"Ghost Whisperer"
Pater Familias (2008)

Director:

John Gray

Writers:

John Gray (creator)
John Gray (written by)

TV Series:

"Ghost Whisperer" (2005)

Original Air Date:

16 May 2008 (Season 3, Episode 18)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Melinda searches for Paul Eastman and answers from her mother about her father. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder Investigation | Husband Wife Relationship | Medium | Missing Person | Crime Scene

Cast

Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Melinda Gordon
David Conrad	...	Jim Clancy
Jay Mohr	...	Professor Rick Payne
Camryn Manheim	...	Delia Banks
Martin Donovan	...	Tom Gordon
Corin Nemec	...	Paul Eastman
Christoph Sanders	...	Ned Banks
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Doctor Farrington
Nick Jameson	...	Sean
Anne Archer	...	Beth Gordon
Sarah Jaye	...	Young Beth Gordon
David Farkas	...	Young Tom Gordon
Haley Pullos	...	Young Melinda (as Haley Alexis Pullos)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Soundtrack:

Life Is Beautiful

The End -- for now

Part 2 of a 2-parter to close out Season 3 has Melinda coming to grips with her father and her childhood. In the previous episode, she thought her father Tom Gordon (Martin Donovan) may have shot himself to death, but discovers he has survived. He has been intermittently possessed by a masked ghost who spent time in jail on a murder charge thanks to Tom Gordon when he wass a prosecutor and appears to want revenge on Gordon and family. But nothing in this episode is as it seems, and it takes a very long hour before things get straightened out. Anne Archer is back as Melinda's mom. By the way, the spectre behind the mask in this and the previous episode is Corin Nemec, a former child actor who has popped up on TV and in some "B" flicks in more recent years. Not one of GW's beter episodes, this season ender plays more like a soap opera than a thriller drama. The very end, with everyone marching arm in arm, contains an unexpected gag.