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My name is
Melinda Gordon.
I'm married,
I live in a small town,
and I own an antique shop.
I might be just like you.
Except that from the time
I was a little girl,
I knew that I could talk to the dead.
It's all right, honey.
Earthbound spirits,
my grandmother called them.
They're stuck here, because they have
unfinished business with the living,
and they come to me for help.
In order to tell you my story,
I have to tell you theirs.
So how long were they married?
Just a few months.
He was so crazy about her.
How come he never brought her
into the store?
I don't know.
Maybe he was just tryin'
to buy her things to surprise her.
He is a great customer and so sweet.
Anyway, we don't have to
stay that long.
Jake.
How are you?
You remember my friend Melinda.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
Thank you for coming.
I appreciate it.
I'm gonna go pay my respects.
That's his wife?
Tell me about it.
What's wrong with this picture?
I land the richest guy in Driscoll
County, and my heart gives out.
This is like poetic injustice.
I'm sorry.
Are you interested in crossing over?
- You mean that light?
- Yeah.
I really think you should go into
that light, you'll find peace there.
Peace.
I'm thirty
What do I want with peace?
Besides, I
I really did love him.
Everything ok?
You didn't tell me that
his wife was so youthful.
I thought you knew.
Nice jacket.
- She likes your jacket.
- Oh, thank
- No.
- Yes.
- Is that supposed to happen?
- What?
The light, it's it's like
it's not so bright anymore, like
there's something getting in the way.
- Oh, that's freaky.
- What is?
I'm gonna go hang somewhere else.
This is too creepy.
What's going on?
I'll tell you later.
Gonna go find the ladies' room.
Stop crying.
I'm not dead!
I'm right here! Look at me!
What is wrong with you people?
You're very confused right now.
It's a difficult time.
How come you can see me and they can't?
That's a long story.
The important thing is
there's a better place for you.
EPISODE 2x20
Wait, wait, wait.
Slow down.
Are you sure the guy you saw
was talking to a ghost,
not just talking to himself,
and the ghost
I know what I saw.
They were interacting, ok?
Ghost to human, human to ghost.
Well, that means there's
someone else out there
Like me? I know.
Ok, there's always been
my grandmother and my mom
with whatever abilities she has,
but I have always wondered
what it would be like to have
a friend who saw what I saw,
who felt what I felt.
Well, I mean, this is weird, Mel.
What are the chances
that there are 2 people like
in Grandview?
I know, which is why
I'm all questions right now,
and I have to talk to this guy.
I'm gonna go back to that
funeral home tomorrow
and see if they at least have
a guest book that I can look at.
I'm never gonna sleep tonight.
What?
Who are you?
Wait.
I remember you.
You were on the plane.
- I made a mistake.
- I know.
You didn't cross over.
Don't let them find me.
We call it the Harold and Maude
syndrome, from the movie.
People who hang around
wakes and funerals.
- So have you ever seen him before?
- I've seen him a bunch of times,
at the cemetery, too.
Has he ever spoken to you?
Once or twice.
Nice guy.
Seems harmless.
Damn.
Would you mind?
So,
what did he say to you?
Oh, you know, the usual questions.
Did I know I was dead? How did I die?
Do I know other dead people?
Blah, blah, blah.
I said, "Look, I like it here.
I have no intention of leaving.
"You wanna be a do-gooder, go help
that confused old lady over there
who doesn't even know she's dead,
poor thing.
"
Could I check your guest book?
Sure.
So does he ever know the people
who are being waked?
I don't think so.
And it's usually young ones.
He never pays much attention
to the old people.
I just don't get all this
fascination with the dead.
For me, it's almost like being alive,
except a lot less expensive,
and I never get asked for directions.
That alone was almost worth
keeling over for.
Can I help you with something?
Oh.
I realized that I forgot
to sign the book yesterday, so
Look at that.
Done.
You should be ashamed of yourself,
Buster.
When I ran this place,
there was never one crooked tie.
I am sick of doing your job,
sick of it.
Close your mouth.
