Ghost Whisperer in Retrospect

[@SloanStowe]

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[@DDanteZ]

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[@tierraellerbe1802]

Love ur vids

[@danielgeorge3172]

Love this! Could you do Cold Case if u loved that??

[@tierraellerbe1802]

@@danielgeorge3172 omg ur so real for that tbh

[@niknakjacks218]

The show had a chokehold on me and my mum. We loved her beautiful hair and wardrobe, and cried every episode 😂 I miss those times

[@niknakjacks218]

Also, just to say, I would've watched like 2 more hours of this 🫶 Loving the vids

[@tattedwdimples1360]

My mom passed away and this was our show! I remember when she cried when Jim was shot before he jumped into another body. This show gives me so much nostalgia.

[@snowballeffect7812]

@@tattedwdimples1360 sorry for your loss, but i could not help but laugh at "before he jumped into another body" lmao. love the silly things that bring us together.

[@kristinak6092]

Me too! Every single episode meant tears...and it was one of the only shows my mom watched with me!

[@fraaaaanzi]

same!!

[@emelinecarson1010]

Jim and melinda were the healthiest relationship I've seen on screen that I was actually interested in.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

Agreed, nice change of pace from what we usually get

[@CearaElizabeth]

Yeah, honestly I'm very happy Jim knew from before episode 1. It makes sense, his brother had probably also been hanging around Jim

[@aylin7409]

I think it had an impact on me 😅 the other healthy marriage was in medium 😅 never been in an abusive relationship 😊

[@ilovecheesecakee]

Another relationship that I remember really enjoying was the one between Peter and Elizabeth Burke from White Collar! (: I remembered their relationship being so…normal and healthy as compared to so many other tv relationships. I enjoyed it

[@eastdalecrt]

​@@CearaElizabethto add to this, I don't think I would have liked personally if he didn't know. You should never go into a marriage without disclosing large secrets that can affect the relationship and this is definitely something I would put into that category. You also don't want him thinking you're crazy and having to go through a divorce and stuff. I think it Builds on just how healthy their relationship is. And I think this was an important change that I'm glad they went with

[@kell-n5d]

Justice for Jim being literally body swapped for plot reasons 😭

[@StrawberryMoonlights]

It was so confusing to me and my brother as kids. I remember they would still use Jim’s face for Melinda’s point of view

[@snowballeffect7812]

@@StrawberryMoonlights wtf, did they not for other people's point of view? I feel like that would be kind of a waste of time, money and effort and confuse new audience members like "wtf, is this two guys with the same name or are they just using two TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOOKING ACTORS for the same character?" lol

[@itsjustmaddisen]

​@snowballeffect7812 yeah you'd notice it in his reflection on windows and whatnot (I still have the full DVD set that my mum gave me when I was 15 I'm 28 now) 😂

[@Prettypoisonswitch]

That was about when I dropped the show, to be honest. It was really unnecessary and dumb. The absurdity of the situation just pulled you right out of your viewing experience. And when she married the new " body?" So soon after his death just felt uncomfortable all around.

[@ShantiVitaminC]

iKR???!!! LAAMMEE

[@flufi-cg3zo]

Is it weird that I kind of agree with the Network? I've always hated unnecessary conflict in couples on TV and I have seen it with a lot of couples. I've always liked that in Ghost Whisperer Jim was always a supportive partner and they were always just an unproblematic couple. Of course they still could have been unproblematic with the original storyline, but I think I prefer Jim as the already supportive husband from the beginning

[@MikaelaCher]

I prefer it as well! I think it adds a bit of warmth and stability to the show, and offers many moments of calmness and joy that the show definetly needs because it can be quite dramatic and chaotic at times.

[@Tilleyforever44]

Yeah I’m with you on that. I think I’d be upset if she got to the point of marrying someone without them knowing her secret. That would feel kinda slimy and dishonest.

[@Nameless-ny8nk]

Same, her not telling her husband untilt heir wedding also seems super cliché and predictable to me, her husband already knowing is much interesting just for that fact alone

[@holliebrokaw3716]

Ya I honestly kinda think the network nailed it in this case. I think their decision to avoid overarching plot lines and keep episodes mostly self contained also was the right call. Otherwise you end up with bbc's Sherlock. Your procedural doesn't really tie up at the end of the episode and it feels like just a constant cliffhanger. Nothing really satisfies.

[@Corinthians1614]

We don’t have enough healthy couples on tv, I adore Melinda and Jim. They remind me of me and my husband 🤍

[@QuiteTheBadWulf]

One thing i really loved about ghost whisperer was the happy, healthy relationship Jim and Melinda had. It was unusually wholesome. I love that there was no unnecessary forced conflict

[@LeoDBW]

Yeah! One of my favorite arc was when they were wondering if they wanted a baby, like in other series you'd have one partner guilt tripping the other or trying to convince them in a toxic way. Here, Jim and Melinda bring up the subject multiple times, in a natural way, as in this is something they both desire, as a continuation of their lives together. I remember Melinda hesitating, because she was the one more afraid of parenthood due to her gift and the issues it might bring, but I also remember Jim being like "it's okay if you aren't ready, let's think about it and do it when you're sure". And this is oddly so rare for a TV couple, to have them take their time to think about parenthood instead of jumping straight into it!

