About
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.
Cast
Marcella Lowery
as Grandma Cece Jenkins
William Hernandez
as Hector Carrero
Blaze Berdahl
as Lenni Frazier
Todd Alexander Cohen
as Rob Baker
Melissa Gonzalez
as Gaby Fernandez
Spike Lee
as Special Agent Pete
Sheldon Turnipseed
as Jamal Jenkins
Tram-Anh Tran
as Tina Nguyen
Mayteana Morales
as Gaby Fernandez
David López
as Alex Fernandez
Lateaka Vinson
as Casey Austin
Daisy Fuentes
as Galaxy Girl
Richard Cox
as Max Frazier
Samuel L. Jackson
as Reggie Jenkins
Episodes
Season 1
Ghost Story (1)
Jamal sees some strange masked creatures in the park and finds a THABTO button where the masked creatures were. Also, Jamal's sister, Danitra, goes to college and leaves him her computer. On the first day he gets a weird message asking ""Where are the children, are they OK?"". Lenni Frazier, a school mate of Jamal's, is also contacted by the strange ghost-like creature. Who is this mysterious being? Meanwhile, elementary student Gaby Fernandez gets her backpack stolen on her way to school.
Ghost Story (2)
Jamal and Lenni learn that the mysterious being is a spirit that wants to be friends. With no memory of where it came from, they nick name it Ghostwriter. Jamal goes to see Alex Fernandez, a friend of Lenni's, to help decipher a coded message he found in his locker and in the park. Now, Ghostwriter decides to write to Alex, too.
Ghost Story (3)
Alex learns about Ghostwriter. Jamal and Alex figure out that the THABTOS, are who have been stealing backpacks (including Gaby's) and learn that these are the same kids Jamal saw at the park. Gaby, Alex's sister encounters the mysterious being.
Ghost Story (4)
The team, consisting of Jamal, Lenni, Alex, & Gaby, discover that the backpack thieves are planning a final secret ceremony. They leave a fake message in one their lockers saying that the ceremony is cancelled. Alex goes undercover as one of them but there's one problem: Alex doesn't know which code name to go by.
Ghost Story (5)
The team, with the help of the robbed kids, set a trap for the backpack thieves at the video arcade. After the theives are caught, the four decide to become the ""Ghostwriter Team"" and vow to try and solve mysteries.
Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store? (1)
A mysterious man delivers a letter to Brinker. Whatever it says makes Brinker so mad he takes his anger out on Jamal and his friends. Jamal writes a letter to calm Brinker down and delivers it to him on the same night a fire is set.
Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store? (2)
Jamal finds himself in hot water when the fire is blamed on him. Lenni learns that Jamal was at the arson but didn't commit the crime.
Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store? (3)
The team learns that they have only a few days to clear Jamal before his arrest.
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