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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 19 - To the Light (2)
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    S1:E19

    Rob meets up with Double T's daughter. The team wants to help but Rob leaves them out of it. Ghostwriter says that they should help. They learn of an abandoned subway where Double T and his friend Hush used to sleep. Lisa decides to go there to look for her father but Rob doesn't think it's a good idea. He proves to be right when there's a cave-in and his Ghostwriter pen is gone.

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  2. Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 20 - To the Light (3)
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    S1:E20

    While trapped in the abandoned subway, Rob tries to spell out a message to Ghostwriter to tell the team where he is. Can Ghostwriter read the message?.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 22 - To the Light (5)
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    S1:E22

    The team learns of Rob's whereabouts and the tunnel he's trapped in. With the help of Jamal's dad, Double T sets out to rescue Lisa and Rob.

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  4. Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 27 - Over a Barrel (1)
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    S1:E27

    The team is having fun in the community garden, but when Gaby faints the team starts getting suspicious. Even more strange things start happening when the pet rabbits die. The team learns that each victim has been in the garden before they got sick. They go straight to the source where they find barrels filled with toxic waste.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 28 - Over a Barrel (2)
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    S1:E28

    The team is frustrated when the garden is closed. They make their own warnings signs and learn that the barrels where dumped illegally. Tina's brother gets into a fight with her family and the team gets a mysterious phone call.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 29 - Over a Barrel (3)
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    S1:E29

    Tina and Alex learn from Momo that someone substituted his boss's barrel's but he has no access to his files. They ask Ghostwriter for some help and learn who substituted the barrels. They go straight to Miller's place and learn that he also sponsors a children's program. They overhear him arguing over the phone about the barrels and planing to destroy some invoices that prove he is responsible for the toxic waste. They head town to Momo's place to get the invoices but someone has gotten to the invoices first. They realize that Miller is probably the thief but have no proof.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 30 - Over a Barrel (4)
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    S1:E30

    The team writes a petition for reporter Fannie Mae Banner who does reports on people caught doing something wrong. They decide to picket while Alex and Gaby video tape Miller destroying the evidence.

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  8. Ghostwriter Season 1 Episode 31 - Building Bridges (1)
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    S1:E31

    The team is excited about the upcoming star jam talent show because they are in charge of it. When their friend Cambell arrives with a sore eye, they realize that violence is in the neighborhood. Rob, a coaching assistant, makes friends with an ex-gang member. The gang feels safe that Hurston hasn't been the target of vandalism. Or has it?

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 2 - Am I Blue? (2)
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    S2:E2

    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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  10. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 3 - Am I Blue? (3)
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    S2:E3

    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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  11. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 4 - Am I Blue? (4)
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    S2:E4

    Gaby writes an apology letter to her parents while the team learns of the real culprits identities. Gaby is cleared from the suspect list and to show their forgiveness, her parents and the producer of Galaxy Girl surprise Gaby with a visit from the actress who plays Galaxy Girl.

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  12. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 6 - Get the Message (2)
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    S2:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Carin Greenberg Baker

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  13. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 7 - Get the Message (3)
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    S2:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Carin Greenberg Baker

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  14. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 8 - Get the Message (4)
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    S2:E8

    With the team reunited and Ghostwriter back. the team puts a phony ad in the paper to catch the art thief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carin Greenberg Baker

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  15. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 12 - Just in Time (4)
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    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 14 - Lost in Brooklyn (2)
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    S2:E14

    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
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  17. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 15 - Lost in Brooklyn (3)
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    S2:E15

    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:Unknown

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  18. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 18 - Who is Max Mouse? (2)
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    S2:E18

    Max Mouse continues to wreak havoc in Hurston. Jamal Lenni, and a lot of other kids grades get changed, false alarms go off and a child is nearly killed in a fire because the fire department is responding to a false alarm. Ms. Kelly has had enough. The kids have never seen her so upset. Then there's a new message on the computer but this one looks serious. The team's three suspects are Calvin, Erica and Janice.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 19 - Who is Max Mouse? (3)
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    S2:E19

    Jamal suspects that Janice lied about having her own computer. The team challenges Max Mouse to some online games and creates their own screen name and get the phone numbers of their suspects. Then they learn Calvin had another screename: Red Parrot, so they take him off the list. Hector gets some tutoring from Alex on how to face up to a bully. Just then Lenni and Jamal's names and phone numbers appear on the police suspect list.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 22 - Don't Stop the Music (2)
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    S2:E22

    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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  21. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 24 - Don't Stop the Music (4)
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    S2:E24

    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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  22. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 25 - What's Up With Alex? (1)
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    S2:E25

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Carin Greenberg Baker

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  23. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 26 - What's Up With Alex? (2)
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    S2:E26

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Carin Greenberg Baker

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  24. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 27 - What's Up With Alex? (3)
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    S2:E27

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Carin Greenberg Baker

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  25. Ghostwriter Season 2 Episode 28 - What's Up With Alex? (4)
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    S2:E28

    The ""mysterious stranger"" turns out to be a drug dealer that Kevin had to pay back. Alex talks to Mr. Oliver about Kevin's drug problem. Meanwhile, the team tricks Spencer into telling them that the Dragons player in the video was Kevin. Jamal, Alex, & Jeffrey finish their school project. Then, Ghostwriter gives clues that Kevin has been selling the stolen items to pay back his drug dealer and is planning on selling his grandfather's prized trophy. Alex goes to the basketball court to try and help him. Later, Alex's father entertains the thought of Alex getting his own room.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carin Greenberg Baker

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Worst Episodes Summary

"To the Light (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Ghostwriter". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/31/1993. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "To the Light (3)".