Writer:	John Gray
Director:	John Gray
Star:	Aisha Tyler (Andrea Moreno),  Jennifer Love Hewitt (Melinda Gordon),  David Conrad (Jim Clancy)
Recurring Role:	June Squibb (Grandma)
Guest Star:	Jody Hart (Honor Guard),  Wentworth Miller (Sgt. Paul Adams),  Grace Fulton (Young Melinda),  Rodney Scott (Dan Clancy),  Balthazar Getty (Michael Adams),  Allison McDonell (Vera Adams),  Jon Polito (Joe Grimaldi),  Deborah Strang (Thin Woman),  John Bentley (Army Chaplain),  Jeffrey Hutchinson (Father at Funeral),  Eddie Jones (Older Man),  Brady Rubin (Widow),  Diane Dorsey (Woman in Java Shop),  William Marquez (Older Hispanic Man)

The show is filmed on a backlot in Universal Studios, Hollywood. The townsquare was used also for Back to the Future but modified to fit the fictional town of Grandview. (edit) The Season 1 DVD was released on October 31, 2006. Halloween is the release date, when it is folklore that the barrier between the spirit world and the human world is the thinnest. Folklore also says that more spirits walk the earth on "All Hallows Eve" (another name for the holiday). (edit) This episode features the song "Loneliness" by Annie Lennox. Among the lyrics are: "It's the call of the living, and the race from life to death." (edit) Melinda's grandmother saw Earthbound Spirits too, which was where Melinda got her gift from. (edit)

Jim (to Melinda about their new home): Don't be too impressed. The inside still looks like Legoland. (edit) Melinda: You know, it really explains a lot.
Andrea: Right, only not to me. (edit) Melinda (to Paul Adams' ghost): You're not supposed to be in my home. It's not how this works. (edit) Andrea: In your house?
Melinda: Yeah, it's never happened before.
Andrea: Personna non grata. That's what we say in Latin. What did Jim say?
Melinda: You know, I made an executive decision not to spoil the moment.
Andrea: Good call. (edit) Jim: Alright, step one. Remove blindfold.
Melinda: Oh, thank you.
Jim: Step two, um, close one eye so you only see the part of it that's almost finished.
Melinda: Damn, wrong eye. (edit)

Goof: Just after Melinda tells Jim what his brother told her, and his brother walks away from the house, when the camera goes over to Michael's (Balthazar Getty) car, if you watch the door, below the driver's side window, you can see the reflection of the cameraman (his pants mostly) walking toward the car for the close up, before Michael gets out. (edit) The pilot shows a California license plate on a vehicle. Subsequent episodes show New York license plates. (edit) Melinda: (to Jim) It's hard to get used to ... being cared about so much.

This may be an allusion to people that have hurt Melinda, especially in reference to her gift. In Season 1, at least two people are noted in this way: fomer friend Lexie and former boyfriend Kevin. (edit) Sgt Paul Adams is listed on the Grand View veterans' memorial as MIA in Vietnam in June, 1972.

Also listed are Lt Ryan Beeman, February, 1970; Capt William Green, March 1964; Sgt Lee Ross, killed in June 1972; and Capt Michael Rizzo, MIA, December 1965. (edit) Melinda narrates at the beginning of every episode:

I just got married. I just moved to a small town. I just opened an antique shop. I might be just like you. Except from the time I was a little girl I knew I could talk to the dead. Earthbound spirits my grandmother called them. The ones who have not crossed over because they have unfinished business with the living and they come to me for help. To tell you my story, I have to tell you theirs. (edit)

In this episode we see that Melinda's antique store is called 'Same As It Never Was'. This alludes a lyric from Jennifer Love Hewitt's single entitled 'How Do I Deal' where she sings 'Same as it ever was...' (edit)