A rant on "Ghost Whisperer"

*Semi-Spoiler Alert*

Okay, so I'm a fan of Ghost Whisperer. I have been watching since the very first episode...I've stayed with them through their HITS (new take on an old subject, having an actual clairvoyant as an exec producer, filming in my stomping grounds) and MISSES (killing off Andrea the first season - one of few positive black female leads on TV, Melinda's spider-eyes make-up, and Ned's sudden onset of Progeria last season - he went from 10 to 18 and we weren't supposed to notice???), but I think my love for Ghost Whisperer has run its course...in the first two episodes of this season.

I'm kind of irritated about the whole Jay Mohr thing - they made us love him, then they snatched him away - to be replaced by an inexplicably mature, albeit, a less funny model in Jamie Kennedy (hey, I know he can be funny...I saw Malibu's Most Wanted and thought we shared a unique bond in that I, too, am a white girl in a black neighborhood who dreams of being a rapper - my husband lovingly calls me MC Shitty Shan), but I digress. After two episodes, I am ready to end my affair with this show, partly because of the weak "oh I almost died and can suddenly hear ghosts" plot, and partly because of Melinda's whining. I actually yelled "Are you f**king kidding me?" at the TV last night. Jim & Melinda have been "trying" to have a baby for 4 months and are so upset and discouraged because it hasn't happened yet. Try 4 f**king years. It sucks...it hurts...and that pain is totally trivialized when tackled by a show like Ghost Whisperer. If I had a quarter for every time I had to listen to someone whine about not getting pregant after trying for a few months, I'd be rich! (Or, at least rich enough to start my own Rainbow Coalition like Brangelina.) I have been trying for FOUR YEARS. It's a touchy subject for me, FYI.

I know I'm probably being petty, but I just can't feel anything for that plot line! I have always felt a certain connection to the show, paranormal abilities run in my family as well as my husband's; and I think that the show is really unique, but the quality of the writing has slipped just a bit...now they are delving into territory that they just don't belong in...I'll tune in next week to make my final decision!