| Ghost Whisperer season 2 | |||
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| Country of origin | United States | ||
| No. of episodes | 22 | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | CBS | ||
| Original run | September 22, 2006 – May 11, 2007 | ||
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| DVD release date | Region 1: September 18, 2007 Region 2: February 25, 2008 Region 4: April 2-June 13, 2008/2009 |
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| List of Ghost Whisperer episodes | |||
The second season of Ghost Whisperer, an American television series created by John Gray, commenced airing in the United States on September 22, 2006, concluded May 11, 2007, and consisted of 22 episodes. The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. While trying to live as normal a life as possible—she is married and owns an antique store—Melinda helps earthbound spirits resolve their problems and cross over into the Light, or the spirit world. Her tasks are difficult and at times she struggles with people who push her away and disbelieve her ability. In addition, the ghosts are mysterious and sometimes menacing in the beginning and Melinda must use the clues available to her to understand the spirit's needs and help them. [1]
Ghost Whisperer's second season aired in the United States (U.S.) on Fridays at 8:00 pm ET on CBS, a terrestrial television network, where it received an average of 9.90 million viewers per episode.[2]
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In the second season, Melinda crosses over Andrea and meets Delia Banks (Camryn Manheim), her son Ned Banks (Tyler Patrick Jones; Christoph Sanders in later seasons), and Professor Rick Payne (Jay Mohr), all of whom, by season's end, come to learn of Melinda's ability, with varying reactions. Delia remains slightly skeptical. The second season revolves around the thinning veil between the living and the dead. Melinda meets Gabriel, who has similar abilities to hers. But Gabriel is working for the Shadows (as yet unnamed) and working to make sure that ghosts do not cross over into the light, and in fact is working to block the light from all ghosts.
At the end of the season, Melinda finds four children, each of whom have survived a different accident and have been prophecising about a tragedy. Melinda believes she has to protect these children and at the one-year memorial walk for the plane crash, she pushes the children out of the way of a collapsing monument, but is struck and killed by it herself. She sees the light, and a ghost appears and talks to her. The children resurrect Melinda (it was actually the children's job to protect her). When questioned by Jim, Melinda reveals that she believes the ghost was her father, Tom Gordon, and that he told her she has a brother.
Ghost Whisperer is based on the work of "Spirit Communicator" James Van Praagh,[3] who is co-executive producer[4] and regularly updates a blog about the show through LivingTV.[5] The stories are also said to be based in part on the work of "Spirit Communicator" Mary Ann Winkowski.[6] Development of the show dates back to at least two years before its premiere.[7]
The show was produced by Sander/Moses Productions in association with CBS Television Studios (originally Paramount Network Television in season one and ABC Studios (originally Touchstone Television in the first two seasons) and CBS Paramount Network Television in seasons two and three).
The show was filmed on the Universal Studios back lot in Los Angeles.[8] One area on the lot is Courthouse Square from the Back to the Future trilogy, though it has been drastically modified to depict Grandview. For example, the clock tower in Back to the Future has been completely covered up. Cast and crew members believe that the set gets visits from real spirits.[9]
Sound effects were completed at Smart Post Sound.[10] Visual effects for the pilot and some season one episodes were completed at Flash Film Works.[11] Visual effects for nearly the entire series were created at Eden FX.[12]
Creator John Gray grew up in Brooklyn, New York, which is not far from Grandview-On-Hudson, west of the Hudson River. Piermont is often referenced in episodes as the neighboring town, which is accurate to real life as Grandview-On-Hudson is actually located just north of Piermont. Professor Rick Payne worked in the fictional "Rockland University," and perhaps not coincidentally, the actual Grandview, New York is a village located in Rockland County, New York.
| Actor | Role |
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| Jennifer Love Hewitt | Melinda Gordon |
| David Conrad | Jim Clancy |
| Aisha Tyler | Andrea Marino (Ep. 1) |
| Jay Mohr | Rick Payne |
| Camryn Manheim | Delia Banks |
| Tyler Patrick Jones | Ned Banks |
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 23 | 1 | "Love Never Dies" (Part 3) | John Gray | John Gray | September 22, 2006 | 10.33[13] |
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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 who is the one trying to make Andrea remain earthbound. Note: Last appearance of Aisha Tyler |
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| 24 | 2 | "Love Still Won't Die" | John Gray | John Gray | September 29, 2006 | 9.73[14] |
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Melinda encounters a ghost who asks her to speak with his wife. He leads her to a woman who is confused and angered by Melinda's visit. The ghost reveals himself as someone from Melinda's past. Melinda must try to cross him over before he harms her or Jim. She must also deal with a teenage shoplifter who may be under the influence of an earthbound spirit. Note: First appearance of Delia and Ned. |
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| 25 | 3 | "Drowned Lives" | Ian Sander | John Gray & Jed Seidel | October 6, 2006 | 9.77[15] |
| 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. | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | "The Ghost Within" | Frederick E.O. Toye | John Gray & Lois Johnson | October 13, 2006 | 10.18[16] |
