Pilot

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Melinda Gordon just got married. During the wedding she sees something being drawn on the window and she knows it's a ghost. But for the first time, the ghost comes inside her house and that unsettles her. Despite being afraid, she tries to help him reunite with his family and pass along the message he needs her to say.moreless
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  • Melinda Gordon just got married.in the wedding she sees something being drawn on the window,she knows it's a ghost. But for the first time,the ghost comes inside her house she tries to help him reunite with his family and pass alongmoreless

    9.8
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    By Andogy, Sep 17, 2008 Report Abuse
    I Think that it is an awesome episode....and I am a bi fan of the series..but i love this episode more..because wentworth miller act in it..it is very great thing..really he is so talented..about the series..the idea of someone talking to earthbounds spirit people is a great idea..about the episode wrote by john gray..it seems to be that he is a great writer..the first condition with milenda coming with her marrige..that's so scary..so you must feel scared too..music lights all this give u the feelings that u r with her making this advantour and living this drama..go on jennifer you are great..go on wentworth you are really awesomemoreless

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  • Excellent start to the series

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    By catluver412, Aug 03, 2008 Report Abuse
    I just recently began watching this show and in my opinion this episode was a great start.It leaves you wanting to find out what happens and you are always disappionted when the adverts begin. As more of the story unravels, your excitement builds up and you want to know more. I thought the idea of a dead soldier was a great way to start the show. It was cleverly planned the way he was triggered because of his son's wife being pregnant.It's better because if he had been roaming for that long you would have thought that he would have been to see Melinda by now so it was clever the way the episode was plotted.

    It makes you feel mixed emotions because your sad that he never saw his son but you are happy he was able to pass over. It also makes you feel scared when the man appears and some of the scenes are actually quite dark and may scare you! All in all, it was a great way to start the show.moreless

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    By franstrh, May 19, 2008 Report Abuse
    Alright, alright... I'll admit that the first time I got attracted to this series is because they showed Wentworth Miller in the pilot. But it's a very emotional pilot!
    A dead father's spirit came back to visit his son that he'd never seen. Even though when at first the father's spirit looked like hell, but then it became clearer and clearer. He tried to remember where his chopper was shot down and fell. He remembered that his wife was carrying his soon-to-be-born baby, but at the final moment he realized that he'd never get to see his son.
    Who would've thought that he finally get to meet his son, even communicate with him through Melinda.
    With Melinda's curiosity, the place where the chopper was shot down could be located, and the ghost could have a "proper burial". This led him to see a light, where his next destination is going to be.moreless

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    By copperangel, Jan 28, 2008 Report Abuse
    Wow I have only just started watching Ghost Whisperer. In the UK they have just finished rerunning Season One on E4. I am addicted already. I think its excellent. It has everything a girl could want.... comedy, scariness, romance, fashion, beauty, friendship... I could go on & on. I watched the pilot episode after watching the last 10 episodes of Season 1... so a bit backwards. It was fantastic and it works brilliantly at giving the viewer an excellent taster of what is to come. If I'd seen it in the correct order I woul def of carried on watching.

    I must also add that I think it is a wonderful move to have great likeable characters with strong relationships in the programme. Too many shows have two faced characters and stressed relationships. Its so refreshing. I certainly prefer to watch this positive angle rather than arguing and nastiness.moreless

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  • This is the Pilot episode for season 1 of Ghost wispers. Melinda, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, is haunted by the dead who has unfinished business and needs her help communicating messages to the living.moreless

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    By lsburton, Jan 15, 2008 Report Abuse
    When I first started to watch this show I was unsure if I would like it or not. The pilot episode started off a little slow. It took a while for me to get into it. I thought they could have done a better job with drawing the audience in the episode. Wentworth Miller, who played Sgt Paul Adams (deceased) did an excellent job in this episode. You can see more of him on the TV series Prison Break. He plays the role of Michael Scofield. As far as Jennifer Love Hewitt, I think she is a great actress but I really wasnt feeling it this episode. I think it is very important to capture the audience attention during the pilot episode. Unfortunately, this was not achieved.moreless

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    • Goof: When Melinda asks if they forgot to pay the light bill, Jim says he blew up the circuits. However, right next to him there's a lamp turned on. 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
    • Goof: The pilot shows a California license plate on a vehicle. Subsequent episodes show New York license plates. Edit

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    • Melinda was nominated for the 2008 TV Land Award for Favorite Character From The "Other Side". Edit
    • David Conrad (Jim) will be receiving the "And" credit. Edit
    • International Air Dates: Denmark: January 12, 2006 on Kanal 4 Edit

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    • Melinda: Paul, you told me that you were in a low valley of some kind. I think you might have actually been in the place called the Lo Valley. L-O and... I just need for you to remember your last day there. Remember what happened? Sgt. Paul Adams: Sometimes, I see bits and pieces. I remember being in a helicopter. I could see tracers coming up at us from the tree tops. I could feel the chopper slipping. I could hear the pain and bullets off the hallway. And I knew we were hit. We were going down. I remember seeing a waterfall as we went down. I remember thinking how beautiful it was and I was glad that the last thing I was gonna see was pretty. And I remember crying. Because I was never gonna see my baby. Edit
    • (Jim is carrying Melinda) Melinda: You know, you only have to do this for the doorway, not the whole street. Jim: Well now she tells me. Edit
    • Jim: (to Melinda about their new home) Don't be too impressed. The inside still looks like Legoland. Edit

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    • 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

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