ORBzine - Medium TV Review
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1. 1- 1 001 3 Jan 05 Pilot 2. 1- 2 002 10 Jan 05 Suspicions and Certainties
In Phoenix, Arizona, a police detective is investigating a series of suicide pacts by married couples. District Attourney Miguel Sandoval calls in help - a law student named Allison [ Patricia Arquette ] who can talk to ghosts. .
A babelicious murder-witness gives a description to the police sketch artist. However, Allison discovers that she deliberately described the wrong man. The villain's name is Wolfe, so the babe disguises herself by wearing a red riding hood! Meanwhile, home life with Jake Weber [ American Gothic ] is also busy. Their youngest daughter has a new friend that nobody can see. It seems that seeing ghosts is hereditary!
Alison is worried about her husband. His behaviour becomes erratic. She visits a fellow psychic, to see if he has a bad future. . .
Patricia Arquette keeps getting visions of a man killing a woman. But somehow, the evidence to back up her visions is never there. . . 7. 1- 7 008 14 Feb 05 Jump Start
Allison dreams that her brother, a soldier, is dying. Then he turns up at their front door. It's interesting to learn that a psychic must listen to a walkman while in a hospital. The reason being, there's a huge mortality rate every 24 hours in American hospitals, and all ghosts automatically sense when a Psychic is near. .
The creepy daughter, the one who sees dead people, has strange nightmares. Are they just dreams inspired by fairytales? Allison has to consider the possibility that her daughter has a psychic conection with a murdered child. But maybe the victim is still alive ... .
Alison is bombarded with dreams of two young boys running to catch a train. It seems that one of the boys will die. Can she save him? . .
Alison has dreams about an old 1950s US TV show named I Married A Mind-Reader. She dreams she is one of the Production Crew, and participates in the events leading up to a real-life murder. Unfortunately [and illogically] at the moment of the actual murder she doesn't know what her character is doing, as she is remembering what a completely different witness is doing! .
Alison attends a lethal injection killing of a latino drug kingpin. However, she can't see the man's soul after death. She dreams about other crimes, though - the kidnappings of a man and a young boy. The man's ex-girlfriend is murdered. The main suspect calls in lawyer Conor Farrell [ Dark Skies ], and says that she was killed by the ghost of the executed man. The answer to this riddle is so obvious, the only shock is that it takes Alison so long to work it out!
Alison suspects a pilot of killing his wife. But she also thinks he's the only one who can prevent a plane crash! . .
Alison suspects her detective buddy guy of framing an innocent man for a murder that was actually a suicide! . .
Alison has a dream about a doctor murdering one of his patients. It's disturbing not merely because of the gore - shocking in a relatively blood-free series like this - but the performance of the doctor. The actor manages to steal at least 3 scenes. Alison is as dim-witted as ever. She knows the doc was not guilty by means of insanity, but still wonders why he was put in an asylum rather than a prison. Also, she never even considers the possibility that an eeevil ghost might be responsible. Not unlike a time-travelling Jack the Ripper. Although not Jack. And not using time-travel. Meanwhile, her daughter Ariel gets in trouble with her maths teacher. When she gets a test right, he thinks she's cheating!
A Biblical serial-killer is on the loose. A Texas Ranger help the investigation. Unfortuately, he has a potentially fatal heart condiion! . . |
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The serial-killer is still on the loose. The Texas Ranger gives Allison clues to the killer's motive. And she gets repeated flasbacks to a sordid sexual enounter. Repeated so many times, in fact, that one suspects they put it in to pad out the ep's running time. .
Allison helps look for a missing co-ed. The local priest may know something about her disappearance, but naturally is forbidden from divulging the secrets of the confessional. She also has visions of an impending plane crash. With a hell of a budget! Problem is, her husband wants to take the family to his sister's wedding - on the doomed flight! . .
Allison hallucinates about getting imprisoned in an asylum. Suddenly it's the 1950s, and everyone calls her by a different name. This is one of the best eps of the show. Best so far, anyhow. . .
Allison becomes a sleepwalker. She becomes obsessed with collecting 15 million dollars ... A millionaire and is young son have gone MIA. The greedy ex-wife accuses the man, in absentia, of kidnapping his own child! . .
Allison has a dream about a High School friend of hers. The silly girl wanted to get out of hicksville and have a good life. How dare she! The Senator's daughter goes MIA. Allison spends her time criticising the poor man's lifestyle. His wife died 11 years previously, and he was left to raise the girl alone. He's overwrought at losing her, but Allison doesn't care. This is just low-brow moralising to promote home-town family values. It couldn't be crasser if Allison quit her job and decided that A woman's place is in the home. .
The D.A. is fitting someone up for murder, even though they know the death was accidental. The problem is, Defence Attorney Conor O'Farrell [ Dark Skies ] is winning the case. Worse, it's election year. If the DA can't even convict an innocent man, his career is in trouble! O'Farrell is using a psychic advisor. Even though the DA ignores his legal obligation to divulge all relevant facts, and the Judge is clearly taking the DA's side [and thus breaking the impartiality rule], O'Farrell gets what he needs. Allison gets psi flashes of a first-person-shooter killing spree in the DA's offices. Can this be linked to the case? Her hubby is designing a new microchip for beardy Harry Groener [ Buffy S3 ]. It's not for a bomb, he tells his wife We're an aerospace company!
