Samantha Arondekar

**Samantha "Sam" Arondekar** is a freelance writer and the wife of up-and-coming chef Jay. She inherits Woodstone Estate after the passing of her great-aunt Sophie. After surviving a near-death accident at the estate, Sam gains the ability to see the ghosts. She appears in the American sitcom *Ghosts*.

## Biography

### Early life

Sam was born in Ohio and raised as an only child by her single mother, Sheryl. In the episode Trevor's Body, it is referenced that her parents are divorced, meaning her dad is (most likely) still alive. In high school she was part of the drama club and built the sets. She never acted because of "politics."

Also in high school, Sam was obsessed with the French culture. She struck up an online friendship with a French guy named Pierre La Croix and they became pen pals. On Sam’s prom night, the French guy messaged her promising to take her to prom and that he was coming from France to America. Sam got ready for prom, however when the limo came up to pick her up for prom, a group of mean girls (one girl named Kelly Blankenship) threw baguette’s at her, revealing the girls were the French guy. The next day of school, Sam found baguettes in her locker, causing further humiliation which was revealed in the episode Attic Girl.

Despite her mother's wishes for her to go into law, Sam attended Northwestern University after high school and maintained a 4.0 GPA while pursuing journalism. Sam later moved to Manhattan, New York City, where she met Jay, with whom she later married. Her mother died unexpectedly six years before Sam inherited Woodstone, leaving Sam guilt-ridden because they had a big fight at Thanksgiving, which was the last time she saw her alive.

While in journalism school became friendly with Isabel, who had recently gotten married.

In the episode The Christmas Spirit, it's noted that she loves Christmas and celebrates as early as June with a flavored coffee. She calls the season not just a holiday but a lifestyle. Sam takes the opportunity to try to set up Bela Arondekar with her friend Eric.

## Appearance

Sam has shoulder-length wavy golden-blonde hair and blue eyes. On a daily basis, she dresses quite femininely and wears makeup.

## Personality

Jay describes his wife as someone who is very impulsive. She is also very flirty towards her husband and quite hot-tempered depending on the situation. Sam also appears to be quite superstitious when she lit a clump of sage to, "ward off any evil spirits," in Woodstone Mansion.

After the accident, she begins to behave strangely due to her ability to see the ghosts. Her husband passes this off as a side-effect of her induced coma and convinces her to ignore the, "ghosts." This causes her to unintentionally offend an electrician whom she mistook for another ghost as seen in Hello!.

## Trivia

* She is the American version of Alison Cooper. However, unlike Alison, who did not know she had a distant relative, Sam knew about her great-aunt despite only having met her once as a child. She also has a different near-death experience than Alison, where she falls down the stairs after tripping over a vase Trevor managed to knock down (Alison's near-death experience had been being pushed out a window by Julian, Trevor's counterpart).
* She and Jay do date nights.
* In the episode "The Baby Bjorn," she admits to the ghosts that she blocks a lot of the stuff they do out.
* She's happy for her mother when she gets sucked off and glad that she got to say goodbye. She's also sad and feels like she doesn't have a mom again.
* Sam enjoys watching YouTube videos of dogs being reunited with their owners in Ghostwriter.
* She has a cousin Tina (who has been through a lot) and her old high school English teacher was Mrs. Neugebaur in Isaac's Book. Mrs. Neugebaur told Sam that she had a gift.
* One of her favorite shows is Friends as mentioned in Jay's Friends.
* She has a special perfume she wears that came from her late mother. She wears is sparingly as mentioned in Spies.
* She is a bad cook as noted in Weekend From Hell.
* Sam shows an interest in writing a movie in Whodunnit based on Alberta's murder.

## References

1. ↑ In the episode "Dinner Party" she says that she "wasn't even alive in the 80s."
2. ↑ Sam's Mom
3. ↑ Dumb Deaths
4. ↑ Sam's Mom
5. ↑ Sam's Mom