"Planes, Shanes and Automobiles" is the sixth episode of Season 5 in the American sitcom Ghosts and its 78th episode overall. It aired on November 20, 2025.
Synopsis[]
Unsatisfied with Jay's ability to tend to their needs while Sam is away, the ghosts bring in a better babysitter, Kyle. Meanwhile, Sam and Pete get on each other's nerves during a book tour road trip and things reach a breaking point when an airline strike threatens their ability to get home in time for Thanksgiving.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Rose McIver as Samantha Arondekar
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay Arondekar
- Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac
- Danielle Pinnock as Alberta
- Richie Moriarty as Pete
- Asher Grodman as Trevor
- Sheila Carrasco as Flower
- Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn
- Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty
- Román Zaragoza as Sasappis
Guest cast[]
- Ben Feldman as Kyle Rosenblat
- Ed Witzke as Shane
Historical notes[]
Quotes[]
Sam: Anyway, we just wondered how you might feel about us doing a small Thanksgiving here?
Sasappis: And why are you asking me specifically?
Sam: Um... Jay?
Jay: I don't know what's being said!
Thorfinn: Thor think Thor have idea. If we can't have Sam and we can't have Sam's man, maybe we can have Man Sam.
Sasappis: Wait, I speak Thor. I think he's talking about Kyle.
Thorfinn: Yeah. That's what I say.
Trivia[]
- Sam and Jay usually go to Jay's parents house for Thanksgiving.
- This is the first appearance of Kyle in season 5.
- Sam has her first book signing although the outcome was disappointing as revealed later on in the episode.
- This is the first time Sam spends one on one time with Pete.
- Thor knows what a helicopter is thanks to Paw Patrol.
- Trevor knows about football from the 90s.
- The gif Kyle mentions Trevor sent him is actually from a Budweiser commercial, not Bud Light, though both are American-style lagers from the same company, Anheuser-Busch.
- Alberta reveals Jay is forty years old.





