Melinda Gordon is a young newlywed with the unique ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died, and who seek her help. Melinda uses her gift to relay significant messages and important information to the living, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and… More confusing. As a result, she is often met with questions and skepticism by the survivors. But when Melinda is able to help both the lost souls who contact her and those who are still alive, she knows that her unique talent is an asset and not a liability. In the fifth season, we are introduced to Jim and Melinda's son, Aiden Lucas. Melinda sometimes worries about her son, because he is destined to be more powerful than she is. He can see the "Shinies and the Shadows." Melinda, Ned, and Eli, with the frequent help of Delia, work to keep the Book of Changes, a mystical object, safe from the Shadows.