Ghost Whisperer Recap: The Gathering
The crescendo is building to the climax of Season 2 - what we found out in The Prophet was that Melinda met Gabriel, someone like herself (meaning only that he could see ghosts). She also found new meaning with the number five - with four catastrophic events happening, each of which created deaths that ended up somehow adding up to the number five. Now that we're onto the finale, we get to see the fifth - can you guess what it is?
It's actually the celebration - perhaps mourning is a better word - of the plane crash from last season's finale. My only complaint about that is that these other events happened around the world, and then the plane crash happened in Grandview, as does this one? That's just a little too strange for me. I mean it's not like Melinda is going on vacation or anything, but the last two events, both happening in this sleepy little town? Sure, that could happen. But we'll go with it.
Melinda ends up meeting a guy named Ethan, who brought the kids to meet her. You know the kids - the ones who have survived all these strange disasters, all happening on May 11? He has since become obsessed with May 11, and since this is May 11, he's getting a little antsy, and he needs her help. It also happens that he is the husband of the wife who was coming to Melinda. So he's invested, as they say. He doesn't know that his wife has been coming to her, but Melinda figures that out along the way.
Meanwhile, she's trying to figure out what these kids, the signs, and Gabriel have to do with each other, and why everything seems to be shifting towards the darkness. She's got it nailed down to the memorial dedication, but she can't quite put her finger on it. She's just terrified that something will happen to those kids, and so she goes to the dedication in order to save them. Just as she does, she sees the event unfolding before her eyes - unfortunately for her, it wasn't the kids that were in danger. It was her. She is the one who ends up dying.
The children are actually there for a reason. All the mad drawing and supernatural abilites that they possess manage to bring her back, but not before Melinda finds out two more clues that will keep us on the edge of our seats. First, we find out that Gabriel is a bit more than just another random character. He's Melinda's brother. And Melinda's father, who has been misisng all this time, is apparently dead. To make matters worse, he seems headed for the dark side. Looks like bad news in the Gordon household.

















