Possession

**Possession** is the tenth episode of Season 1 in the American sitcom *Ghosts* and the 10th episode overall. It premiered on December 9, 2021.

## Plot

While trying to repair a sconce, Jay is electrocuted and jolted backwards into Hetty, who possesses him and takes on-and-off control of his body. Sam struggles to keep this a secret from a wedding planner who is difficult to impress and visits the mansion to sample Jay's cooking. Refusing to be exorcised, Hetty attempts to escape the mansion in Jay's car, only to be separated from him because she cannot leave the mansion's grounds.

## Quotes

**Hetty**: Careful, you cad. Those sconces are made of pure leaded crystal. They are worth more than Oklahoma.

**Jay**: Okay, yep. Easy-peasy... *[gets electrocuted and falls into Hetty]*

**Samantha**: Jay! Oh, my gosh. Are you okay?

**Flower**: What's going on?

**Samantha**: I think Jay electrocuted himself.

**Isaac**: Oh, he's fine. Ben Franklin used to do the same thing all the time for attention. More like Needy Richard's Almanack, am I right?

## Cast

### Main cast

* Rose McIver as Samantha Arondekar
* Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay Arondekar
* Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac
* Danielle Pinnock as Alberta
* Richie Moriarty as Pete
* Asher Grodman as Trevor
* Sheila Carrasco as Flower
* Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty
* Román Zaragoza as Sasappis

## Historical notes

* Isaac does mention that Ben Franklin got electrocuted, however, he thinks that he did it on purpose.
* Isaac makes a play on Ben Franklin's book, "Poor Richard's Almanac," by calling it "Needy Richard's Almanac."

## Trivia

* This is the first episode where a character gets electrocuted. The second would be in "The Christmas Spirit".
* While this is a comedy, real-life exorcisms are rituals that the Christian faith, particularly Catholicism, take very seriously, and priests cannot perform them on their own without previous investigation and authorization. Therefore, although played for laughs, the bit about priests hanging up or making Sam wait when she asks for one would be actually a realistic procedure.
	+ Although since the Ghosts all come from different time periods and it isn't mentioned what religion Sam is, it's entirely possible they didn't know how to go about asking for an exorcism.
* In 1883 Woodstone Mansion got wired electricity which resulted in Isaac briefly possessed one of Hetty's workers. It can be assumed Isaac didn't leave the ghost boundary as Hetty clearly remembers the exorcism performed on the worker which expelled Isaac from the man.
* According to Utkarsh Ambudkar, ghostly possessions in this adaption are particular series of events that are almost impossible to replicate, although he got the math wrong (138 years) when mentioning the span between Isaac and Hetty's respective possessions.
* It is clear that Hetty does not know what a car is, having previously called them "horseless carriages"; and when getting into the car in Jay's body, she wonders how to start it. Yet, she somehow knows how to drive at high speed and getting the car around the fountain and out the house without incident.
	+ It's possible she accessed Jay's muscle memory of how to operate an car.
* This episode foreshadows the episode The Vault, which shows the wedding process when they get hired.
* This is the first time we learn Jay and Sam's surname.
* Pop culture and real life references include: Property Brothers, We Are Family (song), Lehman Brothers (financial services), McEnroe-Connors (tennis players that Pete watched)
* The electrician has canceled on them three times.
* Pete mentions that he would love a death manual which coincidentally Jay is keeping ghost notes on his phone as mentioned in The Perfect Assistant.
* This is the first time a possession is shown in either versions of the show.

## References

1. ↑ Since its assumed that this episode took place in universe in 2021, then the math checks out.
2. ↑ https://www.tvinsider.com/1023473/ghosts-season-1-episode-10-possession-jay-hetty/