| After purchasing a set of ornaments at a flea market, Melinda finds that they are haunted by an autistic ghost who won't speak to her. Melinda receives a series of visions from the ghost to deduce his story and help an autistic friend he left behind. | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | "A Grave Matter" | Eric Laneuville | John Gray & Catherine Butterfield | October 20, 2006 | 10.27[17] |
| 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. | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | "The Woman of His Dreams" | John F. Showalter | John Gray & Catherine Butterfield | October 27, 2006 | 10.88[18] |
| Jim has a ghost who died during surgery come to him in 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 fate. | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | "A Vicious Cycle" | Eric Laneuville | John Gray & Jeannine Renshaw | November 3, 2006 | 11.12[19] |
| 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. | ||||||
| 30 | 8 | "The Night We Met" | Peter O'Fallon | John Gray & David Fallon | November 10, 2006 | 11.46[20] |
| The ghost of a chef who died in a fire at a Chinese restaurant meets Melinda after the restaurant burns for a second time. He tells Melinda that she must find out who set the fire that he was blamed for. In the meanwhile Melinda remembers the night she and Jim first met. | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | "The Curse of the Ninth" | Peter Werner | John Gray & Breen Frazier | November 17, 2006 | 10.13[21] |
| When Melinda meets a nightclub waiter who has not played his guitar since his friend, Jared, died, she finds that he is being haunted by two ghosts. | ||||||
| 32 | 10 | "Giving Up the Ghost" | Frederick E.O. Toye | John Gray & Jim Kouf | November 24, 2006 | 10.57[22] |
| 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, whom he blames for his death. | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | "Cat's Claw" | Victoria Hochberg | John Gray & Jim Kouf | December 15, 2006 | 9.66[23] |
| 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 professor save herself. | ||||||
| 34 | 12 | "Dead to Rights (aka. Dead Reckoning)" | Peter Werner | John Gray & Wendy Mericle | January 5, 2007 | 11.18[24] |
| Melinda has been having these weird visions. She thinks that a ghost has been trying to communicate with her in. Later on, she realizes that the ghost who is trying to communicate with her is not actually a ghost but a man who is in a coma whose wife and family are in a legal battle to take him off of the life support. | ||||||
| 35 | 13 | "Déjà Boo" | Gloria Muzio | John Gray & Lois Johnson | January 12, 2007 | 10.44[25] |
| 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 might become. | ||||||
| 36 | 14 | "Speed Demon" | James Frawley | John Gray & Alan Di Fiore | February 2, 2007 | 10.66[26] |
| Melinda meets a young woman who owns a family auto shop. Her boyfriend has died in a street race and blames her for his death. | ||||||
| 37 | 15 | "Mean Ghost" | Ian Sander | John Gray & Jeannine Renshaw | February 9, 2007 | 11.16[27] |
| Melinda deals with the ghost of a young woman named Thais and the rest of her cheer leading squad and a girl named Maddy, an ex-cheerleader herself, who seemingly has been casting spells on the team to cause them trouble and harm them. Melinda must figure out from Maddy and another cheerleader named Ranna what is keeping Thais from crossing over. Starring Mary J. Blige and Madeline Zima. | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | "The Cradle Will Rock" | James Chressanthis | John Gray & Jed Seidel | February 16, 2007 | 11.35[28] |
| 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. | ||||||
| 39 | 17 | "The Walk-In" | Eric Laneuville | John Gray & Breen Frazier | February 23, 2007 | 9.54[29] |
| A body goes missing from the local morgue. Melinda, Jim, and Professor Payne quickly realize that the body may have been taken over by an earthbound spirit and they're dealing with a vengeful zombie. | ||||||
| 40 | 18 | "Children of Ghosts" | Frederick E.O. Toye | John Gray & Teddy Tenenbaum | March 30, 2007 | 9.36[30] |
| Strange things are happening around a teenage girl, who's been cycling through the foster care system for several months. Melinda decides to become her foster parent, to see if she can help her. However, it's proving more complex than she thought. | ||||||
| 41 | 19 | "Delia's First Ghost" | Kim Moses | John Gray & Jeannine Renshaw | April 6, 2007 | 9.66[31] |
| Melinda helps Ned deal with a ghost who had just put a scare into him. Melinda discovers that the ghost is someone Delia knew, and she realizes she must share her gift with Delia in order to help her and the ghost. Melinda also helps a ghost who appears without any clothes on. | ||||||
| 42 | 20 | "The Collector" (Part 1) | Ian Sander | John Gray & Melissa Jo Peltier | April 27, 2007 | 9.20[32] |
| Melinda meets a man named Gabriel Lawrence who has the same abilities to see and talk to the dead. Melinda later learns that he has a different plan for the dead. Further encounters with ghosts encourage Professor Payne to help Melinda more. | ||||||
| 43 | 21 | "The Prophet" (Part 2) | John Gray | John Gray | May 4, 2007 | 9.25[33] |
| Melinda becomes concerned for the safety of the people she loves when a ghost prophet shows her visions of the future. The fellow Ghost Whisperer Gabriel, whom Melinda doesn't trust, is still in Grandview. | ||||||
| 44 | 22 | "The Gathering" (Part 3) | John Gray | John Gray | May 11, 2007 | 9.15[34] |
| (Continued from "The Prophet") Melinda visits the Mayor of Grandview and asks him to cancel the memorial dedication they will be holding. She tries to find the young girl who survived the plane crash the year before in an attempt to explain a series of similar accidents. Later, Melinda and Professor Payne search for the missing children whom Gabriel might have kidnapped. Meanwhile, a mysterious man tries to get Melinda to stop helping the good guys. In the end, Melinda has a terrifying experience that reveals some information about her family. | ||||||
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