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Ghost Whisperer

From the product description: Ever since she was a young girl, Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt) has been able to see and talk to dead people - earth bound spirits who have yet to cross over to the other side and who seek her help in communicating and resolving unfinished business with the living. Melinda sometimes has a hard time accepting her "gift," especially now that she's a newlywed and looking forward to starting her new life with her husband, Jim Clancy (David Conrad), a paramedic. Her friend and business partner in the antique store, Andrea Moreno (Aisha Tyler), is fascinated by Melinda's talent. Although Melinda embraces her unique "abilities" as a blessing and sometimes a curse, she always helps her clients--alive or dead--find emotional closure.

Ghost Whisperer was a surprise hit of the 2005 season. At times cute as hell, sometimes too conveniently far out, Ghost Whisperer season 2 doesn't quite come up to the creepiness found in Carnivale or the first year of Lost but there is suspense and eerieness galore, a show that wins you over by keeping you guessing at every turn and not cheating you out of a chilling payoff.

The first episode especially rocks as Melinda confronts the death of her partner and best friend, seen on the first season cliffhanger. Why isn't her friend Andrea coming to her as a spirit? When she finally does it propels her toward a spine-shuddering, emotional climax. After that resolution, our ghost whisperer starts moving into darker territory.

Tension is created too often with tricks we've seen too many times like slamming doors, lights out in the shower, misty rooms, and people who suddenly pop out of nowhere, but it does all add up to an incredibly atmospheric portrait, a mesmerizing trip through a world of foreboding disaster. The special effects are simply fantastic.

Happily, not seeing season one didn't lessen my enjoyment of year two at all; funny thing about this show, the more I watched the more I enjoyed it. Hewett is a winning actress, a jewel of an empath for viewers to latch on to. She's clean cut sexy and always in the moment but with spirits showing up at all hours of the day and night when does her character ever get any sleep?!?

In episode two, Camryn Manheim is introduced as single mom Delia Banks, Melinda's new partner and she brings with her that marvelous, enveloping nature of hers. Manheim devours the screen, adding a welcome new dimension to the production.

There were some weak episodes but all in all a fine season of extraordinary shows that most of the family can enjoy watching together, all but the youngest ones.

If you're a devotee of Ghost Whisperer, and there are scores, you will definitely want to own this deluxe DVD collection. Fans will flip over the extras including commentaries and interviews.

Disc Contents:
Disc One:
o Love Never Dies
o Commentary by creator/executive producer John Gray and executive producer Kim Moses
o Love Still Won’t Die
o Drowned Lives
o The Ghost Within
Bonus Feature:

o Crystal Ball Mind Game
Disc Two:

o A Grave Matter
o The Woman Of His Dreams
o A Vicious Cycle
o The Night We Met

Disc Three:

o The Curse Of The Ninth
o Giving Up The Ghost
o Cat’s Claw
o Dead To Rights

Disc Four:

o Deja Boo
o Speed Demon
o Mean Ghost
o Commentary by executive producer Ian Sander
o The Cradle Will Rock

Disc Five:

o The Walk In
o Children Of Ghosts
o Commentary by executive producer Kim Moses
o Delia’s First Ghost
Bonus Features:

· A Conversation with the Living—Cast and crew discuss how they felt about the season two story and character development, the changing tone of the show, and what they had hoped to accomplish in their sophomore year.
· Ghostly Visions—Key make-up artist Kandace Westmore and her team of make-up artists take us through the process of creating the frightening look of the dead for some of the second season’s more memorable ghosts.
· Grandview Graveyard— Click on the headstones of the ghosts that appear in some episodes. The headstone then turns into an ‘o-back-tuary’, or backstory of the character as told through interviews with the writers and producers.
Disc Six:

o The Collector
o Commentary by executive producer Ian Sander
o The Prophet
o The Gathering
Bonus Features:

o Melinda’s Closet—Clothing guru Joseph Porro, the costume designer responsible for Melinda Gordon’s trendsetting, romantic style, explains how he chooses the unusual mix of antique and modern clothes and jewelry that make up Melinda’s inspired look.

o The Other Side trailer

o The Other Side webisodes

o The Other Side behind-the-scenes with star Mark Hapka

o Jennifer Love Hewitt Speed Painting Video

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Ghost Whisperer

"The dead are talking...and she is listening."

David Conrad - Jim Clancy
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Melinda Gordon
Aisha Tyler - Andrea Moreno
Camryn Manheim - Delia Banks

Synopsis
Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt) communicates with earthbound spirits—ghosts who cling to the living because they have unfinished business that prevents them from moving beyond the familiar plane of existence that we call life. GHOST WHISPERER explores the spiritual side of life and death as Melinda navigates among the dead and the living in her sometimes chilling, sometimes heart-rending and sometimes amusing attempts to act as an intermediary between the ghosts and those they haunt. Jim (David Conrad), her husband, worries about the emotional toll this work is taking on his wife as they embark on a new life together.

Melinda is somewhat reluctant to reveal her gift to new friend Delia Banks (Camryn Manheim), a single mom who works in Melinda’s antique shop, she fears the consequences of drawing her into this unconventional world. For her part, Melinda accepts her unique abilities as a blessing and sometimes a curse, but always helps her clients—alive or dead—find emotional closure.GHOST WHISPERER The Second Season is a six-disc collection presented in widescreen with English 5.1 Surround and English Stereo Surround. The DVD is unrated in the U.S. and rated PG in Canada. The total running time is 16 hours, 7 minutes.

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The spirits are getting stronger as the wildly popular series GHOST WHISPERER returns to DVD with The Second Season arriving September 18, 2007 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt (I Know What You Did Last Summer, “Party of Five”) as a young newlywed with the unique ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died – and who seek her help in finding emotional closure with the living—GHOST WHISPERER is co-executive produced by James Van Praagh, one of the foremost mediums in the world. The series has consistently ranked #1 in its timeslot among households, viewers and key demographics and the second season saw the addition of Camryn Manheim (“The Practice”) to the cast and Jay Mohr (Jerry Maguire) joined in a recurring role.

The GHOST WHISPERER The Second Season six-DVD set includes all 22 engaging episodes plus select episode commentaries by series producers, revealing behind-the-scenes featurettes, eight webisodes and an interactive, Ghost Whisperer Crystal Ball mind reading game. In addition, the DVD set gives viewers a unique synergistic experience with the rich online world of GHOST WHISPERER with limited edition tarot cards (included in the DVD while supplies last) that direct consumers to a special website where they can discover their “fortune” and then unlock the key to more surprises on the DVD.