#ghosts bbc spoilers

[casebasket]

while all the deaths are tragic in their own way (except morally depraved julian lol but that tracks so i love it) and all pretty well done and shown to us in bits and pieces so we can fill it out ourselves which i FROTH - i think the captain's reveal hits the most because of everything that came before it. 5 series of build up, showing us how he's by the book, a strict adherence to schedule kind of person, with a deep, almost fanatic respect for the military and its rules and ranks and files to the point it's a huge part of his identity, and then - spoilers - we're shown that he died defying all of it, breaking in to an esteemed veteran event, stealing the rank of some other officer to blend in, lying about his valor, just to be close to the person he loves, placing himself in a situation so personally, intimately, individually custom-catered to be as mortifying as possible for him that it literally killed him. and he wasn't even able to say the one thing he wanted to say before death took him. he died, and now he grips the baton his love gave him forever, wearing the badge he stole that serves as a reminder of his deceit that fateful day, eternally on the edge of confession. his name revealed to us finally from the whisper of his beloved.

[happylittleghost]

I just love this sad gay man so much

[buriedsecrets]

Thinking about how even after he could see that the Captain had died, Havers let his hand brush over The Captain's. That was just for him. Havers just wanted to keep that touch going for as long as he could.

[tandoorinightsmare]

Besties I'm not coping physically shaking rn

So I understand that I'll grow to like this episode eventually and that I may even be able to enjoy it but right now I am broken. Not an overstatement. My parents had to do some deep breathing with me and I've cried all my makeup off this is horrible.

Good ending bad feelings

[normalties]

just finished the Christmas special and I am screaming, crying, rolling on the floor, sobbing, absolutely distraught, depressed, jumping out of the window from the second floor of my house

[codenamecondor]

Oh, my poor, sweet Captain! 😭 I’m so glad Havers was there with him at the end 💔 and Fanny was right! He is brave!!! Brave, beautiful James 😭

(Also the stick was Havers’ 😭😫)

[danepopfrippery]

Soo…genuinely asking… did the Captain die of gay panic?!

(All the sadder cuz seems his beloved was happy to see him)

[princeloww]

OFFICIAL THOUGHTS ON THE GHOSTS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

I didn't like it - story-wise - THAT much. Obviously, I love the characters and the writers/actors and the story, so I enjoyed it and liked watching it---yet I just felt like,,, it wasn't that strong? And it almost disregarded and cheapened some of the meaning of S5?

I get the theme: moving on. You have to move on eventually, and life isn't always going to stay still. Sure. Life may be still for the ghosts, but their "family" is forever changing. They have a, while not infinite, almost endless amount of time --- but Alison doesn't. She needs to live her life while she still can, and it shouldn't be chained to the house and to those ghosts forever. She has her own family now - she should get to live her own life, not one dedicated to lives already lived.

The hotel is still made, and she still visits the ghosts. They aren't gone from her life, she just has gone off on her own to live her own.

I like that. I like the idea.

But I think they really could have done with more time. It all felt VERY quick, especially because of season 5 being so recent, and things seemed to go from 0 (staying) to 100 (moving on) very quickly. You could argue that's thematic - you don't get to choose when you're "sucked off" (move on). We learnt last season that there is no predicting it. Sometimes it just happens, and sometimes it needs to happen.

But all the same, from a story standpoint, it was just so sudden????

I think it made sense to happen eventually, and with Mike and Alison having a family now it MAKES SENSE, but it was just the speed with which we saw it that was jarring and somewhat disappointing, ending wise. It also felt like we missed out on a lot - like the hotel, for example.

In rough summary (I am clutching my ghosts book as I frantically write, this is not very coherent) - I love ghosts and im going to miss it. I liked the episode, as an episode of television, but I think it should have been longer to feel satisfying and not rushed.

I've loved ghosts for years now, and it's always been such a joy and a comfort to watch (especially with the fondess of early horrible histories added). I'll love you forever, Ghosts (even though your ending was slightly disappointing and I'm going to only rewatch up until the ending of season 5) (because that's the true ending in my mind) <3333

[spacelessbian]

I was so caught up in the intense emotions of the Captain's death scene that I completely missed his name. I still don't know, you guys.

[ultimatenomi]

Hands

[lerry-hazel]

The Captain's Secret?

So, I re-subscribed to Ghosts BBC tag, and guess what floated into my dashboard?

Don’t get me wrong, I do have a lot of thoughts about the name thing, and Havers thing, but I was not going to discuss them until later.

After getting an in-depth explanation from LR himself, I’d say I probably should just keep my opinions to myself, except  I’ve now got a question that left me reeling:

<spoiler>

So, obviously it's an unpopular opinion, but please tell me I'm not the only one who assumed Havers had long been a Polichinelle’s secret, and the actual shameful thing the Captain was no longer willing to keep from his found family was, you know, stealing his medals???

[buriedsecrets]

To be honest this callback to Redding Weddy with that lovely piece of music from those flashbacks got me almost as much as the death scene.

[borealing]

bbc ghosts (2019-2023)

[baynton]

BBC Ghosts | 5x03: Pineapple Day

[spacerangersam]

Some pilot pics and character descriptions from the new book

[lousolversons]

GHOSTS - S05E05 - Carpe Diem