[@carlosvaldez4356]

…until

[@15arael]

i was obsessed with Ghost whisperer. The plane accident and jim's deaths arc are still on my mind

[@Mia-ui7jy]

hated that arc 😭

[@nalabrown7765]

I loved the asylum episode with the town under the town as a kid

[@nicolelopez4133]

JIM DIES????😮 I just started watching how sad is it? Is it worth watching past that? What season?

[@cherishcaesar4826]

​@@nicolelopez4133 no cause seriouslyyyy like did i just spoil myself

[@KristinaHuegelOnStage]

@@nicolelopez4133 oh keep watching, for sure

[@AliceWanders]

The fact that Jim was the absolute perfect man, and in the end I ended up with a jim, different name but I still ended up with the exact personality. Score for me

[@astoldbynickgerr]

Howwww???? Lucky you! Men like that are a needle in haystacks

[@TheKeyanna]

Please pray for me haha I need a Jim too

[@SnoFitzroy]

Mood!! The whole way through Sloan's description of him I was like "holy shit that's my BF" (he's even a medical professional!! AND a J name!!!)

[@CrystalKarma4]

I wish I had a Jim! Congrats and i wish you both so many years of happiness and health ♥️

[@jasmin.hinata]

lucky you 🥰

[@lilavril3]

i love the fact that jim always knew about melinda, it feels sweet that he’s always been helping her with it

[@snowballeffect7812]

hot dang, imagine affording a house like that on the wages of a paramedic and a small shop owner lmao

[@briannasmith7746]

If I remember right it was in bad shape and thats how they could afford it. Jim was semi-handy and fixing it up himself. Still a bit of a long shot but maybe less so back in 2005

[@SjofnBM1989]

​@@briannasmith7746 Yeah it was a fixer upper. It was also 2005 where a house like that in a small town might have gone for like 50k

[@snowballeffect7812]

@@briannasmith7746 ah, thank you for explaining! honestly, that's probably the only way I can afford a place of my own, too ;P 🥲

[@mackenzireese9476]

looks like he is also a fire medic so he's rolling in the dough :D still i thought the same thing lol that antique store is definitely losing money

[@tessaract7695]

They make a big deal about the store finally make enough money for it to help them and it continues I like to think they people she helps end up becoming regulars​@@mackenzireese9476

[@SSECreator]

My favourite part of Ghost Whisperer was the old town under the town and I was always so disappointed that it just fizzled out. It was probably the only part of the show that genuinely spooked me when I first saw it (on TV as a kid with my sister), but it's what fascinated me most because there was a whole history there they could play with.

[@claranguematio6717]

@@SSECreator right, I was expecting something grim and spectacular that could involve gouvernement officials 🤣🤣

[@chevalfille12]

Yes!! What happened to that entire plot? I felt like I missed an entire season when they dropped this plot line.

[@Landiiana]

And the hospital with all those kids and the dead lady

[@maggiedean5691]

I loved that part too. It was so creepy to me at the time.

[@xanderm6090]

@@chevalfille12 That was eventually dealt with. At least in terms of most of the people down there finally being able to cross over in probably Melinda's biggest W.

[@MADEbySOUL]

The fans reaction to Delia’s “speech” was understandable since she literally said everything Melinda feared. Fans saw how much she struggled all her life with the gift and people’s perceptions. So going from Jim and Andrea to Delia was stark and harsh x 100. I applaud Manheim for going there. It couldn’t be easy to not be a fan fave.

[@Lucy-vx2ls]

All of this! The show is written so we identify with Melinda's perspective, and it was obviously painful for her, but I always loved (in a painful way) Delia's reaction. People forget how much pain she's in, or don't realize it. But from her perspective she just found out her best friend, who she trusted enough to be alone with her kid, is having visual and auditory hallucinations and has convinced her son that those delusions are real. That's terrifying. And it's painful. And I'd have reacted the exact same way as Delia did. Her performance was superb, imo.

[@tcm087]

But they weren’t delusions or hallucinations so her POV is meaningless. I have no sympathy for her. Delia was not a friend. (The actress who played her was and is great-have seen her in other roles) I didn’t feel like Delia’s character was necessary. While I could understand another character just outside Melinda’s immediate circle of loved ones providing the same skepticism and perhaps even interfering, it;s unforgivable in a character with whom Melinda should have had a close bond.

[@Zelda00Gamer]

What do you mean her pov was meaningless? This is a show that has ghosts but it’s still set in reality. It’s not sci fi with aliens. It’s our earth but with ghosts. That’s the only twist. So if you’re saying that if a close friend of yours said they heard saw and spoke with ghosts daily and not only that she convinced your child that your dead partner was lingering you’d be like “cool story bro I support you” I call BS. Any normal person would worry they were in fact nuts and needed intense mental health treatment. Andrea being so blasé about it drove me crazy. No normal person would take this kind of news without skepticism. I always disliked Andrea and Delia is the best

[@tcm087]

@@Zelda00Gamer some of us are more open to listening to our friends. I am sure I’d be skeptical to an extent at first, but if I experienced the things they did at the shop, I’d believe something I couldn’t explain was happening. Andrea wasn’t blase; she was an open, trusting personality who had worked long enough with and knew Melinda well enough to know she wasn’t crazy. They had a long history together. Delia ignored all of it, then treated Melinda like crud. Melinda didn’t convince her son of anything. Her son already believed in the possibility. I could appreciate if Melinda was endangering his life but she wasn’t. Or manipulating him into an inappropriate relationship. Which she most definitely wasn’t doing. And Delia should have trusted in her friend enough to know she didn’t have a malicious bone in her body. Delia’s response was over the top. I stand by my comment. I never trusted Delia after that and didn’t find her character redeeming. Her character doesn’t add anything sufficient to the show because Melinda encounters plenty of other nonbelievers each show already to demonstrate how difficult it is for Melinda to navigate the “real world” as you put it while helping earth-bound souls complete their unfinished business so they can cross over. In the show the ghosts are a reality; perhaps you meant the living world. Either way this is just a show. And the older I have gotten the more I disliked Delia’s character.