I don't know that I can.
I recommend it for your next class.
How are you not jumping out
of your skin over this?
I don't know anything
about this guy, ok?
He could be a friend or a foe.
It could be a hoax.
Hoax? Hoax?
Melinda, listen to yourself.
You sound just like all those
frightened little people
that have doubted you your whole life.
You were one of those
not too long ago.
I'm a scientist.
It's my job to doubt
you and be frightened all the time.
That's my job.
And quite frankly, when
I doubted you, my life was a lot simpler.
- Doubt was my friend.
- Doubt was your crutch.
Are we gonna find this ghost guy,
or are we gonna write bumper stickers?
I'm trying to find him,
but I don't know anything else except
his name is Gabriel, and he likes to
hang out at funeral homes
and cemeteries.
Ok, great.
So he doesn't have
a lot of colorful clothing.
That narrows it down.
What else?
Why would a guy like this
pop up in Grandview?
I don't know, but I wanna find out.
Maybe you guys were meant to find
each other for some reason.
For what reason?
Maybe you have to find him
cheerier hobbies.
Ok, look, in case this guy
turns out to be the real deal,
will you just look this
stuff up for me, ok?
Same ability, same place, same time.
Yes, I will, but listen.
The second you find this guy,
you bring him right here immediately.
Do you understand?
That's exactly what I'll do.
Were you being sarcastic?
Was that sarca
- Thank you so much.
- You're welcome.
- Hey, good morning.
- Sorry I'm late.
Is everything ok?
Yeah, I was just a little distracted.
How are you?
Good.
You know, we never really got a chance
to talk about what happened yesterday.
Weird, huh?
So you're saying that the ghost
of Jake's wife was at the wake,
like literally in the room.
Yeah.
Ghosts usually go to
their wakes and funerals.
They like to see who came,
check out what they look like.
Hair, clothing, the whole deal.
Really?
And you actually have conversations
like we're having right now?
Delia, why are you asking me this?
You know that it makes you crazy.
It's just that when I think about
ghosts and, you know, stuff like that,
I imagine them to be kind of cloudy,
transparent people
dragging chains, you know.
I get some of those, too, believe me.
I'm sorry.
I'll be right back.
I need help.
I have to get out of here.
Who are you? You're not
the one who can help me.
I can help you,
but you have to let me.
There's a better place for you.
I can help you get there,
but you have to want it.
She's the one.
She's the one who can help me.
Oh, hi.
Didn't see you standing there.
You must think I'm crazy.
Sometimes I talk to myself.
Good way to get locked up, right?
Do you see the light?
Do you see it?
I'm not sure.
There's something in the way.
I can't get close.
Are you sure that there are not people
waiting for you, like family or
No.
They're not.
Tell me what you can see.
Hey, you can't just walk off like that.
- What do you want? Who are you?
- My name is Melinda Gordon.
- Who are you?
- Gabriel Lawrence.
- Sorry, I have to go.
- Look, you know what?
You and me have something that we need
to talk about, don't you think?
I promise I won't bite.
So where did you live
before you came here?
Denver.
Yeah, a small neighborhood
called Rosemont.
When my parents died,
my uncle John took me in.
We traveled all over,
every corner of the world.
Did your uncle know?
No, no.
I realized pretty fast that this
was something I had to keep to myself,
and so stopped trying,
learned to live with it.
Besides, I didn't care
if people understood me.
You know, I never really
trusted the living anyway.
The dead made much better friends.
So did you have,
regular dead friends?
Absolutely.
When I was a kid, I'd invite
my ghost friends for sleepovers.
Yeah, I took 'em with me to school,
camping, trips.
I'd cry when they would
finally cross over.
I wished they would
stay with me forever.
I was afraid to acknowledge them.
I mean, not the ghosts, but I was
afraid what other people would think.
Me, too.
You tell people anything, you're
a thief, you have a contagious disease,
you know the meaning of life,
but nothing
quite matches the look you get
when you say you can see ghosts.
Exactly.
It's like people always think
that you're after something.
