The prior two generations of consoles saw a pair of remarkably similar heroines emerging as fan favorites, with Clementine from Telltale’s The Walking Dead game series and Ellie from Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us titles. Each of these characters grew up in post-apocalyptic worlds, Clementine in the zombie-overrun setting of Image Comics’ The Walking Dead series, and Ellie in a world devastated by the fungal Cordyceps brain infection which turns humans into zombielike creatures. Both had surrogate father figures who taught them survival skills and shaped their outlook on the world. Those men were their respective series’ original playable characters, as well, since the first of Telltale’s The Walking Dead games centered on Lee, Clementine’s guardian, and the original The Last of Us on Joel, Ellie’s adoptive parent.
One of CBS' newest sitcoms, Ghosts , features a cast full of spectral characters that each hail from a distinct time period and come with their own unique backstory and death. Though each of the eight ghosts has a wildly different perspective based on their different experiences throughout history, they nonetheless form a sort of family, which is one of the show's greatest charms. After all, being stuck with the same people for all of eternity allows for plenty of time to get to know each other. Ghosts , which is an adaptation of a BBC show of the same name, stars Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver (who played Liv Moore on five seasons of iZombie ) as Jay and Sam, a young couple who inherit a mansion in upstate New York. To their surprise, however, the house also comes with several ghostly inhabitants, who Sam is able to see after a near-death experience. These are Thorfinn (Devan Long), Sasappis (Román Zaragoza), Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones), Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky...
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