I hope you're getting combat pay for this.

As always, excellent review. And thanks for the sacrifices.

I know it's just a tv show; still, I was not happy with the handling of the 'activity' in the little girl's bedroom. TAPS gets all macho when dealing with 'spirits vs kids'. Yet, after finding activity in the girl's bedroom they simply tell the mom to explain to her daughter that they're not going to harm her and there's nothing to worry about…………Yea. That ALWAYS works with a 6 year old.

I'm going back to something I posted following an episode from an earlier season. It's one thing to try to pull a fast one over on an adult client or us viewers; it's quite another to include a child in the scam. I'm guessing the family sat down to watch this episode the other night. So when the little girl sees TAPS find 'activity' in her bedroom, she's suppose to be comforted by her mom telling her the ghosts aren't going to hurt her…

Hmmmmm… Come to think of it, my dad would have said the same thing (without calling TAPS), except he would have added, "…but this belt will if you get out of that bed one more time!"

However, I do want to say that I enjoyed the moment during the analysis when Steve was listening to something Tango had found. Steve says something like. "Good find Tango. Once again your ears………………uh…nevermind. Sorry." So much of GH/GHI seems scripted now. It was nice to catch a glimpse of something real.

"However, I do want to say that I enjoyed the moment during the analysis when Steve was listening to something Tango had found. Steve says something like. "Good find Tango. Once again your ears………………uh…nevermind. Sorry." So much of GH/GHI seems scripted now. It was nice to catch a glimpse of something real."

Actually, to me, Steve's voice sounded like it does when he's parroting something back pre-planned (as if going from a memorized script rather than impromptu), and in this case, I wonder if he just forgot his lines! Goes back to what I said earlier in the forums…two people in normal conversations just don't use each other's first names that often!

I'll go back to what I said in the forums re this espisode: how the "pssspssspsss" sound we hear for 2 seconds was "You'll find it in this wall" is beyond me. Am I the only one who doesn't think that it sounded even remotely, in the slightest, like a voice saying anything, let alone a 6-word sentence??? And then how TAPS decides there is undoubtedly a male and female spirit in the house based on the two "EVPs" is almost as mind-boggling as anything we saw on GHI. (Note I said "almost").

I've always had issues with their handling of kid events. They rush to investigate, do or do not find anything and leave. There is no indication that they refer them to a priest, spiritualist, psychic – someone to help get rid of whatever might be there. Always aggravates me.

This season, as mentioned in the other post for this episode, they are avoiding the scripted "so is this place haunted?" question. But they seemed pretty quick to talk about the spirits or entities in the house. Since they are getting away from their debunking style, I guess it's not so bad, but you would think if they are going at this from a standoffish attitude they would refrain from assuming there are entities or spirits present in a house. Present evidence scientifically. Let the evidence speak for itself (funny, since they are relying more on EVP than ever).

"psssspsssspssss" becoming an intelligible sentence: Classic Matrixing for the Ear. I still find it odd that they talk about visual matrixing but seem to be completely unaware of (and thus fall prey to) the audio counterpart.

@ Nosfer
Fair enough. But my point is that when Steve flubbed his line; at that moment it became unscripted, and actually funny. And I whole-heartedly agree with the first name obsession; it's so unnatural.

I'll "grant" you that and I see what you were saying now, the flub itself DID go into unscripted territory, probably one of those few rare moments in the series!

I'm trying to write this review but it is very difficult with my ear pressed to floor.The floor is vibrating slightly in my home dating back to the 1600's, which is causing the bed to vibrate. I cannot prove this on camera, but it is a personal experience.
These dolts should start classifying a new category. We have evps, but with each show comes less true evidence (stress the word TRUE), so now we're inundated with P.E.'s personal experiences aka poor episodes.

Geez, when I was a kid experiencing what is now called paranormal stuff going on in my home, I was told to "stop making up stories", "it's the devil making you say those things" and other encouraging statements. At least now parents can call in a paranormal investigative team…who will then proceed to scare the kid by saying there are ghosties around but they won't hurt you. A kid will only hear Part 1 of that conclusion and refuse to sleep in the bedroom.

Good job, GH. And Logisti, you get a medal for duty above and beyond and for not complaining of boredom.

