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The Best Episodes of Ghost Whisperer

Every episode of Ghost Whisperer ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ghost Whisperer!

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"The One" is the best rated episode of "Ghost Whisperer". It scored 8.5/10 based on 517 votes. Directed by John Gray and written by John Gray, it aired on 5/5/2006. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Free Fall".

  • The One
    8.5/10517 votes
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    #1 - The One

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2006

    After a jetliner crashes Melinda faces the overwhelming task of helping hundreds of passengers crossover. While Melinda faces this task she finds that the “Wide Brim Man” is working against her. Melinda must also try to work with the crash investigators who are trying to find out how Melinda knew that the plane was going to crash.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Free Fall
    8.2/10435 votes
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    #2 - Free Fall

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2006

    Melinda experiences a sense of dread when she realizes that a plane is going to crash when the spirits of the pilot and flight attendant contact her.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Leap of Faith
    8.2/10285 votes
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    #3 - Leap of Faith

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/2009

    Sam has a brush with death as he risks his life to save Melinda from harm.

    Director: Ian Sander

    Writer: Laurie McCarthy, P.K. Simonds

  • The Collector
    8.0/10306 votes
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    #4 - The Collector

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2007

    Melinda meets a man who has the same abilities to see and talk to the dead. Melinda later learns that he has a different plan for the dead. A ghost enlists Professor Payne to help Melinda.

    Director: Ian Sander

    Writer: Jim Kouf

  • The Gathering
    8.0/10310 votes
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    #5 - The Gathering

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2007

    Melinda visits the Mayor of Grandview and asks him to cancel the memorial dedication they are holding. She speaks to the ghost of a mail person and is looking for a young girl named Kristen. Later, Melinda and Professor Payne search for missing children after their Nanny says that they left with a man named Gabriel. Meanwhile, a mysterious man tries to get Melinda to stop helping the good guys.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Save Our Souls
    8.0/10287 votes
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    #6 - Save Our Souls

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2008

    Melinda and Jim go away on a romantic cruise and Melinda comes into contact with an angry ghost who haunts a newlywed couple.

    Director: Gloria Muzio

    Writer: Mark B. Perry

  • Melinda's First Ghost
    7.9/10398 votes
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    #7 - Melinda's First Ghost

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/2006

    Melinda is forced to remember how her relationship with her mother became strained after Melinda’s first ghost emerges. Melinda’s mother could not understand how to deal with Melinda’s gift. Melinda must reunite with her mother to help the ghost.

    Director: Peter Werner

    Writer: Catherine Butterfield

  • Love Never Dies
    7.9/10406 votes
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    #8 - Love Never Dies

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2006

    Melinda worries that Andrea is being influenced not to cross over. Melinda seeks the help of an expert in history and the occult in helping to identify the wide brimmed hat man.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Don't Try This at Home
    7.9/10291 votes
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    #9 - Don't Try This at Home

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2007

    Melinda helps a group of college girls after one of their friends dies and begins to haunt them. Melinda must get Rachel to believe she is not Bloody Mary.

    Director: Ian Sander

    Writer: Teddy Tenenbaum, Laurie McCarthy

  • No Safe Place
    7.9/10290 votes
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    #10 - No Safe Place

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2007

    Melinda's life is in danger when she tries to help the victim of a stalker.

    Director: Peter O'Fallon

    Writer: Jeannine Renshaw

  • Pater Familias
    7.9/10274 votes
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    #11 - Pater Familias

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 5/16/2008

    Melinda discovers the truth about her family's past through a series of bodily possessions.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Old Sins Cast Long Shadows
    7.9/10230 votes
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    #12 - Old Sins Cast Long Shadows

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/2010

    Dark forces are fighting for the soul of a little girl that cannot escape the haunted house she has been trapped in for years.

    Director: Jefery Levy

    Writer: Mark B. Perry

  • Lost Boys
    7.8/10509 votes
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    #13 - Lost Boys

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2005

    Melinda encounters the ghosts of three boys who died in the fire of an orphanage. They must cross over prior to the demolition of the building holding them inside.

