Review - Medium: Coming Soon

With Allison thinking she may be pregnant, we are led to wonder if her visions have real meaning or they are actually caused by hormones running rampant . . .

Allison has a dream of a golem, devil and just plain bad man who claims to have taken her oldest daughter Ariel. The next day she realizes that she is a week late with her period and Joe is extremely ecstatic (perhaps a boy to even the score a little in the house full of women?). That same morning she meets up with a good Samaritan who is in the process of helping District Attorney Devalos nail a burglary case. As she touches him she gets sick and of course this is all attributed back to her possibly being pregnant by Devalos and Joe.

She goes a little off the deep end when she sees the good Samaritan with a rolled up rug which she recognizes from her visions. It is the very same rug he has used to carry his victims out to the desert. She actually ends up ramming her car into his to get the police to check his trunk. No surprise, there is nothing in it but the rolled up rug. It is however, much newer and cleaner than she remembers from her visions. And her visions were very surreal and set in comic book fashion.

Come to find out, Mr. Good Samaritan has not yet murdered or disposed of anyone. He will not perform these heinous acts for perhaps another 7-10 years. Allison does try to warn who she thinks will be his first victim and also has some stern words for the Samaritan himself. Hopefully her forewarning will be enough.

At the end of it all we find out that Allison is not in fact pregnant. It is a bittersweet realization for both her and Joe. They also come to the conclusion that Ariel is her Mother’s daughter as she demonstrates her psychic ability trying to impress her Father with her math abilities when in reality, Joe was just helping her to “see” the answers.

An interesting episode and kinda freaky with the golem himself crying out for Mommy in one of Allison’s dreams. That still gives me chills just thinking about it!

Directed by
Jeff Bleckner (episode 1.03 "Couple of Choices, A")
Glenn Gordon Caron (episode 1.01 "Pilot")
Duane Clark (episode 1.11 "I Married a Mind Reader") (episode 1.14 "In the Rough")
Eric Laneuville (episode 1.10 "Other Side of the Tracks, The")
Aaron Lipstadt (episode 1.05 "In Sickness and Adultery") (episode 1.15 "Penny for Your Thoughts") (episode 1.16 "When Push Comes to Shove: Part 1") (episode 2.01 "When Push Comes to Shove: Part 2")
Artie Mandelberg (episode 1.04 "Night of the Wolf") (episode 1.07 "Jump Start")
Robert Duncan McNeill (episode 2.09 "Still Life")
Vince Misiano (episode 1.02 "Suspicions and Certainties") (episode 1.06 "Coming Soon") (episode 2.02 "Song Remains the Same, The")
Bill L. Norton (episode 1.09 "Coded") (episode 1.12 "Priest, a Doctor and a Medium Walk into an Execution Chamber, A")
Ronald L. Schwary (episode 1.13 "Being Mrs. O'Leary's Cow")
Peter Werner (episode 1.08 "Lucky")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Angeli writer (episode 1.03 "Couple of Choices, A") (episode 1.05 "In Sickness and Adultery")
Glenn Gordon Caron creator
Glenn Gordon Caron writer (episode 1.01 "Pilot") (episode 1.02 "Suspicions and Certainties") (episode 1.03 "Couple of Choices, A") (episode 2.01 "When Push Comes to Shove: Part 2")
Moira Dekker writer (episode 1.06 "Coming Soon") (episode 1.09 "Coded") (episode 1.15 "Penny for Your Thoughts") (as Moira Kirland)
Chris Dingess writer (episode 1.10 "Other Side of the Tracks, The") (episode 1.12 "Priest, a Doctor and a Medium Walk into an Execution Chamber, A") (episode 1.16 "When Push Comes to Shove: Part 1")
René Echevarria writer (episode 1.04 "Night of the Wolf") (episode 1.11 "I Married a Mind Reader") (episode 1.14 "In the Rough")
David Folwell writer (episode 1.08 "Lucky")
Melinda Hsu writer (episode 1.07 "Jump Start") (episode 1.13 "Being Mrs. O'Leary's Cow")
Bruce Miller writer (episode 2.02 "Song Remains the Same, The")

Cast (in credits order)
Patricia Arquette .... Allison Dubois
Miguel Sandoval .... D.A. Manuel Devalos
Sofia Vassilieva .... Ariel Dubois
Maria Lark .... Bridgette Dubois
Jake Weber .... Joe Dubois
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Troy Blendell .... Elliott

Regular guests:
David Cubitt .... Detective Lee Scanlon / Det. Lee Scanlon (12 episodes)
Tina DiJoseph .... The Mayor's Liaison / Lynn DiNovi - Mayor's Liaison / ... (7 episodes)
Kendahl King .... Devalos' Assistant / Devalos's Assistant (7 episodes)
Seth T. Walker .... Detective / Forensic Tech (5 episodes)
Conor O'Farrell .... Larry Watt (3 episodes)