"Medium" Jump Start (2005)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Artie Mandelberg

Writers:

Glenn Gordon Caron (creator) and
Melinda Hsu (writer)

TV Series:

"Medium" (2005)

Original Air Date:

14 February 2005 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Allison knows there's more than mere suicide to the story of a girl who jumps off a cliff. Meanwhile, she predicts her husband's co-worker will have a fatal heart attack.

Plot Keywords:

Talk To The Dead | Vision | Psychic | Marriage | Mother Daughter Relationship

Cast

Patricia Arquette	...	Allison Dubois
Miguel Sandoval	...	D.A. Manuel Devalos
Sofia Vassilieva	...	Ariel Dubois
Maria Lark	...	Bridgette Dubois
Jake Weber	...	Joe Dubois
Conor O'Farrell	...	Larry Watt
Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Greg Watt
Joey Slotnick	...	Brett Carter
Alexandra Breckenridge	...	Isabel Galvan (as Alex Breckenridge)
Scott Klace
Begonya Plaza	...	Medical Examiner
Ariana Thomas	...	Volunteer
Jeffrey Housepian	...	Paramedic
Kurt Strommer	...	Forest Ranger #1
Gus Lynch	...	Forest Ranger #2

Certification:

Hungary:16 (TV rating)

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Weak episode

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This episode of Medium let me down. I generally regard this show in high esteem, but if anybody was to judge its quality from this episode alone, it would probably be dismissed as pap. I would have liked to explain its problems without running into spoiler territory, but I can't...

SPOILERS START HERE ...

... because the problem lies with the denouement. Despite its documentary-like, ergo realistic-wannabe approach, its not unusual for this show to come up with convoluted resolutions sometimes. You accept them because they're usually clever. This one, however, goes way, way too far. When the truth is revealed, it is just totally implausible and unbelievable. The killer's motive is so tenuous and his plan so ridiculously complex, that you can't help but feel cheated by the writers. A pity.

This episode is fortunately an exception, though. They are usually a lot more satisfying!