Hey guys, it’s a little late to talk about this fall’s line up of TV shows, but better late then never I suppose. From 0:00-12:45 We talk about future shows. The following times we talk about each show:
12:45-13:43 | MONK
13:43-15:14 | PSYCH
15:15-20:03 | GLEE
20:03-25:55 | SUPERNATURAL
26:00-27:40 | LOST
27:40-28:35 | 24
28:35-29:20 |CHUCK
29:20-END |Thoughts on Spoilers as well as GB Projects
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So the year has only begun, and what better way to start it, but with brand new episodes of television shows. Ghost Whisperer was on tonight, as well as other shows such as Monk and Psyche, and much more. I’m just going to take a moment and talk about Ghost Whisperer.
It started off with a recap, yes the same recap we have been seeing week after week. Oh no, Jim’s dead, hops into another man’s body, oooh romance…lalala. Anyways, if killing Jim off wasn’t a big enough jump, keeping him alive as somebody else, was about the dumbest thing they could do. Okay, sorry about the rambling. ON WITH THE REVIEW -
So this episode really started off focused on Delia and her son, Ned, who somewhere last season grew ten years older in a split second… Anyways, she and her son were cleaning out a house, making it look all spick and spam for potential buyers. Now because Delia is working hard, she has to leave, to pick up Melinda and show her the cool place. While she is gone, she ordered Ned to mow the lawn (Which looked perfectly fine, by the way.)
So Delia leaves, and Ned goes to the shed out back to get the lawn mower, and creepyness ensues. There is a very upset ghost boy glaring at him. As we’ve seen from previous episodes, Hell Hath No Fury like a Spirt Scorned. We know something bad will happen.
The very next scene, we cut to 911 emergency, where a caller called in about a boy that just got badly injured by a lawn mower. Oh no, NED! Is what viewers are expected to think, I personally was laughing. Alas, the call wasn’t made for Ned, or by Ned. Apparently it was a ghost call, cause when Melinda and Delia showed up, the cops explained the situation, and the girls immediatley ran past the cops, funny how no one even attempted to stop them. In the backyard, Ned was fine, and Melinda saw the injured ghost.
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Back at home, Melinda googled the house, and found the boy who died. Delia, being the evil unneccesary character on the show, ordered Melinda to shoe the ghost off the premesis. Actually, you want to talk an unneccesary role, lets talk Eli…no no lets not *shudders*. So once again the show got pulled into the soap opera that is Melinda’s life. Jim/Sam is still trying to find out who he was engaged to, and Melinda’s all “HE’S MINE”, though in all reality, girl, he’s dead. You are the one that needs to move on.
After a few minutes of the annoying yap yap yap yap of Jim and Melinda, we’re back to business. So 911 got yet another telephone call from the same guy, saying the same thing as the day before…kind of like a recording, but I guess that’s impossible. It’s time for Melinda to investigate…*sighs* I can already see the crying in the end scene. The ghost led her to his shed, and she attempted to explain to him that he’s dead and should leave but that was a no go. He told her that his family “are running away, but they can’t escape.”
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Melinda went to the previous owners of the home, saying she was working with Delia, but in all reality, she wanted the woman to spill. She handed her an urn-shaped thing, and the woman thwarted her attention away from Melinda, and tossed her out (after some tears). She did happen to blaim Doug, her husband for the death of the boy.
On to a random scene with Ned helping Jim out on finding his password out at the library, with a little hacking skills. In his email, he found out the girl he bought the ring for was a girl named “Nicole.”
At the house, Melinda met with Doug, and he didn’t seem that bad of a guy. He liked the house, he missed his family. He told how his son was killed, he drove the lawn mower with his son for fun, and like a scene from an action film, the mower flew in the air, did some twirls, and the boy DIED…well not quite, but kind of… In the house, they got a ton of the ghostly 911 calls. After that, the paramedics had to come, because some more strange things happened. For instance, apparently a ghost can write “HELP ME” in the grass with his mind… My money are on the aliens…like the crop circles you know?
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After commercial break, we have ELI, freaking A….I can’t help but hate his character. We already have a character that can speak to the dead, why have another that can only hear them? Of course, his shrink skills got him to say, “Maybe he’s asking for something.” But seriously, if this was a previous season, she would have figured that out herself.
At the police station, the cop/paramedic, whatever he was, was playing the 911 calls for Melinda, as if she hadn’t heard them before. Though he did play a different tape that only shouted NO NO NO, which intrigued Melinda. Meanwhile, Delia was at the house on a dark stormy night.
