OCD TV: ‘Medium’

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It's hard to believe that TV season is almost over and the summer schedule is about to begin. I feel overwhelmed with season finales. One show that has been dragging out its season finale for three weeks now is "Medium." "Medium" has my favorite opening credits on television, with the Hitchcockian music and a psychedelic version of the Rorschach test. The show itself has fairly simple story lines, sometimes to the extent of over-explaining, but is saved from it's simplicity with surprisingly good acting and a great sense of a real-life family.

We've all heard of psychics aiding police detectives in murder cases when the police are at a dead end (this show is even based on the real Allison Dubois, a medium who claims to have assisted the police on many cases), but in "Medium" they cut all the unnecessary corners and the psychic works directly with the D.A.'s office, giving clues to the police to help solve cases. She also helps pick jurors by psychically knowing their true feelings and emotions, which I find to be slightly unfair to the defense. It doesn't matter, though, because that part's boring anyway. I just want her to solve gruesome murders.

If you're psychic, you already know what comes after the jump...


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