    Director: Peter O'Fallon

    Writer: David Fallon

  • Children Of Ghosts
    7.8/10290 votes
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    #14 - Children Of Ghosts

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2007

    Melinda and Jim become foster parents temporarily for a young girl whose mother is missing. The ghost of the mother comes to Melinda and tells her where Melinda can find her body. The mother confesses a secret to Melinda and Melinda and Jim set out to help the little girl.

    Director: Fred Toye

    Writer: Teddy Tenenbaum

  • The Prophet
    7.8/10294 votes
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    #15 - The Prophet

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2007

    Five accidents, and four signs, something else is going to happen. Melinda becomes concerned for the safety of the people she loves when a ghost prophet shows her visions of the future. The fellow Ghost Whisperer, who Melinda doesn't trust is still in Grandview.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Imaginary Friends and Enemies
    7.8/10296 votes
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    #16 - Imaginary Friends and Enemies

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2008

    When a child's imaginary friend disrupts a wedding, Melinda tries to calm the ghosts causing chaos.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: Vivian Lee, Ann Shrake

  • Delusion of Grandview
    7.8/10216 votes
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    #17 - Delusion of Grandview

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/2009

    Melinda and Sam's relationship hangs in the balance after Melinda shares some devastating news.

    Director: Jefery Levy

    Writer: Laurie McCarthy, Mark B. Perry

  • Thrilled To Death
    7.8/10264 votes
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    #18 - Thrilled To Death

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/2009

    A young woman in Eli's apartment building is being haunted.

    Director: Gloria Muzio

    Writer: Jeannine Renshaw, Laurie McCarthy

  • The Children's Parade
    7.8/10312 votes
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    #19 - The Children's Parade

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2010

    Jim's hospital is being haunted by the ghosts of kids from an abandoned polio ward in the early 1900’s. And the connection of Aidan, Melinda, the Shinies and the Shadows will come to a climax and Melinda and Jim will realize that they know almost nothing about Aiden's powers.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Weight of What Was
    7.7/10285 votes
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    #20 - Weight of What Was

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2007

    Gabriel returns to Grandview and Melinda learns more about what is lurking below.

    Director: Gloria Muzio

    Writer: P.K. Simonds

  • Bad Blood
    7.7/10273 votes
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    #21 - Bad Blood

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2007

    Melinda becomes involved with a couple of ghosts who refuse to cross over after she finds that they are causing trouble for another couple. The ghosts make Melinda play a game of twenty questions.

    Director: Peter Werner

    Writer: Teddy Tenenbaum

  • All Ghosts Lead to Grandview
    7.7/10263 votes
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    #22 - All Ghosts Lead to Grandview

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2007

    While Melinda and Jim are taking care of Becca, Melinda finds that Becca can also see the dead.

    Director: Fred Toye

    Writer: Laurie McCarthy, P.K. Simonds

  • Ghost Busted
    7.7/10237 votes
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    #23 - Ghost Busted

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2009

    Melinda reveals her gift to Sam, but his reaction is not what she had expected.

    Director: John Behring

    Writer: Mark B. Perry, P.K. Simonds

  • Book of Changes
    7.7/10224 votes
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    #24 - Book of Changes

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2009

    Jim and Melinda's wedding is overtaken by an ambitious wedding planner while Melinda deals with dreams that seem to threaten her child. Elsewhere, Eli's ex, Zoe, is caught up in a book sale with tragic consequences.

    Director: John Gray

    Writer: John Gray

  • Lost in the Shadows
    7.7/10203 votes
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    #25 - Lost in the Shadows

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2009

    When the ghost of a little girl who passed away from leukemia befriends Aiden and threatens Melinda to stay out of her way, Melinda worries for her son's safety.

    Director: Kim Moses

    Writer: Laurie McCarthy, P.K. Simonds