The Light That Binds: Revisiting the Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer
The first episode of Ghost Whisperer , titled " ," originally aired on September 23, 2005 . The episode follows Jennifer Love Hewitt Melinda Gordon
| Character | Actor | Verified Role | |-----------|-------|----------------| | Melinda Gordon | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Protagonist, medium | | Jim Clancy | David Conrad | Melinda’s husband | | Andrea Moreno | Aisha Tyler | Melinda’s best friend/partner | | Rick Payne | Jay Mohr | (Debuts later in S1, not in ep 1) | | Captain Daniel Greene | Joseph Will | Civil War ghost | | Rebecca Cross (Red Coat Ghost) | Sarah Paulson | The central ghost (pre- American Horror Story ) | | Paul Eastman | Tyler Patrick Jones | Haunted teenager | | Caitlin Mahoney | Natalija Ugrina | Rebecca’s adult daughter |
: The episode begins with a "distant prologue" featuring a young Melinda and her grandmother at a funeral, efficiently establishing her backstory and the benevolent nature of her gift.