Posted by Dustin on 05.10.2008 at 8:54 pm

On the most recent episode of “Ghost Whisperer” they through a big curve-ball into play. I was pleasantly surprised and can’t wait to see how they end this season next week.

Melinda found herself with a case number, given to her by a private detective looking into her father’s “death.” He was of course possessed when he gave it to her. She researched it and it turned out to be a case her father prosecuted of a “murdered boy.” The man accused (and convicted?) later died, after suffering burns in a fire.

Melinda went to talk to the family of the boy, who of course was living in the house not only as a ghost, but the mother was still talking care of him and his cousins could see him and would play with him. Just great! And people think Melinda is nuts? Worse yet, the boy had learned to possess his cousins so he could hug his mommy and feel her arms around her. Creepy! Not only did he possess people, he was violent as well. He tried to kill Melinda to keep her from ruining things for him. Nice kid!

As it turned out, the dead boy wasn’t murdered at all. He went off in the woods, where he shouldn’t have gone, and climbed a tree, which he shouldn’t have done, and fell to his death. He then lead another man, who could see ghosts, to his body. Unfortunately that man got blamed for his murder and was prosecuted by Melinda’s father.

Speaking of shockers, Melinda’s dad is alive! She found him at Gabriel’s place, or Gabriel at his, I wasn’t completely sure. It not only seems he’s alive, but has no clue as to what is going on with Melinda and he has no idea why Gabriel hates his sister so much. Melinda put the pieces together and began to figure things out . . . . It seems her father has been getting possessed by the guy he prosecuted and put away for the boy’s death. He’s been possessing the father and then essentially beating the crap out of his body for years as punishment. The man in the mask she saw as a little girl, the possessed guy. Her husband figured out the mask is like the ones burn victims wear to protect their burns from infection. When her father appeared to her as a ghost it was when the spirit had pushed him out of his body to control it.

That was a pretty good twist that I didn’t see coming, so kudos to “Ghost Whisperer.” I have to wonder where they are taking this. It looks like the ghost may have realized he was found out, or lead Melinda to discover the truth on purpose, and we were left wondering if Melinda’s father is even alive at this point. Has the ghost offed him completely? Also why did her dad’s “spirit” seem so evil when it was out of his body? Something tells me the true villain might turn out to be Gabriel who is somehow using his father as well.