Ghost, Interrupted is the third episode of the first season of the CBS series, Ghost Whisperer, originally premiering on October 7, 2005. The episode was written by Jed Seidel and directed by Ian Sander, and recieved a total of 11.07 million viewers. A young girl is put into a psychiatric facility upon her strange behavior following her identical twin sister's death. While on a field trip in town, the girl runs away from her group and tries to hide in Melinda's shop. Melinda quickly realizes that this girl's 'abnormal' behavior is due to her sister haunting her. Melinda helps the two reconcile so they can both be freed.
Guest Starring
- Jessica Collins as Zoe/Natalie Harper
- Tom Irwin as Steve Harper
- Kim Miyori as Dr Keiko Tanaka
- Stephanie Nash as Barbara Harper
- K.T. Thangavelu as Nurse Joan
- David Ramsay as Will
- A.J. Trauth as Tom
- Mel Rodriguez as Owen
- Robert Towers as Wild-haired Man
- Nate Torrence as Waiter
Plot Synopsis
Melinda and Andrea are with Ghost.
It's another sunny day in Grandview and a Private Bus stops at Grandview Square. A man at the front stands up and tells them that they all have to stick together or they will all lose their outdoor priveleges due to what happened the last time. A young girl, sitting by herself as it appears, talks to someone who she thiks is sitting next to her, asking if they are still there. The door opens and several of them get off, with a sign on the side of the bus saying "Green Grove Psychiatric". The girl gets off also, and then it cuts to Melinda in Same As It Never Was. She is talking to Andrea about dating, Andrea saying that she gave up on dates a long time ago. Jim seems to be setting Andrea up with another fireman, despite Andrea not wanting to go through with it. Andrea changes the subject when Melinda is looking at some old photographs, including some of her grandmother, Andrea commenting that Melinda looks exactly like her. Melinda says she misses her, confirming that her grandmother is dead. Melinda says she would turn 80 the coming Sunday, but then the young girl from the start walks into the shop. Melinda asks if she can help her, and the girl asks if she has a bathroom. Melinda tells her there is one round back and Andrea shows her to it. However, a ghost tells her sister that its a big mistake, that the bathroom is the first place they'll look. Melinda hears her and walks over to her. The ghost is the double of the girl who went to the bathroom- twins. Melinda is fascinated that they're twins. Just then, the man conducting the bus at the beginning walks in, asking Melinda if a young girl came in. Melinda hesitates to tell him, and the man tells Melinda and Andrea that she is part of a psychiatric clinic, so Melinda tells him despite her twin ghost telling her not to. The man takes the girl from the shop, even though she doesn't want to go. They leave and Melinda apologizes to the twin, who is angry at Melinda. Andrea asks if they are with ghost, and Melinda confims her suspicians.
Melinda is pestered by Zoe.
Walking through Grandview Square, Melinda is joined by Zoe, the ghost twin. Zoe asks if Melinda is going to ignore the whole situation, and Melinda tells her she was going to since she has a lunch date with her husband, Jim. Zoe asks why Melinda ratted out her sister, and Melinda said she wasn't going to lie, and that the clinic seems to be a safe place for her now. Zoe tells her otherwise, demanding help instead of judgment. Because no one else can see Ghosts, it looks like she is talking to herself. At the Firehouse, a man working there notices Melinda's odd behaviour. Melinda tells Zoe she cannot interfere with her sister's treatment as it is not her place. Melinda walks away, and Zoe tells Melinda that her sister stole a letter opener from the shop, so if she hurts someone or herself, Zoe sarcastically tells her that she hopes it doesn't eat away at her conscience too much. Zoe disappears and Melinda goes across the road to the Firehouse where she walks up to Will, the person who was watching her talk to "herself". Melinda introduces herself and Will tells her that Jim talks about her all the time, he also asks whether she was talking to herself before, but Melinda tells him she was talking in a cellphone. Jim walks out and hugs Melinda, and Melinda tells him that she has to cancel their dinner date because a girl stole a letter opener and she has to go pick it up. Jim tells her that he will go instead, but Melinda says she has to go because the girl is also haunted by her dead twin, in which Jim says he will definetly go and he will drive.
Melinda tells Natalie she can see Zoe.
Jim and Melinda pull up outside the Psychiatric hospital. Jim says he will go in with her if she wants, but Melinda tells him that she will be okay going in herself, so Jim waits in the car. Melinda enters the hospital, to where a wild-haired old man is screaming "they're coming"! Melinda tries to ignore him as he's a ghost, and she also walks past a woman with long ginger hair, who is also a ghost. Melinda then sees a female doctor who works there, giving Melinda back her letter opener and is thankful Melinda didn't file a report to the police. Melinda confesses that she was just worried, and the worker wants the girl to make amends for what she did as a thereputic intervention. The girl's name is Natalie, and they step into the room Natalie is busy writing in. The worker asks Natalie if there is anything she would like to say to Melinda, and Natalie tells Melinda she is sorry. However, Zoe is sitting opposite her, and begins sarcasm towards Melinda. Melinda looks at her and Natalie picks up on this. Melinda tells Natalie it is alright and Zoe tells Melinda that if she lets on to the worker that she can see her then the doctor might lock her up too. Natalie asks if Melinda and herself could have a minute to talk in private, and Melinda agrees. In Natalie's bedroom, Natalie asks Melinda if she can see her sister. Melinda confesses and that she is sitting over at the bed, and Natalie tells her she knew she wasn't crazy. Natalie tells Melinda that she can feel her all the time just like when she was alive, that she feels her energy and moods as if they were her own. Sometimes she swears she knows exactly what she is thinking. Natalie asks if Zoe is mad, because of that night. She tells Melinda that her family have a cabin by St. George and they snuck out there, her, Zoe and her Natalie's boyfriend Tom. Zoe tells Melinda that Tom is a total scuzball. Natalie continues her story, saying she got a bad sunburn so she went to bed early, and that Zoe must have got bored so she began drinking and then went swimming. Zoe tells Melinda that she went out to swim to the buoys like when they were kids. Natalie tells Melinda that Zoe went swimming out to the buoys like when they were kids, that they were supposed to tap one of them three times but they could never do it. Flashbacks occur of Zoe swimming in a lake, and Natalie saying that every June they were sure it would be the summer they made it. But when Zoe tried, she didn't make it, and drowned. Natalie's parents are divorced and her mother was the one who put her in there. Zoe tells Melinda that Natalie was the good twin even though their mother thought she was psychotic. Natalie needs her boyfriend to tell her parent that she is doing better since they think the sun rises and sets on him.
Spirits
- Zoe Harper
- Wild-Haired Man
- Ginger Woman
Altogether: 3 spirits