document_title: List of Ghost Whisperer characters

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text: Melinda Gordon[edit]

text: Melinda Gordon, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, is the protagonist of Ghost Whisperer. Melinda has been able to see ghosts since she was a little girl. Specifically, she sees ghosts who have not crossed over due to an issue that they need her help to resolve. She helps them find peace and cross over into the light. The gift has been passed on for many generations. She is married to Jim Clancy (David Conrad) and owns an antique shop, located in the fictional town of Grandview. She has many enemies who dislike her abilities, including Gabriel Lawrence (Ignacio Serricchio) and Romano (John Walcutt).

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text: Jim Clancy[edit]

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Jim Clancy

First appearance
"Pilot"
1x01, September 23, 2005

Last appearance
The Children's Parade
5x22, May 21, 2010

Created by
John Gray

Portrayed by
David Conrad

Information

Aliases
Sam Lucas

Occupation
Paramedic/Firefighter, Doctor

Family
Faith Clancy (mother)
Aiden Clancy (father; deceased)
Daniel 'Dan' Clancy (brother; deceased)

Spouse(s)
Melinda Gordon
(m. 2005-2009; his death)
Melinda Gordon
(m. 2009-present)

Children
Unnamed child
(miscarriage, with Melinda)
Aiden Lucas
(son, with Melinda)

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text: Jim Clancy, played by David Conrad is Melinda's (Jennifer Love Hewitt) husband. He is the only cast member other than Hewitt to appear in every episode.

text: Jim and Melinda get married and move in at the start of the first season. Jim was a paramedic and firefighter, and the two met when he rescued her from her apartment complex, which had a structural issue. Jim knew of Melinda's unique ability to communicate with ghosts at the start of the series; he helped her as much as he could, though Melinda's good friend, Andrea Marino, provided most of the aid until her death at the end of the first season. It was revealed in the pilot episode that Jim witnessed his older brother, Dan, die when they were young. After having seen Dan die and being unable to save him, Jim decides to become a paramedic. Dan attended Jim and Melinda's wedding as a ghost and conversed with Melinda during the reception.

text: After Melinda's near death experience during the season two finale, "The Gathering", Jim becomes worried about what else could happen to Melinda because of the ghosts. Jim also helps try to find information about Melinda's father (Tom Gordon), who might or might not be dead, as well as try to find any information about Melinda's brother, Gabe. In "Haunted Hero", Jim and Melinda welcome a returning soldier from Iraq, Matt, back to Grandview. When Matt becomes paranoid due to being haunted by his dead comrades and post-traumatic stress disorder, Jim confronts Matt in the town square and talks Matt out of trying to kill himself. Jim delivered some of his convincing argument with Matt's gun pointed at him.

text: In "Weight of What Was", Gabriel returns to Grandview and Jim warns him away, though not before Gabriel reveals that he is Melinda's half-brother. Jim, Rick, and Delia go in search of Melinda, who is trapped in old Grandview, which is buried under present day Grandview. Tessa, the ghost of Melinda's maternal ancestor who was also a Ghost Whisperer, helps them find Melinda by communicating with Delia and Jim. Jim also begins thinking of moving out of Grandview to attend medical school. At first, Melinda does not like the idea, but she later agrees to it. In "Deadbeat Dads", Jim admits he would like to have children someday; Jim and Melinda try to get pregnant and succeed, but Melinda loses the baby.

text: Near the end of "Imaginary Friends and Enemies", Jim is shot in the shoulder and rushed to the hospital, where he is immediately taken into surgery. Relieved to hear his surgery went well, Melinda is taken to his room and asks if she may stay with him until he awakens. It is implied she waits several hours, and she eventually falls asleep next to him. She wakes up to find Jim next to her, and believing him to be awake, she tells him she loves him. When Jim tells her softly he suffered an embolism; Melinda tries to get a doctor, but Jim tells her not to and says that he wants her to remember him as he is now. This causes Melinda to realize Jim is appearing to her as a ghost; his body then flatlines in the background. As doctors rush in to revive him, Melinda tearfully pleads with Jim for it not be him. Jim then says, "I will always love you, Melinda", and then his ghost disappears as Melinda sobs and the doctors are unable to revive him. His death was foreshadowed in the season premiere, when a ghost warned Melinda death might rub off on those she loves.

