Huston is a strong presence and has the guts to make her character a less than completely likeable one, instantly creating an impact that we hope means she will be around for a while. The crime in question is a bit nastier and more gruesome than most of the ones in the show, not least because it happens to a child, but that’s probably just the kick start to get the new season going.

This is a more standard episode of MEDIUM for the new season, but it does have more of the domestic side of the show since neither Allison nor Joe actually have jobs now. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but the way that the dreams come together to solve the crime, create a bond between mother and daughter and solve a childhood mystery is a bit more contrived by most.

Joe has a real shot at a new job, but when he is invited with his wife to a party by the new employer, Allison finds that she is famous. Then they receive a call that the employers' daughter has gone missing and they need Allison's help in finding her. Allison, however, is only dreaming dreams of Paris.

A deaf girl is kidnapped and Allison suffers profound hearing loss. Cynthia Keener takes up the case of getting the kidnapped girl back, but the father seesm to find her advice less satisfactory than having her being advised by the deaf Allison. Later at home, Allison scares the kids, screaming in frustration with the hope her hearing will return.

Allison's dream takes the form of a silent movie. She's bankrupt, and doesn't have food to feed the kids. She tells them that everything will be okay, just as DA Van Dyke appears to demand the mortgage payment - it's pay now or leave. Help arrives in the form of Larry Watt, who throws a pile of money at Van Dyke.

A young scruffy guy with a flaming eight-ball tattoo enjoys a sumptuous meal at a long table in a fine home. He thanks his host, marveling at the most delicious food he's ever tasted, and repeatedly asks what he's eating. Finally, the host admits, the secret ingredient is human flesh - the scruffy guy is eating his own right leg! Allison wakes up.

The case has Scanlon and the acting DA on one side and Manny and Allison on the other, something that causes no end of friction between them. At the same time, Joe's mother shows up to lend them money and to spend some time, something that usually leads to much more friction than her work ever could.

the various strands of the case in this double episode finally come together to a satisfying, though not wholly believable, conclusion. Before that, however, there are some more scenes of conflict between the three ex-workmates and some nicely judged acid from Anjelica Huston to keep things on the bubble.

Allison learns something about Cynthia Keener's background and tries to help her with a personal case, while Joe is inspired by Bridgette's science project experiment.

Now knowing that one of the women released from captivity was in fact a willing participant, if not the driving force behind the kidnappings, Allison and Cynthia try to smoke out her and a previous accomplice, but some criminals are just too careful. The attempts to bluff the killers out into the open is nothing new but it is perfectly competent, even if the manner of the crimes is a bit too far beyond the pale to really believe in.

The brutal deaths of two young men seem to be linked to an older seductress. Elsewhere, as the campaign heats up, Allison has a sense that Devalos is being double crossed.

Meghan Doyle, a venture capitalist who strikes up a personal connection with Joe, puts a test to the DuBois marriage. Meanwhile, an FBI profiler is in search for a serial killer, but Allison's visions see his modus operandi to have evil intentions.

Allison cannot find a connection between the recent accidental deaths after seeing Scanlon and girlfriend Lynn DiNovi in a vision dying during a mishap in the home and herself making a frightening trip to the hospital. Joe looks for an inexpensive way to buy Marie's glasses after tricking the optometrist.

Haunted cars aren't that common in science fiction and fantasy and rarely turn up in horror either, so this episode feels a bit fresher than others of late and it does end on an ambiguous note that widens out the mythology of MEDIUM beyond that of human spirits. Can a car be possessed? Can it want revenge?

Scanlon investigates the murder of a drug dealer, as Allison's vision of a charismatic killer leads her to a man who has a bullet embedded in his brain. Meanwhile, Joe and his associate's partnership may be jeopardized after they share an awkward moment.

A haunted house call case turns violent for Allison. Meanwhile, Joe's business associates true motives surface, and the DA race between Devalos and Tom Van Dyke takes an unexpected turn.