Ghost Whispererran from 2005-2010 0n CBS, garnering a dedicated audience. Every week viewers watched Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt) use her ability to see and speak with the dead to help them resolve unfinished business and bring peace to them and their loved ones.
However, it didn't come without its costs, as Melinda lost friends and battled darkness along the way. Though with her husband and friends to help her, Melinda was never alone. Many episodes had heart-wrenching moments and compelling storylines, but some stood out more than others.
"The Children's Parade" (8.0)
In the series finale, Melinda is taken over by the shadows, and Aiden, her son, must team up alongside the Shinies—ghosts of children that have crossed over—to save her. Aiden and Melinda then cross over several ghosts of children, including the young boy who had been leading them and conducting marches to show the shadows he and the other kids weren't afraid of them.
Later on, Melinda and Jim apologize to Aiden for telling him ghosts weren't real and to not use his gift. In the episode's conclusion, a sweet moment between mother and son in which Melinda and Aiden both called one another their "hero" is shown, ending the series on a happy note.
"Thrilled To Death" (8.0)
This season four episode guest stars Hilary Duff as a woman haunted by an angry ghost. She's not exactly truthful, and it nearly costs her her life. Thankfully, Melinda and Eli are there to help her and unravel her lies.
Meanwhile, with Sam now ing his life as Jim, he struggles to move on with his life as he misses his old one, and it means making some decisions and changes.
"Don't Try This At Home" (8.0)
Melinda uses her abilities to help a small group of college girls in this episode when they think they're being haunted by Bloody Mary. Melinda uncovers the real story, however, and finds that the ghost causing the girls to go into catatonic states is the ghost of another college girl who had a weak heart that sadly died as a result of the other girls pranking her.
However, Melinda must convince the ghost that she's not Bloody Mary and remind her of who she was in life in order to save the college girls and bring the ghost peace.
"No Safe Place" (8.0)
Melinda tries helping a lawyer named Shane that is seemingly being stalked by his stalker even in death, but it turns out the story is backward; the ghost is a woman named Colleen that Shane mercilessly stalked up until she tragically died by falling off a fire escape.
In death, Colleen initially tries to get her revenge, and it inadvertently leads Shane to his next target: Melinda. Now in danger herself, Melinda and Colleen team up to take down Shane once and for all and ensure he can never harass anyone ever again.
"Love Never Dies" (8.0)
Melinda tries to grieve her best friend, but Andrea's soul is in danger, and Melinda's fight for her is far from over. Melinda requests the help of Professor Rick Payne (Jay Mohr) to help her learn more about the man with the wide-brim hat named Romano and urgently tries to get Andrea to cross over before it's too late, which includes a heartfelt goodbye between Andrea and her brother with the reminder that "love never dies."
"The Collector" (8.1)
Melinda meets another ghost whisperer, Gabriel, with a sketchy past. Even worse, he's blocking the light from the ghosts, and, thanks to Professor Payne's camera, Melinda discovers all sorts of ghosts have attached themselves to Gabriel.
While figuring out Gabriel's true intentions, Melinda also tries to help Professor Payne with his late wife, who has appeared and wants him to read her journal, which reveals an affair she had. Hurt, Professor Payne refuses to forgive his deceased wife so she can move on, and she angrily stays.
"The Gathering" (8.1)
Melinda figures out the last of the puzzle as she tracks down Kristen, a little girl that survived the previous season's plane crash. Kristen, alongside other children that survived horrible accidents around the world, have been making things related to their experiences and are all ultimately united in this episode for an important reason.
Melinda and Professor Payne later go looking for all the children as they are said to have gone with Gabriel, and Melinda finds out that Gabriel is in fact her brother, according to her estranged father.
"Leap Of Faith" (8.1)
Melinda meets a man who was a "step in" like Jim was for Sam, the man woke up three years prior with no memory of who he had been. Oddly enough, it's almost foreshadowing, as, just when Melinda had given up hope that Sam would ever his life as Jim, he finally does.
Apparently, all it took to jog his memory was Melinda being in mortal danger and requiring his rescuing. In any case, the episode ends on an extremely happy note in celebration as Melinda finally gets her husband back, albeit in another body.
"Free Fall" (8.2)
The first half of the season one finale finds Melinda feeling a sense of dread and experiencing all kinds of signs that trace back to the impending crash of a plane. With this realization, Melinda tries to figure out which flight it is, and she frantically begins making phone calls to warn someone alongside Andrea until the plane itself flies over her store and crashes nearby and Melinda sees all the ghosts of crew and engers walking towards her in one devastating vision.
"The One" (8.5)
The second half of the season one finale is highly emotional and intense, as Melinda must find a way to cross over hundreds of engers killed in the plane crash and ensure that they don't stay behind with the evil man wearing the wide-brim hat named Romano.
Not only must she do this, but she must also explain to an investigator how she knew the plane was going to crash, as it's unlikely anyone would believe her abilities, and, perhaps most heartbreaking of all, she must tell Andrea, her best friend, that Andrea is no longer living, as her car was in the path of the plane when it went down.