What makes some souls linger on Earth, long after their mortal lives have ended? According to Netflix’s Haunted Hotel , the new animated comedy from Rick and Morty and Krapopolis creator Matt Roller, it has to do with unfinished business — a lost item never found, a bucket-list item never checked off, an anxiety never quelled.

What makes some shows linger in the mind, long after the end credits have rolled? Here, too, Haunted Hotel furnishes an answer, albeit probably not the one it intends. Despite a solid cast and some decent jokes, the series rarely rises above the level of pleasantly unobjectionable, much less distinctly memorable. Like the spirits that crowd its frames, it’s so wispy that it might go right through you without leaving any impression at all.

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