Universal
It’s pretty common, these days, for entertainment to revolve around the dead. More specifically, people seeing the dead. But a good medium is rare, as we’ll see in this list of people who talk to the dead.
11. Miles, LOST
ABC
Miles is the worst medium because he doesn’t even speak to the dead. He just gathers “impressions” from their bodies. He reads the last Post-Its of the dead. He’s not even the best medium on his own show. You don’t get lower than that in the psychic food chain.
10. Ned, Pushing Daisies
It kills us to do this. It does. But the facts are these: Ned’s not a medium. He’s a guy who makes zombies. He’s the anchor to a delightful show, but he doesn’t speak to the dead so much as poke them awake for a few brief moments. That’s still better than Miles, though, so we can at least put him at second to last.
9. Jonah, Jonah Hex
Warner Bros.
One of the many, many inexplicable changes this movie made to the comic book character it was based on is the fact that Jonah Hex can now talk to the dead. Admittedly, it does lead to a great scene where he gets his butt kicked by a mummy, but… well, actually we guess that’s the only justification we really need. Even so, we’re still ranking him low because, did you see that movie? Maybe he could have used his powers to fix the plot instead.
8. Melinda Gordon, The Ghost Whisperer
CBS
Melinda is actually an effective medium, in the sense that she can find a ghost, although only one at a time. The main problem is that she makes piercing the veil between our world and the great beyond pretty freakin’ boring. Really, the show should be titled The Ghost Therapist, or The Ghost Errand-Runner, it’s pretty much all she does. Come on! Do something fun! You can talk to ghosts, maybe see if Jim Morrison is around or something!
7. Oda Mae, Ghost
Paramount
Let’s be fair to Oda Mae, here: She’s been running a scam for years where she fakes being psychic. One day, a ghost comes along and proves to her she actually is psychic, and that will knock you off your game. But even so, she’s pretty much useless throughout the movie except as a can for Patrick Swayze to walk around in, and can’t even use her experience as a con artist to help him out. Sorry, Oda, but you need to be a little more effectual to rank higher on this list.
6. Hurley, LOST
ABC
Where Miles is lame, Hurley is actually a pretty effective medium who not only sees dead people, but can even make other people see dead people. But we’ve got to knock him down pretty far for not using his leverage over Jacob more effectively. At least clear up the plot, Hurley.