Are you after something, Gabriel?
I mean, come on.
The two of us living in the same town.
It's a little weird.
You have to admit it.
Maybe, but I have a different
weird threshold than most.
Well, don't you?
Have you noticed a shift
in the spirit world?
- Is this a test?
- Maybe.
Uh, actually, I have,
like they're getting stronger.
You felt it, too?
Yeah.
They can do more.
It's like they can affect us
in ways they couldn't before.
Like the flight attendant.
Look, when that plane
came down, there was
a very dark spirit here
who was trying to get as many souls
as possible to stay earthbound.
He was able to convince a lot of souls,
including her, that
they belonged here,
that there was something
they were meant to do.
Now she's terrified of crossing over.
I just think she doesn't know
who to trust.
There's something keeping her
from crossing.
Maybe she could talk to me again.
- Now, that I know
- Us.
Maybe she could talk to us.
I'm not trying to take over
your corner.
I don't have a corner.
I just have history with this spirit.
Well, strength in numbers.
Are you gonna get that?
Rick.
Yes.
Yes.
Hello.
I met him.
Yep.
He was at our house.
Seems great
funny, smart.
Yeah.
And he's a double capricorn.
He likes long walks on the beach.
Skip the personal ad.
Is he the real deal or not?
I think so.
So what do you guys talk about?
Just compare notes, talk shop?
In a way.
I don't know if I can
totally trust him yet.
You know, I have a weird thing
about coincidences.
You're so suspicious.
I love that about you.
Then again, that's what
I love about me, so
We're gonna go back to
where it all started.
Plane crash site, tomorrow night.
See if we can find
the flight attendant.
Tomorrow night.
You're not thinking of going out
with her tomorrow night, are you?
I can't go tomorrow night.
I have a lecture.
Oh, good, 'cause you're not invited.
Well, good, 'cause
you're not invited, either.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Good night.
It's weird being up here again.
Think she'll be here?
I like to go back to the beginning,
where they died.
Sort of like me in that way
go after them, try to help 'em.
I don't exactly go after them.
They usually come to me.
I like finding them.
I like chasing them, too.
Sometimes I compete with myself,
how many can I send off in one night.
Your husband's a good man.
He understands you.
Yeah.
I'm very lucky.
Never known anyone I could trust that way.
- I'm not going back.
- Where?
To that place with those people.
I think it was hell or something.
Are there spirits still
blocking the light?
Maybe you have some unfinished business
or someone who
you need to say good-bye to.
There's no one.
You must have some family.
I never wanted any of that.
How about your parents?
They wanted me to be just like them,
to never leave,
and I wouldn't, so now they hate me.
No, they don't.
They do, because I left, and I died.
Amy,
I know what it's like to be alone,
to have no attachments,
no one pulling on your heart.
You and I are more alike than you know.
There's a difference between being
lonely and being alone, am I right?
You just have to decide
that you don't wanna be
alone like that anymore,
and whatever blocks the light now
will move.
Amy,
I can show you a place
where you'll be very happy.
Who's that?
Please don't let them find me.
Gabriel!
Stop! He is my friend!
Look, I'm sorry.
I
I didn't mean to scare you off.
I just I couldn't resist.
- What the hell is this?
- It's a kirlian camera.
It measures auras.
It's nothing.
- That's property of the university.
- Is this some kind of a joke, huh?!
Some kind of cheap trick?!
Look, I didn't know
he was gonna be here, I swear.
Now you know why I prefer the dead.
You're not gonna believe what I saw.
I can't believe you followed me.
What are you, 12?
It was in the name of science.
Listen, my lecture let out at 5, so
Do you have any idea
what this makes me look like?
Yeah, tell me about it.
I was running
like a girl, holding this camera.
I fell down.
That guy grabbed me,
and he almost
Thank goodness he didn't
break this camera,
'cause this thing is not cheap,
and I am.
Did you notice he's got
quite a temper on him?
Yeah.
You always seem to
bring out the best in people.
Yeah, I consider myself sort of
like a truth serum,
except without the needles
or the C.