text: Jim refuses to cross over because he still loves Melinda and believes their love is what is holding him back. Even though Melinda wants Jim to stay, she knows it's selfish of her and begs him to go into the light, promising she'll be there one day. But when Jim and Melinda witness paramedics trying to revive a motorcycle accident victim named Sam Lucas, they see the ghost of the victim go into the light. Jim goes over to the body and tells Melinda it's the only way. Before Melinda can stop him, Jim's ghost enters Sam's body, thus bringing him back to "life." However, the viewers continue to see him as Jim while everyone else in the show including Melinda sees him as Sam. When Melinda says "You're back", Jim, who now believes he is Sam and has no memory as Jim, says "Do I know you?" This leads Melinda to try to prove to him who he really is, especially when pieces of Jim's memory start to show. At first, he thinks she's crazy and doesn't believe her. When Melinda is trapped underground, Jim goes to save her, but he hits his head and he has flashes of memories as Jim, thus bringing Jim fully back. When he finds Melinda, she calls him Sam to which Jim replies "Why are you calling me Sam?" Melinda then realizes Jim is back and she happily hugs him.

text: Later on, Melinda finds out she is pregnant again and it turns out Jim had gotten her pregnant shortly before he died. Later Melinda begins to worry about their unborn baby. She began to have nightmares and visions the baby was in danger. She was sure by the things she was being told the baby was a girl after Melinda runs into the faceless child again, who puts her hand on Melinda's tummy and says, "You can't save her. You can't." Jim reveals to Melinda he had seen her chart accidentally and knew it was a boy, although he knew they agreed not to find out, but he told her to ease her mind, so she’d see her visions and dreams were wrong. Jim and Melinda marry again at the same place they met - in front of witnesses, Eli James (best man) and Delia Banks (matron of honor), and a full gathering of spirits.

text: In Season 5, Melinda believes her due date is the exact date in the book, which causes doubts in Jim and the rest of the characters (Delia, Ned, and Eli). Melinda finally needs an emergency C-Section. When the baby suddenly goes into fetal distress in the operating room, the season’s first ghosts appear to Melinda. First the watcher, who warned Melinda of her child’s power and the danger he may come into, stops time to tell her Fate and Free Will will work together to decide whether or not the baby will live. The second ghost comes in the form of a young woman in a white gown. She quickly disappears and time restarts. While the baby isn’t breathing at first, he suddenly recovers to full health. Later in recovery, Melinda tells Jim they’ll name the baby Aiden Lucas, in honor of Jim’s father and Sam Lucas.

text: The series then jumps ahead to 2014 and the celebration of Aiden's upcoming fifth birthday. Jim is now a resident at Rockland Memorial Teaching Hospital, as Jim, and he takes the name Jim as his middle name. Ned is also in college, taking classes with Eli, while Delia has become a big realtor. There were always problems every year on Aiden's birthday. He would become strangely sick, for example. Every year a woman would visit Aiden and sing him happy birthday. The woman, Amber, had died in childbirth the night Melinda gave birth to Aiden. Amber was convinced her son’s spirit had jumped into Aiden, as he had stopped breathing shortly after he was born. Later on in the episode, it is revealed the son was actually adopted by the birth father and his wife.

text: Melinda helps Amber into the light and learns from the watcher that Aiden is an empath. He feels and takes on emotions of those around him. This is revealed as the reason why each year Amber would show up and he gets sick. Melinda also finds out she shares a psychic link with Aiden, which allows them to communicate with one another, though he doesn’t fully understand it. Melinda and Jim decide to not tell Aiden, because they want him to have a normal life, with his own dreams. In 5.19 "Lethal Combination", Jim is caught by Dr. Mavis, a morgue coroner, snooping through the files in the hospital morgue.

text: Andrea Marino[edit]

