MEDIUM 1.8 FAQ

What’s it called?
“Lucky.”

Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to David Folwell. There’s evidence to suggest this may be Folwell’s first produced script ever.

What does TV Guide say?
“Allison finds that her brother also possesses psychic gifts, but when he pays the DuBois family a visit, he wants nothing to do with visions.”

Does David or Alexis Arquette play the brother?
Neither.

Does any blood relative of Allison not possess psychic powers?
I’m guessing Allison’s dad didn’t have them. Specialist Michael Benoit with the 47th Infantry is just Allison’s half-brother, so it looks like Allison, Ariel, Bridget and Michael all got it from Allison’s mom.

Allison is just now finding out about her brother’s psychic powers?
They didn’t really grow up together. They haven’t seen each other in five years. He’s a big fan of substance abuse.

Allison’s brother is in the military?
He’s just back from a war zone in Afghanistan. In the teaser Allison has a vision of Michael sustaining a deadly head-wound.

Deadly? So Alison’s brother dies this week?
No. Allison saw an event her brother averted.

It sounds like his visions saved his life. Why does her brother fear them?
He’s sort of responsible for the death of an American enlisted man. Sort of. And dead people have a way of haunting Allison’s kinfolk.

Is there no workplace plot for Allison this week?
There is workplace plot, involving a house fire, a comatose wife and a dead girl named Diedre.

What’s good?
“I told her you’d be upset if she made it too easy for us.” “She’s a guesser. For the state.” “One last chance to tell Aunt Tilly that the will’s in the closet.” “Mister? Did you ever kill someone?” “I kind of like it.” “Nice job, Sis!” Allison’s super-creepy march down the hospital corridor of lost souls, and her even creepier scene with the coma victim.

What’s not so good?
The last few seconds. But I’ll need some invisotext to explain. (Major spoilers ho.) Michael ends the episode with a smile on his face. But if I just sent the guy who saved my life and the lives of my combat unit to death row, I think I’d be a lot more conflicted. Like, a lot. Somebody needs to tell Allison’s brother that it’s not a happy ending just because the ghost has stopped nagging you.

How does it end, spoiler-boy?
The ghost stops with the nagging.

Herc’s rating for “Medium” 1.8?

***1/2

The Hercules T. Strong Rating System:
***** better than we deserve
**** better than most motion pictures
*** actually worth your valuable time
** as horrible as most stuff on TV
* makes you quietly pray for bulletins

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