MELINDA IS FRIGHTENED BY VISIONS OF BEING TRAPPED WHEN A DESPERATE SPIRIT TRIES TO ENLIST MELINDA'S HELP TO GET FREE FROM A FAMILY TORN APART BY SUSPICIONS OF MURDER ON "GHOST WHISPERER," FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

"Dead to Rights" -- After experiencing frightening visions of being trapped against her will, Melinda is pulled by a desperate spirit into a family's bitter fight on GHOST WHISPERER, Friday, Jan. 5 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Peter Werner directed the episode from a script by W. Mericle.

While making volunteer hospital rounds with Delia and her therapy dog, Melinda encounters a desperate spirit trapped between life and death. Melinda realizes the spirit belongs to the body of a young man on life-support, who begs her to intervene. Unable to live and prevented from dying, the spirit is trapped by his own body, bitterly watching his parents and wife argue his fate. In addition, a bizarre haunting brings her closer to Professor Payne while Delia struggles to teach Ned, and ultimately herself, how to find closure.

SERIES REGULARS:

Melinda Gordon: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jim Clancy: David Conrad
Delia Banks: Camryn Manheim

RECURRING CAST:

Professor: Rick Payne Jay Mohr
Ned Banks: Tyler Patrick Jones

GUEST CAST:

Debra: Monica McSwain
Janet Bristow: Mimi Kuzyk
Guard: Barry Sigismondi
Hugh Bristow: Brad Rowe
Lisa Bristow: Marquerite Moreau
Bill Bristow: William Russ

RATING: TV-PG-L