[@SnoFitzroy]

@@tcm087 It's not about "open to listening to friends" the story is literally set in our world, like the person you're replying to said, it's just "here, but there's ghosts" except the only proof of ghosts in-universe comes from the VERY rare individuals who can perceive them. "treated melinda like shit?" Dude you are SO biased to the point you're beyond saving.

[@crowqueen69420]

Absolutely masterfully done video. I do think something worth mentioning that sets ghost whisperer apart as a procedural is the lack of interpersonal violence and sexual violence. Criminal minds, bones, medium, most procedurals are to solve murders. Ghost Whisperer solves interpersonal conflict (for the most part) and you see the new characters of the week achieve a level of peace. Many of the individuals in ghost whisperer died natural or accidental deaths. While most procedural shows create a fear or anxiety surrounding death, ghost whisperer helps to create a level of comfort and familiarity with a transition that all living things must make from life to death.

[@claudis.4015]

That's such a fascinating comparison to draw! Makes me really want to watch it now. Thank you 🤩

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

Considering this was basically a murder of the week crime serial, i dont know why it intrigued me so much when i was a kid. I think this, and the other slightly supernatural shows like it, were very trendy at the time. Investigators who *weren't* cops. I miss that era

[@marocat4749]

I think it would hewve been better mixing serialized with an overarching bit better, but its still very charming, and not afraid to shake up stakes a fair bit shocking, ok the season one end was ballsy ok. But its a fair bit going ther eand charming. And the small town is felt. Dunno moonlight had a vampire PI but i think its the next best to cop and police consuldent. Why not more True calling :(

[@StrawberryMoonlights]

Right, I don’t even know how I started watching it as kid with my family.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

@@StrawberryMoonlightsJennifer Love Hewitt was pretty famous back then and I saw ads for it everywhere. I never watched the show though.

[@marlaneperkins8175]

I think it helped that the show wasn't, 'cops catching murderers' but rather the victims themselves getting to speak up for themselves and find peace. Less focus on the murderers and more on the victims.

[@frostfang1]

Loved Tru Calling!

[@magichappens5252]

"Your wife fascinates me" "Me too" I love Jim so much

[@kthxbi]

Ghost Whisperer really showed that a series can 100% have it's main couple be in a healthy committed loving relationship from day 1, and that romance can still provide plot and interest. I would much rather more shows had a Melinda and Jim style relationship than season after season of 'will they won't they' with the main pair. yes maybe the show could have created more drama if there was conflict between them (I will admit to re-watching the Sam storyline more than anything else in the show), but without it it makes the background of Melinda's life feel so cosy and safe when you just want something softly spooky

[@eryniel95]

Absolutely agree. I am beyond frustrated when I watch German tv and no relationship lasts more than half a season. Thats not what life looks like at all

[@Rikkulyoko1]

Ugh my favorite show growing up

[@scumengel]

This comment is a lil too real omg!! its even funnier knowing that my current style is influenced by Melinda's outfits within the show 😭😭

[@15arael]

i LOVED Deliah, yeah, she could be blunt and at times hurtful, but those scenes were impactful for a reason, and when she eventually believes it was such an iconic scene between Deliah and Melinda "you are getting a second shot with your one true love"

[@19Rena96]

I think she was written so poorly. The whole fall out with Melinda abt grief lasted like what 1 episode. It should have been more because that was like the one thing Melinda really was not a pushover about and Delia just basically told her she was ridiculous and everything was in her head to her face after all they experienced. Then has the audacity to give a bs apology because of Neds little white lie and Jim? There needed to be a better resolution there because that whole thing really should have gutted Melinda and she had no one she could turn to after that. Andrea is dead, Jim dead, Professor Payne gone. She and her mom still had issues as well and Eli was still a new friend and there was no way in hell Delia’s personality would even let Melinda talk to Ned at all after the argument. Poor girl was alone and it felt like she was kind of left with no other option but to let Delia back in her circle otherwise she’d be alone alone.

[@BrokenDarkFire]

Also I LOVE that you got to sit down and interview John Gray! So cool hearing his perspective on the show development, and it sounds like you asked really good questions. I watched this show in real time (still have some early seasons DVDs somewhere), and let me tell you, Rick Payne being written out of the show crushed little teenage me. It felt like they’d struck lightning in the same way they did with how beloved Andrea’s character was. Like, I survived Andrea dying, and I was so not prepared for the show to shake up its characters two years later.

[@mikaylaswansong2204]

I agree! I still can’t get over Rick Payne leaving! Some of my favorite moments were between Melinda and Rick.

