Advertisement Ghost Hunters Recap Episode 4.26: Spirits on the Water
Posted by Ron Martin on 12.04.2008
The team is out on San Diego to investigate a couple of boats. They are on the lookout for the Fedora Man and use the K-II meter sparsely. Plus, find out what trade Tango has been learning since he was just a wee lass or he'll have to ring your bell!
I am back! Ghost Hunters is back! Kris Williams is back! You know what's not back? The turkey I ate last Thursday. Hope everyone had a good holiday and enjoyed a break from Ghost Hunters last week. Maybe the boys will be out looking for the ghost of said turkey.
I guess after the show a couple of weeks ago, Kris Williams broke out the news that she had finally signed a new contract and is back on the ghost tour. I still believe that it was the contract issue that kept her off the Halloween and results show, otherwise, why wouldn't they mention her at all? She is one of five main characters and they didn't even get close to mentioning her name.and they already recast the 'chick' role on top of that. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
I can honestly say that I am glad Kris is back because as much as it pains me to say this; she had become one of the more trusted ghost hunters on the show. Steve and Tango are ghost hunters in name only at this point, and we never really know what Jason and Grant are up to. That leaves just Kris. Well, and now Amy. Please don't let them be some all girl scream team like other shows. I hate to say it, but the watchability of this program pretty much falls on their shoulders. No pressure.
Are you ready for a new episode of
I hope so, because if not, then you accidentally clicked the wrong article. Thanks for the hit, though. The all boat episode. The team gets a warning from the past and Tango gets attacked. I wonder if they will try and make us think that this episode was recorded after Halloween as well.
Our peoples are in San Diego, named after a Whale's Vagina. Apparently, there are two ships on one site. Is this two investigations or just one long one? Kris tells the boys that the ships are haunted. She gets into more detail, but it's nothing you haven't heard before or won't hear again when they get the tour. Steve says he likes doing the boats, which is odd because he is scared of everything else, except ghosts. And human skeletons that he likes to make dance for him.
Case 1: Maritime Museum, San Diego, California
The Investigation
The first boat is the Star of India. The guy who writes the Garfield comic strips is wondering if his boat is haunted. Hey, he looks nothing like the guy who is supposed to be living in Muncie! Some kid fell out of a high spot on the boat and took three days to die. The Salon is very haunted, because every salon is haunted. They see shadow people and apparitions here. Lots of footsteps. I guarantee Jason and Grant hear some footsteps. I'll give you 2-1 odds. Any takers? Ouch. One dude got wrapped up in the chain for the anchor and got smashed.
Off to the Ferry Boat The Berkeley. More footsteps Jason and Grant are going to cream themselves. A guy blew himself up in the restroom and let's just say it was unpleasant. There's a guy called the Fedora Man who looks like those black cardboard cutouts that people put in their yard of a guy leaning against a tree. This guy is the model! Jason claims to have his hands full and his hands are in his pockets. Hey, I just make observations people. They decide to start with the Berkeley. Amy is here. For the chauvinistic among us, she's the one with the red hair. It's important to know that the girls have different colored hair. Why? I have no idea.
Some random dude named Britt shows up and says he's part of the TAPS West Coast team, though neither Jason or Grant have acknowledged him. I think he might be the nephew of the director or something. Or just random dude who saw the cameras.
Scene that shall not be named.
Jason and Grant are on The Berkeley immediately looking for footsteps. We need to go to commercial so they should hear something in 5.4.32.1. They hear something. Dramatic head turn and cue.
COMMERCIALS. By the way, you guys should be watching both Chase and Estate of Panic. They're good shows.
We are all of two minutes into the investigation and Jason and Grant hear 'mysterious footprints.' Jason verifies to us that they heard something by saying they 'really' heard something. I'm glad he cleared that up. They don't hear the sound again so Jason actually says it could be some sound traveling. Eh, this place will still be haunted.
Kris, Amy and Britt are on the top floor. Britt is with the girls because really, what are the girls going to do if they find out he is just a bum looking for some food? Britt is a poor man's Joe Chin. A really poor man.
Steve and Tango are in the storage area that used to be the bathroom where the kid blew up. Tango is getting sea sickness. He says he gets motion sickness. He thinks maybe that's why people feel uncomfortable there. I don't think Tango likes roller coasters.
Jason and Grant are going into the boiler room. Watch out for long fingernails scraping against the side of the boat. They are getting really high EMF readings that is creating a fearcage. Hey! That's the buzzword from last season you guys don't get bonus money for that one anymore.
Steve and Tango are headed down some stairs. Steve sees some bells. He wants his bonus money so he decides to ring them though that is highly inappropriate during a ghost hunt. It doesn't matter, on the 'sit down' show they showed a highlight reel of him being inappropriate and commended him for it. How can any loud noises on the boat be taken as serious evidence when Steve is doing crap like this? Tango has been in a hand bell choir his whole life. I think he has hand bell confused with doing other things with his hand. I think it is hilarious that the scary music is playing over Tango talking about how pretty it sounds when he rings his hand bell. There's some crap about pistol shrimp or something, but really, who cares? It's just Steve and Tango. They're not real ghost hunters.
Amy and Kris are in the ladies room.investigating not using it. Hey, Britt is in there. That is inappropriate mister! The bathroom door locks on its own. Britt proves that you could lock the door and then sneak out, so they throw it out.
Jason says they have debunked a lot of stuff but I still think he'll say it's haunted.
