A pilot is suspected of murdering his own wife but they can't find any proofs that he did it. Allison steps in to question the pilot, she picks up visions from him after asking him a few questions. One of Allison's dreams also tells her that if she lets the police arrest the pilot, it will cause a plane to crash and kill lots of people. It's a really good episode, some issues are happening with Allison's daughters. The investigation regarding the pilot is really interesting, the way it gets to the truth is mind boggling. The visions look really well made.

I like twists. But only when they're intelligent twists that don't irritate me. But it's bad when you watch a movie or TV show that's going along really well, and it's all spoilt by a sudden twist that didn't need to be there, leaving you with a feeling of wanting to smash in your TV set.

Being Mrs O'Leary's Cow starts well, with an intriguing double-mystery for Allison to investigate, but slightly falls apart at the end. If Allison's original dream was indeed true, then a plane, sometime in the future, is destined to crash and kill hundreds on board. Yet, it's treated like little more than a gag in the closing moments, which spoils most of the earlier plot.

Despite the ending, the storyline was very involving, and Chad Lowe was excellent throughout, despite being an actor wheeled out as a "husband-with-secrets" on seemingly every show on TV. I loved Allison's visions in this episode, in particular the ones in the car, with David Call's wife's corpse falling down on her shoulder, and Davalos and Scanlon banging on the window to try and get Allison's attention.

The subplot was undeniably cute. Despite Maria Lark having a really affected way of saying her lines that comes off completely unreal, Bridgette's helmet obsession provides a variety of laughs. No more so than in the final scene, where we see all the photographs taken of her, especially the ones where she's picking her nose or screaming. The story itself is extremely believable, and totally something a kid her age would do.

Whilst I had problems with the ending, Being Mrs O'Leary's Cow provided a great dilemma for Allison to be involved with, and it featured some excellent performances, most notably from Jake Weber and Chad Lowe.

Director: Ronald L. Schwary
Writer: Melinda Hsu
Rating: B+

The accident hasn’t happened yet but our medium already knows there’d be a brave pregnant woman charming the fear away from the guy sitting next to her, stormy weather and a skilled pilot on the cockpit able to regain control of the plane in the nick of time.

Problem is: the pilot may be the suspect of his wife disappearance, or so thinks Scanlon. The truth is that the pilot alibi is air tight, his grieve seems legit and there’s no body or reason to believe this is more than a missing person scenario only both Scanlon and Davalos would feel much more comfortable if Allison "tests" the husband first. Although they don’t quite follow Allison’s reasoning they do agree that the fact that she saw the pilot saving the plane, the day of his anniversary, which still hasn’t happened yet, might suggest he’s not in jail in the near future, which means that he didn’t do anything and there may not be a reason to fear for his wife’s life.

Excited with the perspective to reunite husband and wife, Allison is surprised when Scanlon takes her to the abandoned car of the pilot’s wife, once he makes her sit so she would check on the misplaced mirrors for a woman of her size, she gets a vision of the wife’s body, murdered and buried in the desert two days ago. Next thing you know, she’s haunted with visions of the same plane, crashing, for there’s no pilot who could do what the one in jail could’ve done to save it.

By the time she gets the vision that incriminates the husband, Scanlon has already found the means, the motive and enough evidence to arrest him for his wife’s murder, Allison looks ready to cry but how can she expect the detective could share her pain for the lives lost on the same flight the pilot won’t be there to save? She gives Lee the last piece of evidence and leaves to the airport where Joe finds her waiting for the Phoenix to Cleveland flight to arrive, which it does ...at least this year.

"Avert one minor disaster, and you can't get that goofy grin off your face..."
This was not a bad episode, being plotted well and having an amusing "sub-plot" involving Bridget. The plane sequences and those involving the deceased wife are quite effective too. The ending was a bit lame though.