YOU'RE DEAD, JIM

(Possible spoilerage ahead)

Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and admit your faults. And, boy, is this one a doozy.

See, I have an addiction to television shows. This is nothing new to those who know me, whether face to face or through their computer monitors.

But not many know that I am a big fan of -- DEEP BREATH -- Ghost Whisperer.

There -- I said it. I'm out of the mushy, romantic what the hell else is there to watch Friday night closet.

And I do enjoy the romance of the show. It's one of my wife's favourites, and lest you think she got me hooked on it, you'd be wrong. I was the one who went all Jennifer Love Hewitt on her.

It's not a perfect show. A lot of episodes are hokey slash corny slash just plain dumb. The whole this life versus the afterlife is done in the most simplistic manner, and one wonders just how a woman fresh out of college could scratch out the bucks to open a successful antique shop in a town barely bigger than my back yard.

That's when you remind yourself that it's just a damn TV show.

But while there are parts that are weak, the show has some strengths that make it totally endearing and, ironically, more down to earth than most of its peers.

The relationship between J Love's Melinda Gordon and her husband Jim (underplayed to perfection by David Conrad) is one that all couple's should aspire to. It might seem a little too perfect. They never argue -- hell, they rarely disagree. But the chemistry between these two actors is undeniably intense. These two really take their vows seriously except, apparently, the part about 'til death do us part.

You see, last week the show put a bullet into Jim, putting an end to his earthly existence. Now Jim won't leave and, if the end of this week's episode Jim's earthbound spirit dove into the dying body of Jericho's Kenneth Mitchell.

Question time: what the hell are the producers of this show thinking?

They've stated that David Conrad is not leaving the show, so killing him is hardly necessary. They claim that this will be wonderful for the show, but they obviously haven't been reading the feedback of their fans. Go to any entertainment website that recaps the show, and you'll see pain and anger from the show's fans. Many are adamant that if this scenario doesn't end with Jim in the shower (a la Patrick Duffy) they're going to spend Friday night at 8pm following other pursuits.

And I can't say I blame them.

So, a small message to the producers: it wasn't broke and you shouldn't have tried to fix it. Right now you're all high in the sky over the possibilities you've created, but you forgot to look down. Take a look gang -- all you'll see are waterskies and the world's biggest dorsal fin.

Fix what you've done or, when the ratings tank, CBS is going to feed you to that shark.

Stay tuned...