The BEST episodes of Ghost Whisperer season 5

Every episode of Ghost Whisperer season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ghost Whisperer season 5!

A newlywed with the ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of the recently deceased overcomes skepticism and doubt to help send their important messages to the living and allow the dead to pass on to the other side.

Last Updated: 11/13/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Old Sins Cast Long Shadows
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7.56
613 votes

#1 - Old Sins Cast Long Shadows

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/2010

Dark forces are duking it out for the soul of a little girl that cannot escape the haunted house she has been trapped in for years.

Directors: Jefery Levy
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Lethal Combination
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7.55
674 votes

#2 - Lethal Combination

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2010

When Aiden is put in danger, Melinda won't accept anything but the truth and sets out on a shocking investigation into the life of an angry murdered ghost. Meanwhile, Jim is caught snooping through files in the file room at his work by the morgue coroner Dr. Mavis.

Directors: Kim Moses
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Birthday Presence
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7.51
764 votes

#3 - Birthday Presence

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2009

Melinda gives birth to a baby boy who has inherited her gift of seeing spirits. However, the baby has one important difference in gift which will have extreme consequences.

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Dead Ringer
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7.49
618 votes

#4 - Dead Ringer

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2010

When the ghost Melinda is trying to help suddenly turns up alive, she finds herself in the middle of a dangerous revenge plot and battling enemies she was unaware she had.

Directors: Ian Sander
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The Children's Parade
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7.48
578 votes

#5 - The Children's Parade

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2010

Jim's hospital is being haunted by the ghosts of kids from an abandoned polio ward in the early 1900’s. And the connection of Aidan, Melinda, the Shinies and the Shadows will come to a climax and Melinda and Jim will realize that they know almost nothing about Aiden's powers.

Directors: John Gray
Writer: John Gray
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Cause for Alarm
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7.46
704 votes

#6 - Cause for Alarm

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2009

Melinda help Eli with a patient who is being haunted by his sister. Meanwhile, Jim and Melinda have concerns over something Aiden has been seeing.

Directors: Ian Sander
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Dead Eye
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7.44
647 votes

#7 - Dead Eye

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/9/2010

When a confused ghost dressed as a clown begins haunting Melinda's house, it's up to her and Eli to look for answers in the ghost's final case as a private investigator - a love story involving greed and suspicion.

Directors: John Behring
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On Thin Ice
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7.37
645 votes

#8 - On Thin Ice

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/2/2010

Damon is a graphic (comic) novelist; kind of hip and edgy, he is being haunted by the ghost of a teen boy as he is ready to release his new novel and strange things start to happen to him and the ghost is tormenting him until Melinda can help him find out who is trying to stop his work, while the things the ghost does to Damon are predicted in his comics.

Directors: Ian Sander
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Head over Heels
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7.36
601 votes

#9 - Head over Heels

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2009

The Headless Horseman from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow is haunting Melinda and when the legendary book mysteriously shows up at Aiden's school Melinda becomes worried for Aiden's safety.

Directors: Steve Robman
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Dead to Me
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7.31
508 votes

#10 - Dead to Me

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2010

Ned's Occult Anthropology professor is stalked by the ghost of a secret admirer. Ned tries to use a Ouija board to help solve the mystery but instead is warned that someone they know is going to die soon.

Directors: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Pam Norris
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Blessings in Disguise
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7.31
648 votes

#11 - Blessings in Disguise

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2010

Melinda must discover the truth hidden within a family before it threatens to tear the her family apart.

Directors: Jan Eliasberg
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Lost In the Shadows
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7.30
708 votes

#12 - Lost In the Shadows

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2009

When the ghost of a little girl who passed away from leukemia befriends Aiden and threatens Melinda to stay out of her way, Melinda worries for her son's safety.

Directors: Kim Moses
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Living Nightmare
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7.29
568 votes

#13 - Living Nightmare

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2010

When Melinda discovers a family secret, madness grips the hospital and the town when a ghost who is making no sense haunts a patient who's making even less. Melinda must unravel the mystery behind a madness that grips Jim's (David Conrad) hospital - and the rest of Grandview.

Directors: Ian Sander
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Till Death Do Us Start
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7.28
708 votes

#14 - Till Death Do Us Start

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2009

A messy family reunion ensues after Eli's father suffers from a heart attack. Eli also has a reunion with his mother who has been unable to cross over for ten years

Directors: Gloria Muzio
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Devil's Bargain
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7.26
659 votes

#15 - Devil's Bargain

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2009

Jim, surprised by his colleague's nonchalance to a paranormal encounter, suspects that he is involved in a med student's sudden disappearance. Meanwhile, Melinda senses trouble when Aiden continues to mention his fear of "the shadows".

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See No Evil
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7.25
742 votes

#16 - See No Evil

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2009

Melinda looks into a chain email that appears to be preying on the citizens of Grandview.

Directors: Eric Laneuville
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Blood Money
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7.22
619 votes

#17 - Blood Money

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/2010

Henry was 18 years old when he was killed, with a gunshot wound in his chest. In life he was a decent boy from a wealthy, loving family, whose parents believed that he should earn his own living and not rely on their handouts. He masterminded his own kidnapping with a friend of his, and seems relieved to be able to explain to his mother, via Melinda, that he's felt guilt and remorse ever since.

Directors: Eric Laneuville
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Dead Listing
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7.20
704 votes

#18 - Dead Listing

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2009

Melinda is pulled into a murder mystery by a real estate power couple when a ghost leads her to his own corps.

Directors: Peter Werner
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Dead Air
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7.19
618 votes

#19 - Dead Air

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2010

Melinda must help Ned stop a ghost out for revenge when the Grandview radio station broadcasts the humiliating secrets that led to his death.

Directors: Gloria Muzio
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Implosion
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7.08
596 votes

#20 - Implosion

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/5/2010

A ghost who knows of a hidden munitions dump with unexploded bombs confides in Melinda that one of those bombs is missing and in the wrong hands

Directors: John Gray
Writer: John Gray
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Do Over
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7.03
735 votes

#21 - Do Over

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2009

Melinda helps a dead doctor who is reliving a surgery that went wrong.

Directors: John Gray
Writer: John Gray
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Excessive Forces
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6.94
592 votes

#22 - Excessive Forces

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2009

When the ghost of a high school boy accuses a Grandview cop of murdering him, Melinda is convinced that his death wasn't a mere skateboarding accident.

Directors: Kenny Leon
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