[@smurfyday]

It's a shame so many shows, like The Mentalist and Ghost Whisperer, apparently, die in at least major part because their creators lost interest and wanted to do other things that, in hindsight, never reached anywhere near the height of what they dropped. GW's season 1 finale was almost untoppable. That was one freaking send-off to Andrea. Can't wait to hear your take on Gilmore Girls. I'm also curious about the opposite effects of the costars' offscreen chemistry in this case and in something like Sam Raimi's Spider-man (2 to 3)--in other words, off-screen romance not translating onscreen, or vice versa.

[@Girl2TheCity]

I honestly think Ghost Whisperers and The Mentalist, Monk, House MD, Bones , Criminal Minds should have ended it after three seasons. After that the story always gets diluted and loses what drew you into the characters in the first place 😂 in my opinion

[@cainyourkids]

@@Girl2TheCity Grey's Anatomy needed to hear this like 20+ seasons ago or something lol

[@cranberryrosebud]

I’m the only person I know who’s seen this show, and never would’ve expected a video essay on it to pop up in my recommended. Very excited for this, since the last time I watched GW I was 11.

[@ashleykabbes9316]

I loved this show until Jim died. It lost me there .

[@DerpinaTheBrave]

Same. I tried to persevere through the "regaining memories" plotline but I just hated it and stopped watching lol

[@nikkim9014]

Same. What a dumb thing to do.

[@_Hollie_]

Same, i recently watched in disney+ and was obsessed. The. Jim died and i think i watched like 2-3 episodes and just stopped.

[@Prettypoisonswitch]

Same. I hung on a little longer but it definitely didn't get any better.

[@JuriAmari]

I rewatched it during the lockdown since I enjoyed the few eps of the show I saw when I was younger. But I ended up dropping the show twice - first with the plane crash arc (which I gave myself some time to mourn after Andrea, who really deserved better writing), then Jim’s arc (for good - had to use Wikipedia to fill in the rest because I was too angry).

[@faithleah1981]

This show will always ALWAYS hold a place within me. This show came out months after we lost my sister violently and abruptly after being struck walking by a drunk driver, thrown into oncoming traffic on the other side, struck again and both cars left 😢😢😢 this show literally helped me grieve, cry when I couldn’t, remind myself that although it was a show I’m not the only one who lost a love one even in that manner. And it also gave me hope that she’s up in heaven looking down, watching over us. That she has no unfinished business because she was loved deeply. Still watch the reruns.

[@PiaInTheHouse]

I remember watching this show with my mom every day after school in the afternoon while she had her coffee and we shared cookies. She is a very devoted christian and was not happy about me taking an interest in this show. I was a young preteen so she said we could watch it together and she eventually came around and enjoyed it as well. She really liked the lead actress’s outfirs and hairstyles (my moms a hairstylist). That was over 10 years ago. God i miss these times

[@sal_alaa]

The plane crash plot lives in my mind rent free. I watched it 18 years ago when i was a child and i still randomly think about how amazing and iconic it was. I recently rewatched it for the first time as an adult, thinking i must have built it up in my head, but no. The plot twist was just as good as I remember.

[@Lutehammer]

When I started watching 911 and Jennifer Love Hewitt showed up, I was do delighted because of Ghost Whisperer. I knew we were in for a treat and all of her excellent crying and adorable energy has been beautifully featured.

[@Ravenhill171]

She was the last drop that brought me to watch 911 😂 and then I continued watching GW (WHICH i paused for some months). I love GW, watched it with my mother as a teen 🥰

[@Lethalport1515]

The way I died at "Jim is baby girl"!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Yes, I'm here for this take 🎉 Jim IS babygirl!!!

[@jenndoesstuff]

I love that you actually tracked down and interviewed the show's original creator. That's commitment to journalism right there and his insights were very interesting. I'd love to see you interview more of the people behind the media you talk about.

[@MikaelaCher]

I find it weird how Delia is treated as a total villain by the fanbase when my biggest complaint with modern shows is how conflicts get resolved just too easily and fast sometimes. Delia has such a powerful, realistic journey through the show it baffles me people can dislike her. She makes mistakes much like Melinda does, but she learns and grows a lot as well

[@salthesalmonshark6849]

I think that's because they only see her as a replacement for Andrea and not her own character.

[@19Rena96]

she literally gets worse each season? Like why would anyone have a friend like her?

[@emmad.176]

That's actually a good point :) I liked Delia but also found it very frustrating how skeptical she could be, I guess largely because I have an open mind to spiritual stuff. I realise that not everybody is the same though. Similar to what ur saying, something I really appreciated about the show 'Charmed' was that when Prue died, the sisters were all visibly affected for some time and even after things had settled, there was still clearly some emotion there and her name still got mentioned regularly :)

[@Felixiroflife28]

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Laci Chaubert (Gretchen in Mean Girls) are like the same person in a slightly different font

[@moiseslozano6906]

Lol yes

[@JayWhy-f9b]

They were both in Party of Five

[@mogreen9435]

I’ve only seen Laci in 2 movies. I feel like I grew up watching Jennifer love Hewitt.

[@withcharmtospare]

@@mogreen9435that’s so funny because I knew them both from PoF and have grown up with both of them. Laci in Lost in Space was like my fave when I was a kid. I wanted to be a space faring teen! 😂

[@TheMysteryDriver]

@@JayWhy-f9bright!

