Episode list for
"Medium" (2005)

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Episode Count: 76
Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Year: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date: 3 January 2005
Wife, mother, and psychic Allison DuBois (Arquette) can communicate with the dead and is convinced she can use her gift to help solve crimes. She's put to the test when she gets a call from the Texas Rangers.

Season 1, Episode 2: Suspicions and Certainties

Original Air Date: 10 January 2005
Phoenix District Attorney Manuel Devalos hires Allison at the DA's office. She is asked to help in a jury selection to help convict a killer.

Season 1, Episode 3: A Couple of Choices

Original Air Date: 17 January 2005
Allison is partnered with Detective Lee Scanlon on a case involving the strange murders of newlywed couples. Joe tries to plan a surprise party for Allison.

Season 1, Episode 4: Night of the Wolf

Original Air Date: 24 January 2005
A wolf chasing her as she's "little red riding hood" is plaguing Allison's dreams. It all starts to make sense as she overhears a woman giving an inaccurate description to a sketch artist. Meanwhile, Bridget's teacher informs Allison and Joe that Bridget is not making many friends at school.

Season 1, Episode 5: In Sickness and Adultery

Original Air Date: 31 January 2005
When visiting another psychic, Allison is told that there is a dark cloud over her marriage. This only snowballs downhill for Allison both at work and home.

Season 1, Episode 6: Coming Soon

Original Air Date: 7 February 2005
Allison believes a supposed Good Samaritan raped and murdered a red-haired college student. Meanwhile, Allison may be pregnant and Ariel may be a math genius.

Season 1, Episode 7: Jump Start

Original Air Date: 14 February 2005
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.

Season 1, Episode 8: Lucky

Original Air Date: 21 February 2005
Allison's step brother Michael returns from duty in Iraq, where he has earned the nickname Lucky. But Allison can see that he is being haunted by a ghost and it's possible Michael also has the gift.

Season 1, Episode 9: Coded

Original Air Date: 28 February 2005

Season 1, Episode 10: The Other Side of the Tracks

Original Air Date: 14 March 2005
Allison's recurring dream of two young boys who are racing a train - only to become separated when one gets across the track and the other doesn't - leads her to Professor Leonard Cardwell whose area of expertise is communication with the afterlife. Meanwhile, D.A. Devalos enlists Allison's help with a 14-year-old confessed murderer who's confessed to a councilman's murder.

Season 1, Episode 11: I Married a Mind Reader

Original Air Date: 21 March 2005
Allison is sick. The medicine she takes makes her have strange dreams - stranger then usual dreams. She dreams she is involved in a very old TV show called I Married A Mind Reader. She's not sure the real life murderer is the right person.

Season 1, Episode 12: A Priest, a Doctor and a Medium Walk Into an Execution Chamber

Original Air Date: 28 March 2005
Devalos decides that Allison should view an execution of a death row inmate so she can see the seriousness of her job. But when the girlfriend of the inmate is killed, and the inmate's ghost is seen at the crime scene, Allison is brought in to investigate. Also, Allison discovers a dark secret about the mother of a boy that Ariel has a crush on.

Season 1, Episode 13: Being Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

Original Air Date: 25 April 2005

Season 1, Episode 14: In the Rough

Original Air Date: 2 May 2005
An old murder case in which both Scanlon and Devalos were involved is re-opened. Allison is confused when she finds out that the convict did not commit the crime and her colleagues may have tampered with the evidence. She also has dreams of another murder whose connection to the case she does not understand first. At the same time, Joe's mother visits Allison and Joe, and Joe's father also appears to Allison.

Season 1, Episode 15: Penny for Your Thoughts

Original Air Date: 9 May 2005
Allison has a dream about a teenage girl brutally murdered by her doctor, with a third person also being present at the murder. When Allison finds out about the identity of this mysterious man, she decides to meet a doctor who had been convicted of a very similar crime more than a decade before and is now under psychiatric supervision. Allison meets the girl whom she saw in her dreams in a place she would not have expected.

Season 1, Episode 16: When Push Comes to Shove: Part 1

Original Air Date: 23 May 2005
Allison has difficulties balancing her work and private life. In her work, Captain Push tries to help her to find a serial killer, who leaves a Biblical citation at the scene of murder. The two are trying to find the link between the victims, while Allison's family life and Captain Push's health are at risk.

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: When Push Comes to Shove: Part 2

Original Air Date: 19 September 2005
Captain Push hovers between life and death, as Alison must figure out the clues before another murder, and Joe sees a counselor.

Season 2, Episode 2: The Song Remains the Same

Original Air Date: 26 September 2005
A song that keeps repeating in Allison's head leads her to a clue about a missing coed, but she runs up against the church and the sanctity of the confessional and is afraid they won't find the girl in time.

