Medium

With the writers' guild still holding out on the picket line, the current season of Medium will last just nine episodes before it follows the majority of shows that have either gone on repeats or completely off the air due to lack of original material.  For now, the current reservoir of Medium scripts will take us through to early March.

Medium's Patricia Arquette spoke to CanMag about this current season and the new struggles that her character, Allison DuBois, and the rest of the DuBois household must face.

"I think it's nice to change things up a little bit," Arquette confessed.  "Like most families they don't really have much of a nest egg, and suddenly they find themselves both out of work.  And there's a certain episode that we end up coming to where things kind of come to a head between us where he wants to make a decision that I disagree with.  He kind of puts my back up against the wall and demands that I see it his way or at least acquiesce.  I think as a man, he's done a good job supporting his family.  That's very difficult to find yourself suddenly not being able to provide.  So it definitely brings a lot of stress into the marriage."

Apart from the changes in their financial situation, another new element Arquette touched on is the entry of veteran actress, Angelica Huston, who guest-stars in several episodes.

"She comes along at a time where I continue having these dreams,” the Medium star explained.  “That doesn't stop just because I no longer work for the District Attorney.  However, whenever I try to call people or tell them about a dream, I'm such a persona non grata that I can't really do anything with my information.  She steps in and sort of gives me a way that I can take all this information, an outlet for it, a safe place to put it and help solve crimes.  But she's also sort of dark of a character.  She's a little bit mercenary."

Arquette also expressed her delight at Medium's return to its Monday timeslot, while echoing the similar sentiments of regular show followers.

"I feel good about it.  Just from running into people on the street, fans of the show, they just seem to feel that that was a better timeslot for their schedules, for putting their kids to bed and for the beginning of their week, and after the weekend and so on.  So I think it'll be good, as long as people know when we're on, as long as people get that information."

As to what comes next when the script runs out after episode nine?

"We have little inklings from the show creator of some places that it may end up going, but honestly with the strike who knows what's going to happen exactly?  Our writers write pretty close to shooting order, so you can never tell exactly what's really going to show up in front of you," Arquette remarked.


-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: CanMag
(Image Courtesy of NBC)