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Pilot |
September 23, 2005 |
101 (01) |
| Melinda Gordon has a gift. Ever since she was a girl she possessed the ability to receive messages from spirits that have passed. These spirits use Melinda as a conduit to pass messages to the living; sometimes this information is too intense and scattered to understand. This leads to skepticism by the living and confusion for Melinda. But when she is able to aid both the deceased and the living Melinda realizes this unearthly talent is gift to human kind and that it is her calling to help all those that have passed connect to those that have survived. |
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The Crossing |
September 30, 2005 |
102 (02) |
| Six year old Kenny Dale (played by Joseph Castanon) is killed in a train accident when the family car stalls in the path of an approaching train. Unaware that he has died and unable to find his parents he befriends a young boy whose mother believes Kenny to be nothing more than an imaginary friend. Melinda is introduced to the pair when she chases them away in time to avoid an oncoming train. Jim's mother pays the couple a visit and, confused by Melinda's odd behaviour, assumes she is pregnant. With Kenny's help, Melinda and her husband Jim, prevent Mr. Dale from shooting the man who sold them the car and whom he blames for Kenny's death. Melinda is eventually able to reunite mother and son for one last reconciliation before Kenny's spirit must pass on. |
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Ghost, Interrupted |
October 7, 2005 |
103 (03) |
| A young girl, Natalie, is placed in a psychiatric facility for her strange behavior following her identical twin sister Zoe's death. While on a field trip in town, Natalie runs away from her group and tries to hide in Melinda's shop. Melinda quickly realizes that Natalie's 'abnormal' behavior is due to her sister haunting her. Zoe is earthbound because of a devastating secret she took with her to the grave: she slept with Natalie's boyfriend while intoxicated and while Natalie was asleep. Natalie is shattered when she finds out, and confronts her boyfriend. She hijacked her boyfriend's car, and then drove to the lake where her sister drowned. Zoe assumes Natalie is going to drown in the lake, and appears before Melinda, who is having dinner her friends Will and Andrea, who she's trying to matchmake. Melinda and her husband Jim drive to the lake, calling the twins' father along the way, and find Natalie already swimming away from shore. As Jim is about to dive into the water, Zoe tells him through Melinda to stop. As they watch, Natalie fulfills the twins' childhood ambition of reaching the buoys in the middle of the lake and tapping it three times. Neither twin has accomplished this before. The twins' father arrives, just as Natalie reaches the shore and they share a heartfelt goodbye with Zoe. The twins forgive each other, and their father tells Zoe that he has never compared her to Natalie, that he sees her for who she is, and not just Natalie's twin. This brings closure for all three of them, and Zoe fades away into a light only she can see. |
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Mended Hearts |
October 14, 2005 |
104 (04) |
| A man who is killed in a triathlon bicycling accident enlists Melinda to help save the life of his fiancé who is so distraught that she attempts suicide. Melinda helps the man's wife find closure by introducing her to the man who received her fiancé's heart after the accident. |
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Lost Boys |
October 21, 2005 |
105 (05) |
| Andrea and Melinda are contracted to auction furniture from a community inn before it is torn down. While cleaning the basement Melinda finds the lost spirits of three boys and their dog that perished in an orphanage fire 50 years ago. Melinda tries to help the boys pass on before the inn is destroyed and they are forever locked as earth-bound spirits. |
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Homecoming |
October 28, 2005 |
106 (06) |
| Melinda helps an upset teenage ghost and in the process learns something that will affect the lives of everyone this boy left behind. |
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Hope and Mercy |
November 4, 2005 |
107 (07) |
| A woman who died during a routine pregnancy will not cross over until she can get her husband to stop blaming himself. Andrea deals with a con artist in a revealing manner that tells us a little more about her murky past. |
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On the Wings of a Dove |
November 11, 2005 |
108 (08) |
| The five-year anniversary of Jim's father's death is getting close and Jim begins to act very strangely. Melinda notices this change in his behavior and believes the problem might be caused by a tortured spirit lurking around. While Melinda tries to help Jim, she is also presented with the surprise visit of an old friend (played by Estella Warren). This visit brings back painful memories of times past for Melinda. |
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Voices |
November 18, 2005 |
109 (09) |
| Melinda and Jim's car is stolen by a troubled teen boy whose mother died. He found out that she was having an affair and resents her for it, but deep down he knows that she loves him. The mother was an electrical engineer who passed via electrocution and can only communicate by EVP (Electric Voice Phenomenon)(SP) |
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Ghost Bride |
November 25, 2005 |
110 (10) |
| In this episode, an evil spirit wearing a wedding gown haunts Melinda's friend Lisa. The spirit, called Serena, is very opposed to moving on and presents a tough challenge for Melinda. This spirit is special, Melinda learns, because she died on the day she was supposed to marry Lisa's current fiancé. The jealous, vindictive Serena has her heart set on destroying the wedding and the couple, and does everything in her power to interfere with Melinda's attempts to set things right, even going so far as to set her eyes on Jim. |
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Shadow Boxer |
December 9, 2005 |
