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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What are they thinking ? Cancel Medium ? And keep “dancing with dimwits” “survive who cares” and other assorted garbage ?…….B.
I think the writers must have had their heads up their you know whats when they wrote the ending of this series ores
I had no idea. Just watched it without knowing it was the end. Great show, great ending but I am very dissapointed that it is over. Have following it from beginning to end.
I am sad 🙁
I liked the ending but didn’t want the series to end. I especially loved the relationship between Allison , Joe, and their children.
When a network wants to end one of its popular shows, it puts it on Friday night—-the “death and disposal” night.
Medium was much better than 80% of what’s still on. My husand and i will miss the show and the people we’ve come to love.
I didn’t know the show was ending so any kind of finale would have been sad to me. I thought it was a clever ending – such tragedies do happen in life and the living still grieve, even if they are, like Alison, lucky enough to know that some form of consciousness does go on.
Sad to see Medium go…Loved the show…the ending was great…you could tell the writers went all out to make it spectacular…
I have been a long time medium fan,Awsome all time favorite tv show since charmed!I wish that medium could stay longer.Well we will all miss medium and all the wounderful episodes.God Bless all and best wishes in furthering all of there career.thank you for all the awsome shows.
I didn’t realize the show was ending until Joe appeared to Allison after he died. I checked the episode info and it said ‘series finale’. I was devastated, to say the least. I hadn’t heard the show was ending. It’s been one of my favorite shows since the show started. I liked it because the stories were unpredictable, suspenseful and yet had a nice family aspect. I was a bit disappointed by the ending as it focused mostly on Allison, while the other characters got minimal coverage. I loved Joe and Allison’s connection throughout the series, so it was disappointing… Read more »
I loved the medium series. I watched faithfully until the last episode. I would have continued to watch for another seven seasons. I literally had tears in my eyes after Allison pleaded with Joe to stay. I guess that’s what his mom meant about tough times ahead for the family. I think that they could have given us a happier ending then her living 41 years without him. They were reunited in the end, but that was rough.
I was sad to learn the series was cancelled as I’ve enjoyed seeing the daughters grow and become. The ending was great!.
I loved the show. Faithful watcher since the beginning. HATED the ending. This was a comfort show for me. I loved the mystery/thriller but I love the family aspect also. I would not have never watched this ending if I had known.
I feel like there has been an unexpected death in my family. I didn’t see the end of this series coming and I’m very upset about it. It has been a unique show because I’ve never identified more with any other show. The Dubois WERE my family. It has been a cold slap of reality reminding me that TV is just a business where ratings and money are all that matter to studios. If there was something I could do to change things and keep the series alive, I would. Unfortunately, I’ll have to learn to live without it just… Read more »
Medium gave the best ending of any show I have ever watched. They put on good entertainment showing family values and love and caring and knew when it was time to go—“to the other side”. WELL DONE writers.
I love the show, one of the few shows where the kids act like most kids. I didn’t know it was ending. Make it a dream and start a new season please.
I found the series finale terrible. I quite literally had my own dreams in which I tried to re-write the ending. It was incredibly upsetting to see Joe die at such a young age and miss all the wonderful things that happened to his family…no walking his daughters down the aisle, no holding his grand children, no celebrating Bridgette’s accomplishments as an author. Why couldn’t we flash forward to everyone being successful and Joe and Allison being together until the end? I am sad that the show ended, and even more sad about the way it ended.