Ghosts Season 6 has officially begun filming, and last week at San Diego Comic-Con, fans got their first taste of what to expect from the next installment of the spectacularly spooky sitcom. During a panel moderated by Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman revealed that when the show returns for a 1-hour Halloween special in October, we’ll finally meet Hetty’s sister Margaret — and she’ll be a new type of ghost to boot. That two-parter will be followed up by a 1-hour Christmas special in December, which will riff off of the holiday classic Die Hard, and feature the show’s first ghost-on-ghost possession. While we’ll have to wait a bit after that for the rest of the season to premiere, Port and Wiseman already have big plans for the show’s 100th episode, which is right around the corner.

Nemiroff caught up with the cast at the Collider studio after their panel to chat about all things Ghosts and get the scoop on what Asher Grodman, Román Zaragoza, and Utkarsh Ambudkar are most excited to dive into as work begins on the new season. When Nemiroff asked the trio what it meant to each of them to come up on the incredible milestone of 100 episodes, Zaragoza was quick to share his gratitude, saying, “I’ll just say this: I’ve always dreamed of being on a sitcom that ran this long. I remember when I would watch all these shows, from How I Met Your Mother to The Office to Seinfeld to Parks and Rec, and whenever they hit the 100 mark, they always did something really special. I remember when I was a kid and being like, “I would love to do that one day,” and the fact that we’re going to hit that in, what, six episodes or so? […] It’s mind-blowing. I’m so grateful. I’m grateful for our creative team, the fans, and everybody. It’s truly a dream come true.” Meanwhile, Ambudkar is already getting nostalgic about the series, explaining that he doesn’t think it will truly hit him until some faraway point in the future, saying, “How we remember these moments and how the audience reacts to us when they see us at the grocery store or out in public. It’s those moments where we sort of fade into that nostalgia territory, like Friends has, like Frasier has. Those will be the special moments to look back and see what we accomplished here.” For Grodman, the greatest part of making the show for this long is genuinely the friends he’s made along the way, as he told Nemiroff, “The other thing is the relationship between this cast. You, as an actor, work with people briefly, intensely, and it’s done. No one gets to do this for this long. For the rest of my life, these people are going to be part of my DNA, and that’s so cool.”

Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz
Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?
The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars

Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.

The Matrix
Mad Max
Blade Runner
Dune
Star Wars

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01
You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do?
The first instinct is often the truest one.

APull on every thread until I understand the system — then figure out how to break it.
BStop asking questions and start stockpiling — food, fuel, weapons. Questions don’t keep you alive.
CKeep my head down, observe carefully, and trust no one until I know who’s pulling the strings.
DStudy the patterns. Every system has a rhythm — learn it, and you learn how to survive it.
EFind the people fighting back and join them. You can’t fix a broken galaxy alone.

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02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely?
What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.

AKnowledge. If you understand the system, you don’t need resources — you can generate them.
BFuel. Everything else — movement, power, escape — runs on it.
CTrust. In a world of fakes and informants, a truly reliable ally is rarer than any commodity.
DWater. And after water, information — the two things empires are truly built on.
EShips and credits. The galaxy is big — you survive it by being able to move through it freely.

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03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night?
Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.

AThat reality itself is a lie — that everything I experience has been constructed to keep me compliant.
BA raid. No warning, no mercy — just the roar of engines and then nothing left.
CBeing identified. Once someone with power decides you’re a problem, you’re already out of time.
DBeing outmanoeuvred — losing a political game I didn’t even know I was playing.
EThe Empire tightening its grip until there’s nowhere left to run.

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04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust?
Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.

ASubvert it from the inside — learn its rules well enough to weaponise them against it.
BIgnore it and stay out of its reach. The further from any power structure, the better.
CAppear to comply while doing exactly what I need to do. Visibility is the enemy.
DManoeuvre within it carefully. You can’t beat a system you refuse to understand.
EResist openly when I have to. Some things are worth the risk of being seen.

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05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term?
Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.

AUnderground bunkers and server rooms — cramped, artificial, but with access to everything that matters.
BOpen wasteland — brutal sun, no shelter, constant movement. At least the threat is honest.
CA dense, rain-soaked city where you can disappear into the crowd and nobody asks questions.
DMerciless desert — extreme heat, no water, and something enormous living beneath the sand.
EThe fringe — backwater planets and busy spaceports where the Empire’s attention rarely reaches.