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Andrea Marino

First appearance
"Pilot"
1x01, September 23, 2005

Last appearance
"Love Never Dies"
2x01, September 29, 2006

Created by
John Gray

Portrayed by
Aisha Tyler

Information

Nickname(s)
Andie, Squeaky

Occupation
Lawyer
Co-owned antique store

Family
Mitch Marino (brother)
Maya Marino (sister-in-law)
Unnamed nieces

text: Andrea Joyce Marino,[1] played by Aisha Tyler, is Melinda's (Jennifer Love Hewitt) best friend and was part of the main cast during season one. Andrea once worked in New York City, as a lawyer, until she moved to Grandview. She set up an antique store that she owns along with Melinda named "The Same As It Never Was".

text: Melinda even comes to trust Andrea enough to tell her about her gift of being able to communicate with earthbound spirits, or ghosts. Andrea becomes essential to the store and Melinda, because of the very fact she knows about Melinda's gift. Whenever Melinda has to run off and help a ghost, Andrea is left to keep the store. Andrea also helps Melinda with difficult crossovers removing some of the stress from Melinda's husband, Jim (David Conrad). In "The One", a plane crashes and Andrea notices Melinda is hiding something. She believes her brother Mitch died during the plane crash and Melinda is seeing his ghost.

text: At the end of season one, it was revealed it was Andrea who had died during the crash and not Mitch. While Andrea was not on the plane, she died because her car had been on the path the plane had crashed on. Romano attempts to prevent Andrea from crossing over into the Light and get her to join him on the Dark Side. Melinda would not allow such a horrific occurrence to happen to her friend, so she sets out to stop Romano and warn Andrea. With the help of an occult professor at Rockland University, Rick Payne, Melinda is able to help Andrea find peace and cross over into the Light. Her death was foreshadowed in Season 1, Episode 15. Romano is seen sitting in a chair in the antique store. When he disappears, a faint sound of an airplane engine is heard.

text: Andrea is later mentioned in "Drowned Lives", "A Grave Matter", "Delia's First Ghost" and "The Prophet". Also, while having been successfully crossed over into the Light for over a year, two ghosts taunt Melinda by calling her Andrea during "Bad Blood".

text: In the season four episode, "Leap of Faith", when Jim swims to rescue Melinda and hits his head, he has flashbacks of his past as Jim, and Andrea can be seen briefly when remembering his wedding with Melinda. Andrea's date of death is in the book of changes backwards and was mentioned before a flashback of the plane crash which killed her.

text: Delia Banks[edit]

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Delia Banks

First appearance
"Love Still Won't Die"
2x02, September 29, 2006

Last appearance
"The Children's Parade"
5x22, May 21, 2010

Portrayed by
Camryn Manheim

Information

Gender
Female

Spouse(s)
Charlie Banks (deceased)

Children
Ned Banks

text: Delia Banks (portrayed by Camryn Manheim) joined the main cast of Ghost Whisperer at the start of season 2. She and her teenage son, Ned, lost their husband and father, Charlie, three years prior to their appearance on the show. Delia became a real estate agent after Charlie's death.

text: Delia meets Melinda Gordon after Melinda calls Delia about Ned's having tried to shoplift from Melinda's antique store. Delia tells Melinda about how stressful her job as a real estate agent is, so Melinda offers her a job to help work at the antique store, which Delia accepts. They begin a friendship, though Delia does not know about Melinda's gift at first. In the episode "Delia's First Ghost", Melinda has to tell Delia about her gift because Charlie's spirit is haunting her. At first Delia calls Melinda crazy, admitting she had seen Melinda talking to herself and was worried. Delia even goes as far as to tell Melinda not to expect her at work again. By the end of the episode Delia learns, with Melinda's help, Charlie is only haunting her because he wants her to be safe. While still a little skeptical of Melinda's gift, Delia tells her that she will open the shop the next morning.

