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 will really miss Allison and Joe and the kids. This was one good-show. I would always try to figure out the ending of each show. I managed several times to figure things out but most of the time it was always a refreshing ending with lots of surprises. I hate to see it go, not much good tv anymore.
A true fan
I watched the finale of “The Medium” with my partner. We were both disappointed and unhappy that the show was ending. I/we thought the finale was a little too truncated though it was certainly involving . We – as so many others have mentioned- loved the fact that this was a show that never seemed formulaic- even though it had an obvious formula. The actors were wonderful and while I/we don’t have children I thought their performances were unique in television. There’s no way we won’t miss Allison and Joe and their family. I’m sorry to see “The Medium” end.… Read more »
I was devasted when I realized that this was the series finale. I (like many of other viewers) felt this show was about family values and how well a family got along (without a lot of sex and drugs). I wll truly miss the Medum series and the wonderful actors.
My wife and I have been following this show form the very beginning. We also have three kids and we were identified with them as a family. We always thought this was a great series among many others that only display high amount of sex and violence. We have just seen the finale (we live in Mexico) and I was like “what have just happened” and mi wife…. crying all the time, it was very difficult for me to cheer her up after. The last story was very fast!!!!! And at the end we were discussing about the last day… Read more »
Boy was I caught off guard! I have been a fan of Medium, since it first aired. When I saw Friday night’s episode I was blindsided. Am I the only one who did not know that it was the final episode? I am heartbroken that it is over. I loved the love story that Allison and Joe had and the relationship with their children and co-workers. Please tell me it was a dream, a real one. To the cast, thank you for a wonderful series! You have entertained us throughout the years with excellent work. Good luck to all of… Read more »
I just loved this show and I’m heart broken it has been taken off the air. My favorite was how they worked thorugh their family issues.
I have mixed emotions on how it all ended, but I was attached to that family. I agree with a previous writer they were such a normal typical family. Which is so ironic with their backgrounds. I will truly miss this show and their cast.
I get it! The ending wasn’t advertised as the season finale because CBS DIDN’T WANT ANYONE TO WATCH IT! That way, no one would be complaining. With all due respect for people who liked that ending (why?) I have to say I saw it as total crap. No sign of the girls, dead Joe, and Alison in a nursing home, alone. Nice to see that she and Joe raised the girls right…she died alone, in a completely sterile environment, with only one photo from 50 years earlier at her side. I guess Joe was the one who kept the family… Read more »
I agree with you…. well said.
I totally agree- the writers and producers showed absolute contempt for the loyal viewers. To have a beloved husband die and the other remain alone for 41 years, dying alone in a nursing home -is most people’s greatest fear. How would it have harmed them to do an episode and then just flash forward to see Joe and Allison together, in heaven or here- but together after a happy life. Maybe this is one of the writer’s (male) fantasies, that if he died his wife would pine away for 41 years and remain alone. And it was certainly no woman’s… Read more »
The whole thing made me cry. The show and the fact that it was ending.
I loved this show for two reasons: first I wanted to hear and see familiar sights of Phoenix, which I didn’t live in any more and the second reason was this family was one that I looked up to. The mother and father were so loving and warm. They made me want to feel that love with someone. The kids were respectful and they actually liked being together with the parents, not hold up in some room on a video game. They even showed the older sisters helping the younger sisters. I thought the family was a good role model… Read more »
Well, though the series ended, it still could continue if someone wanted to pick up production. I calculate that Allison died at the age of about eighty. Everyone dies. There could still be more episodes in the present time … and I wish there would be. Still, we enjoyed the ending … seeing the future is what mediumship is all about! Also, her misinterpreting and re-writing the dream Joe sent was typical … she had good dreams but often didn’t see the exact meaning of them.
I, too, am devastated that they decided to cancel this series. The characters were wonderful and so excellently portrayed; and even after so many years, the episodes did not lose their ability to surprise and entertain. But, if it had to go – I think they did a great job of ending it. Not like so many shows that just stop, or leave you with some ambiguous scenario where you don’t know what is going on. And allowing the cast memebers to say their personal good-byes was fantastic. Yes, it was sad and even upsetting – but I think the… Read more »
I knew it was the last show, so I wasn’t too surprised by the twisting-turning plot. I thought it was a great ending. I loved the after-material, too, with the actors signing off. Of course, I’m sorry the series is over. As others have commented, I liked the DuBois family. I liked that the kids were normal; that Allison was a normal mom, not a glam-queen; that Joe had normal ups and downs at work.
I’m really disappointed about the finale. I was enough heartbroken to know that Medium was ending, but to watch this episode was even more depressing. After 7 years with this TV family, it’s like they were a part of my life. The cast was amazing, interactions between actors were filled with an incredible alchemy. None cared about fans and how we struggled to keep Medium going on. This show was still alive and full of opportunities, you just rudely killed it.
This finale was an insult!
WHAT?? This was absolutely a downer. OMG. I can’t believe this is how it all ended. It doesnt make sense. It felt so choppy and disconnected from everything else. I think they could have held out for another half season at least and left with a bang. This show has brought me such satisfaction over the years. i started watching it when i was 16 and there was something about it that kept me intrigued and excited for the next episode. And this episode just leaves me high and dry. I can’t believe that was it. I totally wasn’t expecting… Read more »