Posted by Dustin on 11.22.2008 at 12:01 pm

So last night we found out Jim had jumped into the body of one Sam Lucas, an architect who had recently come to town. Melinda stayed with him at the hospital. He neither remembered being Sam nor Jim, he had total amnesia.

Sam we found out had a family, a sister who hated her parents and was staying with him. The parents showed up to take Sam home to be with them. The sister lashed out, saying they loved this as they could control him all over and get their son back. It seems both Sam and his sister were on bad terms with their parents.

Sam wanted to stay with Melinda, which she too wanted. She offered him a job as her handyman at her house. The parents however felt Melinda was trying to steal their son. Then into the mix came an angry ghost, the man who was also involved in the car crash that killed Sam. He had seen what had happened, that Jim jumped into Sam’s body after Sam went into the light. He wanted Melinda to tell Sam and his family what they did, what they had stolen, so Sam’s family could have closure and know their son wasn’t coming back.

Melinda instead told the family off. She said they had a second chance with their son and were squandering it. She said Sam didn’t know who he was, he may never remember. All he knows is who he is now and who they are and how they act. She said they pushed him away once and their daughter, don’t do it again. The family listened and the daughter went home with them to work things out, Sam stayed behind.

Sam however wasn’t sure what he wanted, or where he wanted to be. He decided maybe he should pack up and leave town. He said goodbye to Melinda, who was heart broken. During this Delia and Melinda had a fight over Delia’s skepticism. She thought Melinda was in denial about this, that Jim was gone. Melinda said Jim did what he did to stay with her, that was true love. Delia said so to stay friends she had to check her common sense at the door? She stormed off, both were in tears.

Delia went to the basketball courts to pick up Ned, who went there every Monday for practice. However he wasn’t there, nobody was. She called him and he was at a cafe. He explained there was no real practice, it was usually just him and Jim. He didn’t want her to be mad at him. She wasn’t mad, then she saw one person on the court . . . Sam! She asked him what he was doing? Sam said he was on his way out of town and stopped here, he didn’t know why, he felt he had to be here. Delia then realized he really was Jim.

Delia took him back to Melinda’s and he moved in. She told Melinda she was right, right about it all, and she was sorry. The angry ghost also was able to move on. He realized Melinda gave Sam’s family his family back in the end too.

I don’t know what to think really. This is all kinda too weird for me. Will they now have two actors playing Melinda’s husband, one as Jim and one as Sam (well his body?). Jim obviously can’t go back to his old life even if he remembers, because to everyone he looks like Sam. It just seems like this story is going to get too complicated for its own good.