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Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Ghost Whisperer Season 3 Episode 16 - Deadbeat Dads
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Deadbeat Dads

    S3:E16

    Professor Payne meets Elliot, the brilliant son of one of his old girlfriends. When Payne discovers that the boy is almost 10-years-old, he realizes he may be the boy's father. This angers his deceased wife. After watching Payne, Elliot, and the boy's mother, Melinda tells Jim she wants to have a baby. Melinda meets with Carl, a detective she hired to trace her father's whereabouts after he left Melinda and her mother. Carl stops by the house to give her the little bit of information he collected on her father and something strange happens to him while he talks to Melinda.

    Director:Gloria Muzio
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  2. Ghost Whisperer Season 5 Episode 22 - The Children's Parade
    3.5/10(4 votes)

    #2 - The Children's Parade

    S5:E22

    Jim's hospital is being haunted by the ghosts of kids from an abandoned polio ward in the early 1900’s. And the connection of Aidan, Melinda, the Shinies and the Shadows will come to a climax and Melinda and Jim will realize that they know almost nothing about Aiden's powers.

    Director:John Gray
    Writer:John Gray

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  3. Ghost Whisperer Season 4 Episode 4 - Save Our Souls
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Save Our Souls

    S4:E4

    Melinda and Jim go away on a romantic cruise and Melinda comes into contact with an angry ghost who haunts a newlywed couple.

    Director:Gloria Muzio
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  4. Ghost Whisperer Season 3 Episode 15 - Horror Show
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Horror Show

    S3:E15

    Melinda investigates the haunting of a college student after the student sees a horror movie.

    Director:Ian Sander
    Writer:Jeannine Renshaw

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  5. Ghost Whisperer Season 3 Episode 10 - Holiday Spirit
    5.0/10(5 votes)

    #5 - Holiday Spirit

    S3:E10

    Melinda is at the house of young boy named Riley and as they're hanging Christmas ornaments on the tree, Melinda tries to get him to open up about the strange things he has seen.

    Director:Joanna Kerns
    Writer:Jed Seidel

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  6. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 3 - Ghost, Interrupted
    5.7/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Ghost, Interrupted

    S1:E3

    The identical twin sister of a teenage girl requests Melinda to help her apologize to her sister who is a psychiatric patient.

    Director:Ian Sander
    Writer:Jed Seidel

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  7. Ghost Whisperer Season 5 Episode 15 - Implosion
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Implosion

    S5:E15

    A ghost who knows of a hidden munitions dump with unexploded bombs confides in Melinda that one of those bombs is missing and in the wrong hands

    Directors:John Gray, Jennifer Love Hewitt
    Writer:John Gray

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  8. Ghost Whisperer Season 4 Episode 11 - Life on the Line
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Life on the Line

    S4:E11

    Melinda helps a family in turmoil after a freak accident. Meanwhile, Delia has her first haunting and discovers why sometimes it's easier to be a skeptic than a believer.

    Director:Kim Moses
    Writers:Jeannine Renshaw, Christina M. Kim

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  9. Ghost Whisperer Season 4 Episode 18 - Leap of Faith
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Leap of Faith

    S4:E18

    Sam has a brush with death as he risks his life to save Melinda from harm.

    Director:Ian Sander
    Writers:Laurie McCarthy, P.K. Simonds

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  10. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 4 - Mended Hearts
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Mended Hearts

    S1:E4

    A man killed in a biking accident seeks Melinda's help to save his fiance's life and finding out who received his heart afterwards.

    Director:John Gray
    Writer:John Gray

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  11. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 6 - Homecoming
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Homecoming

    S1:E6

    Melinda helps an angry teenage ghost and discovers the secret that is likely to shake up the ones left behind by him.

    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:Elle Johnson

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  12. Ghost Whisperer Season 2 Episode 3 - Drowned Lives
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Drowned Lives

    S2:E3

    When Melinda goes to visit friends who are experiencing problems with their house, she finds the ghost of six-year-old little girl who drowned. Melinda then tries to help the family of the little girl.