[@please_im_a_staaar]

On a more superficial note, I've always found it a bit distracting that they would put JLH in a smokey eye as an everyday daytime makeup for the show. I guess I was used to other shows at that time that would only make "vixen", "rebellious" or "villainous" women wear dark intense makeup. And here we have Melinda, a small town antique shop owner in full smokey and club hairstyles 24/7 solving murders on the side.

[@Girl2TheCity]

I loved 🥰 that and didn’t want it to change. It was part of her personality character ❤

[@moara4144]

For me it was the ridiculously heavy fake lashes. I just couldn't take the show seriously with those caterpillars bouncing around.

[@AnotherHarley]

Since when are smokey eyes NOT everyday daytime makeup????

[@mouhitorinoboku9655]

I always wear obnoxious clothes (here meaning, big bold jewelry, asymmetrical dress pieces, high heels and platforms, i make party/club wear paired with job clothes work. it's funky and me and i like it) and cat eye makeup when I work, or even just go out of the house. I like wearing makeup, I don't get why that would throw anyone off. some of us don't want to be the same as everyone else, I like standing out and I always get compliments. to me it makes her more relatable and human, because we're all different.

[@tessaract7695]

She had a soft goth look in season one that mellowed out a bit in later seasons cause she's growing out of it, she found the place and people she belongs with so she feels less like she needs it

[@eyyitskayy2314]

Still remember how easily I could’ve flipped the channel to my regular cartoons but even as a kid I was so entranced with a pretty woman talking gently to ghosts and still managing to show up to work in a cute antique shop 🥰

[@gremlinmads]

Honestly, i think watching Ghost Whisperer growing up is one of the reasons i turned out more empathetic than i ever thought i’d be. It’s just so warm and unyielding in a way that shaped little me and the rest of my siblings into better people

[@prettypastels15]

I flipping LOVED Professor Payne. He was my favorite. I loved his chemistry with Melinda, I loved their dynamic, and younger me kinda thought he was cute, sue me. I was GUTTED when he was unceremoniously written off.

[@allynjune5567]

I felt the exact same way!

[@mikaylaswansong2204]

I expected way more comments like this. I completely agree! He was one of my favorite characters and I loved the relationship between him and Melinda.

[@asurafire5386]

JLH crying on command happens in 911 too and it made me adore her character because she did her job as a 911 operator but she wasn’t immune to the pain that it can cause yet she always got the job done.

[@ashleighcalvert8937]

she is probably as beautiful as anyone has ever been on network television. i was obsessed with this show and would rent the dvds from the library

[@amaamzat9913]

I started watching the show in 2019 when it was on Hulu. I remember being so sad when Jim died that I stopped watching the show. I wouldn’t say it was a conscious decision I made, I just lost motivation to keep going. Had I known he came back, I might have kept watching. Congratulations on the anniversary!

[@claranguematio6717]

Thank you for mentioning Medium with Patricia Arquette , I enjoyed that show soooo much and there is very few content about it even less than Ghost Whisperer . The difference between recently produced shows and old ones is so stark, charcaters are explored very differently due to different show lengths

[@JuriAmari]

Medium and Ghost Whisperer are my favorite supernatural shows and the former seems to be talked about way less on the internet. I hope we get a retrospective on that! I also like that those shows broke away from drama and have well grounded family and romantic relationships. I hope those shows inspire people to create something new that has a similar vibe.

[@martymcflown3707]

Man that zoom in on Jim The Office made me 1) laugh way too hard and 2) need an entire video where you break down exactly why he's cringe and how we as a society have outgrown that type of guy. I'm also someone whose type when it comes to men is Wife Guy (positive) because I'm a sucker for devotion, so now you've really made me want to rewatch Ghost Whisperer and see how I feel about it now as an adult.

[@LadyofBakerStreet]

This show was like if Gilmore Girls and Touched By An Angel had a baby… which then died in a tragic accident and haunted the Ion TV network.

[@PinkDappleleaf]

Man, thank God for Ion, otherwise I would've never seen the show 😂

[@saynotzai]

My sister and I were obsessed with this show as children. It played after our bed time but coincidentally my mom entered a postgraduate or something that was in the evening/night of the weekday that it aired, so my sister and I watched religiously and then quickly went to bed just before my mom arrived. Good times.

[@Gracieroseyxox]

I absolutely loved the strength and healthy relationship of Melinda and Jim. Truly impacted me when I was younger. I remember crying to my parents after he died because I was so heartbroken. I was really happy when they brought him backs.

[@noaaa7]

The Jim praise section could have been written by me. Love that man!

[@mariakarolina7753]

If I had a nickel for every time Jennifer Love Hewitt plays a character married to a paramedic in a long-running network tv show, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's crazy that it happended twice.

[@taetaerinn_]

AND both characters names start with M hahaha

[@ElleVervain]

I love Delia and her actress :D But then again... I love Prue from Charmed, too, and most of the fans hated her, too, cause she was the most grown up of the three sisters. The most stern. Maybe it's similiar with Delia. Delia in comparisson to Andrea is more mature and as said in this video: at another point in life many younger viewers would not like

[@danteward-hunt6038]

this show was the first horror i watched as a sheltered homeschool kid and led to me genuinely believing I could see dead people for a few years

[@ShyDigi]

… what were you *actually* seeing then… because thats somehow more concerning when phrased like that - im not making fun of you or anything i wanna make that clear but… if not ghosts, and werent meant to be there… who were they?

