On the subject of how the spirits of Ghosts died, I’d argue that probably the most unforgettable reason for dying is Pete’s. That’s as a result of there’s actually at all times an arrow going via his neck. He died with it. So, after enjoying the ghost for 5 seasons, I requested Richie Moriarty how the arrow he at all times has to put on has advanced, and he defined why it’s really gotten fairly a bit shorter over the course of the present.
As I spoke with Moriarty throughout an interview for CinemaBlend about Season 5 of Ghosts, which is at present airing on the 2025 TV schedule, we additionally mentioned his costume, which, to viewers, hasn’t modified ever. Nonetheless, for the actors, these costumes must evolve, and for Pete particularly, his arrow needed to change for security causes. Talking about an incident that led them to shorten the arrow, the actor defined:
The primary season, it was barely wider than my shoulders, the arrow itself, and it grew to become harmful, as a result of there’s a second in Season 1 the place I lean in the direction of Sas in a scene. I lean in towards [Román Zaragoza’s] character, and I nicked his eyelid with the arrow itself. And so I virtually blinded this dude.
Properly, that’s not good! Nonetheless, since Ghosts has been happening for therefore lengthy, they discovered how you can make the arrow very protected.
Moriarty defined to me that the arrow is definitely a “C-shaped bracket that goes across the again of [his] neck,” after which there are bolts on the top of it that make it to allow them to screw within the items of the arrow. Through the years, it’s advanced too, because it went from a heavier steel to a lightweight one.
It has additionally gotten shorter, so nobody must be apprehensive about getting their eye poked out. The Pete actor defined that half to me, too, saying:
So after that second, they have been like, ‘Okay, we’re gonna slowly taper this in a bit in order that it will not be noticeable to viewers.’ However it’s mainly misplaced an inch on both aspect. So now it is barely much less broad than my shoulders.
Whereas the arrow is shorter, Richie Moriarty instructed me he nonetheless must be “very cognizant” of the arrow. It impacts and limits how he strikes, and, sure, he does should stroll via doorways sideways.
Nonetheless, whereas the arrow can nonetheless be a minor inconvenience for him, it’s now not a hazard to the Ghosts solid. To that time, on prime of constructing it shorter, the arrow tip can be now made of froth as an alternative of steel, because the actor mentioned:
The opposite factor that they modified within the arrow was, it was once an actual arrow tip. It wasn’t tremendous sharp, however it was an arrow tip. It is now foam, in order that if it does hit somebody’s eye, or, you understand, no matter different physique half, it is not really gonna poke them. It is very gentle.
Total, the arrow has been a piece in progress; nonetheless, after Season 1, it looks as if they bought it discovered. Richie Moriarty made that clear too, as he instructed me:
It took some time. It took actually a full season to determine ‘How are we going to do that successfully, in order that continuity is not disturbed, however in order that it is as comfy for me as doable and in addition as straightforward to get round for all of the solid mates that I am so near on a regular basis.’
Clearly, continuity wasn’t disturbed, as a result of I by no means observed, and I hadn’t heard about it till I spoke to the Pete actor immediately. Nonetheless, now I form of do need to return and binge Ghosts with a Paramount+ subscription to see if I can spot the variations.
Within the meantime, although, I’m going to proceed to look at Pete within the present state he’s (and at all times might be) in, as I preserve watching new episodes of Ghosts on CBS each Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET.
