History Series / Medium

* HalloweenEpisode: "Bite Me."

* VigilanteMan: [[Series/That70sShow Kurtwood Smith ("Red") and Laura Prepon ("Donna")]]'s characters, [[spoiler:an FBI profiler and a rape victim-turned-self defense instructor (who haven't met, seeing as Red died before Allison met Donna), kill serial killers and rapists, respectively.]]

** There's also the fact that [[spoiler: Scanlon allowed his rapist brother to be killed by Vigilante Woman [[Series/That70sShow Laura Prepon ("Donna")]], although no one knew at the time. Later, driven to the edge of sleep deprivation by his brother's ghost, he beats up an abusive father in front of his family and later threatens to reveal the wife's dark past to the DA (though that ''might'' be the brother talking).]]

* TheDollEpisode: "Very Merry Maggie" is one, where the Dubois family turns into one.

** She also hears a cheerful song while watching [[spoiler:her IllGirl friend from therapy being killed by the doctor.]]

* GlassesGirl: Marie eventually gets glasses.

* RapunzelHair: Ariel, who apparently [[ImportantHaircut cut it off]] after her mom recovered. That's a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, as the actress had already cut it for a movie in which her character underwent chemotherapy.

** While Heaven and Hell were repeatedly implied to exist, Allison scoffs at the notion of demons in an episode that appeared to involve DemonicPossession (and she was right to do so, as the "possession" turned out to actually be just a case of ChemicallyInducedInsanity). Demons were never brought up again except by a psychotic who was convinced that Allison was an instrument of the Devil. In fact, the only possible non-ghost supernatural entities that appeared in the series were the Angel of Death (who may have just been a figment of Allison's imagination) in "Death Takes a Policy" and the talking doll (which may have just been projecting the thoughts of its psychic owners) in "Very Merry Maggie".

** While Heaven and Hell were repeatedly implied to exist, Allison scoffs at the notion of demons in an episode that appeared to involve DemonicPossession (and she was right to do so, as the "possession" turned out to actually be a case of ChemicallyInducedInsanity). Demons were never brought up again except by a psychotic who was convinced that Allison was an instrument of the Devil. In fact, the only possible non-ghost supernatural entities that appeared in the series were the Angel of Death (who may have just been a figment of Allison's imagination) in "Death Takes a Policy" and the talking doll (which may have just been projecting the thoughts of its psychic owners) in "Very Merry Maggie".

** While Heaven and Hell were repeatedly implied to exist, Allison scoffs at the notion of demons in an episode that appeared to involve DemonicPossession (and she was right to do so, as the "possession" turned out to actually be a case of ChemicallyInducedInsanity). Demons were never brought up again; in fact, the only possible non-ghost supernatural entities that appeared in the series were the Angel of Death in "Death Takes a Policy" and the living doll in "Very Merry Maggie".

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Except perhaps ''not'' always so arbitrary, especially since Allison's abilities have proven at times to be fallible. Yet, she still often treats them as if there's no way that she can be mistaken. This almost gets into outright deconstruction territory. Joe's extreme skepticism and inhumane insistence that Allison think things through almost fall into irrational... except for the numerous times he is ''dead right,'' which ironically gives him just enough credibility to insist on doing the same when it will not work. Likewise, Devalos's and Scanlon's skepticism is not so much doubt rather than "We believe you, but we have to dot the i's and cross the t's."

* InTheBlood: Not in the usual sense -- The name of a two-part episode that features [[spoiler:a runaway who can see though the eyes of a killer because she received his donated blood.]]

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: They can see the future, for starters. [[spoiler:And apparently psychics can take any form they want as a ghost, whereas normal people are stuck with the clothes and age they were when they died. When Allison dies in 2061 she reappears not as an old woman but her "present" self wearing different clothes.]]

%%* GlassesGirl: Marie
%%* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry

* HeelRealization: Ariel, who's about to leave for college, is annoyed with Bridgette apparently not caring and even seeming somewhat glad she's going to be leaving. When Ariel confronts her about it, Bridgette bluntly explains that all Ariel has ever done is [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech relentlessly tease or bully her..and that's whenever she wasn't outright ignoring Bridgette]], causing Ariel to realize that she's missed out on forming any kind of meaningful or loving bond with her eldest younger sister up to this point.

* DemonicPossession: Ghostly Possession: Has happened so far to Allison and Ariel. Also, an early nemesis of Allison's was a dead serial killer who kept killing by possessing people.

Allison works as an intern in the office of District Attorney Manuel Devalos (Creator/MiguelSandoval). He comes to believe in her abilities, and approximately OnceAnEpisode she helps solve a murder or other criminal case. Even with psychic powers there is still some drama and mystery, because dreams are often cryptic, dead people sometimes lie, and psychic evidence is not admissible in court.

''Medium'' is a TV show set around the character Allison Dubois (Patricia Arquette), who is a psychic. She has the ability to see dead people, and often has dreams of the future or the past. She's also the mother of three young daughters, who are developing psychic abilities as they grow up. Her husband Joe (Jake Weber) is the suffering normal person of the family, having to deal with all this while trying to succeed at his job in aerospace engineering.

Allison works as an intern in the office of District Attorney Manuel Devalos (Miguel Sandoval). He comes to believe in her abilities, and approximately OnceAnEpisode she helps solve a murder or other criminal case. Even with psychic powers there is still some drama and mystery, because dreams are often cryptic, dead people sometimes lie, and psychic evidence is not admissible in court.

* HeelRealization: Ariel, who's about to leave for college is annoyed with Bridgette apparently not caring and even seeming somewhat glad she's going to be leaving. When Ariel confronts her about it, Bridgette bluntly explains that all Ariel has ever done is [TheReasonYouSuckSpeech relentlessly tease or bully her..and that's whenever she wasn't outright ignoring Bridgette]], causing Ariel to realize that she's missed out on forming any kind of meaningful or loving bond with her eldest younger sister up to this point.

* HappilyMarried: Allison and Joe, who have very few marital problems despite the intense stress that Allison's career puts on them.