If ever there were a show that was suited to having a Halloween themed episode, it’s The Munsters. But then, not far after that on the list, it’s Medium. Allison’s abilities bring their own spooky vibe to every episode, and it really does dovetail nicely with this time of year. The Medium team really went all out with “Bite Me”, doing a really convincing job of inserting Allison into George Romero’s zombie-classic, Night Of The Living Dead. As if solving a murder wasn’t a hard enough gig, try doing that while battling zombies all night.
This week the real star of the show was the production team. Even if you’re not a fan of zombie films, you have to appreciate the job they did in putting Allison, and the whole family, into the movie. If you haven’t seen the film, or it’s been too long since you did, the internet is your friend. It turns out the whole thing is available to view. Have a look below. Just fast forward to the 5:50 mark if you want to get an idea of how the original compared to what we saw this week.
The dreams this week continue the season’s speculation about how dangerous this could all be for Allison. Bringing injuries back from the dreams is a scary proposition, even if the E.R. Doctor (Molly Hagan, Herman’s Head!) says it’s all in her head. Solving cases is great, but this is all really starting to take a toll on Allison, and it seems to be getting worse.
Along with that ongoing story, there was a lot to like about the way this one played out. Although, the dream side of it was better than the waking side. I settled on the daughter as the culprit right when Scanlon gave the detail about WET (which is an actual drug, crazy as it sounds). The case, on the waking end, was pretty by the numbers after that. In dreamland though, things were only getting started.
The addition of Joe and the girls — or Dale, Abigail, Mabel, and Bella — was an interesting twist. And how shocking was it when Allison locked them all in the living room with the zombies? Because the dreams weren’t traumatic enough at that point? I guess the turmoil needed to be ratcheted up just that extra little bit. Of course, even that wasn’t quite enough. She also had to suffer through having Devalos feed her to her zombie family. It was just crazy. Crazy, but very fun.
Meanwhile, it was again Bridgette’s turn to flex a little medium muscle, in the form of Miss Scarlet, the tarantula. It fit well with the Halloween theme, because spiders are just generally spooky to begin with, but it wasn’t my favorite of the girl’s power stories. The highlight of the whole thing was probably seeing Melanie Deanne Moore (Notes from the Underbelly) as Miss Colletto. We could use more of her on our TVs. Still, any steps back in that department were more than made up for by the inventiveness of the main story. It all made for another very good episode.
Clacked by Brett Love 
on Oct 31, 2009 @ 00:11 EST5EDT
My mouth just about hit the table when Allison locked the elter egos of her family outside the basement with the zombies! I mean, it was just a dream, but still equally as shocking when she did it. That was a true “Horror Movie” moment right there.