I.
A.
All right, luckily,
I always keep a backup.
You remember our friend?
- Kirlian camera?
- Yeah.
It reads auras.
Energy fields, like the kinds
your friends the spirits give off.
Here you go.
- Would you like to guess
what those are? - Spirits.
Spirits.
Spirits!
This place is lousy with 'em!
Yeah.
It's a haunted field.
There are lots of spirits that
didn't cross over in the plane crash.
Oh, well, how come kirlian can
see them all and you can't?
You know why?
Because that sees energy,
and spirits can choose to manifest.
I can't make them show themselves.
All right.
Really? Well,
why don't you take a closer look.
Here you go.
Look at these orbs around him.
They follow him wherever he goes.
They're attached to him.
When he chased me, they came with him.
Look at that.
Those are his ghosts.
I came to apologize for last night.
I sort of lost it,
and I want us to start over again.
There's something
I want you to see first.
They're spirits.
Attached to you.
How do you know
they're not attached to you?
Stop playing with me.
- Why don't you trust me?
- I don't know why.
But you don't.
Why did you come to Grandview?
Did you know that I was here?
I came here because
I felt I had to be here.
I was drawn here.
Maybe it was you.
Or maybe it was them.
Maybe it's just because
I feel I can help here.
Look,
we have to work together.
All right, we were both
put here for a reason.
- We have to find out what it is.
- How?
Find your flight attendant,
and we need to know
what she sees on her side.
If you wanna work with me, meet me
tonight at the funeral home at 9:00.
Maybe I was too *** Gabriel.
I mean, he does try to help spirits.
He even goes and looks for them,
unlike me, who tries to avoid them
whenever I can.
That's because
he doesn't have anything else.
Who am I to judge him
or not to trust him?
Do you have any idea
who this guy really is?
- Have you checked on him?
- There's no phone listing.
Not here, before that,
before Grandview.
Didn't he
- Didn't he say something about Denver?
- Yeah.
He said he lived with his uncle.
He told me his name, but
John.
Right.
Right.
John.
Ok.
There's only one John Lawrence,
and he's a
doctor and the director
at Rosemont hospital.
Rosemont.
That's where Gabriel said he lived.
I realize it's just about
quitting time where you are,
but I really need to
speak to dr.
Lawrence.
It's urgent that I speak with him.
I promise that I'll be very brief.
I thought so.
Thank you, yes.
I will hold.
- Isn't it a little late?
- I'm sorry.
It'll just be a minute.
- Isn't this what you have an office
- Thank you.
- Hello.
- Dr.
Lawrence?
Yes.
Who is this?
Hi.
My name is professor Richard Payne,
Rockland university.
Your nephew Gabriel Lawrence applied
for a job here in my building,
so I wanted to call and
ask you some questions,
just so I could fill in some
of the blanks on his application.
I don't have a nephew.
Well, that's not what
my papers here tell me.
It says Gabriel Lawrence is your
nephew.
He's mid-twenties, he's dark,
and you raised him from
the time he was 9 years old.
I think you might be talking
about Gabriel Hastings.
He's not my nephew.
He was my patient.
Sorry, did you say, "patient"?
This is a psychiatric hospital.
He came to us as a child.
He basically grew up here,
but I really shouldn't say too much.
With all due respect, doctor,
I think I have every right in the world
to know whether or not the person
I'm about to hire is dangerous.
He was severely delusional as a child,
came a long way, and he was released to
his own custody when he became an adult.
That's really all I can say.
Please tell him to call me.
Will do.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
So much for uncle John.
Hey, what's the matter?
That could have been me.
Severely delusional,
kid that sees ghosts.
I wonder how many people there
are like that,
you know, who just get put away
because of what they can do.
Melinda, this is nothing like you, ok?
This guy went psycho
because he saw ghosts.
I know.
I just don't know
what to believe.
And I have to talk to him,
'cause maybe I can help him.
No.
No, I forbid it.
No, you cannot.
This isn't a stray dog, Melinda.
This guy's trouble, ok?
