The Worst Episodes of Ghostwriter
Every episode of Ghostwriter ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Ghostwriter!
Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost named Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Ghostwriter" is "Am I Blue? (2)", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Am I Blue? (2)" aired on 9/12/1993 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Am I Blue? (3)".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - Am I Blue? (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1993
Alex and Rob confront Calvin and Jeffery but they say nothing about Gaby's purchasing the costume there. Gaby hides the model in her room making it look normal so no one will find it but someone breaks into the room and messes it up.
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NaN/10 0 votes#2 - Am I Blue? (3)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1993
The police connect the cup in Gaby's room to the missing spaceship. The costume is found in the toy chest. Gaby confesses that she got the money from the cashier, but has no idea how the spaceship got in her toy chest. However, no one believes her except Alex. Just as Alex confesses to the police that Gaby didn't steal the spaceship, The producer of Galaxy Girl rushes over to tell the police that he got a note from Galaxy Girl's #1 fans, and the police suspect Gaby again because she is Galaxy Girl's #1 fan.
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#3 - Get the Message (2)
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1993
Jamal goes straight to the art gallery that Ghostwriter read on one of the shirts of the two men that ran in front of the camera. He learns that one of their paintings was stolen. The security guard chased the thief and it was the same place where the accident occurred. The team's feuding causes Ghostwriter to begin fading away.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carin Greenberg Baker
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#4 - Get the Message (3)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1993
Jamal and Rob realize that the only way to stop the feud is to try to get the team to remember how much Ghostwriter means to them. They all get letters from each other but later learn it was a practical joke and get angry. Jamal and Rob give the team the letter. They realize how mad they were and that they were thinking only of themselves. They realize that someone is trying to set them up. Rob figures out that it's probably Calvin who was eavesdropping on them.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carin Greenberg Baker
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#5 - Get the Message (4)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1993
With the team reunited and Ghostwriter back. the team puts a phony ad in the paper to catch the art thief.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carin Greenberg Baker
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#6 - Just in Time (4)
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1993
Catherine gets the message from Ghostwriter and goes to tell Frank but she finds Lucy instead. Catherine and Ghostwriter plead with Lucy to help and she agrees. The team meets up with adult Catherine and she tells them how she and Frank caught the real culprit.
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#7 - Lost in Brooklyn (1)
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/1993
An African exchange student arrives in Hurston and Tina befriends her. Safria explains to Tina that years ago her brother wanted to become an artist. Her father disapproved, they had a fight and Malenga accidentally hit him. Ever since that day Safria's father hasn't forgiven him and won't allow his name to be mentioned. Safria tells Tina that Malenga has been writing anonymous letters to her. She and Tina decide to go on a city search for Malenga.
Director: Susan Dansby
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Lost in Brooklyn (2)
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/1993
Safria and Tina go on a city search for Malenga. Meanwhile, Alex is tutoring a young student named Hector. Safria has a fight with her father and storms off.
Director: Susan Dansby
Writer: N/A
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#9 - Lost in Brooklyn (3)
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/1993
Malenga finds one of the paintings and realizes that Safria is in New York. Jamal runs into his best friend Rob. Rob arrives at Lenni's house but he has some terrible news. His mom just got a new job in Australia and he just returned to get ready to go. Malenga contacts the team. Malenga and Tina arrive at the hotel. Tina prays for Safria to be all right.
Director: Susan Dansby
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Lost in Brooklyn (4)
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/1993
Safria is accidentally locked in the hotel's storage closet. Luckily, Ghostwriter reads the stuff and informs the team where she is. Safria is rescued by Malenga. Hector agrees to join the team and take Rob's place and Rob says farewell to the team.
Director: Susan Dansby
Writer: N/A
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#11 - Don't Stop the Music (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 1/30/1994
As the team starts rehearsing for Lenni's video, strange things start happening. The lights go out, someone puts glue where their feet are going to be put and a wireboard short circuits. The team realizes that whoever is behind the sabotage must be working on the video. Leif isn't upset with the glue. Sonia wants to use the accidents for publicity. Ghostwriter reads a letter to David from Marlon Campbell, the same guy who tried to bribe Lenni to work for him. But, David says that he doesn't know Marlon. Casey Austin, Jamal's cousin, sneaks into the studio to spy on Jamal. Jamal and Gaby read an article that years ago Leif and Jade used to be lovers. Leif was in show business with a few hits but when he dropped Jade broke up with him and he hasn't forgiven her. They hear a noise and thinks it's Leif running away scared, so they decide to surround him but instead find Casey.
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#12 - Don't Stop the Music (4)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/13/1994
Lenni's music video is finished. Also, Jamal gets a letter informed that he has been accepted in the high school he wanted to get into. Sonia takes it to MTV but on the way there she is mugged and the tape is stolen. Lenni sends Ghostwriter to where the tape might be. Lenni realizes that David is the saboteur and he and Marlon are in cahoots. The team sends David a phony letter from Marlon telling him to meet at an empty parking lot. David is arrested and the tape is saved. At the party Lenni's music video is played.
