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Ghost Whisperer Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2005 - 2006
Episode 1
Pilot
Fri, Sep 23, 200545 mins
Melinda Gordon has seen, heard and talked to ghosts since she was a child with the guidance of her grandmother, helping spirits to cross to the other side. On her wedding day with the paramedic Jim Clancy, the ghost of Sergeant Paul Adams, who was missing in action in Vietnam, comes to her, asking Melinda to contact his son Michael Adams. Michael believes Melinda is a fraud, but when his wife forces him to call the Pentagon giving the leads Melinda gave them, the army finds the remains of his father.
Episode 2
The Crossing
Fri, Sep 30, 200543 mins
Melinda sees the son of an acquaintance playing with a boy called Kenny near to a railroad crossing and she discovers that the Kenny is a ghost. With the support of her partner in their antique business Andrea Moreno and her husband Jim, Melinda contacts Kenny's family, avoids another tragedy and resolving their issues, helping Kenny to cross to the other side.
Episode 3
Ghost, Interrupted
Fri, Oct 7, 200544 mins
A young girl is put into a psychiatric facility upon her strange behavior following her identical twin sister's death. While on a field trip in town, the girl runs away from her group and tries to hide in Melinda's shop. Melinda quickly realizes that this girl's 'abnormal' behavior is due to her sister haunting her. Melinda helps the two reconcile so they can both be freed.
Episode 4
Mended Hearts
Fri, Oct 14, 200542 mins
After Jim saves the life of a woman who attempts suicide in order to be with her deceased fiancé, Melinda tries to help the fiancé cross over by finding the person who received his donated heart.
Episode 5
Lost Boys
Fri, Oct 21, 200545 mins
Andrea and Melinda are contracted to auction furniture from a community inn before it is torn down. While cleaning the basement, Melinda finds the lost spirits of three boys and their dog that perished in an orphanage fire fifty years ago. Melinda tries to help the boys pass on before the inn is destroyed and they are forever locked as earth-bound spirits. Meanwhile, as she becomes a Wendy to these "lost boys" and their ageless Peter Pan-like leader, Melinda must also deal with Lew, Jim's visiting boyhood friend who has, in all aspects but physical, never grown past adolescence.
Episode 6
Homecoming
Fri, Oct 28, 200555 mins
Melinda helps an upset teenage ghost and in the process learns something that will affect the lives of everyone this boy left behind.
Episode 7
Hope and Mercy
Fri, Nov 4, 200555 mins
A woman who passed away during a pregnancy will not cross over until she can get her husband to stop blaming himself. Andrea deals with a con artist in a very revealing manner that tells us a little more about her murky past.
Episode 8
On the Wings of a Dove
Fri, Nov 11, 200545 mins
As the fifth-year anniversary of Jim's father's death gets close, Jim begins to act very strangely. Noticing his change in behavior, Melinda believes the problem to be caused by a tortured spirit lurking around. While trying to help Jim, she receives a surprise visit from an old friend that brings back painful memories of times past for Melinda.
Episode 9
Voices
Fri, Nov 18, 200545 mins
Melinda finds a mother's lost spirit through electronic voice phenomenon, and then works with the woman to reconcile with her son and help him deal with his father.
Episode 10
Ghost Bride
Fri, Nov 25, 200544 mins
Melinda intervenes when the spirit of a woman who didn't make it through her wedding night begins terrorizing the fiancée of her husband.
Episode 11
Shadow Boxer
Fri, Dec 9, 200542 mins
Melinda tries to reunite a father and son before a crucial decision is made.
Episode 12
Undead Comic
Fri, Dec 16, 200545 mins
Melinda encounters the water-logged spirit of a confused dead comic who doesn't understand his current state of existence. Having taken his own life, she helps him make amends with all those whom he left behind so he can pass over. Meanwhile, the antique shop basks in its recent business boom.
Episode 13
Friendly Neighborhood Ghost
Fri, Jan 6, 200644 mins
While a man moves in across the street from Melinda, she notices that presence of a ghost as well. In an attempt to figure out what is going on, Melinda is threatened by the haunted man. This leads to a fight between Melinda and Jim about her gift and how she often take things too far.
Episode 14
Last Execution
Fri, Jan 13, 200644 mins
The spirit of a man follows Melinda home from an art gallery. This ghost haunts Melinda into getting in touch with his daughter who is having serious problems since his death. Meanwhile Jim is sued for trying to help a woman after her injury.
Episode 15
Melinda's First Ghost
Fri, Jan 27, 200645 mins
Melinda remembers how her relationship with her mom got strained when she re-encounters the first ghost she ever saw. When younger, Melinda's mother could not deal with her daughter's prodigious and supernatural gift. This lead to a growing rift between the two. Now Melinda must reunite with her estranged Mother to help save the spirit of this young girl.
Episode 16
Dead Man's Ridge
Fri, Feb 3, 200643 mins
One of Andrea's friends has gone missing while on a hike. She enlists Melinda to help find her friend.
Episode 17
Demon Child
Fri, Mar 3, 200644 mins
While shopping for antiques at a local home, Melinda encounters the spirit of a malicious young boy who is terrorizing his family. When Melinda realizes that he is putting people in harm's way she intervenes and takes on the challenge of helping this troubled child.
Episode 18
Miss Fortune
Fri, Mar 10, 200645 mins
When a traveling carnival comes to town, Melinda encounters the spirit of a vengeful magician, who thinks his death during an underwater stunt was not an accident.
Episode 19
Fury
Fri, Mar 31, 200643 mins
Melinda must help the ghost of an African-American man who had been attacked and killed by a white co-worker in the 1970's. The ghost haunts the former prosecutor, now judge, who had enough evidence but still failed to file charges against the white co-worker. Melinda tries to help the ghost find justice and help his son to change his racist views before they're passed on to the next generation.
Episode 20
The Vanishing
Fri, Apr 7, 200645 mins
A head injury leaves Melinda unable to communicate with earthbound spirits.
Episode 21
Free Fall
Fri, Apr 28, 200645 mins
Melinda experiences a sense of intuition when she realizes that a plane is going to crash when the spirits of the pilot and flight attendant contact her.
Episode 22
The One
Fri, May 5, 200645 mins
Melinda meets an evil spirit while helping crash victims. Part 2 of 2.
