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Season 1 – Ghost Whisperer

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Melinda Gordon is a young woman who can communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died -- and who seek her help. She uses it to relay significant messages and important information to the living, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. As a result the spirits' survivors often question her ability. But when she helps both the souls who contact her and those who are still alive, she knows that her talent is more asset than liability.
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Ghost Whisperer — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Melodramatic and schmaltzy, Ghost Whisperer traffics in contrived uplift and makes a hash of the rules governing its supernatural universe.

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James Poniewozik TIME Magazine There's a mechanical problem to Ghost Whisperer's setup too. You end up with a lot of touching scenes whose drama is squelched by Melinda's having to repeat what the dead say. Feb 12, 2020 Full Review Daniel Fienberg The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) Despite excellent production values, superior cameo casting and Hewitt's ample, um, physical virtues, I can't watch "Ghost Whisperer" without a visceral reaction resembling nausea. Feb 12, 2020 Full Review Melanie McFarland Seattle Post-Intelligencer The problem is a lack of depth; "Joan of Arcadia," the series this is replacing, had heartfelt moments and significant emotion behind its storylines. Whereas this has Love telling ghosties to head for the light. Sep 23, 2005 Full Review Tom Jicha South Florida Sun-Sentinel The sooner this series passes into the light, the better. Feb 12, 2020 Full Review Roger Catlin Hartford Courant Ladled with equal parts corn and schmaltz, "Ghost Whisperer" wants to be scary, too. But it fails on so many levels. Feb 12, 2020 Full Review People Staff People Magazine It treats the grief of the living (and the dead) with a reverence that's undeniably mawkish, but so what? It feels genuine and tinged with a sad acquiescence of the gulf between here and beyond. Feb 12, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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ERIKA G THE BEST TV FANTASCIENTIFIC SERIES EVER!!! WHAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IS THE WONDERFUL ACTING OF JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT WITH DAVID CONRAD. THEY PORTRAY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY ON TV. BEST LOCATION. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Rigetii R I really don't know why it has a so good review by the public. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/17/23 Full Review Jacqueline K It was worth watching I loved the show it never should have ended the should bring it back to do a better ending Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched this when it was on the first time around, and now rewatching it years later on Disney+ with my husband. It's just brilliant, Jennifer Love Hewitt is amazing as Melinda. The episodes are amazing, and the mythology that builds in particular with the final few episodes of the first season was incredible! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A unique and nostalgic show! Ghost Whisperer puts its own twist on the supernatural. The show does a great job of capturing a clever concept and keeping the audience entertained. It does go downhill a bit in later seasons, however, the first seasons have enough to make up for this! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Really easy to get into. Fall in love with the characters Melinda and Jim. Can rewatch this show as reruns any day. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jennifer Love Hewitt

Melinda Gordon

David Conrad

Jim Clancy

Aisha Tyler

Actor

Jon Seda

Guest Star

Wendy Phillips

Guest Star

Chris Ellis

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 23, 2005 Pilot A woman must help the earthbound spirit of a soldier who appears not to realize he is dead. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 30, 2005 The Crossing Melinda helps a boy who died in a train crash to reassure his mother that it was not her fault. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 7, 2005 Ghost, Interrupted Melinda helps a deceased teenager apologize to her twin sister for past betrayals and to move on. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 7, 2005 Mended Hearts A recent organ-donor wants to console his grieving fiancee, and Melinda connects her with the man who is the heart recipient. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 21, 2005 Lost Boys Melinda discovers the spirits of three boys and a dog who died in an orphanage fire in 1956 and must help them cross over before the inn they are inhabiting is destroyed. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 28, 2005 Homecoming A teenage boy, who died in a freak accident after learning he was adopted, seeks Melinda's help in finding his birth mother. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 4, 2005 Hope and Mercy Melinda helps the spirit of a woman who died from complications during what should have been a routine surgery. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 11, 2005 On the Wings of a Dove Melinda helps the spirit of an ex-con seek forgiveness for his sins and make amends to his wife and son. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 18, 2005 Voices Melinda finds a mother's lost spirit through electronic-voice phenomenon, then works to reconcile the woman with her teenage son. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 25, 2005 Ghost Bride Melinda tries to help a friend who is being tormented by the spirit of her fiance's late wife, who died in a car crash on the way to their wedding reception. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 9, 2005 Shadow Boxer The mother of an amateur boxer seeks Melinda's help to reunite her husband and son after her death causes a rift between them. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 16, 2005 Undead Comic A comic haunts a comedy club in which he used to perform, and Melinda helps him find closure following his suicide. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 6, 2006 Friendly Neighborhood Ghost Melinda's new neighbor is being haunted by his friend's dead grandfather, who suspects that the man killed his granddaughter. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 13, 2006 Last Execution The ghost of an executed prisoner asks Melinda to help get his daughter her money for his valuable paintings. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 27, 2006 Melinda's First Ghost Melinda's first ghost reappears, prompting memories of discovering her ability and the strain it put on her relationship with her mother, who could not understand her situation. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 3, 2006 Dead Man's Ridge Melinda must help rescue Andrea's friend, who vanished during a hike with his brother. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 3, 2006 Demon Child The spirit of a malicious young boy haunts his workaholic mother, who neglected to spend time with him while he was alive. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 10, 2006 Miss Fortune When a traveling carnival comes to town, Melinda encounters the spirit of a vengeful magician, who thinks his death during an underwater stunt was not an accident, but the work of his jealous brother. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 31, 2006 Fury Melinda helps find justice for the ghost of a black man killed in the 1970s in a fight with a white co-worker. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 7, 2006 The Vanishing After Melinda falls and injures her head, she discovers that she can no longer communicate with earthbound spirits and fears that she has lost her gift forever. Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 28, 2006 Free Fall After chilly spirits visit her, Melinda realizes that a jetliner is going to crash; Melinda faces her biggest challenge yet. Details Episode 22 Aired May 5, 2006 The One Melinda must contend with crash investigators and an evil spirit when she tries to help hundreds of confused passengers killed in a jetliner crash. Details

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Season Info

Director
John Gray, James Frawley, Peter Werner, Joanna Kerns, Eric Laneuville, Peter O'Fallon, Ian Sander, Kevin Hooks
Executive Producer
John Gray, John Gray, Ian Sander, Kim Moses
Screenwriter
John Wirth, John Gray, Catherine Butterfield, Jed Seidel, David Fallon, Emily Fox, Lois Johnson, Rama Stagner
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 23, 2005