Does anyone remember the Saturday Night Live skit with Christopher Walken as a medium who predicted mundane things (I may be dating myself here …) It was hilarious. Maybe Allison will have a dream and call Joe, in hysterics, screaming and crying, to let him know that he’s about to forget to bring a pencil to a meeting.

I agree with Betty if new viewers start watching looking for an exciting drama about a Medium who dreams about crimes and find it’s about an engineer looking for work they will probably switch the channel quick!

Another issue I thought of with the Joe’s job situation is that can be a real turn off to new viewers. If they take a chance and are looking to see the mystery/psychic aspect of the show and they see all this job stuff, they are likely to turn it off and not come back.

In real life, if you are going through a job loss/search, divorce, death, or some other very stressful situation, you often turn to TV or movies to FORGET what you are going through and want to take your mind off of it. Imagine someone who is out looking for a job for weeks or months – do they really want to relive that in the evening, too? If it was a show that turned it around and got a big laugh out of the situation someway, that would be different, but I don’t think the old adage is necessarily true – “misery loves company.”

Correction: above I said “Joe’s co-worker” and should have called him his “fellow job seeker.”

I know they have to talk somewhat about it since he is her husband, but talking over breakfast or dinner about it would be just fine. We do not need to see him on all these interviews and actually doing the job and getting into such detail about it.

The show is about Allison and her gift and helping to solve the dreams she has.

They need to add storylines so it is not just the main one but I am sure they could come up with something a little more appealing tha watching Joe work!

I did think it was cute the way Bridgette dreamed about Joe’s co-worker and what was happening behind the scenes. That part of the story is FAR more interesting than seeing Joe have yet another conversation with his socially challenged new boss, or another boring job interview. Sure, it’s nice to reflect some current events in the story lines, but the show ultimately isn’t about current events – it’s about Allison Dubois and her unique gift which mostly revolves around crime solving and how this gift affects her family. I’m sure Jake wants more screen time, I, for one, prefer seeing him interact with Allison, the kids, their teachers, or like last season, Ariel’s boyfriend – the druggie – which is far more interesting than his workplace. It’s like being in a room full of accountants who are talking in accountantspeak – if you are not an accountant, it is very boring and you have nothing in common to discuss when they keep talking shop.

For those of you who dislike the Joe job plot, maybe since he secured one in this episode that’ll be the end of it …?

Dawn -I was able to tolerate Joes job better in this episode because it was more interesting with his flaky boss.Normally, I am just so bored by his job that
I sometimes want to channel thru that part. It wouldn’t be a bad idea if they covered his job once in a while to keep up with current events but since it has been covered in a lot of episodes for several seasons it has become boring. I find myself getting annoyed about it because we could be seeing more of the A plot or even a different but more interesting storyline.