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Medium (2005–) is an NBC original TV series created by Glenn Gordon Caron, starring Patricia Arquette as medium Allison Dubois. The show debuted on January 3, 2005, and is based on the life of self proclaimed real-life psychic Allison Dubois, who is a consultant on the show.
Patricia Arquette won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Allison Dubois.
Suburban mother of three, Allison Dubois is a law student living in Arizona with her husband, Joe (Jake Weber), an aerospace engineer. Allison begins to believe she can talk to the dead and see the future. She has eerily accurate intuitions, and seems, on occasion, to be able to read people's minds. At first, her husband, a believer in hard science, dismisses it as stress but it soon becomes evident that what Allison is seeing are real events that have happened or will happen.
Allison, believing she has a responsibility to make use of her gifts, convinces her boss, District Attorney Devalos (Miguel Sandoval), that she can help him solve crimes. After seeing Allison's success with difficult cases, Devalos hires her as an unspecified consultant.
Allison'sthree daughters, Ariel (Sofia Vassilieva), Bridgette (Maria Lark) and Maria (Miranda Carabello) appear to have inherited some of their mother's abilities. They each have their own dreams and intuitions. Bridgette, while not bothered by what she's seen, does not yet fully understand her abilities and has on one occasion had difficulty telling the difference between the living and the dead. Allison's younger brother Michael (Ryan Hurst) also shares Allison's abilities, although he has tried to drown out his intuitions via alcohol.
Cast
Patricia Arquette as Allison Dubois
Miguel Sandoval as D.A. Manuel Devalos
David Cubitt as Det. Lee Scanlon
Sofia Vassilieva as Ariel Dubois
Maria Lark as Bridgette Dubois
Jake Weber as Joe Dubois
Executive Producers
Glenn Gordon Caron
René Echevarria
Ronald L. Schwary
Kelsey Grammer
Steve Stark
Episode Guide
Allison is a law student interning at the DA's office. Allison has been struggling with dreams of the dead for much of her life. To prove that he dreams are a result of stress, her husband, Jake, sends descriptions of her dreams to law enforcement agencies. To their surprise, her dreams prove similar to to murder in Texas. Allison is able to help Texas Ranger, Captain Push solve the murder and the experience ultimately changes her life. She begins to help her former boss, D.A. Manuel Devalos on various cases. She soon wins over skeptical homicide detective Lee Scanlon. By the end of season one Allison discovered her abilities run in the family. Her half brother and both daughters are also able to see the dead. The season ends with a cliff hanger episode in which Captain Kenneth Push's life hangs in the balance after the two join forces to find and stop a serial killer.
Allison is visited by the spirit of hospitalized and unconscious Captain Push and he helps her solve the case. Later, she experiences the life of a woman who committed suicide many years ago. Throughout the season, Allison's gifts put her at risk, physically and emotionally.
Allison is exposed leading to the loss of her job. DA Devalos is also forced to resign as a result of the scandal. A lawsuit against his company over a shooting at his office also results in Joe losing his job.
Allison takes a job as a part-time consultant for mercurial investigator Cynthia Keener (Anjelica Huston). Her job is the family's only income. She still occasionally assists Detective Scalon and when Devalos makes a bid for DA once again, he invites her to be in the forefront of his campaign. Joe is still unemployed and unable to find a job but a business opportunity arises when he discovers he can make solar cells more efficient. His new business partner, Meghan Doyle (Kelly Preston) sets her sights on him.
External Links
Offical NBC Site
Allison Dubois Official Site
Medium at IMDB
Medium Drams
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