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SYNOPSIS:
Melinda Gordon has the ability to communicate with the earthbound
spirits of people who have died, providing deeply moving and
important closure for them and their loved ones.
This season, Melinda and her husband, Jim are joined by new
friend and employee Delia Banks as Melinda battles a dark
force taking over her beloved town of Grandview.
MOVIE REVIEW:
In the amazing world of television where dozens of
titles come and go annually, “Ghost Whisperer”
is one which miraculously withstands the pitfalls even though
it’s a show without much fanfare. Think “Lost”
and “Heroes”.
Jennifer
Love Hewitt (who has bigger success on the small screen) plays
the lead character Melinda Gordon, an ordinary woman who has
the gift to communicate with the dead and the responsibility
to assist them crossover to The Light. As mundane as it sounds,
she runs an antique shop in a town called Grandview and is
married to her husband, Jim Clancy.
In this
boxset which consists of all 22 episodes from season two,
Melinda has to deal with a ghost of her ex-boyfriend in "Love
Still Won't Die" and at the same time, a new friend Delia
Banks comes to work for her. Banks is sort of replacing Melinda’s
best friend character who was killed in a plane crash towards
the end of season one.
More truthful
to common tales we heard all the time is “Drowned Lives”
and “The Ghost Within”. A couple’s new home
is haunted by a little girl in the former and a haunted ornament
purchase at a flea market in the latter. Of course Melinda’s
help is required.
The introduction
of the character Professor Rick Payne (Jay Mohr) brings another
new angle of “Ghost Whisperer”. Mohr plays a university
professor who specializes in the paranormal and occult dispensing
advice on crossovers to Melinda. Thing is Melinda never reveals
her special ability to Payne and in “Cat’s Claw”,
there was a struggle to do so.
As if
dangling the carrot for season three, an evil ghost whisperer
by the name of Gabriel Rance is introduced in “The Collector”
which marks the beginning of the last three intense episodes
of season two.
Although
dealing with the supernatural, “Ghost Whisperer”
never resorts to terrifying the audience in a visceral sort
of way that said it’s quite a consolation to those seeking
some excitement but with a rather weak heart for horror. Credit
also has to go to Hewitt for her convincingly portrayal of
Melinda Gordon, her reassuring presence perhaps is another
reason why the show has been renewed for the fourth season.
SPECIAL
FEATURES :
There are audio commentaries by
John Gary (the show’s creator), executive producers
Kim Moses and Ian Sander for “Love Never Dies”,
“Mean Ghost”, “Delia’s First Ghost”
and “The Collector”.
The
23 minutes featurette, A Conversation with the Living
has the cast and crew talks about the storylines and character
development.
In
Melinda’s Closet, lead costume designer
Joseph Porro and respective producers talked about the look
for Melinda’s character.
Grandview Graveyard is sort of an interactive
feature, click on the headstones of the ghosts will give you
a back story as told by the writers and the producers.
This
is an interesting 11 minutes feature, Ghostly Visions
focused on lead make-up artist Kandace Westmore and how she
and the crew craft the look of the ghouls.
The boxset also comes with 8 webisodes, trailer,
a short 3 minutes behind the scenes featurette with
"The Other Side" lead Mark Hapka and also
a “why-it’s-there” Jennifer Love
Hewitt speed painting video.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
“Ghost Whisperer” comes in anamorphic 1.78:1 ratio
widescreen. Visual is sharp and rarely shows any visible artifacts.
The audio track is in English Dolby Digital 5.1, dialogue
is clean, audible and the occasional ambient sound effects
come nicely through the surround speakers.
SERIES RATING:
DVD
RATING :
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by Linus Tee
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