Ghosts Season 5 Finally Breaks Its Oldest Flower Trend

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Season 5 of Ghosts delves into the backstory of Susan “Flower” Montero (Sheila Carrasco), revealing what her life was like before she died. In the episode “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day,” Trevor (Asher Grodman)’s daughter returns, and Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay Arondekar (Utkarsh Ambudkar) try to make a better impression on her after a rocky start in Season 4 while working at Mahesh. Meanwhile, the ghosts of Woodstone hold another election to choose their representative, as the living residents, including Abby Pinkus (Gideon Adlon), work on managing their public image.

This episode revisits a storyline from the first season of Ghosts, specifically the third episode, “Viking Wedding,” but takes place four years later. Nancy begins working on Creepy Dirk’s campaign for reelection, but Isaac Higgintoot unexpectedly announces he’s also running for office. Flower, initially misunderstanding the campaign process, excitedly decides to run too, even after learning it doesn’t involve physically throwing hats. The episode provides a unique look at Flower before she embraced her free-spirited lifestyle, revealing a different side of her personality.

Ghosts Season 5, Episode 4, “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day,” Previews Flower’s Life Before She Died

In Season 5 of Ghosts, a strange occurrence allows the spirits to see Flower completely sober. Flower died during an acid trip after a bear attack, which means she’s been stuck in a constant hallucination ever since, struggling to distinguish what’s real. Usually, this makes her quite scattered, but in Episode 4, something changes. When Gabe (Dustin Ybarra), the chef at Mahesh, accidentally passes through her, he absorbs all of Flower’s hallucinogenic energy. Because Gabe has a high tolerance for substances, this unexpectedly clears Flower’s head.

While the strange things happening to Flower are only short-term, she has plenty of opportunity to win the election against Isaac, captivating people with her intelligence and humor. For the first time, we’re seeing Flower think deeply and have long conversations, which shows us what her life was like before the events we usually see her in. The show has hinted that she once studied law, and she clearly excelled during her debate with Isaac, revealing a new side of her personality.

Ghosts Rarely Shows Flower’s Life Before Woodstone and the Cult

Flower’s behavior in “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day” is unusual because she seems lost in time, having wandered away from a 1969 music festival. While we see glimpses of her past, most flashbacks focus on her involvement with a cult, like when she committed a bank robbery. The show Ghosts has only shown Flower’s life before she embraced the counterculture movement once, in a memory of her fiancé, Michael, while he was in the hospital. Sadly, Michael died, and this event deeply affected Flower, causing a major turning point in her life.

The latest portrayal of Flower offers a glimpse into her life both before her death and before the emotional part of her died with her partner. She explains her exploration of polyamory – relationships with multiple partners, including throuples and group dynamics – as a response to her fiancé’s tragedy, which also led her to seek solace in cults and communal living. This could be the only time we see Flower so clear-headed, or she might revisit Gabe, using her ability to think rationally. However, there’s a possibility she might choose not to.

Ghosts Season 5’s Story Proves Flower Has the Best Afterlife

Flower’s final thoughts suggest Montero might have the most fulfilling afterlife. When Sasappis and Alberta ask Flower if she recalls anything from when she was ‘smart,’ she describes a feeling of hopelessness – a deep awareness of our powerlessness and eternal confinement without understanding why. She wonders if they’ve ever considered such things. Flower admits to grappling with existential thoughts, but explains she can forget these difficult truths thanks to her current mental state.

Sass and Alberta both acknowledge they sometimes struggle with difficult thoughts. While they constantly grapple with the confusing nature of their existence, Flower is often preoccupied with her own inner world and doesn’t participate. However, the latest story arc presents Flower’s detached state in a new way, showing her ability to fully embrace the present and find joy in her surroundings. This reframes her experience as a positive one. It remains to be seen if the more analytical side of Flower will return, or if she’ll continue to focus on the present, allowing Gabe to be influenced by gentler forces for now.

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2025-11-12 01:10