Some "thoughts" about last night's "Medium":
SPOILERS
I thought the opening was neat, but it amazed me to "hear" Allison's voice during the Dubois family doll sequence -- especially as she was talking to Joe in the kitchen -- and realizing that the dialogue, and the shrillness of Arquette's voice, were something straight out of an "hysterical Maddy" sequence from "Moonlighting." In fact, Arquette is a "big blonde" along the very same lines as Cybill Shepherd. It was disconcerting to me.
I was glad that the writers kept me from guessing too much too soon. I did figure out that the little girl dreams were in a different time...and that the little girl was actually Oliver's aunt.
As for the doll, Maggie -- well, I suspect that what Allison heard coming from the doll was real...that the doll had acquired an animus of its own from having been confided in by both the aunt and Oliver over the years. Nothing "Chuckie-like" about Maggie...it was the aunt who seized an opportunity to rid herself of an abusive parent...and later realized Oliver was being abused by her brother...and took another opportunity.
The chicken pox thread of the story was neat, too. Any time Joe and the kids are part of the story, it resonates for me.
As for DA Davalos and his wife. I'm glad the writers opted to give us some backstory on this part of his life, and to introduce us to his wife and their shared grief. When he was asking Allison if she sensed anything, I recall her asking him if a term meant anything to him. I forget the two-word term...but it happened to be the name of a town the couple drove through before he pulled off the road, upset at his wife's hysterical going-on. And then...there was that inexplicable field of white zinnias (that looked more like daisies to me). I thought it a nice counter to his assertion to her moments before that this life is all we get and that there is nothing when we die. He should know better from what Allison has told him...and proven to him...but he remains a prime skeptic who may have just been given a glimpse of "the light".