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06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart?
The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.

AA tight crew of believers who’ve seen behind the curtain and have nothing left to lose.
BOne or two people I’d trust with my life. Any more than that and someone talks.
CNobody, ideally. Alliances are liabilities. I work alone unless I have no choice.
DA community bound by shared hardship and mutual survival — people who need each other to last.
EA ragtag team with wildly different skills and total commitment when it counts.

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07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all?
Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.

AI won’t harm the innocent — even the ones who’d report me without hesitation.
BI do what I have to to protect the people I’ve chosen. Everything else is negotiable.
CThe line shifts depending on who’s asking and what’s at stake.
DI draw a long-term line — nothing that compromises my people’s future, even if it’d help now.
ESome lines, once crossed, can’t be uncrossed. I know which ones they are.

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08
What would actually make survival worth it?
Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.

AWaking others up — dismantling the illusion so no one else has to live inside it.
BFinding somewhere — or someone — worth protecting. A reason to keep moving.
CAnswers. Understanding what I am, what any of this means, before time runs out.
DLegacy — shaping the future in a way that outlasts me by generations.
EFreedom — for myself, for others, for every world still living under someone else’s boot.

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Your Fate Has Been Calculated
You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.

The Resistance, Zion

The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.

You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.

The Wasteland

Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.

You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.

Los Angeles, 2049

Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.

You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.

Arrakis

Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.

Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.

A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.

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Love — and Lust — Are in the Air on ‘Ghosts’ Season 6

Close”Polar Opposites” — Coverage of the CBS Original Series GHOSTS, scheduled to air Thursday May 14 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured L to R: Taylor Ortega as Joan, Román Zaragoza as Sasappis Photo: Philippe Bossé/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Image via Philippe Bossé/CBSRebecca Wisocky as Hetty and Asher Grodman as Trevor exchanging glances in Ghosts Season 4, Episode 20.Image via CBSRomán Zaragoza and Taylor Ortega talking to others who are off-screen in Ghosts Season 4, Episode 18.Image via CBS”The Investor” — Coverage of the CBS Original Series GHOSTS, scheduled to air on Thursday, April 23 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) the CBS Television Network. Pictured L to R: Asher Grodman as Trevor and Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty. Photo: Bertrand Calmeau/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Image via CBS

One of the biggest reveals on the Ghosts SDCC panel was that the boundary that keeps the ghosts on the property where they died would temporarily change or disappearlater this season. When Nemiroff asked Zaragoza and Grodman where they thought their characters might head first, both actors knew exactly what Sasappis and Trevor would do with the opportunity. “The first thing that comes to mind is that Joan and Sas would love to go on a little romantic trip,” said Zaragoza, referencing Sasappis’ roamer girlfriend Joan (Taylor Ortega)​​​​​​, who’s never been limited by a ghost boundary thanks to her power. Grodman then swooped in with a hilariously fitting choice for Woodstone’s most notorious playboy, saying, “I think that is such a sweet and touching idea. I think Trevor would also do something really sweet. He’d probably go…” but before he could reveal his answer, Ambudkar chimed in at the same time, with “To a strip club.” Laughing, Grodman confirmed that Trevor would very likely head “to Scores,” before following up with a more sentimental answer, saying, “He might check in on his parents, too. But I think Scores might be the first place.” When asked about whether they would be scared to end up like Pete (Richie Moriarty), whose complete disappearance is the biggest cliffhanger from the Season 5 finale, neither Zaragoza nor Grodman felt too worried that they’d overstay their time beyond the grounds. “It poses a great question. But I think Joan is someone who understands how to roam,” explained Zaragoza, “and so, hopefully, she would be able to help guide me and understand how to get back in time, or how much time we have. But it does pose a pretty scary question.” Grodman, on the other hand, kept up the laughs, saying, “And lap dances have limits on them, so I think he’d be able to get back in time.” However, regarding Trevor’s love life, Grodman gave an even more delicious answer when it comes to the future of everyone’s favorite will-they-won’t-they​​​​​​, on-again-off-again, enemies-to-lovers-to-power-friends dynamic between Trevor and the lady of the house, Hetty Woodstone (Rebecca Wisocky). When Nemiroff asked what he thinks the next phase of that relationship might look like, Grodman doubled down on comparing the duo to one of the greatest slow-burn sitcom pairings of all time, saying:
“I do think there is this really fun, like Sam and Diane, but more combustible, thing that is happening between the two of them, and the more that we just amp up that tension is great. I do believe that whatever happens at the end of this show, the two of them deserve to be stuck with each other for eternity, just annoying the hell, competing with each other. They’re just like opposite sides of the same coin.
So, anything that involves power dynamics, there’s this lust that’s brewing, and the endless competition and hierarchical games that happen. That’s what I want. And I know that’s what Rebecca wants, too, is just to see these two duke it out constantly.”
When Nemiroff assured Grodman that that’s exactly what the fans want too, he told Collider, “I have faith that it’s coming around.”
The ‘Ghosts’ Cast Want the Same Things You Want

