When this season's Ghost Whisperer started I'd heard rumors that something big was going to happen in the 6th or 7th episode. Maybe I should have prefaced this by telling you not to give me shite for watching this show. I like it. You know I like it. I used to hate Jennifer LOVE Hewitt. I mean, whose middle name is "Love"? Dumb. And she dated John Mayer so I wanted to really beat her face in. Then I saw her on this show and fell in love with her. She's still very cheesy and very silly, and probably one of those women who you know that crochets you doilies for Christmas. Anyway, back to what I was saying...
When the season started I was scared. Not just because of the ghosts. I heard rumors that the big thing that would happen in the first few episodes is that Jim would die. I thought, no, they couldn't do that. Jim is all kinda of sexy, the best husband, and did I mention sexy as hell? Then, the episode aired that I thought may be the one. I almost fast forwarded the episode to just see the end. Sure enough, at the end, Jim gets shot, but only in the shoulder. Whew, I was so worried.
Unfortunately, at the very last minute Jim had an embolism or something and died. Yes, died. WTF? They killed Andrea the first (2nd?) season, I thought for sure they wouldn't do that again. So here Jim is, wandering around, with his dead brother and eventually Melinda trying to get him to move on. He won't though, he wants to stay with her. I have visions of the next few seasons would be her trying to help people with his ghost following her around. Boring. And the announcer promised me a few times that their love would "transcend even death". WTF does that mean? Can you tell I was agitated?
Anyway, last week, Jim noticed that when people died and didn't have any unfinished business they would just leave their bodies and walk into the light. So at the end of the show, as Melinda begged him to go into the light he saw his chance and jumped into an accident victim after his soul left his body. There are so many things wrong with that. First, that is not his body to take. Second, don't you think that's TOTALLY against God's plan, whatever you think that may be, it's just wrong. And thank goodness the guy didn't have any horrible injuries, you know, like a scarred face or something. Plus, how messed up for his friends and family, right?
But get the guy wakes up and although he looks like the guy to everyone else, he looks like Jim to Melinda and he doesn't remember her! Yes! It's like a past life. In the coming weeks he starts to feel connected to her in some odd way, and they have to fall in love all over again. As much as I hated to see Jim die and the horrible mourning I did with the rest of the characters, I sorta love this plot twist! RIP Jim, hello NewJim!