I actually enjoyed this part, and I’ll tell you why. For me, it seems like this was the only truly creepy part of this entire season so far. She walks in, pretty scared, which in turn, got me wondering, okay okay, this might be good. Then she saw somebody come up in the shadows, and now it is creepy, because she CAN’T see ghosts. Then it tackled her down. A few minutes later, we find it is the dead boy’s brother.
Then Jim is getting some advice from Eli..who cares.
So what do we learn? From that first phone call to 911, we hear the dad running towards the phone shouting NO, which means he wasn’t the one who called…it was his first son. Which meant…he was covering for Kevin…Kevin was riding on the lawn mower with his brother. This led him to the top of his house, where he jumped, attempting suicide. Jim was there to help, and yes he used his doctor skills! I have to admit, that gave me some yay butterflies…but than I remembered how his whole storyline jumped the shark.
Time to go crazy, Melinda, and tell the family you see dead people. Of course they believe her, and cry, and the boy walks into the light, the end. PEACE OUT
Tonight’s episode was actually above average when it comes to Ghost Whisperer. Mainly, I am talking about the creepy factor. I always love when the show gets darker, and scarier, instead of the 7th Heaven-like episodes it usually has. Though thanks to major spoilers, I knew before the season began what would happen in the final seconds of tonights episode, which was a huge let down. Not only because it was a huge spoiler, but for what happened as well.
I’ll give you a short recap of what happened, because even though the episode itself was enjoyable, I’m still stuck on the real reason of the episode, which was the ending. Basically, Melinda and Jim are helping a couple set up a wedding. When they go back to her childhood home, a young spirit presented itself to the couple’s daughter, acting like an “imaginary friend”. Well Melinda knew right away that it was a ghost, and things began getting creepy.
The spirit played a game with the mother, leading her to object around the house, which eventually spelled a word. First were a ton of red ants, creepy, then an icepick, then leeches all over her face. Again, creepy, then the final one was a rope, which eventually spelled liar. Basically, the child ghost found out the man she was marrying was a liar, and was blackmailing people. So she stopped the wedding, blah blah. This upset the groom, ending up with a gun pointed at Jim. Well, they had a nice brawl, and a detective showed up on spot, and ended up shooting Jim.
Not to worry, though because it just shot right through his arm, and just grazed his ribs. He should be fine, so Melinda went to check up on him, and guess what, hours later, Jim showed up to Melinda as a ghost, he died! Of course, spoilers revealed this all over the web on comments and other things where they shouldn’t have been, which ticked me off. One because I was spoiled, and two because they killed off the second main character of the show, this is worse then killing off Melinda’s best friend in the second season finale. At this point, I’m thinking the show may have just jumped the shark.
What do you get when you get on an ocean cruiser? Apparently something dark and mysterious…..and dead!
Basically, Jim and Melinda went on a romantic getaway cruise to continue trying to get that baby in order. Well things continued to distract the two, and since dead people follow Melinda around everywhere she goes, they were there. Not just one either, somewhere around twenty. Though only one was important. The one that was murdered, or was mistakingly murdered you can say.
Well, Melinda and Jim met a newlywed couple on their honeymoon. Apparently, the groom falls asleep whenever they get romantic. Being a man, there needs to be blame! So he blamed the heat, apparently it was too hot to get intimate. Jim cracked a joke that it wasn’t hot enough. Well true enough it wasn’t the temperatures heat, it was the Ghost’s fault. She was giving him “Ghost Sickness” (see Supernatural.) She would cower over him, and make him sick, then kiss him. Kind of weird.
Well the Ghost was trying to kill him because in her head, she thought he was her fiance. Trying to kill him so that they can be together forever. Then she found out it wasn’t her fiance after she tossed him overboard. You see it was the room they were staying in, that was the room her fiance was staying in when she was alive. So Melinda and Jim stayed the night in the same room, bringing forth the spirit.
Basically, when she was alive, she and this guy were engaged. She snuck onto the cruiser to see him, but found him kissing another woman. He told the gang that it was his fiance his parents pressured him to marry, and the kiss was just a goodbye kiss. She didn’t know that, and ended up locking her in a neverending pit of nothingness. I think they borrowed this shot from the Star Wars movies. Anyways, it got too hot, and she fell down the hole, dying. It was an accident.
Now, at the end we learn that Melinda may be pregnant, because she got some night sickness. Is it just me, or did anyone else get the impression that Jim and Melinda never even had time to try for a baby? Too much ghost helping. I don’t know. I’ll just go for it, peace out!
Melinda boldly went where no man or woman has ever gone before…..in a video game. Tonight’s episode is obviously referring to the popular internet game “Second Life,” to which I mysef have gotten addicted to back in the day. I liked this episode overall, but the fact that all she had to do was touch a computer monitor to get into the game was a little much for me. I understand you really get into a game when you play it, but comeon!
