Apologies for the huge delay in getting these recaps updated. I blame insanity. Whether it's mine or just general life insanity is probably open for debate. Anyway. Previously on Ghost Whisperer, Jim is dead. Again. Still. And we get a very quick replay of Jim jumping into Sam's body, and waking up to ask Melinda if he knows her; along with a cliff notes history of them getting to know each other, dating, and the big kiss. This is bound to be important somehow. Also, did I miss a Sam Sighting in this ep? Because I didn't get a drink at all.
At some yet-to-be-identified college, a group of girls is asleep in a dorm room (which honestly looks more like a barracks with all the beds in the middle of a large room). Suddenly a group of masked guys come in and grab the girls, barely giving them time to grab the shoes placed conveniently beside their beds (which is a great look with the slip/nightgown/whatever thingies they're all wearing) before chucking them into a van. They're delivered to the woods, where another group is waiting for them. Ah, okay, it's a sorority hazing! Which makes me really glad I never joined a sorority, because these older girls are really pretty nasty. The younger girls are given maps and told they must retrieve five tokens placed randomly in the woods - and they have to do it wearing burlap bags over their heads with only a flashlight to guide them. Sounds like fun, where do I sign up? Or maybe not. One pledge is pulled aside, and told "Not you, Courtney". Apparently Courtney is as confused by that as I am. In the next scene we see Courtney setting off alone, having trouble reading her map. She slips the bag off her head (oops, not supposed to do that!), and glances at the map before replacing the bag, but it doesn't seem to help. She stumbles over a rock and falls down an embankment.
In the morning, Melinda and Delia are at the shop opening up, and talking about Melinda's relationship with Sam. Mel understands why Sam thinks she's not ready to date, and wishes she could tell him the truth. Or at least stop making excuses for ducking out all the time, but she feels that she has a responsibility to the ghosts and the people she helps. Just then Sam pops in with coffee for all of them (awww!) and asks Melinda to come with him to an art show he got an invitation to. Apparently Sam doesn't remember if he likes art, hee. Delia immediately offers to cover for Melinda at the shop before Mel can even ask. Hee, some more.
Later in the morning, Melinda is with Eli at a college campus (DUN!) which turns out to be Rockland University. Eli is there for a book release party and signing, I guess Melinda is there for moral support. I wonder if Delia is covering for this also? We should all have such patient friends. Anyway, Eli is gently teasing Melinda about making her relationship with Sam a priority when Melinda suddenly sees a ghost dressed in a slip/nightgown/whatever thingy. And a burlap bag on her head. Melinda asks the ghost what happened to her, and the ghost cryptically replies "Ask my sister". As it is conveniently Pledge Week on campus, Melinda and Eli talk about pledging and hazing and think the ghost may have been a victim. Very Holmes/Watson of them, don't you think? And then Eli gets a little too enthused about checking out leads on a college campus full of sorority girls. Ew.
