“We’re a comedy. It’s not The Bear. So we are trying to tread lightly around it,” Ambudkar said about the penultimate episode in which Jay worries that Sam will cheat on him when Pete (Richie Moriarty) brings back another person who can see ghosts. While Ambudkar did not love filming that particular storyline, he explained that it leads quite perfectly into why Jay signed with a publicist in the first place.
“I think that that will lead into, if there’s an avenue, into this whole idea of why he signed with a publicist, why he’s trying to get the restaurant going, why he inadvertently sold his soul to the devil. You know what I mean? He’s got a lot of stuff to get through in the next two seasons. I don’t know if our boy Jay is gonna stay alive. We’ll have to see. I mean, Elias is coming for him. Sam now has a chance to protect Jay. So do the ghosts. He’s gone from somebody who joins the madcap scheme or gets caught up in other people’s craziness. He’s the one, now, who’s made the huge mistake with literal life and death consequences. So the whole house has to protect him.”
Nemiroff joked that Ghosts could do a take on Final Destination now that Jay is marked for death, which Ambudkar agreed with, saying, “Dude, I got 44 episodes to stay alive. That’s pretty much it. I have no idea what’s gonna happen to Jay. It’s gonna be wild.”
Ambudkar Hopes Jay Finds More Self-Worth Through His ‘Ghosts’ Season 5 Story
