Ghost Whisperer Naivety

Alright, episode 13 of season 1 just makes me think that Melinda and even Jim have absolutely NO sanity when it comes to safety. It doesn't matter that the guy across the street turned out to be a good guy, when your "neighbour" is breaking into his "rental" in the middle of the night because he "lost" his bloody keys, you don't just believe him. You call the police! And when he is burying weird stuff in his yard and you suspect he's a murderer...call the police.

Honestly, with that kind of common sense and naivety, Melinda is going to end up dead the first time she encounters anyone who is actually dangerous, as opposed to all these seemingly evil guys who turn out to actually have a good explanation and a heart of gold.

It was like the earlier episode when Jim's mother brings over her boyfriend, so Jim gets his buddy to run a police check. The guy's apparently a con artist, but when Jim confronts him about it, his response is that he changed his name when he started his business to sound more official. Go look up this name, you won't find anything wrong with it. What does Jim do? Does he consider the fact that this guy is supposedly a con? No! Instead he feels terrible for mistrusting him, taking him on his word that the name was a mistake.

Give me their address, and I'll take these suckers for all their worth. They're lovely people, and so far really lucky, but there's no way that would last forever.

Ghost Whisperer at a Comedy Club

So I learned something new about Ghost Whisperer ghosts today. Apparently if someone died suddenly, horribly, then their ghost is not the pretty image of their living self, but much closer to what their corps looked like. Luckily, after a few chats with Melinda, the beauty comes back.

Also, this death was a suicide, which was a first, and yet he was still able to pass to the other side, going towards that light. Did he achieve forgiveness or do penance in his ghost form? I still haven't quite figured out what all the rules are for crossing over...I wonder if we ever will.

But none of that really matters compared to what our lovely lead was wearing. There was a definite red theme going on. Red dresses, red coat (a fabulous, full-length, full-skirted number I would kill for), even her night gown was a sexy silky red number (with a red bathrobe) rather than her flowy white 19th century garment. It's a good thing her antique store is turning a profit, or she'd never be able to afford all those new clothes.

We also got a sign that there is a ghost plot line that isn't just going to take place over one episode. Some crazy laughing ghost, who had appeared strangely at the end of an earlier episode was back, still laughing, with a fedora-wearing ghost whose face we could not see who claimed he had "business" with Melinda.

Will this turn into a serious ghost encounter or will Melinda help him to reconcile with his family and cross over as well? I guess I'll just have to keep watching!

Ghost Whisperer Season 1, ep. 11

It's hard to believe my first post is going to be about Ghost Whisperer. I only recently started to watch it because my sister is a fan. And I can tell why; it's really her kind of show. Not exactly my kind of show.

Sure, the supernatural aspect, the ghosts and all that is right up my alley. And I LOVE Jennifer Love Hewitt. I've loved her since Munchie, which is a really bad, really cheesy movie she was in back when she called herself Love Hewitt.

The show is very mushy or tear-jerky, depending on your point of view. Every episode, and so far, 11 episodes in, it's very episodic, someone who is dead needs to find their family or their loved ones who are still alive, fix some new problem and move on, both the dead and the living. Not a bad premise, though when even the murderer killed in a car accident supposedly on the way to murder his wife just wants to ask for forgiveness...well so far there's not a lot of depth.

It's sweet and sometimes moving and it makes you love your family or think about the importance of remaining close with the people you love, which is great if that's what you are into. I don't need that even as much as once a week...but apparently the series gets better.

What is awesome is what Melinda Gordon (Hewitt) wears every episode. Her antiquey classiness and flowy gowns are amazing. I would love to have her dresser pick out my outfits every day...and do my hair. And we're talking about season 1, which was some time ago.

That is my opinion of Ghost Whisperer so far. If you like shows that are sad (cause someone is always dead), but about being close as a family and what makes people good friends or lovers, then you should definately check it out.

Your opinions?