Mended Hearts is the fourth episode of the first season of the CBS series, Ghost Whisperer, originally premiering on October 14, 2005. The episode was written and directed by John Gray, and recieved a total of 9.90 million viewers. After Jim saves the life of a woman who attempts suicide in order to be with her deceased fiancé, Melinda tries to help the fiancé cross over by finding the person who received his donated heart.
Guest Starring
- Sean Maher as Conor Donovan
- Joey Slotnick as Cliff Aimes
- Patirica Herd as Madge
- Michelle Nolden as Gwen Alexander
- Pamela Roylance as Lucy
- Sarah Hunley as Old Nurse
- Garrey Guerrier as Dave
- Paul Kent as Patient
- Karen Maruyama as Heather
Plot Synopsis
Melinda, Jim and Andrea celebrate.
Late at night, Melinda and Jim have visited Andrea at her apartment. Melinda comments that she loves her apartment while Andrea pours out champagne for the three of them. She takes them over to them and they all clink glasses. In the apartment above, a woman pours out some pills and begins to fill the bath, just as Andrea takes out a batch out the oven. Jim is feeding Melinda grapes and they all laugh. The woman in the apartment above pours out even more pills of different sizes and colour while pouring out a glass of water. A young man in the apartment sees the woman looking in the bathroom mirror and asks her what she is doing. She says she can't do this anymore and swallows all the pills. The man shouts and tells her not to, but the woman ignores him and closes the door in his face. She steps into the filled bath and the man continues shouting her name, Gwen, telling her not to do it. She sinks lower and lower in the bath, trying to drown herself. The water overflows and leaks into a drain in the bathroom. Downstairs in Andrea's apartment, Melinda looks up and swears she could hear yelling, Andrea commenting that the walls in there are like tracing paper. They hear dripping in the other room and they all run to it. Water is pouring from the cieling and Melinda tells them that they have to get up there. Running upstairs, Andrea tells them that Gwen lives alone and she hadn't seen her all day. They bang on Gwen's door but no one answers. Melinda tells Jim to break it down and he does. They run in and Jim breaks down the bathroom door also and they see Gwen in the bath. The man before stands in the corner and tells Melinda that she took pills while Jim and Andrea carry Gwen out the bath. It is revealed that this man is a ghost and Andrea calls 911, revealing her to live at 259 West Main Street. Jim tells her that he isn't getting a pulse and continues practicing CPR on her. Gwen then appears as a spirit in the room, and she sees the man and Melinda look at her. Gwen tells the man that she just wanted to be with him, and holds her hand out for him to take. He reaches out to grab it, but Gwen's ghost disappears, and she begins to cough and breathe again. Jim revived her.
Melinda talks to Connor Donovan.
At Mercy Hospital, Melinda and Andrea wait inside as Melinda goes to have a drink from the water fountain, but it doesn't work. An elderly patient man appears, a ghost, and Melinda notices him. Andrea catches her glare at him but can't see the ghost. Melinda tries to sway her off and begins looking in all directions. She then sees another elderly man, who asks her if she can see him. Melinda tells him to go away, and a woman in red, another ghost, walks in the background. The man says he is looking for his doctor, but Melinda tells him its not a good time, Andrea watches. Jim walks out a room and towards them, telling them that she is stabilized so everything should be alright. Andrea asks what will happen to her, and Melinda sees the ghost of Connor, the man who was with Gwen, and tells them to go ahead and she will catch up. They walk away as Melinda goes into Gwen's hospital room. Connor asks her how she can see him, and Melinda says she has been asking that herself for years. She asks who he is, and he tells her that he is Connor Donovan, Gwen's fiance, but Melinda corrects him and says that he was her fiance. Melinda asks if Gwen has done this before, but Connor says she hadn't as she was only depressed since he left, and Melinda asks how he left. He tells her that he was in a cycling race, until a young boy stepped out with his bike and Connor dodged him, but smacked into the side of the road and went flying. Paramedics failed to save him as he didn't die instantly. Melinda says she is sorry and asks why he hasn't crossed over yet since it's been a year. He won't leave because Gwen has no family and is all alone. Melinda tells him that he isn't present for her, and he tells her that there is something else, but before he can say, doctors walk into the room and he disappears, so Melinda leaves also.
Melinda and Andrea talk Business.
The following day, Melinda and Andrea are at the store. Melinda asks if Andrea had stopped by the Hospital, and Andrea tells her she did on her way in, but Gwen was asking for Melinda. Andrea asks how she would even know Melinda since she was unconscious the entire time Melinda was with her. Melinda tells her that Gwen had an out-of-body experience before Jim brought her back. She also tells Andrea that her dead fiance was also there and told her about the pills. Melinda looks at a letter and doesn't believe it. It's a County Tax Bill, and she shows Andrea, who also doesn't believe she has to pay $15,000. For a small business investment, Melinda said that its three times as big as it was going to be, and if she is right it could blow all of her savings. That night, Melinda visits Gwen at Mercy West Hospital. Gwen tells Melinda that she saw her fiance, and she knew he was there all along. She also saw Melinda talk to him and she asks how, and Melinda tells her that she can see spirits, and Gwen had briefly died when she saw Melinda and Connor. She asks if Connor is with them now, and Melinda tells her he is right next to her on her left. Gwen cries and tells him that he didn't leave her, and Connor tells Melinda to tell Gwen that he misses her, and Melinda does and Gwen tells him that she misses him too, and that she can feel him everywhere she goes. Connor tells Melinda to tell her that he is furious at her for trying to kill herself, and Melinda tells Gwen to which Gwen says she would never do that again. A female doctor walks in and tells Melinda she has to leave now, and she does, but Connor stays with Gwen.
Spirits
- Connor Donovan
- Gwen Alexander - Revived
- Male Patient
- Old Male Patient
- Woman in Red
Notes
- This episode gathered a total of 9.90 million viewers.
Trivia
- At the end of this episode, Melinda glances across the town green to see a man sitting and staring at her. As she watches him, he stands and begins to laugh lightly, then more ominously. As a vehicle passes between the dark man and Melinda, he disappears. Though not further explained or explored at this time, the dark man seems to portend a sinister storyline in the future.
- Andrea secretly pays Melinda's small business tax, which, at $15,000, was three times higher than Melinda had expected. When Melinda learns that Andrea paid the bill, she agrees to take Andrea on as a partner, the $15,000 being partial payment of her buy-in.
- In this episode, Melinda is driving a red Jeep Liberty. In the first episode she was driving a red Jeep Cherokee.
- Andrea says to Melinda, "Lucy, you have some splainin' to do." This is what Ricky always said to Lucy in I Love Lucy.