Medium (2005)

Crime · Drama · Fantasy

Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (33,598 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2005)

7.81 avg 16 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 44 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.0	587
2	Suspicions and Certainties	7.6	448
3	A Couple of Choices	8.0	415
4	Night of the Wolf	7.8	415
5	In Sickness and Adultery	8.1	406
6	Coming Soon	7.7	376
7	Jump Start	7.7	373
8	Lucky	7.6	379
9	Coded	7.9	365
10	The Other Side of the Tracks	7.9	373
11	I Married a Mind Reader	7.6	395
12	A Priest, a Doctor and a Medium Walk Into an Execution Chamber	7.6	366
13	Being Mrs. O'Leary's Cow	7.6	348
14	In the Rough	7.7	318
15	Penny for Your Thoughts	7.9	346
16	When Push Comes to Shove: Part 1	8.2	344

Season 2 (2005)

7.84 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	When Push Comes to Shove: Part 2	8.1	341
2	The Song Remains the Same	8.0	360
3	Time Out of Mind	8.5	406
4	Light Sleeper	7.8	324
5	Sweet Dreams	7.8	354
6	Dead Aim	7.8	323
7	Judge, Jury and Executioner	7.8	303
8	Too Close to Call	7.8	304
9	Still Life	7.7	307
10	The Reckoning	7.7	304
11	Method to His Madness	7.6	300
12	Doctor's Orders	8.0	303
13	Raising Cain	7.4	303
14	A Changed Man	7.8	301
15	Sweet Child O' Mine	7.7	308
16	Allison Wonderland	7.5	296
17	Lucky in Love	7.8	299
18	S.O.S.	7.8	281
19	Knowing Her	7.6	276
20	The Darkness Is Light Enough	8.3	338
21	Death Takes a Policy	7.7	292
22	Twice Upon a Time	8.2	341

Season 3 (2006)

7.85 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 48 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Four Dreams: Part 1	7.8	310
2	Four Dreams: Part 2	7.7	283
3	Be Kind, Rewind	8.5	330
4	Blood Relation	7.6	284
5	Ghost in the Machine	7.7	279
6	Profiles in Terror	7.7	275
7	Mother's Little Helper	8.2	368
8	The Whole Truth	7.5	283
9	Better Off Dead	7.9	291
10	Very Merry Maggie	7.5	264
11	Apocalypse, Push	8.1	283
12	The One Behind the Wheel	8.4	348
13	Second Opinion	7.4	283
14	We Had a Dream	7.9	285
15	The Boy Next Door	8.0	373
16	Whatever Possessed You	7.6	275
17	Joe Day Afternoon	8.5	321
18	1-900-Lucky	7.6	276
19	No One to Watch Over Me	7.5	252
20	Head Games	7.7	283
21	Heads Will Roll	7.8	280
22	Everything Comes to a Head	8.2	295

Season 4 (2008)

7.87 avg 16 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 45 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	And Then	8.1	309
2	But for the Grace of God	8.1	324
3	To Have and to Hold	7.7	253
4	Do You Hear What I Hear?	7.9	278
5	Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble	7.5	255
6	Aftertaste	7.4	246
7	Burn Baby Burn: Part 1	7.8	265
8	Burn, Baby, Burn: Part 2	7.9	256
9	Wicked Game: Part One	8.5	305
10	Wicked Game: Part Two	8.8	375
11	Lady Killer	7.8	281
12	Partners in Crime	8.0	239
13	A Cure for What Ails You	7.6	233
14	Car Trouble	7.5	236
15	Being Joey Carmichael	7.4	235
16	Drowned World	8.0	234

Season 5 (2009)

7.89 avg 19 episodes 7.5 → 8.6 42 min avg

Big finale

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Soul Survivor	7.5	250
2	Things to Do in Phoenix When You're Dead	8.3	288
3	A Person of Interest	7.6	264
4	...About Last Night	7.6	234
5	A Taste of Her Own Medicine	7.8	257
6	Apocalypse... Now?	7.8	242
7	A Necessary Evil	7.5	232
8	Truth Be Told	7.7	231
9	All in the Family	7.3	243
10	Then... and Again	8.1	254
11	The Devil Inside, Part One	8.1	248
12	The Devil Inside, Part Two	8.0	251
13	How to Make a Killing in Big Business: Part 1	8.1	251
14	How to Make a Killing in Big Business: Part 2	8.0	189
15	How to Make a Killing in Big Business: Part 3	7.9	219
16	The Man in the Mirror	8.4	282
17	The First Bite Is the Deepest	7.8	221
18	The Talented Ms. Boddicker	7.8	238
19	Bring Me the Head of Oswaldo Castillo	8.6	311

Season 6 (2009)

7.72 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 7.7 45 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Deja Vu All Over Again	8.1	265
2	Who's That Girl	7.5	243
3	Pain Killer	7.4	235
4	The Medium Is the Message	7.7	222
5	Baby Fever	7.2	248
6	Bite Me	7.4	271
7	New Terrain	7.8	238
8	Once in a Lifetime	7.7	231
9	The Future's So Bright	7.8	227
10	You Give Me Fever	7.5	216
11	An Everlasting Love	7.8	234
12	Dear Dad...	8.0	246
13	Psych	8.1	259
14	Will the Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up?	7.9	249
15	How to Beat a Bad Guy	7.8	242
16	Allison Rolen Got Married	7.4	230
17	There Will Be Blood... Type A	8.0	235
18	There Will Be Blood... Type B	7.9	230
19	Sal	7.3	212
20	Time Keeps on Slipping	8.5	314
21	Dead Meat	7.3	217
22	It's a Wonderful Death	7.7	252

Season 7 (2010)

7.48 avg 13 episodes 8.0 → 6.7 43 min avg

Bad finale

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bring Your Daughter to Work Day	8.0	292
2	The Match Game	7.4	229
3	Means and Ends	7.6	223
4	How to Kill a Good Guy	8.0	234
5	Talk to the Hand	7.3	217
6	Where Were You When...?	7.4	204
7	Native Tongue	7.4	221
8	Smoke Damage	7.3	201
9	The People in Your Neighborhood	7.7	214
10	Blood on the Tracks	7.5	207
11	Only Half Lucky	7.4	215
12	Labor Pains	7.6	220
13	Me Without You	6.7	505