The CBS series Ghosts changes the trajectory of the character Susan “Flower” Montero (Sheila Carrasco) between seasons 2 and 3 in a surprising way. Ghosts is an American adaptation of the British series of the same name and follows Samantha (Rose McIver) and Jay Arondekar (Utkarsh Ambudkar), a married couple who inherit an estate only to discover the home is filled with ghosts from a variety of time periods . One of these ghosts, Flower, is a cheerful but naive hippie ghost who was killed by a bear when she tried to hug it while under the influence of psychedelics.
Flower is easygoing and kind and one of the funnier characters in Ghosts. Her budding relationship with Thor (Devan Chandler Long) becomes a full-fledged relationship in season 2. Sheila Carrasco’s most notable performance is her one in Ghosts, but she’s been a prolific TV actor since 1993. Her other major television roles include Jewel in # VanLife, Dana Peruzzi in Jane the Virgin, and one-episode roles in I Think You Should Leave and The Good Place. Frustratingly for her fans, Flower and Carrasco disappear from Ghosts in season 3.
The Ghosts Showrunners Had Flower Sucked Off Because Of Her Relationship With Thor
The Season 3 Premiere Revealed Who Was Sent To The Afterlife In The Season 2 Cliffhanger
Ghosts season 2 ends on a major cliffhanger with Sam and Jay seeing a flash of light coming from their manor, which is an indication that a ghost has passed on from the afterlife (and the actor from the show, saved for special cases). The audience and the characters are not privy to who has been “sucked off”, a term used by the ghosts without an ounce of awareness as to the innuendo, until the season 3 premiere, which reveals that it’s Flower who has moved on.
Showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman had been interested in having a ghost “sucked off” in a season finale for a while, via Deadline,
“Toward the end of the season last year, we just came up with that idea [a ghost going to the afterlife] and thought it would be a really cool, fun way to end the season, as a throw forward to next year.”
When it came to deciding who would be moving on, the showrunners spent a lot of time considering who would be the most interesting character to send to the afterlife, finally settling on Flower,
“…we didn’t know exactly who it was going to be, but we definitely had candidates in mind. And then just through talking it out, we wanted to be someone who was consequential, someone that was impactful. We landed on Flower , [who we thought] would be an interesting ghost to disappear because it would create a lot of storylines. A lot of people would have different reactions. Thor, obviously, is in love with Flower and would be super devastated jealous of her because hasn’t been there as long. So it just seemed like we’d created a lot of stories.”
Removing a character for the story implications is probably one of the best reasons to kill someone off or, in this case, send them further into the afterlife. Port and Wiseman had good instincts in their choice. With Flower gone, Thor’s story opened up, and he developed a relationship with another ghost, Nancy (Betsy Sodaro), who then received more screen time. Simultaneously, Flower’s disappearance leads to greater questions surrounding how a ghost leaves for the afterlife, adding some additional conflict and mystery to the series.
Flower Has Since Reappeared In Ghosts Season 3
Flower Was Just Stuck In A Well Not Sent To The Afterlife
