The “Ghost Whisperer” and Me

By Liz | October 2, 2009

I came to Ghost Whisperer when the first season was almost over. I liked it immediately. I cry with Melinda in each and every episode. I’ve enjoyed playing “where have I seen that face before?” as actors we love, from other various television shows, wander in and out of an episode.

It’s been wonderful to watch Melinda accept and learn how to use her ‘gift’, find out about her father, discover that her mother has the gift too, lose a best friend and gain another, lose her love and get him back. In this season, Melinda completes her dream by giving birth to a very extraordinary baby boy, who will have his own specialness about him. I can’t wait to see how that unfolds.

I’m a sucker for a good mystery story, especially one that involves going back in time. it doesn’t matter if it’s a short time or decades, I find them fascinating. Ghost Whisperer sometimes takes us back in time, and the stories are always good ones. I can’t say that I have a favorite episode. To me, they’re all my favorites. I like Cameron Manheim on the show. I think it was very interesting that Melinda had a good friend who didn’t believe in her gift, and when she finally does believe, she’s still not too sure.

The addition of Jamie Kennedy coming in as Eli James, another ghost whisperer, has made things more layered, I think. Not only did Melinda find out that she wasn’t alone, but he was pretty instrumental in helping Sam figure out that he was really Jim.

The bottom line is, after all the high drama and intensity of shows like Supernatural, True Blood or The Vampire Diaries, sometimes it’s just nice to sit down to a good old fashioned ghost story.