YMMV / Medium

• Anvilicious:
  • The episode "Dead Meat". There is a rather gratuitous scene of a man eating a bacon sandwich, which squeals every time he takes a bite.
  • In "The Devil Inside", the ghosts of the people that could not be saved because Allison's stalker was interfering with her dreams (because he thought that she was doing the Devil's work) going after the stalker's ghost. Allison's faith in her dreams is renewed; the implication being, if they do not come from the Devil, who else could the dreams be coming from?
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Rosanna Arquette appearing in "Lady Killer" she played a medium before her sister Patricia did.
• Narm: Quite a bit in the later years. Even in the series finale, where Allison dies abruptly of old age while eating pea soup.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Jennette McCurdy in the Season One episode "Coded."
  • Rami Malek in "Time Out of Mind."
  • A Season 2 episode has Allison helping a young woman played by a teenaged Emma Stone.
  • Jennifer Lawrence played a murder victim in "Mother's Little Helper" and then, in the next season, played a young Allison in "But for the Grace of God."
  • Lily Rabe had one of her first major roles as the murderous girlfriend posing as a victim in the two-part episode "Wicked Game", three years prior to her role in American Horror Story. (Sarah Drew also played the missing girl in the same two-parter).
  • Octavia Spencer has jury duty in Season 2.
  • Elisabeth Moss is the victim of the week in season 3s 19th episode.
• Seasonal Rot: In later years, it started using "And it was all a dream" as a twist a good deal too many times. It also started re-using other twists from previous episodes, though that is not to say that there were not still good ones, like "Time Keeps on Slippin'"
• What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: The show sometimes features wacky plots and comedic moments that could appeal to a younger audience, but it still features pretty horrific and depraved crimes. As of 2019, Australian re-runs feature frequent advertisements aimed at distressed young viewers who can call a helpline—despite the fact that most seasons of the show are classified for mature audiences only.

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