Case 2: Star of India, San Diego, California
The Investigation
I am surprised that Jason isn't grumpier than he is. Usually the further away from Rhode Island they are, the more pissy he is. The boat is small and the noise travels a lot so they are sending in one team at a time to avoid contamination. Hmmmwhere was the contamination speech a few minutes ago when Steve tried to play 'Carol of the Bells' on the ferry?
Scene that shall not be named.
Let's see, new investigation and we haven't been to commercial in a while. Lights are out. Jason, Grant and Britt are in the rear salon. They break out the K-2. And here we go. 5.43.21.Britt hears something. Damnit! They are taking too long for the dramatic head turn. It totally ruined my countdown. Now they are hearing footsteps. Ah, Jason gives the dramatic look up and we're out!
COMMERCIALS.
They are all hearing footsteps above them. Grant says there is no one there, but for all I know it could be Steve who saw all the boards and couldn't stop himself from trying to riverdance. Jason says they got audio of the footsteps. Jason breaks out the whole water as a conducer theory. That's good because they are in the middle of the ocean, you see. They are hearing crazy footsteps above them now. Grant chases the footsteps, but to no avail. This is so exciting, I just spent a minute trying to figure out what one of my presents under my Christmas tree was. When I was done, they were still doing pretty much the same thing. They smell some sort of odd chemical, and by the transitive location far way from Rhode Island rule, they are required to use the term 'wicked' to describe it. Jason was on his way to check out footsteps above them when he saw something in the thermal. That is quickly forgotten as they supposedly see a shadow walking on the tweendeck. I didn't see it, but I'm sure they'll have video or something. Now they see stuff by the back window.
More importantly, there is a new Sci-fi original movie coming out on Saturday, Cyclops.
They hear a loud bang which caused them to 'Dude, Run!' which I guess is okay this season as opposed to season one. Jason saw a shadow on the top deck so he bows out to Steve and Tango.
Steve and Tango are on the ship and all the tension is immediately gone as the 'wacky ghost hunter' music starts to play. Instead of gasp ghost hunting, Steve wants to talk about how he would decorate his unborn children's room. He gets tired of that so he needs to go to the other end of the boat and sit down. They're actually doing EVP work when they hear what Tango describes as a 'sea monster' swimming outside the boat. They found nothing. Imagine that.
Kris and Amy are on the boat. Amy saw something pass by a light so this is as good a time to take a commercial break as any.
I think they are in the same area of the boat that Jason and Grant saw all the shadows, but I'm not sure. Kris wants Jason and Grant to walk by the top of the boat to see if a shadow was coming into the hole from the top. They walk around on top, but no shadow is being projected below. Jason tells Kris to never question a shadow, that it always means a haunting and don't try to debunk it. Well, I read between the lines a little bit. Scared that she might try and debunk something else, Jason calls it a night. At this point, they have nothing but personal experiences. Maybe they got something on tape.
The Analysis
Amy gets stuck with Dave and Steve doing the reviewing. I best she was pissed when Kris signed on again. Now she has to do this stuff all the time. They see the 'person' through the thermal and Dave debunks it as a reflection. They did manage to get an EVP that says 'Get off my ship.' You think there is a reason that all of TAPS EVPs tell them to go away? It's never like 'Hey, what's up fellas?'
The Findings
Everyone is here except for Joe Chin wannabe. Steve says they got nothing on the Berkley. They play the EVP for Jason and Grant. On the thermal, some red blob like thing mysteriously shows up. Also, a gate moves on its own.
The Reveal
Next week is the season finale. They have new crazy music that I don't like playing while they are talking to Garfield man. Grant explains the fearcage to him. Jason tells Jim that doesn't mean they disproved everything that has happened on the ship. Reading between the lines I took it to mean that Jim could still have ghost tours and use their name to make money. TAPS is proud to help their customers make money. Woah! Jason actually says The Berkeley is not haunted. I had to stop my DVR and digital camera with optical viewfinder collect myself. Is the table too high, or do these guys just all have bad posture. They play footsteps with a limp for Jim who smiles real big because he is counting the money in his head. They play the EVP and the thermal image. I'm glad they mentioned that the camera was stationary because I was wondering why it wasn't moving. Jason actually says they can't call it supernatural because they just don't know what it is. They show the gate moving and even kind of prod the guy about whether or not it moves regularly because the ship moves. Of course, he says he doesn't think so.
Status: The Berkeley: Not Haunted; The Star of India: Haunted.
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Cartalk. Fistbump. Fin.
Overall: This wasn't a bad episode, but it wasn't a good episode either. It was a tweener. There didn't seem like there was that much action and it drug on. It may just be that I am finding that following TAPS is becoming a chore. Amy seems okay and as long as they don't start getting jumpy I think that she and camera professionnel Kris are going to be my favorite team, which really isn't saying a whole lot. I wonder if Pilgrim Films has re-edited this since the Halloween special. I've notice the last couple of episodes they have shown more of Steve and clock camera Tango ghost hunting than goofing off. There was about a four or five episode stretch where these two didn't ghost hunt a lick, and that includes the Halloween special. I will be glad to see Season Four come to an end next week because let's be honest, as a whole, it has been terrible. I watch a couple of episodes from Season One a few weeks ago and the only way you can even tell it's the same show is that JasonGrant are on it. This is much different than what they set out to do.
Until next week, stay classy, San Diego!
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