Ghosts S4E22 “The Devil Went Down to Woodstone” — A Signature in the Dark

The finale is all plot—propulsive, clever, surprisingly light on feeling. Patience storms back, stirring the ghosts into frantic self-defense. But the true cliff-edge slips in almost quietly: the “publicist” Jay hired weeks ago is revealed to be Elias in disguise, and the paperwork Jay already signed binds his soul to darker hands. The moment isn’t staged with thunder; we merely learn the ink has long since dried. Woodstone ends the season not with catharsis, but with an IOU.

Around that hinge, the episode moves briskly. Alberta and Pete inch toward something tender, Sasappis and Joan steady, and the ghosts prepare for a looming fight they can’t yet name. It isn’t an emotional crescendo—it’s a ledger closing at midnight, daring Season 5 to collect.

Sometimes finales echo with heart; sometimes they simply strike the flint. “The Devil Went Down to Woodstone” chooses the spark.

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