Ghosts Season 5 Episode 13 Recap: Hetty Takes Over Jay’s Restaurant
- Je-Ree
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St. Patrick’s Day returns to Woodstone. In Ghosts Season 5, Episode 13, titled "St. Hetty’s Day 2: The Help," the series leans hard into the "once-a-year" loophole that allows Hetty Woodstone (Rebecca Wisocky) to be seen and heard by the living. The result? Pure, unadulterated chaos at Jay’s restaurant and a masterclass in why the 1890s elite probably shouldn't handle modern POS systems.
Kyle Returns and Sam’s Ego Takes a Hit
The episode kicks off with Sam heading out of town, which usually spells disaster for the house. Enter Kyle (the delightful Ben Feldman), who returns to "ghost-sit" the mansion. While Sam clearly expected the ghosts to weep at her departure, they were too busy throwing a figurative ticker-tape parade for Kyle. It’s "comedy gold" to see Sam’s feelings get bruised by her own haunting, but let’s be real, Kyle’s vibe is just less "nagging landlord" and more "cool counselor."
The Ultimate Victorian Serving Nightmare
The stakes are high at the restaurant as a high-profile event planner, Cindy Cole, arrives to scout the place. When Jay’s new server, Jeff, is scared off by a jilted, visible Hetty (who was stood up on a date Trevor arranged via a burner profile), Hetty decides she’s the only one refined enough to save the day.
Despite Jay’s very valid concerns that she has zero service experience, Hetty insists her "upper-class" status makes her a natural. Spoilers: It doesn't. When Cindy asks if she’s going to write the order down, Hetty scoffs, only to immediately forget everything. It’s a heartwarming, if rare, moment to see Jay’s living staff rally around the ghost, teaching her that a restaurant is a team. Hetty even turns the menu into a song to mask her forgetfulness, proving that even a robber baron’s wife can pivot when the Yelp reviews are on the line.
Dream Dates and Trevor’s Terrible Advice
Meanwhile, Bela has been napping more than a senior cat, but it’s for a good cause: she’s having "dream dates" with Sass. Sass is head-over-heels, but he makes the classic mistake of taking dating advice from Trevor.
Trevor convinces Sass to play it cool and act uninterested. This backfires spectacularly. When Bela tries to define the relationship in the dream world, Sass plays the "it doesn’t matter" card, leading a frustrated Bela to ask Kyle out in the real world. Watching Kyle get "bested" by a guy with no physical form is the kind of petty supernatural drama we live for. Eventually, Sass crashes the date, coming clean about his feelings and winning Bela back for a dream-world rendezvous.
The Labor Uprising of Woodstone
The episode wraps with a surprisingly touching labor movement. After Jeff returns and Hetty feels discarded, Isaac, Pete, and Alberta push her to fight for her "job." Hetty’s impassioned speech to Jay, supported by Amanda and the rest of the kitchen staff threatening a walkout, is a highlight of the season. Jay, ever the pushover for his wife’s ghost friends, tells her to get back out there.
Ghosts Season 5 continues to prove that even when the plot gets "dreamy," the humor remains grounded in the delightful dysfunction of the Woodstone crew.
How do you feel about Bela and Sass’s dream-world romance? Let us know in the comments if you think Trevor should officially be banned from giving romantic advice!
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