Wealthy, brilliant, successful Dr. Holt lacks compassion for his fellow citizen, unless they have the insurance or cash to pay for his services. That is until is ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in 10 years, shows up. Both doctors, they had entirely different views of life. She spent her time helping the neediest individuals while he moved on to be one of the top 10 surgeons.
She happens to run into him unexpectedly so he invites her over and they have a little chat. She leaves rather hastily while he answers a phone call, and he is left to ponder over their previous marriage and what it might be like to see her again. The next day he calls the clinic where she works only to find out that she passed away two weeks prior. It isn't long before he figures out that she is a ghost that he can't seem to get rid of. Not that he entirely wants that, either. Though he is quite perturbed by her random appearances in the most inconvenient of situations, deep down he does not want to let her go. When given the opportunity, he cuts the "extraction" short, lying to the shaman and saying that it was all over with.
Her reappearance in his life gets him thinking about what is truly important in life. She constantly is questioning his decisions and offering him different ways of looking at things in life. I sense some predictable, but great character development for his character. I don't know how long the series will last without the idea getting old quickly, but these first two episodes have been thoughtful and entertaining.
My absolute favourite character so far is Anna Paul, played by Jennifer Ehle. She has such a radiant smile, and is almost constantly smiling, except when her ex is about to make a bad decision. I love the way Ehle plays this role. She is just so lovely as a ghost, not preoccupied about unimportant things of the present since there is nothing she can do about them anyway. That is, she can only do one thing, and that is to request help from her ex-husband who has very different ideals than she does.
I look forward to seeing more episodes.
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