At first I was totally prepared to cringe when “Sebastian” again graced us with his presence this week, but the whole thing is played in such a ridiculous and hilarious way that I’m loving it. He’s also such a busybody.
In case you’ve forgotten, Jason, or “Sebastian” as he now calls himself, was the orderly who stalked Finn and kidnapped Esther a year ago.
Now he’s shown up again at the hospital, having applied to become the new admin assistant while Leanne is gone.
Needless to say Jack and Damo were pretty confused when “Sebastian” said he’d changed his name and that “Jason was a total screw up, I had to get rid of him”.
Damo’s reaction was pretty funny.
Sebastian: “I was gonna apologise to each and every one personally. I mean, they’ll see that I’m genuine.”
Damo: “Yeah, try that on Dr. Finnbar Warner, aka loose cannon.”
Jack: “Or Esther. You carjacked her and left her for dead!”
Sebastian: “Don’t worry, that was Jason.”
He later told Te Rongopai and Esther some bizarre story about having been left alone at home when he was five.
“I had to live off, like, baked beans and oranges for like two days! Recovered memories, so I didn’t even know this!”
Of course, Esther quickly forgave him and Te Rongopai gave him the job, most likely at least partially because his presence irritated Finn.
He also made two rather hilarious references.
Te Rongopai: “I’ll call you tomorrow with my final decision.”
Sebastian: “Don’t give me hope, Joanna.”
The other one really killed me.
“He could hear you talking about drug abuse!”
“Oh, right”
“So zip it sweetie.”
I’m dead. I bet Paula Bennett is rather embarrassed about this now that Jacinda Ardern is the Prime Minister. Maybe that’s why she’s always so snitty in Parliament?
Thank goodness Sebastian is here. We really need a new busybody while Leanne is in Indonesia.
