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While never really being a fan of the show by any stretch of the imagination, Medium has always been on my radar. It is one of the few shows on my girlfriends "Can't See You Tonight, I'm Watching House Then Medium"
list which has caused many a fight. So it's sort of hard not to
hold a grudge against a supernatural program which potentially gets in
the way of any kind of mid-week nookie.
That said, once you sit
down, it doesn't take long to get sucked into an episode. Sure, they
aren't memorable and if the show ever got axed it's highly doubtful
anyone would really miss it - but for some reason it only takes about five minutes of viewing that will have you hooked to see the conclusion.
The third series (which recieved it's lowest ratings in the US of it's four season run) stars former Nightmare On Elm Street scream-queen Patricia Arquette as Allison Dubois (a woman haunted by premonitious dreams which help solve crimes).
The
skill enables her to "help" (let's face it, she pretty much does it
all) District Attorney Manuel Devalos and detective Lee Scanlon to
uncover the dark secrets of vicious killers.
The third
season does throw in a few curve balls which bring her husband and
daughters into the action (there are some majorly trippy mum-daughter
body swapping eps), but it's pretty much more of the same in terms of
the self contained supernatural adventures. That's not neccisarily a
bad thing, but the lack of continuing storylines does make it less
adictive than something like Buffy.
Well worth checking out, especially fans of this TV series or Supernatural / Charmed,
because it does work a treat when you need to fill in fourty odd
minutes without having to know any of the continued convoluted back
stories which plague shows like Lost or Prisonbreak.
EXTRAS
A
surprising amount of extras included here - especially considering it's
the third series. It seems to be a trend that distributors will pack
out the Series One release with everything they have and leave very
little by way of extras later down the line.
Included here are
some Deleted Scenes, a great special "Drawing on Dreams" which looks at
the facts behind the show, another feature which follows actor/director
with David Arquette (I'm still convinced the guy is slightly down
sindrome) as well as a bunch of other stuff.
Compared to what some big-release movies offer, this is easily one of the best extras package I've ever seen for a DVD release.
Conclusion:
Movie 75% Extras: 75%
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