111 (11) |
| In this episode a woman who recently died will not pass over until her young son, who is a boxer, reconciles with his father, her husband. Melinda is enlisted to help this family come to terms with their loss but has a lot of difficulty getting these two men to reunite. |
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Undead Comic |
December 16, 2005 |
112 (12) |
| Melinda encounters the spirit of a dead comic who is confused and doesn't understand his current state of existence. Melinda leans that this comic took his own life and she helps him make amends with all those people he left behind before he passes over. Also in this episode, Jim is threatened by the antique shop's recent business boom. |
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Friendly Neighborhood Ghost (A.K.A. Ghost Next Door) |
January 6, 2006 |
113 (13) |
| While a man moves in across the street from Melinda, she notices that presence of a ghost as well. In an attempt to figure out what is going on, Melinda is threatened by the haunted man. This leads to a fight between Melinda and Jim about her gift and how she often takes things too far. |
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Last Execution |
January 13, 2006 |
114 (14) |
| The spirit of a man follows Melinda home from an art gallery. This ghost haunts Melinda into getting in touch with his daughter who is having serious problems since his death. Meanwhile, Jim is sued for trying to help a woman after her injury. |
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Melinda's First Ghost |
January 27, 2006 |
115 (15) |
| Melinda remembers how her relationship with her Mom got strained when she re-encounters the first ghost she ever saw. When younger, Melinda's mother could not deal with her daughter's prodigious and supernatural gift; this led to a growing rift between the two. Now Melinda must reunite with her estranged Mother to help save the spirit of this young girl. |
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Dead Man's Ridge |
February 3, 2006 |
116 (16) |
| Andrea's friend went missing during a hike and Melinda helps find him. |
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Demon Child |
March 3, 2006 |
117 (17) |
| While shopping for antiques at a local home, Melinda encounters the spirit of a malicious young boy who is terrorizing his family. When Melinda realizes that he is putting people in harm's way she intervenes and takes on the challenge of helping this troubled child. |
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Miss Fortune |
March 10, 2006 |
118 (18) |
| The circus arrives in town and brings with it the spirit of a man who thinks his brother murdered him. Melinda must help this ghost come to terms with his death and his brother. And during all this, they discover a hidden secret. |
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Fury (A.K.A. Condemned to Repeat) |
March 31, 2006 |
119 (19) |
| Melinda must help the ghost of an African-American man who had been attacked and killed by a lowlife, racist white co-worker in the 1970s. The ghost, named Ely Fisher, is haunting the prosecutor (now a judge) who had enough evidence but still failed to file charges against the white co-worker. Melinda tries to help Ely find justice and help his son, Randall, to change his racist views before they are passed on to the next generation - his grandson, Jameel. |
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The Vanishing |
April 7, 2006 |
120 (20) |
| After waking up from a coma caused by a head injury that put her in the hospital for a week, Melinda can no longer see or hear spirits. She fears she has lost her gift, but clues lead her to the conclusion that the ghosts are gone, not her ability. |
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Free Fall |
April 28, 2006 |
121 (21) |
| Melinda experiences a sense of intuition when she realizes that a plane is going to crash when the spirits of the pilot and flight attendant contact her. Melinda tells Andrea about her premonitions and Andrea is worried for her brother who was meant to be flying out from Johannesburg that very day. Andrea and Melinda attempt to warn people about the impending crash, but when Melinda informs Andrea that the plane was from Johannesburg, Andrea decides to head over to her brother's apartment in an attempt to contact him. Shortly after Andrea has left, the plane crashes over the town. Melinda is surprised when Andrea returns saying that she was driving near the crash site when the crash occurred. To her horror, Melinda realizes something that Andrea hasn't realized yet. Just then, the spirits of the dead passengers from the doomed flight arrive. The flight attendant whom Melinda was contacted by earlier informs Melinda that she knows that Melinda can see them. |
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The One |
May 5, 2006 |
122 (22) |
| (Continued from "Free Fall") Andrea seems to know that there is something that her friend isn't telling her and assumes it's about her brother being dead. However, when Melinda goes to talk with the families of the crash fatalities, it is revealed that there is a question mark by Mitch's name on the flight list. At the end of the episode, Mitch is seen outside by Melinda and Andrea, and Andrea runs out to greet him. However, Mitch walks right past Andrea and talks to Melinda instead. It is revealed that he was never on the plane after all! However, it is also revealed that Andrea had perished when the plane crashed where she was driving earlier that day. The episode, as well as the season, closes with a wide-brimmed hat man (seen in earlier episodes) sneaking up on Andrea's ghost. |
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Love Never Dies |
September 22, 2006 |
201 (23) |
| Melinda worries that Andrea is being influenced not to cross over. Melinda seeks the help of an expert in history and the occult in helping to identify the wide brimmed hat man. |
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Love Still Won't Die |
September 29, 2006 |
202 (24) |
| A rock and roll enthusiast haunts living teens by tormenting them into stealing. Melinda must also deal with the ghost of her scheming ex-boyfriend. |