[@danteward-hunt6038]

@@ShyDigi stupid shit like deer and weird shadows and woods creeps. i lived out in the sticks so sometimes i would think there was a ghost like in the field behind the school or something but it was just like a bear or a squatter. also i would just stare until i thought i saw something

[@Aedi_H._Dee]

I adore Delia’s reaction and gradual acceptance for an entirely different but slightly related reason: It’s about as subtle as you can get to making people sympathize with a character that needs to “come out” without (at all) making it a metaphor for queerness/coming out, and still, somehow, having that dynamic and feel. (I saw the show when I was a kid. It had enough of a chokehold on me that I made my mom buy me the box set lmao (she got me one bootlegged season as a compromise 😂). It wasn’t until I rewatched it later on, as an out and proud adult, that I realized why that scene hit me so much as a closeted, question pre-teen-and it was because that part of Melinda and Delia’s friendship mirrored so much of my dynamic with my mom.) Completely unrelated note: JLH is so at one with Melinda Gordon in my head that when I started watching 9-1-1, I couldn’t unsee it. 😂

[@SnoFitzroy]

I literally thought the actress' name was "Melinda Love Hewitt" for the longest time

[@LaDD-oz5xb]

My mom, sister, and I LOVED this show. The gothic romance of it all had us OBSESSED. Each ghost was so memorable too, I want to rewatch this now !

[@edksiaw]

I grew up watching this show, it was probably the first like non-children's channel show that I would watch every week (can confirm the Jim body-swtich storyline was exhausting to get through) but oh my goodness this whole time in my head Rick and Eli were just the same character. Like I've always remembered Rick's face and personality but with Eli's intro/backstory so imagine my shock watching this.

[@camilledumeige3]

Ghost Whisperer was and still is a huge show in France. I've watched it so many times. It's still broadcast on TV today.

[@FeffurW]

Me and my mom were obsessed with this show! It made me fall in love with Jennifer's works and every time I see she's in something I know she'll deliver

[@kristenefox7001]

It's so cool you got to actually meet and talk to him! I never really watched this show steadily when it aired, nor did I watch Medium, but I don't have a good reason for that. Maybe I'll queue it up on a streaming service. I always LIKED the premise.

[@jenniferohrstrom9831]

What a blast from the past. I used to get to stay up past my normal bedtime to watch this back in the day. Maybe I should watch it again sometime...

[@GrimMorningstar]

Would love to see a retrospective like this on Supernatural. You do an amazing job in all of these!

[@fionahunter1669]

Lol that is a Much bigger ask, but I would also watch it

[@kaselea4232]

I would watch the heck outta that!

[@mrzoohasaninn]

I think that would require multiple hours and an entire half hour long chapter on how the show was both homophobic and also queerbaited the hell out of people. Also another on the sexism. And the racism. And an hour long episode on just stuff that was ridiculous.

[@orangemelon92]

i was so afraid that it didn't age well but this video made me want to rewatch it. this was such an important series for me and my mom

[@ladyjane9077]

Thank you for this. It's so interesting to hear how all this works from a show writers' perspective. Sounds like it was a cool experience. Thank you for your perspective of this show as well. I love this show. Though the episodes involving the plane had me absolutely in tears and torn up! But that is what makes good television and great writing. I never expected the twist it took, didn't see it coming at all. The way that Hewitt played Melinda during that whole part was an absolute masterpiece, in my opinion. We're supposed to be affected by it. It's supposed to make us smile, cry, laugh, and more. As for Jim's character (I completely agree with you), we should be allowed to dream a little that such a person exists. I adore how they first met. That story is so sweet.

[@XLonelyWriterX]

The closest I've found to Jim is Leo from Charmed. Except ofc Leo was a little more active as he also had powers. I love me a devoted husband.

[@sylvian9703]

Also Jack Pearson from This is Us

[@mrzoohasaninn]

Personality wise, sort of for the first few seasons, but he never fills the same role that Jim does considering how rocky the relationship with Piper is. And the avatar stuff. That show was wild.

[@LizzyThewolf]

How tf did you know I’m rewatching it rn I used to watch ghost whisperer with my grandma when I was little probably from 6-11 (now I’m 21) but recently I decided to show my girlfriend the show I love your videos and it’s crazy that this was the timing omg

[@BrianZatzke]

I actually started rewatching the series and god it’s a good show. I do like how they had a character who didn’t believe that’s a close friend and an arc of her acceptance of it. Sooo good! Never been a Delia hater, but I was sooo annoyed by Ned. 😂

[@brandyloutherback9288]

I'm curious to hear your retrospective on a similar TV show Charmed.

[@snowballeffect7812]

omg yeah, i definitely knew about Charmed's existence more than Ghost Whisperer. Never watched either show, tbh lmao

[@LupitaLaChona]

I loved this show and binged it in like ‘18-‘19. Jim was so perfect that I loved him and it was scary enough.

[@nightwingnoir]

Ghost Whisperer holds a place in my heart, and it has been for 15-ish years. It was one of my moms favorites, and I would frequently watch it with her as a kid, even if it gave me nightmares. Now that my mother has passed, its so sentimental to rewatch, crying over the same scenes that my mother did with me so many years ago.

