'Ghosts' CBS Star Utkarsh Ambudkar Talks "Possession" Episode
As the freshmen hit sitcom Ghosts airs its fall finale on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on CBS with a laugh-out-loud episode that finds Jay getting possessed by Victorian house ghost Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky), multitalented actor and performer Utkarsh Ambudkar teases to PopCulture.com host Tania Hussain that the remainder of Season 1 will include a "deep dive" on all our favorite house ghosts.
"People are going to be saying words to each other and they're going to be having feelings about those words and they're going to say words and you're going to be like, 'Whoa.' And then you're going to be like, 'Ha ha ha' and then sometimes you might be like, 'Awww,'" he said, gesturing to an imaginary teardrop falling down his face. "But we have some great guest stars. We have Rachel Harris from Lucifer coming in to play Samantha's mother."
In the episode, "Sam's Mom" airing on Jan. 6, 2022, Ambudkar reveals the couple has to travel outside of the house for the first time this season and visit a restaurant where her mother has passed away. In an attempt to see if her mother's ghost is still there, Ambudkar says it will be an emotional episode. "Sam has some stuff that she needs to clear up and so we go offsite and we go on this adventure," he said. "The two of them have such great chemistry. They're so good together."
Additionally, Utkarsh reveals he was extremely pumped for the opportunity to channel his co-star, Rebecca Wisocky in Season 1, Episode 10 (Possession). "I was really excited to have the chance to just do something wacky, a little bit weird. I mean, it's got to be grounded when you're impersonating someone. It has to have some truth in," Ambudkar said. "But like Rebecca — Rebecca's created such a dynamic, distinct, very clear character with Hetty. She's got a very certain voice. She's got a very certain poise. Her eyes are just so. And Rebecca, craft-wise, did a lot of the work already. Right? Most of the heavy lifting, she did. All great impersonations you have to have really strong source material. And kudos to Rebecca for creating that for me."
