Melinda Gordon communicates with earthbound spirits and acts as an intermediary between the ghosts and those they haunt in order to help her clients, living and dead, find emotional closure. Her husband, Jim, continues to worry about the emotional toll this work is taking on his wife. Melinda, in turn, fears the consequences of drawing those close to her into her unconventional world. As a result, she is reluctant to reveal her gift to her new friend Delia Banks, a single mother who works in Melinda's antique store.