Season 2, Episode 3: Time Out of Mind

Original Air Date: 3 October 2005
Allison has dreams of a woman in a psychiatric facility who is claiming to be her.

Season 2, Episode 4: Light Sleeper

Original Air Date: 10 October 2005
Allison's sleepwalking puts her physically at risk, and her dreams put the family financially at risk. Meanwhile, there's a missing boy to find and a kidnapper to catch.

Season 2, Episode 5: Sweet Dreams

Original Air Date: 17 October 2005
Allison dreams of her good friend from high school, but cannot relate the dream to her current case.

Season 2, Episode 6: Dead Aim

Original Air Date: 24 October 2005
Allison's vision of a murder could potentially derail Devalos' reelection campaign, and when Devalos keeps getting upstaged in court, it's up to Allison to find out the truth.

Season 2, Episode 7: Judge, Jury and Executioner

Original Air Date: 7 November 2005
Despite thinking he will not be picked, Joe has to go on jury duty on a case against Stephen Garner who is accused of murdering his rich wife. Allison starts having visions about the man but D.A. Devalos orders her not to work on the case because of a conflict of interests.

Season 2, Episode 8: Too Close to Call

Original Air Date: 14 November 2005
Allison's vision of a murder could potentially derail Devalos' reelection campaign, and Joe runs into an old girlfriend.

Season 2, Episode 9: Still Life

Original Air Date: 21 November 2005
Alisson thinks there is another dimension in art. While at a art exhibit she see 3-Dimenional images pop out. And these all help lead to figure out a deadly secret.

Season 2, Episode 10: The Reckoning

Original Air Date: 28 November 2005
Allison dreams about hitting a girl with her car and a woman whose house is haunted. She finds out that the woman killed herself. Now Allison is trying to put all the pieces together.

Season 2, Episode 11: Method to His Madness

Original Air Date: 2 January 2006
When a serial killer takes up residence in Allison's head, her behavior begins to worry Joe.

Season 2, Episode 12: Doctor's Orders

Original Air Date: 9 January 2006
Dr. Charles Walker returns to Allison's dreams, and this time it involves one of her daughters.

Season 2, Episode 13: Raising Cain

Original Air Date: 23 January 2006
After Allison helps in the rescue of a kidnapped boy, disturbing dreams make her question whether it was the right thing to do.

Season 2, Episode 14: A Changed Man

Original Air Date: 6 February 2006
Allison hits her head and goes to the doctor to get an MRI. During the MRI examination of another patient, she sees a vision of him murdering several prostitutes. When she begins to investigate about one of the supposed victims, she finds herself in an awkward situation. In the meantime, Allison's MRI results let Joe create a theory of Allison's visionary power and he tries to persuade their daughters to get MRI to (dis)prove the theory.

Season 2, Episode 15: Sweet Child O' Mine

Original Air Date: 27 February 2006
Allison's dreams seem to be about a personal tragedy, but soon she realizes it has something to do with a murder at a coffee shop.

Season 2, Episode 16: Allison Wonderland

Original Air Date: 6 March 2006
Allison dreams of David Carradine just before she's asked to help locate a missing man.

Season 2, Episode 17: Lucky in Love

Original Air Date: 13 March 2006
After Allison dreams that her brother Michael was involved in a bank robbery, he shows up unexpectedly and she fears the worst.

Season 2, Episode 18: S.O.S.

Original Air Date: 17 April 2006
Allison's dreams put her on the trail of a serial killer.

Season 2, Episode 19: Knowing Her

Original Air Date: 24 April 2006
Allison has a vision implicating Detective Scanlon with drug-related murders.

Season 2, Episode 20: The Darkness Is Light Enough

Original Air Date: 1 May 2006
Allison has visions of a faceless man breaking into the home of a woman. Joe feels pressure at work.

Season 2, Episode 21: Death Takes a Policy

Original Air Date: 8 May 2006
Allison is investigating the death of doctor while her dreams are haunted by the Angel of Death, who seems to be suggesting that her time is up.

Season 2, Episode 22: Twice Upon a Time

Original Air Date: 22 May 2006
Allison has visions of what her life would be if she had become a high-powered attorney and married someone other than Joe.

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: Four Dreams: Part 1

Original Air Date: 15 November 2006
Everyone's dreams begin to have meaning, especially Allison and Bridgette's, and an old flame of Allison's appears on her doorstep.

Season 3, Episode 2: Four Dreams: Part 2

Original Air Date: 15 November 2006
Devalos takes ill, the home invasions continue but Allison can't figure things out, and Joe is less than pleased by Clay Bicks' presence.

Season 3, Episode 3: Be Kind, Rewind

Original Air Date: 22 November 2006
Allison keeps having the same dream, or is it day, and the clues she gets may help her prevent a tragedy.