In the spirit of manifesting things, Nemiroff asked the Ghosts trio about something still on their bucket list for the show that they would like to speak into existence. Ambudkar immediately decided to swing for the fences, saying, “I mean, look, I want to work with Jean-Claude Van Damme. Everybody knows it. I say it every single time. I want Van Damme to be on the show. Whether or not that’s on my Ghosts bucket list, I don’t know. It’s on a life bucket list, for sure.” But in a more realistic sense, the actor went on to share a plot point he’d like to see for Jay that feels very achievable. “As far as Jay is concerned, we have this wonderful idea of the ghosts’ rules, right? And he is so into ghost mythology. It would be nice for me as an actor to play some version of treasure hunter, detective, Jay using that knowledge in some way to help the ghosts, or Sam to get out of the problems that they always seem to find themselves in.” For both Grodman and Zaragoza, there’s so much ghost-history that they’re dying to explore. “I feel like we had a very brief flashback of Sas and Thor. We’ve pitched doing a whole episode,” revealed Zaragoza. “They can’t talk to each other, so how do you communicate? And I think that could be, I don’t know, we’d dive into a message that I think we all need to listen to of, like, even though you can’t communicate with someone, you can still communicate; you can care for somebody. Because I really feel like Thor cared for Sas, and he helped him through this transition into his afterlife. So, I would love to see the two of them.”

Grodman also wants to explore a similar time period for Trevor, explaining, “I would love to play with those early years of Trevor after he first died, and the process of what it is to get used to the afterlife after you’ve had a life where you got to do everything you wanted all the time, and there were no limits on your interests or passions. He just got to do everything. So, that would be so fun, that stark juxtaposition.” Grodman also shared a personal milestone he’s had on his Ghosts bucket list for quite some time, saying, “And then something I would love to do, because I just love these guys, and I love our crew, is to direct on the show.” When Nemiroff asked what kind of episode he would want to jump behind the camera for, Grodman confirmed that his dream is to dig into the core relationships in the house. He told Nemiroff:
“There is an episode that we did called ‘Thorapy,’ in Season 1, where I don’t think there was a single guest star in it. Actually, there was a therapist, but everything was about something that happened in the house that changed everyone’s relationship to each other. It was all about the 10 people in the house and new dynamics in these hundreds-of-years-old relationships. So, something that’s about the core cast and the nuances of those dynamics, that would be a joy.
And then, I mean, who wouldn’t love a flashback?”
Ghosts returns with a two-part Halloween special on October 29, followed by a two-part Christmas special on December 10. You can watch Nemiroff’s full interview with the cast above and stay tuned at Collider for more.

Release Date

October 7, 2021

Directors

Christine Gernon, Jaime Eliezer Karas, Katie Locke O’Brien, Nick Wong, Jude Weng, Pete Chatmon, Richie Keen, Alex Hardcastle, Kimmy Gatewood, Matthew A. Cherry, Cortney Carrillo

Writers

Emily Schmidt, John Timothy, Lauren Bridges, Sophia Lear, Guy Endore-Kaiser, Rishi Chitkara, Julia Harter, Skander Halim, Zora Bikangaga

Rose McIver

Samantha Arondekar

Utkarsh Ambudkar

Jay Arondekar