"Medium"
Lady Killer (2008)

Director:

Peter Werner

Writers:

Glenn Gordon Caron (creator)
Davah Avena (written by)

TV Series:

"Medium" (2005)

Original Air Date:

7 April 2008 (Season 4, Episode 11)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Allison dreams of a sexy, attractive woman who seems to be an expert at picking up men in bars and then killing them...

Plot Keywords:

Psychic Power | Supernatural | Paranormal | Crime Scene | District Attorney

Cast

Patricia Arquette	...	Allison Dubois
Miguel Sandoval	...	D.A. Manuel Devalos
David Cubitt	...	Detective Lee Scanlon
Sofia Vassilieva	...	Ariel Dubois (credit only)
Maria Lark	...	Bridgette Dubois
Jake Weber	...	Joe Dubois
Jude Ciccolella	...	Richard Madsen
John Prosky	...	Tom Van Dyke
Sara Botsford	...	Constance Madsen
Mark Harelik	...	Elliott Davis
Brian Hallisay	...	Ryan Haas
Matt Cohen	...	Sean Covey
Edward Finlay	...	Guy from Bar
Peter Porte	...	Fourth Man
Rosanna Arquette	...	Michelle Todd

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Soundtrack:

Walk on the Wild Side

Nice "Bait And Switch"...

Writer Davah Avena takes the old "Basic Instinct" gambit and puts a lovely spin on it, "Alison Dubois-style." I was wondering how they were going to get Rosanna on the show, and this story makes it easy: she gets to have the best of both worlds. Playing a "killer cougar" on one hand, and then doing the sexy-but-scatterbrained thing (her specialty) on the other.

The 'big reveal' turns out to be something of a cliché nowadays, but it's done in such a clever way that you don't really mind it. (And you didn't REALLY think I was going to tell you what it is, did you?)

Okay, so I will only give you one clue - the tagline from a poster for Brian de Palma's BODY DOUBLE: "You can't believe everything you see."