Ghost Whisperer: Season 5
The fifth and final season leaps five years into the future, where Melinda's son Aiden is already conversing with ghosts and her husband Jim has become a doctor.
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Ghost Whisperer Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Season overview
The fifth and final season leaps five years into the future, where Melinda's son Aiden is already conversing with ghosts and her husband Jim has become a doctor.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Birthday Presence
Sep 25, 2009 · 45 min
Melinda gives birth to a baby boy who has inherited her gift of seeing spirits. However, the baby has one important difference in gift which will have extreme consequences.
See No Evil
Oct 2, 2009 · 42 min
Melinda looks into a chain email that appears to be preying on the citizens of Grandview.
Till Death Do Us Start
Oct 9, 2009 · 44 min
A messy family reunion ensues after Eli's father suffers from a heart attack. Eli also has a reunion with his mother who has been unable to cross over for ten years
Do Over
Oct 16, 2009 · 45 min
Melinda helps a dead doctor who is reliving a surgery that went wrong.
Cause for Alarm
Oct 23, 2009 · 44 min
Melinda help Eli with a patient who is being haunted by his sister. Meanwhile, Jim and Melinda have concerns over something Aiden has been seeing.
Head Over Heels
Oct 30, 2009 · 45 min
The Headless Horseman from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow is haunting Melinda and when the legendary book mysteriously shows up at Aiden's school Melinda becomes worried for Aiden's s
Devil's Bargain
Nov 6, 2009 · 45 min
Jim, surprised by his colleague's nonchalance to a paranormal encounter, suspects that he is involved in a med student's sudden disappearance. Meanwhile, Melinda senses trouble whe
Dead Listing
Nov 13, 2009 · 44 min
Melinda is pulled into a murder mystery by a real estate power couple when a ghost leads her to his own corps.
Lost in the Shadows
Nov 20, 2009 · 44 min
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.
Excessive Forces
Dec 4, 2009 · 44 min
When the ghost of a high school boy accuses a Grandview cop of murdering him, Melinda is convinced that his death wasn't a mere skateboarding accident.
Dead Air
Jan 8, 2010 · 45 min
Melinda must help Ned stop a ghost out for revenge when the Grandview radio station broadcasts the humiliating secrets that led to his death.
Blessings in Disguise
Jan 15, 2010 · 44 min
Melinda must discover the truth hidden within a family before it threatens to tear the her family apart.
Living Nightmare
Jan 29, 2010 · 45 min
When Melinda discovers a family secret, madness grips the hospital and the town when a ghost who is making no sense haunts a patient who's making even less. Melinda must unravel th
Dead to Me
Feb 5, 2010 · 44 min
Ned's Occult Anthropology professor is stalked by the ghost of a secret admirer. Ned tries to use a Ouija board to help solve the mystery but instead is warned that someone they kn
Implosion
Mar 5, 2010 · 44 min
A ghost who knows of a hidden munitions dump with unexploded bombs confides in Melinda that one of those bombs is missing and in the wrong hands
Old Sins Cast Long Shadows
Mar 12, 2010 · 45 min
Dark forces are fighting for the soul of a little girl that cannot escape the haunted house she has been trapped in for years.
On Thin Ice
Apr 2, 2010 · 45 min
Damon is a graphic (comic) novelist; kind of hip and edgy, he is being haunted by the ghost of a teen boy as he is ready to release his new novel and strange things start to happen
Dead Eye
Apr 9, 2010 · 44 min
When a confused ghost dressed as a clown begins haunting Melinda's house, it's up to her and Eli to look for answers in the ghost's final case as a private investigator - a love st
Lethal Combination
Apr 30, 2010 · 45 min
When Aiden is put in danger, Melinda won't accept anything but the truth and sets out on a shocking investigation into the life of an angry murdered ghost. Meanwhile, Jim is caught
Blood Money
May 7, 2010 · 45 min
Henry was 18 years old when he was killed, with a gunshot wound in his chest. In life he was a decent boy from a wealthy, loving family, whose parents believed that he should earn
Dead Ringer
May 14, 2010 · 45 min
When the ghost Melinda is trying to help suddenly turns up alive, she finds herself in the middle of a dangerous revenge plot and battling enemies she was unaware she had.
The Children's Parade
May 21, 2010 · 45 min
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