Ghosts, the popular CBS sitcom, has a recurring narrative element that fans and even the cast acknowledge needs clearer explanation: how the ghosts are bound to the Woodstone Mansion grounds. The show has always relied on viewers accepting supernatural logic without much scrutiny, but this particular point about spectral boundaries has become a sticking point that producers reportedly intend to address in the upcoming sixth season, according to comments made to Collider.

Since its first episode, Ghosts has established that its ensemble of spirits are tied to Woodstone Mansion because that is where each of them died, trapping figures from wildly different eras together in the same location. The rule has grown murkier as new characters have been introduced across four seasons, including Nigel, who died in a shed on the property, and Patience, who died underneath the mansion itself, raising questions about exactly how far the ghosts' boundary extends and how consistently the show applies its own rules.