Season 3, Episode 4: Blood Relation

Original Air Date: 29 November 2006
Dr. Walker returns, and Allison's attempts to save a young girl may endanger her life.

Season 3, Episode 5: Ghost in the Machine

Original Air Date: 6 December 2006
Allison's birthday gift for Joe starts sending her messages, and a highway sniper terrorizes Phoenix.

Season 3, Episode 6: Profiles in Terror

Original Air Date: 13 December 2006
Allison meets an FBI profiler she admires, but her visions start to involve him.

Season 3, Episode 7: Mother's Little Helper

Original Air Date: 3 January 2007
Interconnected dreams begin when Allison and Ariel stumble across a murder scene, and Ariel's resentment grows as she's needed to help catch the killer.

Season 3, Episode 8: The Whole Truth

Original Air Date: 17 January 2007
Allison tries to rescue a boy that she sees in her dreams, while she also tries to find out about the circumstances of an assemblyman's recent death. The two issues turn out to be related.

Season 3, Episode 9: Better Off Dead

Original Air Date: 24 January 2007
Allison's attempts to help two ghosts who've bonded over their respective murders is somewhat hampered by one who's left a sizable inheritance to a woman he barely knew.

Season 3, Episode 10: Very Merry Maggie

Original Air Date: 31 January 2007
Allison has a dream where the Dubois family are dolls under the control of a young boy, Oliver. When the boy's father is found dead, apparently having fallen off a ladder, her dreams reveal Oliver may have been an abused child. The Devalos' have to deal with the anniversary of their daughter's death. She committed suicide 6 years before without leaving a note or saying goodbye. Joe has been putting in a number of late nights on a major project and is a bit obsessed that one of the kids may have given him chicken pox.

Season 3, Episode 11: Apocalypse, Push

Original Air Date: 7 February 2007
Captain Push has dreams about a series of crimes committed in Phoenix and contacts Allison to tell her about his visions. Allison believes that Push's visionary ability is due to his long coma in the past but Push has doubts. In the meantime, Push has to submit himself to another medical operation and encounters some people in the hospital whom he had seen in a different context and circumstance before.

Season 3, Episode 12: The One Behind the Wheel

Original Air Date: 14 February 2007
Joe takes a turn at figuring things out when Allison is inhabited by another woman.

Season 3, Episode 13: Second Opinion

Original Air Date: 21 February 2007
When Allison's dream seems to foretell Marie's death, she will stop at nothing - including selling the house - to change the future.

Season 3, Episode 14: We Had a Dream

Original Air Date: 28 February 2007
Sonny Troyer is back, but what's even more frightening is he's learned how to manipulate Allison to his own evil ends.

Season 3, Episode 15: The Boy Next Door

Original Air Date: 7 March 2007
Teenage Allison dreams about her future, her personal life, and her work. Is it really the future she sees in her dreams? Can she change the future that she has dreamed about?

Season 3, Episode 16: Whatever Possessed You

Original Air Date: 28 March 2007
When one of Devalos' childhood friends dies, Allison has her suspicions about the cause; elsewhere, Joe puts in for a government project but a polygraph creates some issues.

Season 3, Episode 17: Joe Day Afternoon

Original Air Date: 4 April 2007
Allison's feeling of dread turns into a horrifying reality when Joe is taken hostage at work, and Ariel must outwit her principal so she can call her mother.

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Season 3, Episode 18: 1-900-Lucky

Original Air Date: 11 April 2007
Allison's brother (Ryan Hurst), a phone-hotline psychic, helps a person whose husband was killed.

Season 3, Episode 19: No One to Watch Over Me

Original Air Date: 25 April 2007
Allison is lead to a body, but while they wait for an ID she has an encounter with the ghost; meanwhile, Joe is having difficulty adjusting back to work since his leave.

Season 3, Episode 20: Head Games

Original Air Date: 2 May 2007
Allison is involved in a murder trial, but things go terribly wrong when another body is found, Joe begins seeing a therapist, and a young woman asks Allison for confidences.

Season 3, Episode 21: Heads Will Roll

Original Air Date: 9 May 2007
Devalos deals with the aftermath of the case, Joe is approached by a lawyer, and Allison makes the decision to confide in Debra.

Season 3, Episode 22: Everything Comes to a Head

Original Air Date: 16 May 2007
P.D. McCall's betrayal has devastating results for everyone in Allison's life, and Walter Paxton brokers a deal with the D.A.'s office.

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: And Then

Original Air Date: 10 January 2008
Visions of a kidnapped boy plague Allison, who turns to a private investigator for help.

