Which brings us to the second element that Medium writers need to watch out for: Allison Tantrums. With the disturbing nature of her dreams, and the frequently dire circumstances she has only hours to prevent, it's expected that Allison would get a bit intense sometimes. The problem is when she seems to fly off the handle over small things, shrieking at Joe or stalking Detective Scanlon (David Cubitt) until he does what she wants--even when there's nothing he could possibly do. It's tough to admire Allison when she's being irritatingly irrational on a regular basis.
On the flip side of that issue, we have plea number three for the Medium writers: Please dial back the doubt. While Allison's gift can provide misleading or incomplete clues, everyone in her life should know her track record well enough to ease up on the disbelief. It seems that once Allison makes an error, her colleagues become skeptical about her dreams again. Joe is often quick to dismiss any of Allison's more worrying visions. I realize that Joe has to be the rational one, and often his arguments make sense, but sometimes his calm reproaches stray from reality.
The Medium finale was the perfect example of this. Knowing what he knows about his wife, shouldn't Joe have been a little more concerned when she told him her vision of her family's murder? Sure, he can reassure her with possible reasons why it might not happen, but Joe should have been a lot more concerned than he appeared to be. Had he done so, we might also have avoided another Allison Tantrum.
Medium is an excellent show, and the fact that they keep coming up with new twists to keep us guessing is a bonus. There truly can be too much of a good thing, however, and the Medium creators shouldn't be afraid to let Allison be a normal ghost-seeing crime solver for a while. Unfortunately the new season opens up the can of worms that Allison's surgery may have altered her psychic gifts. It's another new twist in the Medium storyline, and it may work beautifully as suspenseful drama. I just hope they find some time for crime solving and helping lost souls along the way.
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I have been watching, along with my 16 year old daughter and my husband, the show since the beginning. I have to say that the character we like least is Ariel. She is pouting and whining. If my daughter behaved like that she would send herself to her room.
I have been watching, along with my 16 year old daughter and my husband, the show since the beginning. I have to say that the character we like least is Ariel. She is pouting and whining. If my daughter behaved like that she would send herself to her room.