The husband is on jury duty. It's a murder case, a man accused of killing his wife. And naturally, Allison can't interfere. The DA doesn't make his case very well. But the suspect is secretly eeevil. Just like all suspects in this show. Even though 40% of all defendants are innocent - something this show doesn't acknowledge! Ronny Cox [ Robocop, Total Recall ] appears as the victim's father. .
It's election time for the DA's office. Allison can't guarantee her boss will still be DA ... Hubby bumps into an old GF he hasn't seen in 15 years. Allison gets psychic flashes of the 2 of them having sex, and she becomes jealous. She also considers that the ex-GF might be an obsessed stalker! . .
The show's producers include Kelsey Grammer [Frasier] and Rene Echeverria [ Star Trek: VGR ]. This episode was directed by Trek Actor Robert Duncan McNeill - and he does quite a good job of it! A woman is believed to have been murdered. The suspect is an oil-painter - whose dad is millionaire John Shea [ Lois and Clark, Mutant X ]. The husband's dad calls by - well, his ghost does. Harry Groener is setting up his own company, and wants hubby to join. But the ghost gives a warning ... .
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A psycho is cutting up women. Worse, Allison suspects there's a copycat! Hubby's worried about Allison's erratic behaviour, so he sends the daughters away. . .
This is a sequel to Medium [Season 1, Episode 15] Penny For Your Thoughts . Yes, the eeevil ghost is back. Allison dreams about the ghost and a butcher. Unfortunately, she's in jail. The main story is told in flashback. The eldest daughter wants to go on a date with a boy who's a couple of years older than her. The parents won't allow it, but a helpful English librarian at school gives her advice. Allison suspects that the ghost is targeting her daughter, using the boy's father as his next proxy. It takes Alison's husband to work things out. 29. 2-13 029 23 Jan 06 Raising Cain 30. 2-14 030 6 Feb 06 A Changed Man
Alison dreams that as well as the 2 annoying daughters, she has an annoying 14-year-old son ... The boy is real - and a suspect in a murder. The DA threatens to prosecute him as an adult! Meanwhile, the youngest girl makes an addition to the family. A mangy old stray dog! .
Allison has visions of an old man in a black suit. This is confusing, but comes in at the end. Still doesn't make sense, but who cares? Rebecca Gayheart 's brother has gone MIA. He's a bit of a Beautiful Mind His spirit manifests itself in the image of David Carradine [ Kill Bill ], and claims he was murdered on behalf of his brother-in-law. DA Miguel Sandoval, normally a fascist prick, refuses to trouble the family without much proof. First time yet! The youngest daughter claims to have talked to her favourite dead author. Is she transcribing the dead, or just writing her own material?
Allison has a dream about her brother is a bank robber. Then he drives into town ... The robbers kidnapped a lady hostage. The cops discover a headless corpse that could be her. However, Allison's brother goes on a date with a mysterious woman ... This is derivative of a couple of other films. Naming them wil give the ending away, that's how derivaive it is! .
Allison dreams about young women in peril. Then they wind up dead. No other connection. Did someone somehow hunt them down and murder them? Tania Raymonde [Krelboyne Girl from Malcolm in the Middle] is stalked by an intruder. Can Allison save her? Unfortunately, it looks like Allison's cover might be blown. She must issue a fake statement from the DA's office, explaining her apparent ability to predict the future. Also, her daughter wants to tell everyone at school how mommy earns her living. The murderer looks a bit like the Defence Lawyer Conor Farrell [ Dark Skies ] in previous eps. Maybe he was too busy working to go on a murder spree earlier!
Allison dreams that the tame cop is a dope fiend. Three young women are murdered. It looks like they were drug mules, and the cop is somehow involved. The eldest daughter wins a competition in school. But thanks to her mind-reading, she understands what the teacher really thinks. . 36. 2-20 036 1 May 06 The Darkness is Light Enough
Allison sees the Angel of Death. His name is Bob, and he looks like Kelsey Gammar [Frasier]. He's an Insurance Agent. Allison, fascist bitch that she is, wants Bob arrested. Nature is taking its course, so someone must be blamed! . .
Allison helps the DA in a case where Peter Wingfield [ Highlander, SG1, Queen of Swords ] is accused of murder. There isn't even a body, but who cares? Allison wishes she had never developed psychic powers. Before you can say It's a wonderful Life she's in a parallel universe whe she went to Law School and married the guy from JAG. She works for the villainous defence lawyer, Conor O'Farrell [ Dark Skies - we know they're villains, they believe in presumption of innocence and reasonable doubt. Jake Weber [ American Gothic ] is her defence witness, a mathematician who will give expert testimony. But he tells her to trust her instincts ... . Return to the TV Reviews
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