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The show Ghost Whisperer is no stranger to major changes in its status quo. They wrapped up their first season by having Jennifer Love Hewitt's Melinda Gordon lose her best friend Andrea (Aisha Tyler), only to have to deal with her spirit to launch the second season. It made for an emotionally powerful episode and a tragedy that drove Melinda into that new year. Michael Ausiello, who is generally pretty spot-on with his rumors, dropped a pretty big bombshell of some possible happenings early on in this upcoming season. Now I've already admitted on this very site that Ghost Whisperer is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. I've had the joy of growing up with Jennifer Love Hewitt from her days on Party of Five and she's still just too gosh-darned cute to stop watching now. And dammit if the writers don't know how to pull the heartstrings in almost every episode, too. But now ... well, we'll talk about it after the jump. If you came over here, then you know you are now in the "Spoiler Zone." It's your own fault if you don't want to know. The rumors are that Melinda will be losing another someone close to her, and no I'm not talking about Cathryn Manheim's character or her kid. She just might become a widow. That's right, her faithful and loyal husband Jim, played by David Conrad, may be the next major character to die. Now, I'm not under the impression that the formula of Ghost Whisperer has become stale yet, because it's driven so much by human stories. But obviously someone is, because this is a major change to the status quo. Jim has been Melinda's rock throughout all the craziness she's had to endure and with Jay Mohr's Professor Payne also taking a sabbatical to try his luck at his own show (again), Melinda's looking to have to tread those murky waters alone. I would imagine that Jim would be a recurring ghost, and I could even see him refusing to go into the light because he insists on staying with Melinda. I'm not sure how long such a situation could be milked, but it could make for some interesting television. In fact, the possibilities story-wise for such a move are pretty great, but to lose Conrad and Mohr at the same time pretty much leaves Manheim's Delia as the only support structure Melinda has.

Source: TV Squad

Consider this your final warning. Okay, so, death is no stranger to Ghost Whisperer. Heck, the show's very premise hinges on Jennifer Love Hewitt chatting with the dearly departed every week. (Or so Mandi Bierly tells me.) But this season, the Grim Reaper makes it personal. Although CBS declined to comment, multiple sources confirm what has been buzzing on the Internet for weeks (final final warning): Melinda is about to become a widow, as producers have decided to kill off TV hubby Jim (David Conrad) early in season 4. OMFGWTFLOL?! Simmer! Remember, this is Ghost Whisperer, people. It's highly unlikely that Jim's death will mark the end of Conrad's GW run (see also: sassy Talk Soup lady). But how long will he be sticking around and in what capacity? God only knows. Bottom line: If, like Ms. Bierly, you only watch GW for "those special moments when he actually gets to do something, like wear a wifebeater to bed," don't freak out. At least not until I tell you to freak out. Okay, time to freak out.

Source: Ausiello Files

06/21 - Episode 4.01 - Firestarter (Season premiere) [Airing September 26]: A shrink survives a fire in his office and when Melinda and Jim go to the hospital to visit him, they see him talking to what Melinda realizes is a ghost. She has to break the news to him that the patient died in the fire and he was talking to her ghost. After speaking with him, Melinda visits the young woman's roommates and learns some interesting facts about what the injured man told her and more importantly, did not tell her. Melinda, Jim and Delia eat at a Chinese restaurant, where Ned is a waiter and serves them. Source: SpoilerFix.com 07/20 - Episode 4.02 - Big Chills: Melinda talks with a young woman named Grace who tells Melinda that she thinks she is being haunted by the ghost of a man she found dead. Grace and her friend Ryan, a doctor, went to high school with Melinda and the man Grace found dead. The ghost is manipulating blood in the OR with Ryan and Melinda tells him he has to figure out who would want to be torturing him and why. Melinda has help from a young man named Eli, who also can talk to ghosts. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Source: Spoiler Fix