Apparently, a man died while he was playing the video game, so his spirit was stuck inside the game. It turned out to be the father of a soon-to-be predator victim, and he was in the game trying to protect her. So in order to find out more information, Melinda zapped herself into the game, (impossible.) It had a lot of computer graphics which were actually done very well. Melinda even had a super-hero like fight.
Well to make a long story short, Melinda and Eli found the father who died while playing the game, and together they worked on trying to find the predator. They were almost too late, but like any TV show or movie, the good guys won, and the bad guy got what was coming to him, with a little help from Ghost Dad of course, screwing up the electronics in the car.
The last time we left Melinda Gordon, she was out hanging with her friends and family when Proffesor Rick Payne noticed there were only five shadows on the ground when there were, in fact, six people in their group. This led me to believe that Payne was dead for a number of reasons.
[Personal note: Leaving the show for Gary Unmarried would be a very unwise choice. He is amazing in Ghost Whisperer, while in Gary Unmarried, he is just...average, nothing special.] In tonights episode, we learned the Professor Payne isn’t dead….well, at least not yet.
We kicked off this episode showing us that Melinda and Jim have been trying to get a baby. Jim then got a call that there was a fire at the building that Payne works at. The couple rushed to the scene, and found out that Payne was perfectly fine. They explained the 5 shadow thing as a “bad-omen,” and Melinda has been worrying about him since.
Also at the scene, we are introduced to the new character some of you may have heard about, Eli James, played by Jamie Kennedy. He almost died, but Jim was able to revive him. His near-death experince gave him the ability to hear and talk to the dead, but he can’t see them. At the hospital, Melinda noticed a ghost that was also at the burning building. We don’t know too much about this ghost until the end, so I’ll get to that later.
Melinda visited Payne at his office. Here we learn that Payne is leaving the show, just not via death. He is leaving for the himilayas. Which still sucks for him, because his character on Gary Unmarried doesn’t even match the potential Payne has in this show. ’Tis a shame.
Meanwhile, Eli is having trouble coping with his new ability. Ghosts are everywhere, surrounding him in a local bar. To an average person, it would look like he’s….hearing voices, which he is…anyways, Melinda came by to help him out, and told the ghosts to leave and come back later. She did that with the bartendar giving her strange faces…oh the joys of making our heroes look insane.
So, after that little bit, Melinda and Eli hung out a little while longer. That’s when the ghost known as Fiona showed up and told Eli that she didn’t blame him. Melinda wondered what Fiona was talking about, but it didn’t take long, because an agent of the FBI showed up soon after, and took Eli in for questioning. It appears that he is a suspect in what happened to the building. Since they had no real evidence against him, they let him go.
Later, Eli told Melinda that he thought Fiona was the one that started the fire. She came to him and he was helping her with some boy problems, and she fell in love with him. When he didn’t return her love, she set his office on fire. He also told Melinda that Fiona burnt down her foster parents house once when she was very young.
Being all investigative, Melinda had to hear both sides, and went to Fiona’s friends to question them. They blamed Eli for what happened. They said he broke protocol when treating her. Helped her on off-hours, went to restaraunts together. They said he was the one that wanted the relationship, not her. Uh oh..conflicting storylines…
That night, Fiona showed up to Eli again, and told him to stop Melinda from poking around, or she would force her to. Than with her angry ghost powers, she lit Eli’s trash on fire.
Melinda and Eli than met with a woman who dealt with the burnt foster house. She told the two that she didn’t think Fiona did it, there were two older foster kids in that house, and she believed Fiona took the bait so the older kids didn’t get put into Juvey. To get more information on that case, Melinda went to the archive room to get more information. Fiona showed up again, trying to stop her, she apparently started a fire in the room. We learned later through some more research done by Eli and Payne that the true arson in both cases was not Fiona, but her roomate and close friend, Christian, and she had taken the blame for him both times.
In the archive room, the fire was growing strong, and Melinda and Christian were both inside, and losing breath. Fiona had no ida that Christian was inside the room, but Melinda told Fiona to get help, go to Eli. She did, and this was a very serous scene, Fiona asking Eli for help…all the while Payne was reaching around Eli waving his hands around trying to touch the ghost…man I love his character.
At the archive room, the mysterious ghost from the beginning showed up again, and helped Melinda and Christian out, by moving some shelves out of the way, making room for the cave from previous seasons. Melinda took Christian into that cave to give themselves oxygen. Soon later Jim and the gang showed up to save their lives. But if it weren’t for that ghost, they would have been dead. The ghost said she was just paying her back the favor. Melinda asked what favor, to which the ghost replied that it was insignificant.