[@imalwayslate5987]

I love this. It's surprising that there aren't more videos on this show. This was one of my favorites. Melinda's clothes were perfect, the town was perfect, Jim was perfect. Lol I loved how perfect Jim was, but at the same time I knew Jim was a set up. Even as a teenager I knew I would never find a man like Jim. I love to hate how perfect he is lol

[@StrawberryMoonlights]

I haven’t watched Ghost whisperer since I was 9. I loved to watch this show with my brother almost everyday at 4pm on tv after skating lessons. Jim is the best and season 4 was so confusing for me, I was so unhappy when I thought he could be replaced

[@kythefairy2029]

I wish I could watch ghost whisperer for the first time all over again. Such a cozy comfort show for me

[@bloatus7611]

I love the disdain for Pam and Jim displayed here lol. My grandmother probably couldn't tell you Jennifer Love Hewitt's name but she was surely tuned in to this show.

[@FeralFelineFriend]

I was obsessed with this show when I was a kid. I would try and catch every episode that I could. Unfortunately, my family couldn't afford cable anymore and there wasn't box sets available of this show.

[@abbewinter9249]

No way! This is the first time *ever* that you've covered a show that I've not only watched, but actually seen all the way through before you introduced it to me! I used to watch this show whenever possible, as it was on when I got home from school. I remember the guy in the black hat terrified me as a kid, but I refused to stop watching.

[@danirodriguez3682]

I loved this show so much! It got a little weird with Jim’s “death” but this was always a standout series for me because of how different it was. I love how this show really led with empathy. And even though I really liked Andrea and Jim, the relationship between Melina and Deliah was a standout for me. I love the complexity of their relationship and how they managed to show healthy conflict and the effort it can take to move beyond it. Because the thing is a lot of us would be Deliahs and would absolutely freak out if after the death of a loved one, our friend was like well actually I see ghosts and they’re still here.

[@sparklesapp6853]

her wardrobe was everything to me .. I LOVED every outfit she had

[@mikeyisbombable]

What I loved about this show and how it was different from others is how usually shows have a character searching for love throughout the series. The pilot episode literally showed Melinda and Jim dancing on their WEDDING NIGHT! I thought it was different, but very well executed to go a different direction than a repeat scenario.

[@demonprinceofspuds731]

This was my comfort show as a child. Every day after school I'd come home, get in my parents giant bed while they were off cooking dinner or running errands, and I'd just watch it. It was intriguing and attention grabbing and I loved every minute. My mother thought I was nuts for likeing somethingthat got scary a lot of the time, but what can you do 😅

[@lolopez8319]

i chose to watch this show earlier this year because i love stories with ghosts as characters. i had no idea it was this beloved by people

[@abrielle13]

Rick is my comfort character, I love him! He's in one of my favorite movies of all time, "Pay It Forward".

[@goldenarmorpikachu]

I absolutely loved this show. Used to watch it with my since passed away grandmother and my aunt. My aunt would record it on her VCR, then we would watch it at my grandparents. This show gave me many moments with Mommom that i will always cherish. And as for the show getting canceled. JLH said it best. "When you've taken people on a journey for so long, the least you can do is give them a goodbye. For a show that was about unfinished business, we didn't get to finish." which honestly seems Poetic and fitting for the show.

[@AN-kc9td]

I grew up being obsessed with this series. I haven't seen it in a while, but this video has convinced me to do a rewatch

[@myrabeth77]

The problem with Delia wasn't the skepticism and its impacts on the friendship. The problem was that she wasn't likable enough before Melinda's secret came out to her. So she went from "barely tolerated" to "strongly disliked" by viewers very easily. Nothing against CM, just her character. If Delia hadn't been so difficult to like early on, the climax of the conflict between her skepticism and Melinda's secret would have been perceived as more "interesting" and "relatable" by viewers, rather than feeling like a moment of supreme validation for not being fond of her to begin with, thus entrenching that opinion.

[@deliat7478]

I watched this show as it came out (as many episodes as I could catch), and I found myself remembering the large plot points and my love for the show. I do remember being disappointed as the show went on and not remembering why, but I did recall Melinda wearing a lot more black outfits and eye liner (which feels like a weird thing to remember) as the show's tone got darker. Or it could've just been the filter and night scenes 🤷🏻‍♀️. I remember specifically the episode(s) she was possessed. Her kid and husband were standing outside the house looking terrified. Then the camera looks at the window and we get an instrumental sting as she stalks past in the inside of the house. It was supposed to be terrifying and I remember laughing out loud! I loved it because of how campy it was, but that was the big moment I realized the tone had completely changed. Right now I'm watching through Buffy but I might go back and watch this show too. It was so fun and heartwarming and it's true that Jennifer Love Hewitt's performance completely sells the whole show 😁 Edit: OH the shiny vs. shadows thing!! I hated that!! I think that's why I stopped watching seriously. Those plot lines were so weird lol.

[@katymarie5323]

7:16 BLIP?! My 9 year old heart BROKE 😂

[@pamg.5475]

When you say BROKE , the most agonizing heartbreak in my 27 years

[@jackiegaffney6489]

Same

[@Tazzie1312]

Man I loved this show. Honestly, I still think Jim and Melinda's relationship made it very unique.

