, unaware that the friend was a Viking ghost.
It was during his time observing her and her family that Thorfinn learned about Hetty’s background, even if it was kept a secret from her growing up. The information definitely leads to a turning point for the spirit as Hetty must reconcile the fact that she’s always been unkind to those who are Irish.
Initially, she’s mad at Thorfinn for not telling her all these years, but he reassures her that he didn’t say anything in order to protect her pride as he knew the information would rattle her. By the end, Hetty decides to embrace her ancestry, allowing Pete (Richie Moriarty), Trevor (Asher Grodman), and more of the ghosts to help educate her on the positive things Ireland has to offer, like Colin Farrell and music from Enya.
This revelation also makes us wonder: Will Hetty get to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in an upcoming episode? We certainly hope so! In the meantime, the restaurant on Woodstone’s property is coming together nicely after Sam and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) managed to get Isaac’s (Brandon Scott Jones) blessing to go ahead with whatever renovations they want in the barn, so long as there’s a ghost table reserved.
Perhaps the restaurant could be the site of Hetty’s first true embrace of her Irish heritage with a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Only time will tell for certain though. Stay tuned as Ghosts continues on CBS, and let us know what you thought of Hetty’s revelation in the comments section, below.
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I read once that Sam's husband is going to see and hear the ghost as well. That would be amazing.
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It WAS amazing because it happened a few episodes back around Christmas.
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I really love this show I grew up with CBS and I am horrified that this show is on cbs. Because it doesn't matter.That it's the number one show cause they will dump it and replace it with 5 💩ey shows. Just like they did with Gilligan's island. The old executive is just as bad as the new ones. Maryann was dying of cancer, had to put up a gofundme.And the day She died of cancer.They got gilligan's island on my t v and didn't give her a dime. They replaced that show with gun smoke.This is 2025 and I am still watching gilligan's island. There haven't been gun smoke on my TV. For at least 50 years.. So what does that tell you.
They can't even keep ghosts on schedule.I have to follow and see when it's shown in eight o'clock or so , but it's thursday different timeset can even keep ghosts on schedule.
So i'm sorry I am ranting cause.I love this show so much. And i'm just waiting for them to cancel. I'm just tired of good shows getting canceled by cbs. And when they cancel that show my paramount plus will be canceled.
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I didn't know the contractor guy was a partner with Jay in the restaurant-- I thought he was simply ... their contractor. Honestly, though, I didn't like that "A" storyline, about coming up with a ruse to fool the man. (And even so, the woman Kelsie was the worst choice for the job; they should have known better.) But the "B" storyline, with Hetty and Thor, was heartwarming.
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Agree on the A storyline, there were so many better options, like Jay's sister who knows about the ghosts. Ah, but then there would have been no story. And pretty much everyone guessed Hetty was Irish based on the teaser trailer earlier this week, so no real spoiler there. The only thing I didn't like about this episode was the lack of Sass, Roman is always a delight.
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Seems like there are a few ghosts that don't appear in every episode. The writers give each ghost a major character reveal each season and I guess there are too many characters to write for in just 20 some minutes of each episode. I want more of Nancy though, I've noticed they're writing her in more episodes now.
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I love this show. Would love Jay to also hear and see the ghost too without dying.
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We absolutely love the show, I loved that she was Irish. And it was so sad how she died. And that thor has always loved hetty and looked out for her. I love all the characters. Great show
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Well ghosts got renewed for season 5 and 6
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I’m so happy ghosts got renewed for season 5 and 6
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I was hoping for there to be a episode where Sam takes a DNA test and finds out that she had Irish roots that lead up to passed Hetty and when I saw the episode I was so happy about
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