The Ghost Whisperer??

First there was the Horse Whisperer.

Now there's the Ghost Whisperer.

(There sure are a lot of things to whisper to aren't there? I shan't even go there...)

For the uninitiated, the Ghost Whisperer is the newest drama serial to hit the screens of Singapore prime time TV. Starring the ever delectable Jennifer Love-Hewitt (JLH), it's about her character having the uncanny gift of speaking to ghosts. So she tries using her gift to better the nether world; she talks to these spirits to try to fulfil their last wishes so they can go on to the other side in peace.

Anyway, I managed to catch portions of the first episode.

So there she was, talking to the spirit of a soldier who died in the Vietnam War or something. And his meeting with JLH was nothing more than a meeting to brief her on the things he wanted her to find out; things like what happened to his wife, his son and what not.

Dying may not be anyone's favourite past-time, but surely there are advantages to being a ghost. From what I gathered from all the television I've watched, ghosts are suppose to be able to walk through walls, and are invisible, and can fly or float as well.

I mean, GI Joe can surely his own way back home and haunt his family or something right? And being a ghost, you can surely talk to the living right? True, he may scare his family shitless, but hey, at least he tried! But no, he sits on his butt for the next couple of decades, until he finally meets JLH, and then he gets her to fulfill all his life's wishes. Finally, GI Joe's dreams come true! *rolls eyes*

And poor JLH has to go around trying to do all the errands that GI Joe asks her to do - find out this, find out that, talk to this person, talk to that person. I mean, doesn't she have some kind of daytime job? Then how does she survive? At least, if there's money in the dead people concierge cum private detective service that she seems to be operating, then I can understand her nice skimpy clothes and the nice house she stays in. I mean, her husband's not exactly rolling in cash as well, being an ambulance drive cum medic.

Anyway, it's one of the most boring shows I've even seen, even worse than Desperate Housewives. At least Desperate Housewives has some redeeming qualities, like the eye-candy and the nice clothes and the good-looking men.

There's nothing in the Ghost Whisperer for me to want to even watch a second episode. I don't think JLH's pretty, or at least, I cannot endure watching her for more than 5 minutes. I don't even like the concept behind the show. And from what I've seen, the stories are just lame!

And that's me being the critic. I'll wait and see what other critics have to say about it...

I'm so bored with the show, I can't even write an interesting blog on it. Well, maybe that's my fault, for being boring!!!