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#13 - What's Up With Alex? (1)
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 4/10/1994
Jamal is happy when Casey goes back home. Tina finds her school ID in a trash can and realizes the last place she had it was in her jacket - in her locker. Jamal and Tina find out that her locker was broke into and her expensive sheepskin jacket has been stolen. Other thefts occur at Hurston. The team (and Ghostwriter) learn that Maria's camera was stolen, and Delilah's tape recorder as well. With Ghostwriter's help, they discover that a fence named Big Ralph is selling the stolen items and on their stakeout, they see Delilah buying her tape recorder back. Hector goes to look at the stuff but Ralph catches him. Meanwhile, Alex is chosen to be an alternate on the Dragon's basketball team but ends up taking Victor's place when Victor gets mad at the captain (Kevin) and quits. Alex hangs out with his teammates, Kevin and Spencer, and ends up coming home late and getting in trouble with his father.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carin Greenberg Baker
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#14 - What's Up With Alex? (2)
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 4/17/1994
Lenni finds out Spencer has something to do with how Delilah knew where to get her tape recorder. Tina and Hector go on a stakeout by taping Big Ralph. They find out that a kid is involved, but they don't know who it is. Big Ralph gets arrested in the meantime. Also, another student, Jason, had a gold bracelet stolen from his locker. A boy named Arnie is also acting suspicious about the fact he has Maria's camera. In the meantime, Alex is playing at a Dragons game. After their victory, Kevin wants to celebrate by smoking pot, which Alex doesn't want to do. Alex turns him down. Kevin doesn't show up for school the next day, so Alex is now behind on a project he's supposed to do with Kevin. Kevin offers Alex pot again, but accidently leaves a joint behind, which Gaby finds. Gaby writes Alex a heartfelt letter about why he shouldn't smoke marijuana, which he takes with him on his way to Kevin's house.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carin Greenberg Baker
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#15 - What's Up With Alex? (3)
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 4/24/1994
When Alex gets to Kevin's house, Kevin is having a party and offers Alex another joint. Alex turns him down and leaves. When Alex gets home, he is greeted by his parents, who found the joint, and they ground him. Jamal and Jeffrey talk to a drug counciler about their school project. Jamal discovers that Arnie's mother used to date Big Ralph, so Arnie knew he could get a deal on the stolen items. The team finds out that the kid in the video is wearing a Dragons' jacket, and suspect it's Spencer. Alex goes to a Dragons game, but Kevin doesn't show up. Alex quits the team when he realizes Kevin's drug use is causing him to slack off in school and on the court. After the game, he goes to Lenni's house instead of going home late, and the team encourages him to write an apology letter to his parents. Jamal and Jeffrey learn to work together on their project and invite Alex to work with them. Later, Alex finds Kevin carrying his TV down the street, and then getting attacked by a mys
Director: N/A
Writer: Carin Greenberg Baker
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#17 - A Crime of Two Cities (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1994
Jamal finds out that the code was written by someone named Wise Rita. He tells his friends in New York about the mystery, and they get involved as well.
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#18 - A Crime of Two Cities (4)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1994
The team tracks down where the author is reading a Sophie Madison book, and where the kidnapping is held. The kidnapper is Danny Winkler's brother.
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#19 - Four Days of the Cockatoo (1)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1994
Gaby finds a bird in a dumpster while looking for cans to recycle for her school. She makes a pact with her father to take care of the bird and keep it in her room.
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#20 - Four Days of the Cockatoo (2)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1994
Gaby finds a name tag on the bird and learns that its a palm cockatoo, and they nickname the bird Calypso. Casey still can't understand why she can't go home to her mother. Gaby decides to make some flyers for Calypso's real owner. Hawke finds one of them and makes a phony call pretending to be the bird's real owner. Just then Calvin arrives at Lenni's house and informs the team that palm cockatoos aren't permitted in the usa. The team realizes that Gaby is giving the bird to a smuggler,so they leave hoping to warn Gaby before it's too late.
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#21 - Four Days of the Cockatoo (3)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1994
Hector and Lenni are able to warn Alex and Gaby about the smugglers the retreat back to Lenni's apartment. Jamal and Tina learn that Palm Cockatoos are endangered species,so the team tries to contact the police but it doesn't work so they contact the fish and wild life service, an animal rights society. They tell Mr. Fernandez that they won't give the bird to anyone except the fish and wild life people. Hawke, disguised as a pregnant woman overhears them and has a new idea. Just then two agents from the wild life society arrive at the bodega but Gaby reads a message from Ghostwriter and realizes that they are imposters, but when she goes to save Calypso the van takes off with her inside.
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#22 - Four Days of the Cockatoo (4)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1994
Gaby is taken to the smugglers hide their she encounters two wanted criminals Adoment Poulet and Honey Hawke who have been smuggling endangered birds into the country and skinning them alive. Gaby leaves a message for the team but before she can finish she is captured and put in a giant bird cage. The team learns of Gaby's whereabouts and meet up with the real agents from the animal rights society. They discover where Gaby is and heads straight for the kidnappers lair. Poulet and Hawke are captured and Gaby gives the bird to the agents so they can help restore its species.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carin Greenberg Baker
6.8/10 8 votes#23 - Who's Who (1)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1993
Tina gets an after school job answering fan mail to famous actress Lana Barnes. She is having fun answering her mail but she finds out something else; someone is sending her obscene mail.
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Writer: N/A
6.8/10 8 votes#24 - Who's Who (2)
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1993
Tina gets worried when Lana doesn't show up at the tailor shop. She finds her locked in her garage. Lana believes that it's just an obsessed fan. Tina and the team go to Lana's house to find out who might be after her. They find out that she had four husbands. One of her husbands was the one who made her a star, but she divorced him. Another member of her family is her long lost daughter who's holding a grudge against her.
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Writer: N/A
7.0/10 46 votes#25 - Into the Comics (1)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1992
Lenni encourages the team to get involved in a comic book contest. The team thinks it's lame until she tells them the winner gets to star in a comic book with Cosmic Cook's drawing of Hood Man. Someone, however, wants them out of the way.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alexa Junge