Season 4, Episode 2: But for the Grace of God

Original Air Date: 14 January 2008
Allison has trouble getting a "read" from a victim's possessions, but that might be because of conflict with Ariel who believes she's caught her mother in a lie.

Season 4, Episode 3: To Have and to Hold

Original Air Date: 21 January 2008
Joe's job interview takes a strange turn when he and Allison are asked to meet the boss' wife, but then Allison's dreams cause her to get involved in the disappearance of the couple's daughter and Joe's future is once again at risk.

Season 4, Episode 4: Do You Hear What I Hear?

Original Air Date: 18 February 2008
Allison completely loses her hearing after a wealthy young deaf girl is kidnapped, so Joe steps in to assist her and investigator Cynthia Keener.

Season 4, Episode 5: Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble

Original Air Date: 25 February 2008
Putting aside past clashes, defense attorney Larry Watt hires Allison as a consultant on a case. But his gamble does not turn out as expected when Allison's dreams indicate his client, a murder suspect, is guilty.

Season 4, Episode 6: Aftertaste

Original Air Date: 3 March 2008
As Manuel Devalos makes a run to reclaim his District Attorney seat, Allison has disturbing visions about his old friend and political ally Senator Jed Garrity's past.

Season 4, Episode 7: Burn Baby Burn

Original Air Date: 10 March 2008
Joe's mother Marjorie comes to visit, and a murder case reunites Allison, Devalos, and Detective Lee Scanlon.

Season 4, Episode 8: Burn, Baby, Burn: Part 2

Original Air Date: 17 March 2008
The police arrest Graham Stacey when they learn that his wife's life was insured for $7 million. Allison's dreams confirm his version of events. Allison continues to dream about the missing prostitute and the sadistic dentist but Cynthia Keener doesn't think the information is very useful. Allison eventually realizes there is a connection between Mrs. Stacey's death and the dentist. Ariel has information however that provides a vital clue in solving the mystery. Joe's mother shares a secret with Allison and that she may be able to help.

Season 4, Episode 9: Wicked Game: Part One

Original Air Date: 24 March 2008
Allison's dreams involve Cynthia Keener in a very personal way, and Joe's inspiration for solar power causes conflict with Allison.

Season 4, Episode 10: Wicked Game: Part Two

Original Air Date: 31 March 2008
Allison continues to dream about Cynthia Keener's daughter and manages to determine where her daughter's remains are to be found. Both she and Cynthia are convinced that Joanna Wheeler is the culprit but cannot find any evidence to prove it. When the one potential witness they do have is murdered, Cynthia is left with only one solution. Bridgette tells her dad that she had a dream about him getting a loan at the bank. All he has to do is go to the white-haired man and all his problems will be solved. The solution isn't quite as simple as getting a loan however.

Season 4, Episode 11: Lady Killer

Original Air Date: 7 April 2008
Allison dreams of a sexy, attractive woman who seems to be an expert at picking up men in bars and then killing them. The murders are quite violent but when the police finally arrest the woman in Allison has seen in dreams, she turns out to be a best-selling author on how to meet the opposite sex. But is she the killer? Manuel Devalos launches his campaign for District Attorney but Allison senses that one of his biggest supporters is conspiring with the current DA to blacken Manny's reputation.

Season 4, Episode 12: Partners in Crime

Original Air Date: 14 April 2008
Allison finds herself working with FBI Agent Edward Cooper with whom she had previously worked (see Episode 3.6) and who didn't hesitate to execute a suspect when the criminal justice system failed to convict him. He's now looking for a serial killer and when Allison tells him she's seen the killer in her dreams, he insists that she work with him. Joe meanwhile is still trying to find investors for his solar energy project. He's been turned down pretty well everywhere but when someone finally comes forward, it's on the condition that they get 51% ownership of the new undertaking.

Season 4, Episode 13: A Cure for What Ails You

Original Air Date: 21 April 2008
Allison's dream about a friend of Lynn DiNovi's puts her in the middle of an investigation that escalates to five murders and unrelated suspects. At home, Joe must find some way to convince an optometrist Marie can't read his chart.

Season 4, Episode 14: Car Trouble

Original Air Date: 28 April 2008
Allison's new used car turns out to have been central to a murder, and her visions get a little interactive; a patent threat stresses Joe and Meghan.

Season 4, Episode 15: Being Joey Carmichael

Original Air Date: 5 May 2008
Allison's dreams may solve the murder of a drug dealer, but a deal with a relative takes a surprising twist. Meanwhile, Joe's relationship with Meghan is strained by her behavior.

Season 4, Episode 16: Drowned World

Original Air Date: 12 May 2008
Tom Van Dyke gives Devalos some surprising news that affects his candidacy, and Allison tries to unravel the mystery of why a woman she consulted for on a haunting later committed suicide.

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