A 2022 horror-comedy on Starz centering on the Phelps family (Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear, Gus Birney, and Dylan Gage) as they move from New York City to the titular small town after Pat cheats on her husband with the handy man, and trouble starts when she starts seeing ghosts — though no one believes her.
The series premiered on March 6, 2022. It was canceled after two seasons.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name: Patricia 'Pat' Phelps.
- I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: Kinnear and Cox previously worked together on Friends.
- The Place: The series takes place in the titular town of Shining Vale.
- Recovered Addict: Pat has been sober for 16 years after being in a hard-partying world of writing raunchy novels, though she is feeling unfulfilled as she struggles with writing a second book and having to move to a new town to help save her marriage after she cheated on her husband.
- Shout-Out: Obviously much of the show is inspired by The Shining, especially the ending.
- Wham Shot: The final scene of the first season: As she's wheeled into a mental hospital, Pat sees a portrait on the wall of her house, which is identified as having once been a mental hospital in 1859. The camera then zooms in to show "Rosemary" was the head nurse of the place. It cuts to black as we hear Rosemary whisper "Welcome home."
- Writer's Block: After a successful first book, Pat hasn't written a second novel for 16 years and is trying to finish it after the family moves into their new home.
