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Medium Season 6 Episode 12

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AIRED: Jan 15, 2010

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As the anniversary of Devalos' daughter's death come to pass, Devalos is haunted by memories of the traumatic event. Meanwhile, Allison has dreams of the extreme measures Devalos went to to put his daughter's killer in jail, and how Devalos' past actions may have future consequences.

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A very poor episode of a favorite show which got almost everything wrong.

3.5

By Prup-aka-JBentn, Nov 10, 2011

I have watched every episode of the show, have considered it a favorite, and have even defended it in the Skeptical Community as an enjoyable fantasy series -- more easy once they stopped mentioning the supposed original of the main character who is -- as are all 'psychics' -- a total fraud, though perhaps an unconscious one.

I have continued to enjoy it through this seaon, despite the fact that the plotting has fallen down to where the surprises are as obvious as the early Jessica Fletcher shows. The acting, the interplay of the characters, the dialogue, the believability of the DuBois family and the cleverness in working out the predictable endings have kept me loyal, and will.

But this show was a disaster, only saved by the acting and interplay. They got almost everything possible wrong, particularly legally, making mistakes it wouldn't take a lawyer to catch. Even the subplot with the Nigerian scammer didn't work, forst because such people don't work out of the US, more importantly because it made Brigette's vision be a lie. She saw him as a prince, even after he revealed himself as a fraud, going entirely against the 'rules' of the show.

But it was the main story that was totally wrong. Davalos DID commit a breach of ethics, not by sending the tapes to the DA, but by sending them anonymously. There was no violation of lawyer-client confidentiality, since the tapes were discovered by Davalos' detective, not because the client told him about them, and having them, he was required by canons of ethics to report them, or at least to withdraw his client's 'not guilty' plea. In fact, despite lawyer-client confidentiality, a lawyer who is told by a client "I did it" is forbidden from pleading such a client not guilty unless he has reason to doubt his client's confession.

Nor did he need such an action to 'stick it' tyo the guilty client. Once he received his daughter's suicide note -- the timing is unclear, but it seemed to be after the tapes were sent but before the verdict was in -- he was required to recuse himself from the case, and ask to be removed as the client's attorney, and he could have done so by taking the note to the judge, in front of the prosecutor.

I even believe the note would have been usable as evidence by the prosecutor, since it, arguably, fell under the 'dying declaration' exception to the hearsay rule.

In short,there was no need for the ghost of his daughter to have Brigette write the letter -- and imagine what it would have done to the girl had she discovered that she had been responsible for writing a letter that had gotten a person killed.

And one final point. Much was made of the fact that 'no one knew who sent the tapes' but the detective would have had to have known -- unless I missed a mention of his being killed right away. Had the sending been the ethical violation thjat it was purported to be, Davalos could have been blackmailed by a detective who had already been shown to be a somewhat unethical character, especially once he became the DA.

C'mon guys, you can -- and have -- done much better than this.moreless
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A really heartfelt episode, with real family emotion.

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By shimmybinny, Nov 15, 2010

For me, this episode worked. I really enjoyed it. I might go as far as to say this might have been one of my favorite episodes. The music, the acting, the dynamics of the people really made it amazing.

This really showed the love of a father for his daughter. So much so that he would commit a felony in honor of his daughter's good name. I know some things were questionable (why was he never caught or why hasn't he told the truth?) but to me, that was second nature. I looked right passed that. Why would anyone be hooked up on some stupid questions, when the real story was the love of a father, and the lengths he would go. Joe said he would have done the same thing. Losing a child is the worst pain in the world. Having that letter re-read through out the show, accompanied by the choice of music (Playground Love) really brought out the emotion of the episode.

The storyline with Bridgette was a cute diversion of the main plot. The reason she saw him as a prince, was because that's how everyone percieved him, including her, even if he gave back the money. Bridgette has a wild and imaginitive personality and I wouldn't expect anythig different from her. Great episode.moreless
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David Cubitt	Det. Lee Scanlon
Patricia Arquette	Allison DuBois
Jake Weber	Joe DuBois
Miguel Sandoval	D.A. Manuel Devalos
Maria Lark	Bridgette DuBois
Sofia Vassilieva	Ariel DuBois

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Olivia Sandoval	Arianna Devalos	Guest Star
Will McCormack	William Gerwin	Guest Star
Beth Grant	Librarian	Guest Star
Madison Carabello	Marie DuBois	Recurring Role
Roxanne Hart	Lily Devalos	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (3)
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- Allison: You know what I can't figure out?
  Joe: The Pythagorean theorem?
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- Allison: Why am I dreaming this? What am I supposed to do with it?
  Joe: I've been waiting for one this easy for a long time. You do -- nothing.
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- Ariel: You're working, at the library?
  Bridgette: Why are you so surprised?
  Ariel: I don't know. It just seems odd that someone would depend on you to do anything.
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- The episode features the song "Playground Love" by Air which is part of the soundtrack album for "Virgin Suicides" (1999) about the suicide of one and later the group suicide of four sisters.
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- Featured Music:
  "Playground Love" by Air (throughout the episode)
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- International Air Dates
  : Latin America: February 26th, 2010 on Sony Entertainment Television (Canal Sony)
  Sweden: May 31st, 2010 on TV4+
  Norway: December 7th, 2010 on TV2
  Finland: February 9th, 2013 on Liv
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