Jay Arondekar

**Jay Arondekar** is an up-and-coming chef and the husband of freelance writer Sam. He appears in the American sitcom *Ghosts*.

## Biography

Jay used to live in Manhattan, New York before moving upstate. Sam calls it a shoe box but he likes how small the apartment was. He decides to max out all of their credit cards and took out loans to turn Woodstone Mansion into a bed and breakfast after Sam is put into a coma as said in Pilot.

In the episode The Baby Bjorn, Jay was the first to figure out how Bjorn and Thorfinn could talk to each other from the windows. He realized that he could see the Farnsby's house when the tree was taken down.

After finally believing his wife on the existence of ghosts, he becomes agitated when they grass him up to Sam in "Dinner Party."

In D&D after learning Pete played D&D in his lifetime. He was happy to have him and the other ghosts play with him with Sam as the translator since he feels left out since his city friends are moving on without him and, while Sam automatically gained the ghosts as her new build in friends, he hasn't made new friends in Hudson Valley.

He isn't happy when he sees what Trevor looks like and then realizes that he hits on Sam in Jay's Sister. Bela also reveals that he had the same password since high school. She also made him wear a dress when he was five. His sister visits and refers to him as "LL Uncool J."

He walks through Flower in the episode Weekend From Hell and creates a new recipe, that turns out to be a big hit. Flower also says that he wrote a rock opera and finished an adult coloring book. Attempting to remember the recipe, he tries to walk through Flower several times only for her to run away after he gains an addiction.

In various episodes he's shown an interest in superhero movies, sports, cartoons, and pop culture. This includes:

* In the episode Dinner Party its mentioned that he collects action figures.
* In the episode Alberta's Podcast, Thorfinn mentions that he plays Mario in his free time.

Jay is also a fan of sports and some physical activities. He'll take guests fishing like in Trevor's Body. He's shown playing basketball in Jay's Friends along with pickle ball and golf in Farnsby & B. He is a New York Knicks fan.

He thinks that an Olive Garden and Cheesecake Factory worker flirts with Jay prior to the events of The Vault.

## Appearance

Jay dresses very casual as a day-to-day wear. Isaac even complimented him, claiming that Jay would look good as a militia man. On formal occasions, he would dress formally.

## Personality

Unlike his wife, Jay appears to be quite reserved and hesitant. He was especially panic-stricken when Sam wounded up in a coma after tumbling down the stairs at Woodstone Estate, and stayed by her side until she regained her consciousness. While she was unconscious, he reflected on his selfishness (he initially did not want to move to Woodstone Estate and turn it into a B&B) and decided to fulfill her dreams by spending all their savings to hire construction workers to start renovations on Woodstone Estate.

After spending some time with the ghosts, he has learned to be creative with them. This is best seen in "Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past", where he unintentionally gives Trevor the idea to write a message on the mirror, leading to him to discover that Sam was trapped in the safe.

## Quotes

* "I love it when the mythology gets expanded." — The Vault

## Trivia

* He is the American version of Mike Cooper.
* He has only ever communicated with the ghosts without Sam on two occasions.
	+ The first was when Trevor wrote on the bathroom mirror after Jay's shower, though Jay found it too disturbing.
	+ The second was when Thorfinn possessed Sam and told Jay it was him.
* The only ghosts he has seen are Alberta and Trevor:
	+ Trevor made a dating profile.
	+ Alberta has an overbearing fan with a portrait tattoo of her on his back.
* He is now paranoid of being electrocuted, as he was briefly possessed by Hetty the last time.
* From Sam, he has learned how ghosts move on to the Afterlife and has started writing down ghost lore in his phone, calling it "Ghost Notes" in The Perfect Assistant.
* By the episode Sam's Mom, he admits that he likes hearing about the ghosts.
* He is close to his family and calls his mom when he finishes the crossword. Jay also says that she praises him a lot. She has a special ring tone for when he calls her in Sam's Mom.
* He assumes that the ghosts are everywhere and starts showering in his bathing suit sometime prior to Ghostwriter. Alberta says that it has little ducks on it.
* He has a secret stash of chocolate in his sock drawer as mentioned in Alberta's Descendant. Jay also says before he started seeing Sam he says that he "crushed it" on dating apps.
* He calls himself a sneaker head and a romantic in Woodstone's Hottest Couple. The shoes hiding in the attic are both his and Marks.
* Jay has a friend that is part of the CAA (Creative Artists Agency) as mentioned in Whodunnit.
* He is the only living inherited some attitude after he possessed & walk through a ghost ( Hetty & Sasapis )
* Also He is only living to independently interact without Sam thru their ghosts ability but also interact with them on daily basis Unlike his contrary counter part in British Version Mike Cooper Definitely Ignore Them When He Alone And Afraid To Them Definitely When A Bulgar Crashed To Their House But Some Time He acknowledge the ghosts when allison is with him

## References

1. ↑ "Look, not all moms can be Champa Arondekar, okay?" — ("Sam's Mom")