‘Ghosts’ Star Rose McIver On Directing Her First TV Episode, Filled With Mafioso and 1980s Twists

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “Ghostfellas,” the Season 4, Episode 13 of CBS’s “Ghosts.” “Ghosts” star Rose McIver‘s first-ever TV directing gig had a bit of everything: A 1980s flashback.

A Mafioso storyline. Ghostly mind games. And even a heist. “It was cool to have a twist and a genre bent to the episode,” said McIver, who directed the Season 4 episode “Ghostfellas,” which aired Thursday on CBS. “We were still making an episode of ‘Ghosts’ that has to be cohesive with the season, but it was fun to explore a little flavor in there and be able to play with the tropes.” In “Ghostfellas,” Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) is looking to add a new arrabbiata sauce to his restaurant — and early 1980s ghost Pete (Richie Moriarty) comes to the rescue with a unique family recipe.

It’s a hit, but it turns out to be from his ex-wife Carol’s (Caroline Aaron) family. Carol’s still-alive cousin, who has mob ties, discovers that Jay is serving the sauce — and starts making threats.

It’s then that Pete finally learns that the travel agency he worked at before he died was actually a money-laundering front for organized crime.