Let's take a break.
I'm thirsty.
I'm really thirsty.
Who wants a drink?
- Not me.
- I will.
He's very concerned about you.
I remember when he used to be
that concerned about me.
Must've lasted at least the first
few weeks of our marriage.
I'm sorry, but it's really
not what it seems.
It's all right.
Doesn't really matter now anyway.
So what's our next step?
You know, this is really
none of my business, but
why didn't you tell me
your wife was dead?
Because I don't deal with it very well.
Maybe it's time to.
- What happened to her?
- It's nothing.
She died in her sleep.
That is so him.
I was killed driving past
a construction site.
A crane collapsed onto my car.
I was trapped for over 2 hours,
and I died just before
they cut me free, but
it's too tough for him to think about.
She's here.
Why?
I kept a journal.
Third shelf behind the textbooks.
He should read it.
She has a journal, third shelf.
She wants you to read it.
I knew it.
I just knew it.
Things have been moving
around for months, and I hear her.
I smell her perfume
when I come home sometimes.
Just make sure he reads it.
There are things he should know.
She's gone.
She really wants you
to read that journal, ok?
You call me if you need to.
Help me.
Hey,
glad you made it.
So much that's about to happen.
It's a great party, huh?
Miss, please.
Where you been?
You're the only reason
I wish I wasn't dead.
I'm not crossing over!
Party!
So how long you been dead?
You stood me up.
What is this?
What are you doing
with all these spirits?
Having fun.
They're my family.
You can't do this.
You can't just
keep them all trapped here.
Trapped? They're anything but trapped.
They're more free than they've ever been.
You lied to me.
Did I?
Yeah.
I spoke to your uncle John,
who was never your uncle.
So what?
- You would lie, too, in my place.
- No, I wouldn't.
Come on, Melinda.
This thing we do makes us liars.
You lie every single day,
every time you make an excuse for
why you're talking to yourself
or when you backpedal to explain
how you know something you shouldn't
or when you're looking
right at somebody
that no one else can see.
Lying is second nature to us.
Lying
is survival.
Is that what got you out
of the institution? Lying?
You bet your *** it is.
Look, I'm sorry.
I'm not like you.
I didn't grow up with
a family like yours.
I don't have a partner like you have.
My support system was a tray of me
to make it all go away.
Look, you owe it to them
to cross them over.
- And you owe it to the families
- Don't tell me what I owe the living.
There has never been one living person
who made me feel I was worth anything,
who made me feel I wasn't
just some nut to be locked away.
I'm here for the dead, not the living.
They know they can trust me,
and they know I trust them.
This isn't just some
lonely hearts club, Melinda.
We're getting ready.
- For what?
- For what's coming.
We're blocking the light,
and soon no one's gonna get through.
These aren't your grandmother's
ghosts anymore.
We're kindred souls, you and I,
Just imagine how powerful we'd be
if we linked up.
Or you could just risk
losing everything.
What are you saying?
I want you to leave your life.
Why do you think we met?
You said it yourself.
This can't be an accident.
Please take me out of here.
- Do you see a light?
- No.
Well, look for it.
You have to want it.
I see it.
There are still people in front of it.
I can't get close.
I think that's because you're
scared and confused.
They're using it against you.
So what do I do?
Can you think of anybody,
like a grandparent or friend who
might still be in the light?
I've never really lost anyone.
Even my dog is still alive.
Ok.
Well, you know what?
Why don't you think of yourself
as a little girl,
Maybe it's your birthday party.
We always had a birthday party.
With your parents?
Yeah, my aunts and uncles.
Do they make you feel safe and loved?
Yeah.
I looked forward to it all day.
They're all watching me now.
They're smiling at me.
Do you feel like nothing bad
could ever happen to you?
Yeah, like they're always
gonna keep me safe.
They loved me so much.
They can't block you
when you feel those things.
You're right.
They're starting to move.
The light's getting bigger.
So there's nothing stopping you now.
Go into it.
It is so beautiful.
Now I can see everything
there is to see.
