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Medium: Better Off Dead
(S03E09) After what I considered an off week, Medium is back with another good episode. This thing was just bizarre, but in the good way. It's one thing for Allison to talk to ghosts, we've seen that before, but it is an entirely different thing when that ghost actively works against her solving his murder. Morgan's repeated attempts to hide the truth had her just as confused as those of us watching. Probably more than us. I think most viewers probably had figured on Nick as the trigger-man long before Allison, but the why was much more important than the who.The character of Morgan (Ben Weber) was a nice twist to the usual Medium idea. His interactions with Allison were very well done. I especially liked the scene where he realized that she was watching him and Vincent in her dream and he called her on it. Their best scene though, was in the interrogation room when she was taunting him with the idea that she would reveal all of his secrets to Cadence. He was so nervous and Allison seemed to revel in finally getting the upper hand.
We can't forget to mention Vincent (John Polito, pictured). He added a lot of humor and fun to the episode. Polito is one of those actors that is instantly recognizable, but hard to place. I always think of him as Donald Stern from The Chronicle, but in looking at his credits, he's been in some 40-odd shows that I have seen. I liked his story here. His was a grisly death, and how crazy was that scene where Gladys just matter-of-factly breaks out the saw to start cutting him up? In the end, it was nice that he went to Allison to fill in the blanks in Morgan's story because it was the right thing to do.
There was also a good example of something that the show was lacking last week. Bridgette's diorama wasn't a huge story, and certainly wasn't central to the overall plot, but it was fun. And more importantly, it added something to involve the girls and Joe. It was cute when Allison remarked about the old woman in the boat, much to Joe's chagrin. And the whole thing was capped off nicely with his pride in the A+ that he Bridgette received.
Not a lot for Scanlon and Devalos to do this week, which isn't too far out of the norm. This was much more an Allison story, so they were relegated to the office to tidy things up. That's ok, and I did enjoy the gotcha scene where the three of them ganged up on Nick, but I am looking forward to getting a couple episodes that feature the two of them in more central roles. Overall, a really good episode. It was something unexpected and that's always fun.
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