At the end, Eli confessed that he did in fact love Fiona, and that gave her the relief she needed to move on, and go into the light. Then at the very end, Payne showed up to give his final hug, and goodbye to Melinda. So stupid, he is one of my all time favorite characters on the show. He said he’ll be back again, I sure hope he didn’t lie. We’ll see though. Catch you guys next week. Peace out.
Over the past few days, I finished the entire third season of Ghost Whisperer. First off, let me say that I was not disappointed like I thought I might be. I’ve heard some things about the third season that weren’t so great, but honestly, I think they were wrong. I actually really enjoyed this last season and can’t wait for it to return in October.
This season revolved around the idea that Melinda came to Grandview for a reason. The reason being that all ghosts are somehow lead to Grandview. Always have been and apparently always will be.
Also, it revolved around the buried city under Grandview. The buried city is one of the most interesting parts of the story. Last season, we saw a man in a hat take souls hostage, and take them underground somewhere. This underground city is where he took them.
Every season finale, as far as I can tell, someone dies, usually a main character. First season it was Andrea, Melinda’s best friend. Second season Melinda actually died for a second, which is where the season really should have ended. Third season they trick you. Melinda’s mom, Melinda, Professor Payne, Delia, Ned, and Jim are all going to a movie, and Payne notices there are only five shadows on the ground while there are six people in the group. This has to mean someone is dead. My first reaction is Payne, but I really hope not, because right now, Payne is my favorite character, he brings balance to the show.
My only problem in the show is the plot holes. I don’t know if I missed them, but whatever happened to not only the man in the hat, but the laughing ghost, the man with the blood dripping from his fingers, and the strange evil man underground? Will they all come back for the series finale to try to stop Melinda? Only time will tell.
So, apart of the “Touched by an Angel” bits of the story, it was actually done very well. The darkness and mystery played a pretty big roll. It’s my guess, that season 4 will be just as dark, if not darker.
It will be hard waiting for the fourth season, seeing I watched all the seasons in about a week and a half. When it comes back, I will be back as well, reviewing each episode. Peace out!
For the past week, I have just completed watching the first two seasons of “Ghost Whisperer.” You may be thinking to yourself, ‘Get a life, bum!’ I assure you, however, that I do in fact have a life. I just so happen to have a lot of time on my hands at the moment. So I’m going to take this time to make a quick review of the first two seasons, because I have to go to work in about 20 minutes.
I’ve heard about Ghost Whisperer ever since it began to air in 2005. I wasn’t a fan of the idea the show was going for, so I never watched it. That being said, after watching it now, I’m a fan. The concept of every episode is basically the same. A ghost comes to Melinda for help, she tries to help them, people don’t believe a word she says, the ghost gives proof that they exist, everyone cries, and the ghost finally goes into the light.
The first half of the season was just that over and over again. You can say it was overall a show for the ladies. There wasn’t a whole lot in the show that was for guys. Then later in the season, it introduced some very dark mysterious characters. This gave the show the testosterone I was looking for. Some darkness to the mix. All of that built up for the season finale, of which, I absolutely loved. I never had so much fun watching a twisting ending since the sixth sense. To tell the truth, I couldn’t understand how they could beat that in the next season finale. I’ll get to that in a second.
Again, the darkness and mystery was still playing a vital role in the second season. It calmed down for just a while towards mid-season, but came back again towards the end. One thing I loved about this season in particular was Jay Mohr’s character, Professor Rick Payne. Jay isn’t seen in a lot of television, or movies, but I think he is a great actor, and has a lot of potential. They also introduced a new character this season, Delia, who becomes Melinda’s new best friend and co-worker. She has an alright back story, but for some reason, I just really didn’t care for her character for most the season. I warmed up to her towards the end though.
Again, they started showing new dark mysterious characters. But the main conflict in these seasons was the ‘five signs’ of destruction. I don’t remember them all, but they were all interesting, and all led up to the season finale, which also was terrific. This finale was just as good as season 1’s, but I thought it dragged out for an extra two minutes that it should have. It should have ended on the cliffhanger of Melinda is dead. That would have been better than last season’s finale.
Putting that aside, I liked how they wrote this season. I loved the ending. And I liked how it’s leading to the third. I’ve read reviews of people who loved the third season the best, and I’ve read reviews that it isn’t so great. I know the season was also cut short because of the disastrous writer’s strike. I myself can’t wait to watch it this coming week, and I’m sure to review it as well. So look forward to that, peace out!
