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Recap / Ghosts US Seasson 1 Episode 8 D And D

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Original air date: 11/18/2021

Sam volunteers to help Jay and the ghosts play Dungeons & Dragons together when Jay's D&D group abandons him; Sam discovers that an old shed on the mansion's grounds was a British barracks during the Revolutionary War, now occupied by three ghosts of British soldiers, one of whom, Nigel, learns that Isaac, who has secretly requited feelings for him, accidentally shot and killed him.


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  • Accidental Murder: Isaac killed Nigel when his scope rifle goes off while he was using it to look at him.
  • The American Revolution: 1777, where Isaac was a commander on the Colonist side.
  • Bait-and-Switch: Isaac has a secret he has kept from Nigel, which is implied to be that he has a crush on him. Everyone urges him to go ahead and tell Nigel, but the secret turns out to be that Isaac was the one who killed Nigel by accident. Nigel does not take this revelation well.
  • Condensation Clue: The ghosts realize they can have Trevor do this in the bathroom mirror to communicate with Jay while he is showering. Jay is not happy about this invasion of privacy.
  • Distracted by the Sexy: Isaac is easily enthralled when he sees Nigel for the first time through his spy glass.
  • Historical In-Joke: After Issac demonstrates his invention to his troops, he instructs them not to shoot at the enemy until you see the green of his eyes, before correcting to their. It’s a play on Colonel Prescott’s alleged order, “Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes,” at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • It Will Never Catch On: Isaac invented the scope rifle centuries before its time. None of his soldiers seem to be impressed with it.
  • Juggling Loaded Guns: Isaac accidentally killed Nigel when he was using the spyglass he installed on his rifle to admire him from afar and the trigger goes off when he sneezed.
  • Otherworldly Communication Failure: Played for Laughs.
    • The ghosts are upset that Sam lied to Jay about them not enjoying their game of Dungeons & Dragons. Trevor, the only ghost that can move objects and therefore somewhat interact with humans, writes "she lied" in the steam in the mirror while Jay is in the shower. But, when Jay sees it, he just says "About what?" much to Trevor's frustration.
    • In the stinger, Sasappis has Trevor write to Jay, "Make Pizza." Given the strain it is to write so much, Trevor notes he isn't going to try and write "pepperoni" on the mirror as well. And Jay is stating this is not cool and really creepy now.
  • RPG Episode: Samantha and the other ghosts gets roped into a game of Dungeons & Dragons by Jay. Samantha doesn't enjoy it, however, and lies about the ghosts not enjoying it to get out of playing it, much to the ghosts' displeasure. It eventually becomes important in solving an argument between Isaac and fellow Revolutionary War ghost Nigel.
  • Wimp Fight: When Nigel, Baxter and Jenkins confront Isaac and the other ghosts in the house, Nigel declares war and the two sides respond by just pushing and shoving each other. Even Flower, a pacifist, says she look like to see more action than that.

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