Ghost Whisperer fans around the globe
think that Jennifer Love Hewitt’s character, Melinda Gordon, is
pregnant by her beloved but dead husband, Jim Clancy (David
Conrad). Complicating matters, while Jim’s body may be no more,
his soul lives on in the body of Sam (Kenneth Mitchell).
Hewitt’s heard all the, er,
whispers, about a baby, but as the second half of Ghost
Whisperer’s fourth season kicks off, she ain’t talking.
“Well, I can’t answer the
Melinda pregnancy rumors,” Hewitt said in an interview. “I can’t
answer that. But it gets tricky from here on out, for Melinda
particularly. Sam had another life, and he’s essentially a guy
who’s dealing with amnesia. And it’s constantly a ticking clock
for Melinda on what he’s going to remember and how he’s going to
remember it, and if it’s her he’s going to remember. So it’ll be
painful. It will be tricky.”
Of course, love–with a
lower-case L–is stronger than death. And that means sparks will
no doubt fly between Melinda and Jim/Sam.
“There will also be romance,”
confirmed Hewitt, who’s not only the star of Ghost Whisperer
but also a very hands-on producer. “I’m obsessed with the
Twilight books right now, and Jim/Sam and Melinda very much
have that Edward/Bella connection. For some reason, this guy
knows that his heart wants him to stay near this woman, and he
doesn’t know why. And there can be nothing more romantic than
that.”
Hewitt added, “So for all those
romantic people, I would say keep watching the show, because it
gets really good. I can’t really say whether he’s going to
remember her or not, but it’s intense, what’s coming up.”