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 have to say that I must have been sleeping…I had no idea that this was the season finale and it had me crying like a baby upon conclusion. I wasn’t expecting this but was pleased with the finale…made perfect sense with the theme of the series.
MORE MEDIUM!!!!!!
I suppose it was a satisfying conclusion. It is obvioulsy a done deal. However, as a die-hard fan, I became very sick to my stomach, literally! I did not know it was coming. I just watched faithfully every episode and if I had something else going on, I definitely recorded it and watched later. I have always liked Patricia Arquette. She is an amazing actor, and quite beautiful as well. I came to like Jake Weber very much also. He is so funny. The two of them and the children were so captivating and down to earth , I loved… Read more »
I’m really upset – I thought that the show had been reprieved. I didn’t know that this was the last show. It is one of my favorite shows and I am not ready to have it cancelled. I’m sick to death of reality shows and really loved the characters on this show – they were all well cast. I didn’t really care for this last episode, however, at least they ended it instead of just letting the show disappear.
What a disapointment! Didn’t see that coming!
My favorite show ended and we had
no warning! Wish it would have ended
with everyone alive and happy ! It needs to come
back!
I did not know this was the final episode until I finished watching it and I couldn’t believe it was the last one. I don’t remember hearing about it being the finale and I sure wish it wasn’t. It was mine and my husband’s favorite show. It was also my son and daughter-n- law’s favorite show. This was quite a dissapointment. I also felt that the story was lacking the conclusion to the case she was working on in the dream. Why is the series ending and why now and not during the normal season ending time around summer? I… Read more »
Loved it!
I just wish it would have done more for the years we feel in love with DuBois. I don’t think it did it justice. If they were smart they would at least do a spin-off…..why not Sofia Vassilieva who has become a great actress or start following one of the other kids. They have the same abilities but could take it a different path. These people are just not too smart sometimes. I also think the three girls living together forming a group that does stuff with their abilities could be great. One of them could use it to do… Read more »
i thought it was a lovely ending, the writing is always superb. all the cast are unbelievably talented. i will truly miss the show and am forever changed by it.
wonderful entertainment… watched the entire season’s….. will miss it
wishing the cast success beyond comprehension.
best to the future for all….!!!!
goodnite!
I AM FEELING LET DOWN…..I GOT NO WARNING THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SHOW….I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A HOME ENVIRONMENT FOR ME & YET AN ADVENTURE……I WAS NOT READY…..I FEEL LIKE…..”PLEASE DO NOT END”…..”PLEASE GIVE US AT LEAST ONE MORE SEASON TO GET READY & ADJUSTED TO AN END”….I HAVE NEVER MISSED A SHOW……I HAVE SEEN EVERYONE….SO THIS IS WHY IT WAS MOVED TO FRIDAY NIGHT……NO NOT YET……YOU COVERED AN AREA OF LIFE NOT COVERED WITH SUCH QUALITY ANYWHERE ELSE…..THIS IS A SHOW OF GREAT EVERYTHING…THE BEST!!!!!
I WANT YOU BACK IN MY LIFE……PLEASE!!!!
I am really disappointed at the closing of one of my favorite shows, I mean I would really looked forward to sitting down and watching a real down to earth family show, the whole cast was amazing. I couldn’t wait to call my friend and discuss the episode that we just watched and then talk about the next show. I will really miss Medium, it made me wish that I could be like Allison in real life, to be able to help people and give them closure. I hope that Medium makes a comeback because the writers, directors, staff and… Read more »
I HATE it when they kill off one of the characters you’ve grown to love on the last episode. Then if you watch the reruns all you can think about is that they will be dead at the end! And the part where they were together as their young selves is a direct rip off of “Somewhere in Time” with Christopher Reeve & Jane Seymour. Very disappointed in the ending to one of my favorite shows., tho I did like the goodbye montage of all the cast members. Monk did it much better!
The final show of Medium was horrible. First of all I was not even aware that this was the final show. I am very upset that it was cancelled as are many others. This is a really good show. There is so much garbage on TV today, especially those reality shows. This is one show that my family and I really was excited about watching each week. The ending should have been a happy one not a tragic one. I am really angry at CBS and dont know if I will watch this station again.
I felt like I had lost a very dear friend at the end of the episode! The gooodbyes from each cast member was well done. I sure will miss my favorite show!