Hetty

* Adult
* Young

**Henrietta Woodstone** or commonly called **Hetty** is the ghost of a high status robber baroness and the ancestor of Samantha Arondekar. She appears in the American sitcom *Ghosts*.

## Biography

### History

Not much is known about Hetty's personal history. As a young child she could see Thorfinn, who sung her to sleep every night, although she called him "Gordon" as she couldn't pronounce his actual name. This memory stayed with her as she grew older, but the memory of Thorfinn became hazier as Hetty outgrew her ability to see ghosts. However, her difficulty with falling asleep didn't go away.

Hetty's parents were emotionally neglectful and were in charge of a factory where they hired children as young as 7.

Hetty married her second-cousin Elias on June 3  underneath a tree on their property. The arrangement was made because her father wanted to close a land deal despite her dislike of him. It wasn't a happy marriage as he often had affairs and has been implied to have left Hetty unsatisfied. However, they did have at least one child together, which eventually led to the birth of Sophia, Sam's great aunt, generations later.

Hetty talks about letting tutors and servants raise her children and missed being part of their lives. She admits she was not the best mother. After her death she watched her kids become adults unable to help and guide them. She took the opportunity of Sam being able to see her as a chance to be heard in the episode The Family Business.

She was at Mamie Fish's cotillion and she wanted to know if she had the most comely ankles in the episode Attic Girl.

In the episode Possession she has mentioned that she met a Vanderbilt before. In the episode Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past, she also talks about meeting Mrs. Astor.

In life she talks about how she did everything for her husband and put her needs second. Hetty wanted to go to Paris and do many things she was never able to as she said Possession.

One time at a party party she overindulged in cоcɑіnе and trapped someone in the corner and went on and on about Gilbert and Sullivan as mentioned in The Tree.

She did a variety of drugs in her life including cocaine as said in Trevor's Pants.

* Hetty mentions using morphine in the episode Spies.
* While not a drug she used snake oil when she was alive in Jay's Friends.

### Death

The only thing known about Hetty's death is that she was wearing day clothes and she mentioned that she died in heels, making the nature of her death unknown. She was very shocked and concerned when Sam fell down the stairs so this may have been what killed Hetty, or some other undisclosed accident.

She has thought about Isaac romantically in Thorapy. Hetty says that they have been friends for about 130 years.Isaac comes out to her which she accepts telling him that they will always be friends.

Hetty possess Jay Arondekar in the episode Possession. She gives the wedding planner a different menu that Jay didn't have in mind. She uses the opportunity in a human body to eat whatever she wants (she enjoys cheetos) then attempts to leave for Paris. She bounces off the ghost barrier in the car leaving his body.

Trevor is Hetty's least favorite housemate. She excluded him from a dinner party (Dinner Party) and admitted to the other ghosts it's because of his lack of pants. Later they begin a friends with benefits situation in the episode The Christmas Spirit, which leads to them hiding their relationship from the other ghosts. Nigel Chessum discovers Hetty and Trevor engaging in "amorous congress" in Isaac's Book. He then attempts to blackmail the couple into giving him Trevor's room in Alberta's Descendant, which backfires and results in Hetty and Trevor admitting their relationship to the other ghosts, establishing themselves as a couple. After dating publicly for a short while, at the end of Woodstone's Hottest Couple Hetty and Trevor "break up" in front of the other ghosts. However, they continue their liaisons in private.

She always knew that her son, Thomas Woodstone, had killed Alberta and that he was in a relationship with Earl Boudreaux because she was following him around all night. She finally reveals this secret in The Heir because she couldn't allow Alberta to go on believing her sister Theresa killed her. She is found guilty by the ghost court and sentenced to banishment into the woods for one year before Alberta forgives her. However, she has to give Alberta her room (newly a private room now that Isaac and Nigel are planning on cohabitating in their own room) and will now have to share a room with Flower.

## Appearance

Hetty has auburn hair and pointed features. Her outfit consists of a dark teal flouncy skirt over the bustle, over skirt drapery, a high neck bodice with black detailing and no gloves. She is still shown wearing her wedding ring.

## Personality

Due to the era she lived in, Hetty's outdated and conservative views often conflict with Sam's modern-day, progressive views. She isn't impressed that Sam is a feminist as shown in various episodes. For example, she finds Sam and Jay's "dynamic is grotesque" when she see Sam work and Jay cook in Possession. She also doesn't like that Sam can drive. In the episode Viking Funeral she's against women going to college.

In life Molly calls her a cruel and vindictive boss, which Hetty takes as a compliment in Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past.

Hetty believes that women should have each others backs, but doesn't think that women should have the right to vote. She "won't get into the whos and whys but it has something to do with over taxing the female brain" as said in Viking Funeral. In the episode Ghostwriter she doesn't support women handling money or riding bicycles.

She talks about kids in school being a waste in The Perfect Assistant.

She does not forgive easily as shown in Weekend From Hell and didn't want to see her husband happy due to the abuse he put her through. Isaac says that she's not a fan of little kids.

Hetty says that she's not a people person or "goes with the flow" in Trevor's Pants.

## Quotes

* "Over my dead body! ... I know." (Trailer)
* I cannot believe Elias is back. Till death do us part it’s right in the vows.” (The Vault)
* "Careful, you cad. Those sconces are made of pure leaded crystal. They are worth more than Oklahoma." (Possession)

## Trivia

* She is noticeably absent in the episodes: Pete's Wife, Flower's Article, and D&D.
* She is the American version of Fanny.
* Hetty's ghost power is unknown even though as of The Vault the other ghosts of the house thinks she's able to send people to hell after witnessing one last confliction with her husband she recently reunited with. Rebecca Wisocky has revealed that she knows that isn't her character's power; however she'll continue to joke about it to keep the other ghosts in line.
	+ She also indicated that Hetty may not have a ghost power or hasn't discovered it yet.
* Hetty believed that Molly seduced her husband until her afterlife.
* She gets aroused sitting on top of the broken washing machine in the episode Alberta's Podcast.
* Hetty calls a union the "u word" in The Baby Bjorn.
* One of her favorite shows is "Bodices and Barons" as mentioned in The Baby Bjorn.
* In the episode Trevor's Body, she notes that she's a stickler for etiquette.
* She doesn't condone drinking events in the episode The Liquor License.
* Hetty and Isaac have an afternoon ponder together as mentioned in A Date To Remember.
* She and Nigel Chessum do not like each other which is mentioned in A Date To Remember.
* Hetty loves dinner parties and would gently mock the hostess when she leaves the room in the episode Dinner Party.
* She got the taxidermist who did President Garfield's beagle to do a raven for her in Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past.
* She enjoys watching lumberjack videos as of The Christmas Spirit.

## References

1. ↑ When Hetty is angrily talking with Elias, she tells him he is her "least favorite cousin," meaning that she (and he) have other cousins.
2. ↑ Weekend From Hell
3. ↑ Alberta's Fan
4. ↑ The Vault
5. ↑ The Tree
6. ↑ https://www.tvinsider.com/1029548/ghosts-season-1-episode-13-rebecca-wisocky-hetty-elias-hell-portal/