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Drowned Lives |
October 6, 2006 |
203 (25) |
| When Melinda goes to visit friends who are experiencing problems with their house, she finds the ghost of a six-year-old girl who drowned. Melinda then tries to help the family of the little girl. |
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The Ghost Within |
October 13, 2006 |
204 (26) |
| After purchasing a set of ornaments at a flea market, Melinda finds that they are haunted. Melinda uses the ornaments to meet Dennis’s ghost. Dennis wants Melinda to reunite his girlfriend with her birth mother. |
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A Grave Matter |
October 20, 2006 |
205 (27) |
| The ghost of a man who was buried in the wrong grave starts to haunt a cemetery as someone else’s wife is coming to mourn him every night. Melinda must reconcile the man with his hostile wife and daughter in order for him to be able to cross-over. |
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The Woman Of His Dreams |
October 27, 2006 |
206 (28) |
| Jim has a ghost who died during surgery come to his dreams. Melinda and Jim find that the ghost, a supermodel, cannot cross-over as she wants to save her little sister from suffering the same destiny. Jim's friends are frightened by the crazy events that occur at his house. |
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A Vicious Cycle |
November 3, 2006 |
207 (29) |
| Melinda and Jim's first camping trip is interrupted as Melinda helps the ghost of a woman who left her husband and young daughter. Before the woman can cross over, Melinda must find the woman’s daughter and help her to learn the truth about her parent’s past in order for her to be safe. |
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The Night We Met |
November 10, 2006 |
208 (30) |
| The ghost of a chef who died in a fire at a Chinese restaurant meets Melinda after the restaurant he died in burns for a second time. He tells Melinda that she must find who set the fire that he was blamed for. |
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The Curse of the Ninth |
November 17, 2006 |
209 (31) |
| When Melinda meets a nightclub waiter who has not played his guitar since his friend died, she finds that he is being haunted by two ghosts. |
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Giving Up The Ghost |
November 24, 2006 |
210 (32) |
| A high school baseball pitcher named Justin finds that he is haunted by the former star baseball pitcher. The ghost is out for revenge on the coach, who he blames for his death. |
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Cat's Claw |
December 15, 2006 |
211 (33) |
| While Melinda is at the university’s botany lab, she deals with some telekinetic events while dealing with a plant from Peru that is bleeding. Melinda finds that she must help a doctor save herself. |
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Dead to Rights |
January 5, 2007 |
212 (34) |
| Melinda has trouble talking to a ghost, only to find that it's because he is not dead, but in a coma. His wife and family are in a legal battle to take him off of the life support. |
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Deja Boo |
January 12, 2007 |
213 (35) |
| Melinda meets the ghost of a young man named Eric. After figuring out Eric has been reincarnated many times as different people, Melinda must convince Eric to come back and not fight being reincarnated again when he starts to threaten the woman who is carrying a baby that Eric will become. Melinda meets with Professor Payne, who now apparently fully knows her secret, to talk about reincarnation. |
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Speed Demon |
February 2, 2007 |
214 (36) |
| Melinda meets a young woman who owns a family auto shop. Her boyfriend dies in an streetrace and blames her for his death. |
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Mean Ghost |
February 9, 2007 |
215 (37) |
| Melinda deals with the ghost of a young woman named Tais and the rest of her cheerleading squad and a girl named Peyton, an ex-cheerleader herself, who has been casting spells on the team to cause them trouble and harm them. Melinda must figure out between Peyton and another cheerleader named Rana what is keeping Tais from crossing over.
Grammy Award winning singer Mary J. Blige guest stars.
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The Cradle Will Rock |
February 16, 2007 |
216 (38) |
| Delia has her engagement ring restored at a local jeweler and when she and Melinda go to pick it up, the store is violently robbed at gunpoint. Later, Melinda is visited by the ghost of the jewelry store salesman, Randy, who died after the robbery of a severe asthma attack. He and his dangerous brother-in-law Wyatt had planned the robbery together but when Randy hid $75,000 from Wyatt, Wyatt became angry and locked him in the basement, causing the attack. |
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The Walk-In |
February 23, 2007 |
217 (39) |
| A body goes missing from the morgue and Melinda searches for the body. When the ghost visits Melinda she finds she needs help from Professor Payne to figure it out. |
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Children Of Ghosts |
March 30, 2007 |
218 (40) |
| Melinda is haunted by a poltergeist, then a child's dangerous behavior stops when Melinda takes her into her home and uncovers the dreadful truth of her past.
Cesar Millan guest stars.
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Delia's First Ghost |
April 6, 2007 |
219 (41) |
| Melinda helps Ned deal with a ghost who had just put a scare into him. Melinda also helps a ghost who appears to without any clothes on. Delia sees that Melinda is once again talking to herself and Melinda decides it’s time to share her gift with Delia. |
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The Collector |
April 27, 2007 |
220 (42) |
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The Prophet |
May 4, 2007 |
221 (43) |
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The Gathering (Season Finale) |
May 11, 2007 |
222 (44) |
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