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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Bring it back! No other series can replace it. Surely the network will rethink this?
I think this stinks! I wait every week to watch my favorite show and now to learn that I’ve just seen the last one is sad.
Very good ending to a wonderful series. So sad that it’s over. So long DuBois family.
I wish it could all start again. Thank you for the 7 seasons. I’ll miss you all.
CPT from Bergen Cty. NJ
Congratulations ! Very sad to see the show end :-(. But I enjoyed every minute till the end…
Awful
I don’t really know how to react. I can’t believe the creators of this great series would end the show on such a depressing note. Yes, Allison and Joe get to spend eternity together, but at the cost of a whole shared lifetime with children, grandchildren. I have to admit, I wish I hadn’t seen it. That I could just have the past great six years of a wonderful family. Yes, it was a crime drama, but at it’s core was the family. Now to have ended it with Joe being missing from the whole equation…it was just a sad… Read more »
I felt it was an abrupt end to a show that had a lot more to give . i didn’t really care for the ending because I selfishly want to see more , love the whole cast !!Boo hoo!! I actually cried my eyes out !!
Sincerely ,
a concerned viewer
I am so disappointed to see Medium end. I have watched faithfully. What a great show. The series finale was amazing and brought tears to my eyes. Well done! This wonderful fictional family will be missed!
I despised it. Could it have been any worse? How stupid are the writers of this show? I am disgusted I wasted my time watching. didn’t any of those idiots know that the character of Joe held the show together? What a freaking disaster. Hell, I can live misery in real life. I sure don’t need to watch it for entertainment.
I can’ t believe this show is over!! I’m shocked and so terribly sorry. It was absolutely one of my favorites and one of the best on commercial TV. I would even skip going out on a Friday night (like tonight) just to stay home in the comfort of the Dubois family. It was like one of my own. Bring it back…pleeeeese? What is wrong with you people?
Hated it!
I didn’t like Joe getting killed. Why do they do that?! Can’t we have a happy ending without all the sorrow. The show was basicly uplifting and they had to show them both dead. Real life is crappy enough, so why did they have to ruin the series ending.
A great ending would have been having the real Allison do a cameo on the show, and have our Allison start writting her books and stay away from the police department.
“I just know that I will miss the show.”
The last show was done beautifully, I am so sorry to see such a wonderful show be over. Good luck to the cast and crew, thank you for seven seasons.
Melissa F.
West Hills, California
Friday nights won’t quite be the same without the adventures of Alison and Joe and fam. My favorite character was always Joe, so this episode was especially touching. I didn’t realize that this was the series finale and kept waiting for Alison to wake up so that Joe would be OK. I guess it really was time for the series to say goodbye because they really had run out of good stories but I will miss getting to see any new adventures with the DuBois family. Good bye Medium–especially Joe– may you rest in peace.