Tonight, CBS aired the final episode of Medium. After seven seasons and 130 episodes, it was time to say goodbye to Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette), her husband Joe (Jake Weber), their children and friends. The series finale of Medium is called “Me Without You.”
As the episode begins, we see Allison having an evening phone conversation with Joe who’s at the start of a flight home from Hawaii. Later, Allison is awoken by another call from Joe. His flight is arriving early and then it hits turbulence, and crashes into the ocean. The episode flashes forward seven years and we learn that Joe indeed died. Allison is now a lawyer involved in a big drug case. Her boss, the district attorney, is killed by the leader of a drug cartel who’s on trial. Manuel Devalos (Miguel Sandoval) is the mayor and Lee Scanlon (David Cubitt) is the chief of detectives.
Allison begins to dream about Joe and realizes that he’s actually been alive in Mexico with amnesia. The drug lord has been using him to transport narcotics across the border. She ultimately decides to throw the case so that she can reunite with her husband. She and daughter Marie drive to Mexico and she is reunited with him, finally.
Unfortunately, it’s a dream. She awakes back in the present and Joe is there, as a ghost. He did die in the crash and he tried to send a message to Allison about how good her life will still be, even without him. Unfortunately, her mind couldn’t accept it and concocted a way for him to still be alive. Joe tells her how much he loves her and that the loss will hurt for a long time but it will get better. Though she pleads for him to stay, he needs to go.
The scene flashes forward to 41 years later. We see a very old Allison, surrounded by photos of her children and grandchildren. She dies peacefully. Allison appears as her younger self and looks at her now dead body. Joe appears to her, just as he had been. He waited, of course. She asks, “Do I get a kiss?” He replies, “From now, until the end of time.” The two embrace and kiss. They are together, forever more.
The episode ends with brief scenes from the show’s seven year history and each castmember silently saying goodbye to the camera and faithful viewers.
What do you think? Was this a satisfying conclusion to Medium? What did you like or dislike about it?
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I hate that they canceled the show. I will miss the series. It’s been something I could look forward to watching for years and saying goodbye was sad.
I think it was a great and unique way to end the show! For me, it was an ending to remember. I really enjoyed the show and will miss it!
I’m really disappointed in this finale!! Why could they let Joe & Allison grow old together. Wish there could have been more years 4 them 2 share 2gether.
I am very sad to see the show end. It was a nice way to end the show however. Joda
I loved it. Thank you for a great show.
Medium was a great show! I cannot believe it’s over. I am glad to at least get some closure in the last show, but will dearly miss it!
Just watched it. Absolutely terrible. Here’s my synopsis (spoilers, of course): Joe dies. A whole bunch of meaningless stuff to fill up the episode. Skip 41 years, Allison dies. They’re together again. The end. Since the show was canceled anyway, I would have actually rather there been another normal episode with the series just cutting off, i.e. just not coming back next season, than for there to have been this “finale.” I understand the writers probably had little time to come up with a finale when the cancellation was announced, but this was just awful. With all the great writing… Read more »
I loved the series and will miss watching new episodes…
I enjoyed the finale and think it was wrapped up very nicely.
Thank you Patricia, Jake, Miguel, David, Sofia,Maria, Miranda and Madison for great entertainment and wonderful acting. You all will be missed.
I am very disapointed they cancelled this show, think this was a great show.
I will miss this series very much. Don’t know why they have taken it off the air as it is very good.
i think it was a good ending although by my calculations, she wasn’t all that old when she died. i figured she must have been between 80 and 85 at the most and i know lots of folks that do not look like decrepit. maybe she had been ill. the ending was reminiscent of the ending of the old b&w film “the ghost and mrs. muir.” quite touching. and what a kiss!
I thought the series last episode was the most ambitious episode to date. I also believe that it was one of the best written Medium scripts if not the best ever written. It was poignant in a way that most other episodes weren’t. It had a kind of ,”Six Feet Under” ending. I really enjoyed watching this TV couple & I really liked Patricia in this role, but many times her single minded self righteous character got on my nerves & she was alive and well in this last episode, but in spite of that it was very compelling. I… Read more »
I thought it was a super ending. I was amazed and totally surprised at the end as I had no idea that Medium was being taken off the air. I will really miss the show. I couldn’t figure out what was happening, and then the end came. Amazing writing and acting.
It was a horrible dream. I was completely devistated and I am so sorry to see the show go. Why not get rid of something like how i met your mother or 2 1/2 men or better yet csi ny. I really enjoyed that show and that ending was almost as sad as the ending of 6 feet under. I mean really. Did someone HAVE to die? Couldn’t we have a happy ending every once and awhile. Isn’t that what tv is for? RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
i was so pissed it was the last episode like u have no idea. i cried! at first i wanted the last episode to hurry just to see what happens but now that its gone imjust saddened. CBS sucks ass now there is not 1 show that i watch on it first ghost whisperer now medium CBS yall some *******