The essential episodes of Ghost Whisperer
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Ghost Whisperer — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Melinda Gordon has always had the ability to see and talk to dead people. These earth bound spirits, the ones who have yet to cross over to the other side, seek Melinda's help in communicating with the living and resolving unfinished business.
- 02
When Melinda's first ghost reappears, her presence triggers Melinda to remember when she first discovered her "gift" and the strain it put on her relationship with her mother, who couldn't understand what Melinda was going through.
- 03
When the ghost of Andrea's friend starts haunting her, Andrea learns that he was hospitalized in a hiking accident and every time he flat lines, his ghost tries to give clues to the location of his brother, who went missing during their hike.
- 04
When a traveling carnival comes to Grandview, Melinda encounters the revengeful ghost of a magician (Edward), who thinks his death during an underwater escape stunt wasn't an accident.
- 05
The ghost of an African American man attacked and killed during a fight with a white co-worker in the 1970's, haunts the former prosecutor turned judge who didn't file charges against the white co-worker even though he had good reason to.
- 06
When Melinda falls and injures her head, she wakes up to a world without ghosts and fears she has lost her "gift".
- 07
When the heat goes out at Melinda's house and shop, and Melinda gets strange visits from a flight attendant ghost who complains of being cold, Melinda welcomes the ability to help a ghost again but can't make sense of the messages she is being sent.
- 08
Following the jetliner crash just outside of Grandview, Melinda tries to get the confused ghost passengers to crossover, but she encounters an evil spirit who is working against her to keep the ghosts earthbound for "work" he has to do.
- 09
Melinda must find out why the spirit of a 6-year-old girl who drowned in the family swimming pool is unwilling to cross over.
- 10
After seeing Delia's husband's spirit sabotaging Delia's date, Melinda must reveal her identity to Delia in order to help.
- 11
Worried that the dark side is overtaking the light, Melinda must solve the meaning behind clues before another tragedy hits Grandview.
- 12
While on the hunt for answers, Melinda uncovers an underworld below Grandview.
- 13
On a cruise ship filled with ghosts, Melinda tries to help a ghost looking for the fiancé who wronged her.
- 14
Ned's occult-anthropology professor (Margaret Cho) is stalked by a secret-admirer ghost.
- 15
In the fifth-season finale, Melinda confronts a poltergeist in the hospital, initiating a final battle with the forces that threaten Melinda and her son.
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