Spooky Banter
There are so many natural pairings of actors and actresses in the world. These pairings end up being why you see particular films or watch certain TV shows and the best part about Fox’s Ghosted is that Adam Scott and Craig Robinson are one of those pairs, the funny guy from that thing and the funny guy from that other thing now together with their own spooky funny show.
Ghosted follows a similar premise to X-Files, also a Fox show, with a skeptic and a firm believer working for an agency to uncover unexplained paranormal occurences in Los Angeles. The skeptic Leroy, Craig Robinson, is a former LAPD officer whose had some bad luck and the believer Max, Adam Scott, is a former college professor who lost his job for believing in the paranormal so much. Max is on a quest to find out what has happened to his wife after he beleives that she was abducted but no one believes him.
The best part of the show, apart from the comedic banter between Leroy and Max, is easily that the show is a parody of The X-Files, a show that is run by Fox. It is weird to think that this show exists when it is simply Fox making fun of another one of its own shows, but maybe that’s just what works so well. I’d thought that this type of idea had been done before but nevertheless, the show still feels quite fresh, despite suffering from pilot introductions blues.
The pilot for the series is quite slow and tries to jump into the whole story without wasting your time but it, unfortunately, can be slow and boring. This is, however, for a good cause and it quickly sets up every characters’ place in the show and hopefully, it won’t have to remind us of it again. The show managed to stay fresh while introducing these characters and it looks as if it could blast out of the gates in the second episode of the season.
Every once in a while you find a show that could be your new favourite and you hope that it only gets better from the first episode, take Parks and Recreation for example that found it’s footing in season two. Ghosted feels like it could be one of those shows. A short first season to set up the world and the relationship between the two characters and then follow it up with a stellar second season. More serious shows with premises like Ghosted are all the rage at the moment and it’s only fitting that Ghosted gets its own time in the spotlight. I’ll be sticking with the show for a while but for now I think it could very well be a winner, even if it’s just for the sake of watching Adam Scott and Craig Robinson make jokes with each other.