[@xochiltaviles4539]

My mom and I LOVE THIS SHOW. We’d all gather on whatever week day during dinner, to watch it, including my grandma. This show was so heartwarming and spooky. They balanced it SO well. Definitely a comfort show of mine

[@mikeyisbombable]

One of the most underrated tv shows!! To this day it still deserves a proper ending

[@PaniACoCo]

My grandma died because of cancer a year ago. While she was in her final days, we watched this. We kept watching after she left. It was comforting. What you said about the everyday episodes resonates with me, they are soothing and hopeful.

[@pauliporcupine]

I rewatched this show last year and i'm 100% on board in the Jim is the perfect tv husband ever train Honestly, Melinda's kindness and sensibility towards the ghosts and the grieving families was such an appeal for me. To have a character with that sense of duty to just help people, without any kind of reward was just so wonderful to me

[@Corinthians1614]

I literally watch this show every, single, year. It is such a comfort show

[@VanillaMochachino]

I completely forgot about this show until now. My mom and I would watch it religiously every week when a new episode dropped and has been one of the major bonding moments between us when I was a kid.

[@dylanc5835]

The girl in the well and the lawnmower death haunted me and my brother growing up. Us insisting our mum we were old enough to watch it while consistently having nightmares up until the next episode retraumatised us with a new ghost are some of my fondest childhood memories.

[@LaineyBug2020]

What I liked about Rick is he showed you can be 'in love' or have sexual and romantic attractions to someone, respect that they don't feel the same way, and still find value in keeping that person as a friend.

[@ReginaCordium722]

i've been rewatching ghost whisperer for the last month or so, so the timing of this video is INCREDIBLE

[@sativafairy9906]

I remember getting off of elementary school and rushing home to catch the last two episodes that would air during the day 😭

[@ariz347]

Me and my sister watched this show religiously with my grandma; We kept up with new episodes and everything. We watched this show so heavily to the point that there are full episodes and plot lines I can recall in detail off the top of my head 😭

[@kenyakia9368]

I loved Rick, I think he was a great alternative for a “normal guy”. He doesn’t necessarily believe, but he’s still supportive and helpful in the ways that Jim can’t be. Jim understands Melinda. Rick understands the gift. Jim is self assured and consistent. Rick is quirky and awkward. Like the nerd and the jock trope grew up to be normal guys.

[@ShantiVitaminC]

Dude, i remember the day i realized jim died. I was like around 13, 14, 15ish and the second it happened i straight up theatrically went , "nnNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! WHAT THE HELL?? IS THIS FOR REAL? WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT??!!" Then i spend the next like however long the hiatus was til the next episode soooo depressed and not able to function until i saw if they brought him back or not. I still can feel the anger and betrayal lol. Jim was my fav character!

[@elyssarox]

you found me playing every single episode in the later season drove me insane after binging it, every time i played at my job on the radio (once if not multiple times a day) it made me fill with a physical rage i can’t quite describe but i have personal beef with whoever signed off on it

[@mv9653]

As far as I was concerned, Melinda Gordon was a Magical Girl for adults. I was obsessed with the show as a kid. As an autistic person, I always felt like Melinda was autistic and undiagnosed because autism in women sometimes looks different from the stereotypes. At least, it would have made the autism episode better.

[@whatthehellisthisname]

I was sooo obsessed with Ghost Whisperer, I remember coming home from school and turning on the TV, because the broadcast was early in the afternoon here (long after the show came to an end), it was my daily ritual and it was always so exciting and tragic to follow.

[@ryanthescion]

Dang I’ve been subscribed for almost a year. Its all been incredibly worthwhile 🎉

[@natashaaa333]

Super glad they never did the love triangle thing, I would have hated Melinda to some degree if she had been so cruel to Jim and so immoral, I hate how casually normalized cheating is in network television. Not to mention it would have been terribly out of character when Melinda is so caring, kind, and empathetic

[@thechristinaccruz]

wow this was such a good video and reminded me of so much I had forgotten about in this show, to be quite honest sometimes I thought this show was a fever dream lol but I did remember hating Jim's death arc so freaking much. And now I'm wishing for a video like this about Medium, idk why but I remember being so obsessed with that show and I was like a child really when started watching it, I think I had a crush on Patricia Arquette.

[@J_Mock92]

The "fever dream" comment made me laugh, because I didn't watch the show weekly as it aired and completely forgot about it until this video, but I used to watch it whenever it was on. I think I mostly watched reruns of it on the "ion" network (?), because I remember having that channel playing in my bedroom all the time (back in highschool when I actually had cable channels to just flip through and let play lol), and I'm pretty sure Ghost Whisperer was one of the shows they aired everyday

[@thechristinaccruz]

@@J_Mock92 that's almos how my experience went, I wasn't watching it religiously but I always stopped to watch when I a caught it on TV and I think at the time I was always confused in the begining of the ep and then I enjoyed it

[@J_Mock92]

@@thechristinaccruz lol right! I think it was one of those shows that was "serialized" to the point where you didn't exactly know what was going on with the overall arc, but "episodic" enough to where you could watch a single episode without being completely lost... If that makes sense. It wasn't like an old school sitcom or whatever where every episode is pretty much self-contained, but it still had a bit of that quality. The first comparable things that come to my mind are Charmed, or even Buffy to an extent (Charmed had season-long arcs but followed the same "semi-episodic" formula for the majority of the series, while Buffy had plenty of "one-offs" throughout it's run but the overarching plot of the season became much more central to the narrative as the show went on).

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

I haven't thought of this show in years. Forgotten gem I guess.