Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) Mended Hearts (2005) User Reviews

Complications

[xredgarnetx · 8/10 · 3 February 2007]

Melinda's husband rescues a woman from attempted suicide. The woman wants to join her recently deceased fiancée in the afterlife. He is perfectly happy to have her join him, more or less. His heart has been placed in another man, who has mixed feelings about his renewed life. Plus he is feeling some rather odd sensations. Melinda has her hands full with this one. The ghost doesn't want to go anywhere. It takes bringing together the girlfriend and the guy with the transplanted heart to help set things right. Joey Slotnick, a familiar Hollywood face, is very affecting as the heart transplant patient. Michelle Nolden as the grieving girlfriend is also quite touching, once we get over the initial shock of witnessing her trying to kill herself. Watch for the moment when Slotnick wipes up some crumbs from a restaurant table and see if you can keep from getting moist eyes.

A Look at the Future

[juanruiz-65679 · 9/10 · 17 October 2018]

This episode is pretty much similar to most of Season 1: Ghost has a problem, Melinda has to fix it. Its true significance is that it presents a strong foreshadowing of future seasons. What happens when a beloved just can't crossover?

To be clearer, this is exactly the same predicament Jim has after his death. Their dialogue concerning what the one would do if the other dies comes true in Season 4, and especially the episode "Threshold." I don't know if the writers already had the story line mapped out that far, or if they simply remembered this episode and applied it to the later season. But, in retrospect, having seen the whole series, I'm tempted to think the former.