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 can’t believe how many viewers including myself didn’t see this coming to an end!! I am very disappointed. I can only hope one of the networks will come up with something comparable for us paranormal lovers to watch.
Great show; tough ending… What I liked Medium was its devotion to keeping one of the more realistic representations of a family dynamics on TV. Yup she is a medium but she was also a mother and wife, with a job that didn’t pay her enough for her abilities. I am sure many viewers can identify with that aspect of the show, hence the beauty in the show and why it worked. The ending I thought was also truthful. Yes everyone wants a wonderful fairytale ending but that was too easy for the gifted writers of this show. Instead, a… Read more »
I had not idea it was the last episode. I did not get a chance to see it and how could the network cancel the series? I thought when it changed networks it was too keep the series going because they believed in the series. I likes the show, it was family and caring and love and exciting and just a great show which weill be truely missed by me.
Bad network!
Karen In Colorado. I think because Medium tv series went from NBC to CBS was a huge mistake. It wasn’t CBS’s baby. When I go to watch Medium, I forget that it changes networks! Medium & NBC is like peas & carrots. I don’t like NBC or Universal because they are so a politically driven network & was hopeful that CBS was the best choice. I am 40-something & when I was 10 my Uncle Roger used to say, “That is NBC, that stands for Nothing But Commercials”. Medium & Chuck was about the only tv that I would watch.… Read more »
I, too, will miss Medium. I recorded it on my DVR and was putting off watching the series finale since I didn’t want it to be over. My teenage son walked in on me crying at the end. He’s been “seeing” things no one else can see since he was 2 and ran into the kitchen saying their was a “stranger” in his room. (We went up and the “stranger” was still there, but only he could see her.) After processing the finale over the past couple of days and re-watching the ending, I’ve decided I liked it. I, too,… Read more »
My family and I are shocked! This was no just a very well written an cast show, but it is believable. Many law enforcement agencies us the help of successful psychic’s, there are MANY people who live with these abilities and similar and this really helped not to feel so strange and like an outcast. I grew up this way, similar to the character on Ghost Whisperer…the 2…Medium and Ghost Whisperer, Paranormal State helped me to learn about my own gifts and I know others who were doing the same thing. It was like having our “Glee” niche. Why were… Read more »
Love, love, love Medium. I cannot believe that it has come to an end. My mom and I loved the relationship between Allison and Joe, so unique and genuine. I can’t believe it’s over. I feel like i’ve lost someone. Its incredible the tears this final episode brought me. I wish it wasn’t so. For crying outloud I already lost Ghost Whisperer I could at least watch Medium but now I have neither. My poor DVR will have separation anxiety. I will blame it on all the wretched reality shows on primetime right now, it’s pretty pathetic. I’d drop all… Read more »
dreadful ending! I love the show, me and my mom watch it ALL the time, when ever they changed the channel or time, she found it and we’d watch it. Watching Alison live life with out joe was sad, i teared up when he told her the plane crashes, and i teared up five minutes later when they walked into their next journey together. The girls grew up and lived their life happily and wed just like their mother and father. I dont think the should have ended this way though. i wanna c the girls truely grow up, and… Read more »
I, too, watched it later, and was devastated to see it end! I kept hoping the whole show was a dream, and they would continue on as always.
Loved the series, sorry it’s over.
I can’t believe they cancelled Medium. It was the one show that I never missed. I loved the interaction between Joe and Allison and the girls. It took my breath away as I watched the show unfold. I was sure that Allison would wake up with Joe walking in the door and then next season their story would continue. How dare the networks just cancel shows without any warning to its viewers. To the cast of Medium, my family and I loved the show. We’ll miss you and wish you the very best in the future.
I hadn’t ready any of the hype. I had no idea the show was cancelled. I just finished watching it and I am devastated. Great ending though. So sad to see this show go.
I am a fan since the beginning, and needed absorb the finale. I am actually surprised how much it bothered me, and how much I’ve thought about it. I have had other favorite shows end – but, am very upset about HOW this one ended. For me, part of the connection to and enjoyment of the show was that the characters were so real and relatable. In addition to being a medium, Allison was portrayed as a very real wife and mother who had a beautiful, deep and meaningful friendship with her husband. Many of us who watched related to… Read more »
Sorry the show is over. Loved the caracters and the family unit.
Thank you for creating it and leaving it on this long among all these reality shows!
The show was so great to say the least. Fun to watch to see what the writers would come up with.
If all people want is stupid sitcom and shoot’em up I guess good shows have little chance to survive. Cancelling Medium is just another nail in the tv coffin and I will have to give up watching all together.
I am truly devastated. I tape Medium and then my husband I watch. I didn’t a chance to watch till a week later, and I had no idea whatsoever. I’m so upset I can’t stop crying. The end was awful! My husband and I connected to this show because the relationships were so real and we could relate. We loved her family and her relationships outside the home. My husband travels and I fear all the time that something may happen to him. To kill Joe like that; just killing him off period was devastating. I just didn’t know and… Read more »
I totally feel the same way. I cried for an hour after it ended and I felt like there had been a death in my family. I related to their family so much and could see my family in the things they did, said…everyday life. It really hurt me to see Joe die and have Allison live alone and die alone. It gave me a reality check–this could happen to me!! Where did the time go? Did I do all that I could to make sure that we spent every hour the best that we could? Do I have regrets… Read more »