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) and Jay after they inherit a country estate. The pair plan to convert the historic home into a bed and breakfast, but their situation grows more complicated when Sam suffers a near-death experience in the house and suddenly acquires the ability toThe personalities of the spirits range from a Viking to a Prohibition-era singer to a flower child. Their knowledge span centuries since they all died on the property and failed to move on to the afterlife over the years.crafted the ghost characters.
“The first thing we did was look at the macro and we thought of American archetypes and what kind of characters were from what period,” Wiseman toldat the time. “We sort of landed on the Northeast, where the Hudson Valley is and where the show is located, because we felt like that had American history baked into it.”
One character, in particular, dictated the background of the show’s entire ensemble, as the executive producers were set on including Thorfinn, played by“One thing early on that we decided we wanted was a Viking,” Wiseman recalled. “And we just thought that would be a fun character to have. That sort of forced our hand a little bit in terms of location because we did a lot of research for all the characters.
Following “a lot of research about Vikings,” the creative team discovered that some sailed “down the coast from Canada and did exploratory missions inland,” Wiseman said. “So it rang true that one would be in the Hudson Valley.”was to build a diverse cast of undead characters.