    Director:Ian Sander
    Writer:Jed Seidel

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  13. Ghost Whisperer Season 2 Episode 12 - Dead To Rights
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Dead To Rights

    S2:E12

    Melinda has trouble talking to a ghost only to find that it's because he is not dead but is in a coma. While Lisa, his wife is in a legal battle against his parents to take him off of the life support. Meanwhile Delia struggles with teaching Ned about closure while also finding closure for herself.

    Director:Peter Werner
    Writer:Wendy Mericle

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  14. Ghost Whisperer Season 4 Episode 7 - Threshold
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Threshold

    S4:E7

    While facing dramatic personal changes, Melinda struggles to help a desperate teenage ghost, feeling her gift of being able to talk to the dead is no longer helpful.

    Director:John Gray
    Writer:John Gray

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  15. Ghost Whisperer Season 4 Episode 8 - Heart & Soul
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Heart & Soul

    S4:E8

    Melinda tries to help a man suffering from amnesia regain his memory.

    Director:Ian Sander
    Writers:Mark B. Perry, P.K. Simonds

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  16. Ghost Whisperer Season 5 Episode 1 - Birthday Presence
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Birthday Presence

    S5:E1

    Melinda gives birth to a baby boy who has inherited her gift of seeing spirits. However, the baby has one important difference in gift which will have extreme consequences.

    Director:Jennifer Love Hewitt
    Writers:Laurie McCarthy, P.K. Simonds

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  17. Ghost Whisperer Season 5 Episode 18 - Dead Eye
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Dead Eye

    S5:E18

    When a confused ghost dressed as a clown begins haunting Melinda's house, it's up to her and Eli to look for answers in the ghost's final case as a private investigator - a love story involving greed and suspicion.

    Director:John Behring
    Writers:Laurie McCarthy, P.K. Simonds

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  18. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Melinda Gordon just got married; during the dinner 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.

    Director:John Gray
    Writer:John Gray

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  19. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 10 - Ghost Bride
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Ghost Bride

    S1:E10

    A ghost of a bride who didn't make it through her wedding night is back with a vengeance haunting her husbands new fiancée to the point of her leaving him at the alter.

    Director:Joanna Kerns
    Writer:Jed Seidel

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  20. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 11 - Shadow Boxer
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Shadow Boxer

    S1:E11

    The dead mother of a boxer requests Melinda to assist in getting her son back together with his father. The son is furious because his father caused him not to be able to spent time with his dying mother.

    Director:Joanna Kerns
    Writer:Emily Fox

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  21. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 14 - Last Execution
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Last Execution

    S1:E14

    A hanged man's ghost follows Melinda home from a macabre art installation, haunting her into contacting his troubled daughter. A woman sues Melinda's paramedic husband, claiming he further injured her whilst performing life-saving CPR.

    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:David Fallon

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  22. Ghost Whisperer Season 4 Episode 16 - Ghost Busted
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Ghost Busted

    S4:E16

    Melinda reveals her gift to Sam, but his reaction is not what she had expected.

    Director:John Behring
    Writers:Mark B. Perry, P.K. Simonds

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  23. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 7 - Hope and Mercy
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Hope and Mercy

    S1:E7

    In a hospital, Melinda encounters a woman who wants to determine what caused her death during a surgery.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writer:John Wirth

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  24. Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episode 15 - Melinda's First Ghost
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Melinda's First Ghost

    S1:E15

    Melinda is forced to remember how her relationship with her mother became strained after Melinda’s first ghost emerges. Melinda’s mother could not understand how to deal with Melinda’s gift. Melinda must reunite with her mother to help the ghost.

    Director:Peter Werner
    Writer:Catherine Butterfield

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  25. Ghost Whisperer Season 2 Episode 5 - A Grave Matter
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - A Grave Matter

    S2:E5

    The ghost of a man who was buried in the wrong grave starts to haunt a cemetery as someone else’s wife is coming to mourn him every night. Melinda must reconcile the man with his hostile wife and daughter in order for him to be able to cross-over.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Catherine Butterfield

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Deadbeat Dads" is the worst rated episode of "Ghost Whisperer". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Gloria Muzio and written by Mark B. Perry, it aired on 5/2/2008. This episode scored 3.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Children's Parade".