The seventh and final season of Medium, an American television series, premiered on CBS September 24, 2010 and ended on January 21, 2011. The season premiered to only 6.10 million viewers while the season and series finale got 7.87 million viewers—the highest in over a year since 6.12 on January 15, 2010. This is the last season on CBS until its cancellation in 2010.
Production CBS renewed Medium for a seventh season in May 2010, and was moved into the 8:00pm Friday night slot replacing the cancelled Ghost Whisperer. On October 26, 2010, CBS cut the episode order from 22 down to 13, due to ratings erosion. On November 15, 2010, Patricia Arquette told Entertainment Weekly that the show "got canceled" and had only two more episodes to shoot. She also said the writers were excited that they would be able to end the show properly. On November 18, 2010, series creator Glenn Gordon Caron posted to both the Medium Facebook page and the CBS forums, stating that the show had been canceled and that the series finale would be broadcast on January 21, 2011. CBS confirmed the cancellation with a press release on December 21, 2010, which also confirmed the series finale date of January 21.
Plot Ariel departs for Dartmouth College this season. Allison and Joe's relationship begins to dwindle, with the two not seeing eye to eye on everything from work to the girls, to waking up to a "different" Allison every day. In the season four's "Burn Baby Burn" episode Allison tells Joe's mother Marjorie that she will be fine, however in season seven Marjorie passes away from cancer in the episode Blood on the Tracks and she warns Allison about the darkness ahead of them.
Lee Scanlon deals with his deceased brother for a few episodes and admits to Allison that he had let him be killed. Devalos decides to run for Mayor of Phoenix, and Allison and Joe both plan to enroll in school which causes tension between them. Allison's half brother Michael returns after a three-season absence, this time played by Patricia's real life brother David Arquette (Ryan Hurst was unavailable due to commitments to Sons of Anarchy).
In the series finale, Joe is killed in a plane crash on his way back from a business trip in Hawaii. Seven years later, Allison has become the assistant DA, Devalos has become the Mayor. 14-year-old Marie is the last DuBois child still living at home, as Bridgette is in college and not present in the episode and a pregnant and married Ariel remains on the East Coast. While Allison is working on a trial, she seems to have visions of Joe actually surviving the crash but with amnesia. Allison makes a decision to find Joe, sacrificing her own career and her life in the United States. Only to have Joe wake her and confirm his death in the crash. He wanted to give her hope for the future in the dream of a life without him. Her inability to let him go took the dream on a path he didn't intend, forcing him to wake her and confirm his death. In a flash forward they are reunited after Allison dies.
Cast and characters Main cast Patricia Arquette as Allison DuBois Jake Weber as Joe DuBois Miguel Sandoval as Manuel Devalos David Cubitt as Lee Scanlon Sofia Vassilieva as Ariel DuBois Feodor Lark as Bridgette DuBois
Recurring cast Madison and Miranda Carabello as Marie DuBois Bruce Gray as the ghost of Joe DuBois' father; the viewer never learns his first name Tina DiJoseph as Lynn DiNovi Kathy Baker as Marjorie DuBois, Joe's mother Roxanne Hart as Lily Devalos Dean Norris as Scanlon's deceased brother David Arquette as Allison Dubois's brother, Michael John Glover as Carson Churchill
Episodes
United States ratings Episode number Title Original airing HH Rating ShareRating/share(18–49) Total viewers (in millions) Note 118 (7-01) Bring Your Daughter to Work Day September 24, 2010 4.0 8 1.4 6.102 TV by the Numbers 119 (7-02) The Match Game October 1, 2010 3.2 6 1.2 5.953 TV by the Numbers 120 (7-03) Means and Ends October 8, 2010 3.8 7 1.2 6.082 TV by the Numbers 121 (7-04) How to Kill a Good Guy October 15, 2010 3.9 8 1.1 5.931 TV by the Numbers 122 (7-05) Talk to the Hand October 22, 2010 4.2 8 1.4 6.539 TV by the Numbers 123 (7-06) Where Were You When...? October 29, 2010 4.3 8 1.4 6.827 TV by the Numbers 124 (7-07) Native Tongue November 5, 2010 4.5 8 1.5 6.969 TV by the Numbers 125 (7-08) Smoke Damage November 12, 2010 4.3 8 1.4 6.877 TV by the Numbers 126 (7-09) The People in Your Neighborhood November 19, 2010 4.6 8 1.4 7.312 TV by the Numbers 127 (7-10) Blood on the Tracks December 3, 2010 4.3 8 1.4 6.653 TV by the Numbers 128 (7-11) Only Half Lucky January 7, 2011 4.3 8 1.4 6.899 TV by the Numbers 129 (7-12) Labor Pains January 14, 2011 4.2 8 1.3 6.609 TV by the Numbers 130 (7-13) Me Without You January 21, 2011 4.9 9 1.6 7.866 TV by the Numbers
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