In the last episode of Ghosts, Trevor made the decision to become closer with his daughter, Abby. Sam and Jay gave her a job working at Mahesh, their restaurant, and ended up having to reveal that Sam sees ghosts. Abby and Trevor are now on a path to having a father-daughter relationship. However, smooth talking yuppie Trevor turns out to be a bit more of an overbearing father than he realized in episode 5.
Trevor, the finance bro, associated money and material things with success and care. Thus, this episode starts with Abby receiving a very ostentatious gift from Trevor in the form of a Porsche. Abby states the gift is not only too much financially. The gift is just also not Abby’s taste. Trevor is disappointed because he just wants to connect and make up for lost time.
Regardless, he’ll keep the car as a “sitting Porsche” for himself. Abby says she has to go to work because she is already an hour late. To which Jay points out he’s her boss, so maybe she shouldn’t have mentioned that. Though Abby points out Trevor, or “GD” (Ghost Dad) is paying her salary. Selective entitlement.
How is Mahesh working out?
At the restaurant, Cobra, one of the kitchen staff, comes forward asking Jay for a raise again. Jay confesses that he isn’t doing so well financially and the restaurant is still trying to get on its feet. This is especially true considering at the tail end of last season Chris, the exotic dancer, crashed through the roof which was a very expensive repair and the fact Chris died was a blow to publicity. Jay also doesn’t have the literal devil promoting Mahesh anymore.
The staff is understanding and are fine with waiting a little longer for the reviews and raises Jay promised. The only problem is there’s literally a Porsche outside. Sam and Hetty decide to move the Porsche. The opulence of such an extravagant car ignites the Woodstone blood in Sam’s veins. She has a taste for the finer things.
Meanwhile, Isaac, trying to carpetbag the basement ghosts' politics, is having a hard time adjusting to the downstairs lifestyle. The other ghosts fill Isaac in on the developments with Abby. Trevor reveals he’s not exactly stoked that his daughter doesn’t seem to have direction in her life. He doesn’t want to just confront her about it, though.
He wants to be a cool dad, like Bill Cosby. This statement makes it obvious some pop-culture news didn’t make its way to the Ghosts yet. It’s then decided that Sam should step in and talk to Abby to find out where she wants to go in life. Sam also uses this as the perfect excuse to get behind that 500 horse-powered hot rod again.
What are Abby’s aspirations?
Sam takes Abby for a spin in the Porsche with Pete riding in the back. She reports back to Trevor that Abby actually wants a degree in finance. He couldn’t be more proud that his daughter wants to follow in his footsteps. When Abby comes in, Sam informs her that Trevor is so happy at her aspirations. To which Abby says her living dad, Pinkus, isn’t so supportive. He doesn’t want to pay. Hero-move Trevor steps up and says he’ll pay for her education. Abby is elated and thanks Trevor for allowing her to pursue her dreams of studying poetry in France.
Abby leaves with images of berets and croissants in her head. Trevor is understandably confused and irritated. Pete realizes there was a major miscommunication. The hum of the engine while Sam was speeding down the road made it difficult for her to hear what Abby was saying. Abby didn’t say she wanted to get a degree in finance, she wanted to get a degree in France.
When Sam pulled up in the Porsche to pick up Abby. Abby was conveniently talking to Cobra at the time. He reported back to the staff that Sam and Jay seem to be doing well enough to afford a fancy new car. There should be no problem giving the workers more reasonable wages. Hetty listens in on this and points out that she’s all too familiar with this kind of talk. She remembers the child laborers from her mills unionizing. This is exactly where the conversation among the kitchen staff turns.
Bela gives her two cents
Trevor decides against being up front about his trepidation for Abby’s choices. Instead, he uses Bela, Jay’s sister and canonically a horrible decision maker, as a cautionary tale. Bela studied abroad and relays her stories to Abby. While overseas, Bela studied Pottery in Greece and dated a guy who robbed her blind to the point she ended up working in an olive farm for a few weeks. She also boarded a literal pirate ship by accident. Bela claims she doesn’t regret the decision to go abroad. However, it didn’t help her financially or professionally. In fact, it didn’t really do much except give her some interesting experiences.
When Sam enters, Alberta outs Trevor’s plan. Sam finds this ridiculous and just comes clean about the whole situation. She tells Abby that Trevor thought she wanted a degree in finance and now that he knows differently, he's less supportive.
After some time to cool down, Trevor is ready to talk to Abby. He explains he just wants what’s best for her, which is why he doesn’t approve of her choice to go to France. Mulling this over, Abby takes this information and decides she still wants to follow through with her plan. Trevor died young, as did Abby’s mom. Abby wants to have a life worth living. That likely will involve poor choices and regrets, but it’s worth trying. Trevor comes to terms with the fact that Abby deserves to live her life on her own terms. She should get the opportunity he missed out on by dying so young. He apologizes and agrees to support her dreams, both morally and financially.
Mahesh’s employees start striking. Jay is at a loss and Bela offers that if Jay sells the Porsche then the optics would be better. Jay points out the car is Trevor’s, and he made sure there wasn’t a way anyone could sell it without his approval. Luckily, Trevor decides to sell the Porsche to pay for Abby’s education, much to Sam’s dismay. This seemingly would help end the worker strike.
Unfortunately, the sale of the Porsche didn’t solve the strike. Sam and Jay turn to Hetty to see how she handled striking and unionizing workers. Hetty’s solution, outside of outright illegal violence, was to trick the workers. She gave them virtually meaningless titles, making them feel more important and as though the work force had more power. Jay tries it and this method proves effective for now.