Oubliette, Logisti keeps his taped episodes of GH/GHI on hand after review and uses them instead of Ambien.

blinddog–ROFLMAO! Thanks for the laugh of the day.

Notice how Grant and Jay are quick to say to the client what they think the "voice" is saying. Possibly because they know matrixing will prevent the client from saying something unfortunate (for the TV show) like : "that sounds like static". They never did that in earlier seasons, in fact the usually asked the client what they thought first. I'm curious to see if they keep that up throughout the season.

How come you guys keep thinking that what you say on TV was the entirety of what actually happened? Do you really think that the conversation with the mother after the investigation only lasted 2 minutes? Please think this through before posted and acting "all outraged" that they didn't seem to care or reassure the mother after the investigation.

We only see the cuts that the editor wants to see. Just as easily, someone could follow you around and film your day and make your life seem scripted also. More than anything, we need to let the editor know that he's not choosing the best scenes for audience appeal.

Dan…we can only comment upon that which we see. We could make inferences til the cows come home about what may have taken place, but the "record" of the investigation is what is aired. ie, I'd like to start a discussion about the fact that they may have actually found the vortex to Hell in the child's bedroom but it was too scary for TV so they cut it, but they reassured the homeowner (off camera) that the entrance to the vortex was too small for all but the tiniest of demons

In all seriousness, though, if J&G are going to make such a bit todo at the beginning of the episode about how cases with children are special and they have to do everything possible to help them, then maybe they should follow up with a little bit of the actual help they give….

Dan,

You're right in that we don't know what ELSE was said, but we know for a fact that Jay and Grant told a concerned mother that, essentially, yes, there are entities capable of moving a bed with a man sitting on it inhabiting your daughter's room — and they did this without, IMO, the requisite evidence to make such an extraordinary and potentially alarming claim.

The only evidence of paranormal activity in the child's room (as far as I remember) was a flickering K-II, not even one of the famous "conversations" we are used to, and some vibrations. If you are going to claim anything paranormal is going on in a house belonging to concerned client with children, you have a responsibility to have some pretty solid evidence, and furthermore scrutinize that evidence heavily. When a third party is involved you better make damn sure or atleast offer some good arguments before labeling anything paranormal.

Imho, If you want to help children who are afraid because they experience strange things there are other ways than running around in the dark with a K-II and a camera crew,

Wes/Nosfer,

I agree that we can only address what we saw, but my point is that the conclusions are not appropriate. I really don't see it as something that Jay and Grant decide to show, but rather the editor/producer. I would love to see more follow-up with the homeowners, but I don't blame Jay and Grant, I blame the SciFi decision-makers for not showing it. Since we didn't see all the footage, it would be foolish to judge what we did see, knowing that there is much more that we didn't. You see my point? Knowing that we are ignorant should be enough to know that we shouldn't draw conclusions without most likely being wrong.

We know that they spend many hours on an investigation, with plenty of conversation, tests, footage, etc. but we only see 20 mins of it. I'm not going to put my foot in my mouth and complain that Jay and Grant "didn't do this" or "didn't do that" since they had more than enough time to do it. Commenting on what we saw is fine, but concluding that it was bad because we think that they didn't do this or that is just a waste of time.

Overall, I'm just displeased that everyone is blaming the hosts for what they think didn't happen, instead of going one step further and realizing that the TV business isn't going to give us the whole truth.

Like I said, we are commenting on the only thing we can, that which we are shown. I think J&G have producer credits don't they? (Someone correct me if that's in error but I seem to recall that from somewhen) Only by expressing displeasure over what we see is there any chance (slight as it may be) that maybe they will realize what is important to be shown and show that…yes, a pipe dream but we all have to have dreams LOL

Since GH has been pegged as a "reality show" the reality becomes what is shown…witness the intro to GHI and how that became the "reality" for scads of viewers.

One thing to keep in mind is that, despite some websites' claims about the constant editing that goes on, Jay and Grant are still listed as Assistant Producers. As such, I would suspect that nothing is shown without their OK. So maybe, if they can somehow learn about some of the ideas and criticisms here, they may make sure that in future the reveals come out a little more–well, revealing.