Ok.
Crossed her over going 60,
and never took my foot off the gas.
How's that for your
grandmother's ghost, Gabriel?
You're not gonna believe
what happened to me tonight.
It ain't over yet.
It was right where she said it
would be.
Feel free to read aloud.
"Almost told him tonight,
but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Should I just leave without
saying anything or just leave a note?
Will he even notice?
I keep waiting for him to tell me
that he knows about the affair.
Could it be he actually doesn't?
Is he that unconscious? "
- It gets better.
- I am so sorry.
I don't understand the appeal
of this unfinished business.
I think I would have been all right
without that piece of closure.
It's like everything has
just turned upside down.
Think Gabriel had something
to do with this?
I went to Gabriel's house tonight,
and he had like this
I don't know.
Army of souls
at some never-ending party.
I knew the ghosts that were there,
'cause they hadn't crossed over.
Was Kate there?
I didn't see her.
But there were others, you know,
from the plane crash, even before that.
- Ghosts from the past?
- Yes.
"When the forgotten return.
"
"Death will be twice closer.
"
Hello.
Translation?
It's the 5 signs.
The dead dove on the doorstep.
The bee.
Writing on jim's back.
What is it, Mel?
The dead will rise.
And now the forgotten have returned.
So all 5 of those things have happened.
No, not all of them.
Not the writing
on your back, "mors dilecti".
It was latin.
It translates to
"death of a loved one".
Ok, you know what?
We have to go and talk to Gabriel.
You think Kate will be there?
I don't know, but he better
tell us what's going on.
Upstairs.
In here.
He's been watching you this whole time.
Couple of pictures of you up here, Jim.
Few of me.
I've always hated that picture of me.
He's been planning this
for quite some time.
No.
This is bigger than just him.
I hear someone.
Kate?
What are you doing here?
She's here?
He used me.
- Who did?
- Gabriel,
all of them.
Where did they go?
I don't know, but they left me here.
Why?
Because I feel so bad about what I did.
I should never have hurt you
like that, Rick.
I shouldn't have told you about
the diary, but they wanted me to.
She's saying that Gabriel
wanted her to hurt you.
He wants to hurt everybody
who helps you.
Why?
He wants to make you weak.
Why is he collecting souls? Why
does he want them to stay earthbound?
It's not just him.
It's happening all over.
They're planning something.
- Who is?
- Everyone on this side.
What do they want?
They want to make the dead
stronger than the living.
They want to take over.
What's happening, Melinda?
What is she saying?
Wait.
She'll tell you.
I never meant for it
to be this way, Rick.
I'm sorry.
Would you tell him I'm sorry?
She's saying that she's sorry.
Gabriel wanted her to hurt you
because you're close to me.
So it was all a lie, then,
the journal and the affair.
No.
No, that's true, and I'm sorry.
Is that the only reason she haunted me?
No.
No, not at first.
Just moving things around,
making noises,
I just felt like I was getting
more of your attention dead
than I did when I was alive.
I just
I just wanted you to know
how lonely I felt.
How much I loved you
and needed you and hated losing you.
And then
Gabriel found me,
told me that I was gonna be punished
for what I'd done
if I tried to cross over.
He said I should stay here and help him.
He said then the pain would go away.
What is she saying now?
She was haunting you because
she wanted you to pay attention,
and she knows that she made a mistake,
and she feels terrible about it,
and that's why Gabriel left her behind.
How did we let it get to this, Rick?
I did love you.
I know you love me.
I know you did.
How did we lose that?
Will you
Will you forgive me?
She wants to know
if you can forgive her.
It's what she needs to find peace
and cross over.
No.
What?
No.
I could say it, but I'd be lying.
I could say the words
if that's what you want.
You'll never get
another chance like this.
You have to know that.
No.
She should have come to me.
We should've spoken about it.
She was with another man, Melinda.
I just
There's too much pain.
No.
Tell him
You tell him he doesn't know
what pain is.
None of you do.
But you all will.
She's gone now, isn't she?
I wouldn't be so sure.