text: Delia remains skeptical concerning Melinda's gift in season three, but discusses the various ghosts Melinda encounters to help Melinda with them. When Melinda was stalked by a lawyer, Shane, he tampered with Ned's records because Delia was trying to get him into private school. Nevertheless, when Shane was caught with Ned's records, Ned got in. In episode 5, "Weight of What Was", Delia travels along with Jim and Rick into a series of underground tunnels and alleyways from a much older Grandview to find Melinda. With the help of a ghost named Tessa, they manage to locate her and get her to safety. In "Bad Blood", Delia's need to find a rational explanation for every situation, including ones involving ghosts, is brought up. Delia tells Melinda that she will try harder to accept the notion of ghosts. In the episode "Heart and Soul", Delia's need for a rational explanation nearly destroys her relationship with Melinda, but a conversation with her son and a moment with "Sam" at a basketball court provides her with faith in Melinda's gift. She now believes Jim is living in Sam's body. Sometime within the five-year leap between seasons 4 and 5 she left working for Melinda to open a Real Estate agency next to the shop, however she is frequently seen helping Melinda in the shop at various points in the series and remains Melinda's best friend.

text: Ned Banks[edit]

text: Ned Banks was originally portrayed by Tyler Patrick Jones, but starting with season 3 episode "Slambook!" Christoph Sanders took over the role. Ned is a nice guy who has dedicated his life to helping Melinda with the occult. He is the son of Delia and Charlie Banks. The events of his adolescence have been part of the plots of some episodes.

text: Ned was caught shoplifting at Melinda's antique shop, stealing Grateful Dead backstage passes. Melinda realized his behavior was the result of a spirit's urging. Ned found out Melinda's secret before his mother did when he overheard Melinda in the episode "Curse of the Ninth." He is always eager to help Melinda with her ghosts. A few episodes later, when his deceased father Charlie visits him and his mother, Melinda helps his father go into the Light. In the season three episode "No Safe Place," Ned gets into a private school.

text: In "Slambook," Ned (played by Christoph Sanders from then on) is on the basketball team when a ghost begins tampering with the scoreboard. In the episode "Home But Not Alone," Ned has his first girlfriend and (probably) his first kiss. In season 4, there was a plot which involved his mother suspecting him of smoking marijuana, but as it turned out, it was his mother's friend's joint. As of season five, he is a student at Rockland University. In "Dead Air" he is a host of a radio show, and has cheated on his girlfriend TJ (which he later regrets and apologizes for).

text: In season 5, Ned is studying Anthropology of the Occult at Rockland University. He uses his knowledge to help Melinda and Eli solve the mystery of the Shadows and Shinies, also aiding them in crossing over spirits. Ned, Melinda, and Eli take turns keeping the Book of Changes.

text: Rick Payne[edit]

text:
Richard "Rick" Payne

First appearance
"Love Never Dies"
2x01, September 22, 2006 (As recurring cast)
"The Underneath"
3x01, September 28, 2007 (As main cast)

Last appearance
"Firestarter"
4x01, October 3, 2008

Portrayed by
Jay Mohr

Information

Nickname(s)
Rick, Ricky, Payne

Gender
Male

Occupation
Professor at Rockland University

Spouse(s)
Kate Payne (wife; deceased)

text: Rick Payne (portrayed by Jay Mohr) is a professor at Rockland University. He is a widower; his wife, Kate, died in a crane accident before his first appearance in the series.

text: At the beginning of season two, Melinda Gordon first seeks Rick Payne's help to save her deceased friend, Andrea Marino, who is being attacked by a dark spirit, Romano. She finds him teaching an occult class at Rockland University. She continues to seek Rick's help for various paranormal occurrences throughout the rest of the season. Rick first meets Melinda's husband, Jim Clancy, when Melinda recommends Jim talk to him about a ghost. It is in "The Night We Met" that Rick first questions Melinda about whether or not she believes she has supernatural abilities, as well as meets Melinda's close friend and co-worker, Delia Banks. It is only in the episode "Cat's Claw" that Melinda finally informs Rick of her abilities. In the season finale, Rick and Melinda are seen working very closely trying to figure out who Gabriel Lawrence, a dark Ghost Whisperer, really is. Rick, Jim, and Melinda go as far as breaking into Gabriel's home. It is also revealed Rick's wife, Kate, is a ghost who worked for the dark side but would later cross over into the Light after telling her husband a secret she had been keeping from him since she died.

text: The character joins the main cast in season three. At the beginning of this season, Rick appears to be worried about Melinda after her near-death experience. He also works a large deal more with Melinda on some things. In "The Weight of What Was", Rick, Jim, and Delia all travel into old Grandview to try finding Melinda. Jim and Delia are aided by a ghost named Tessa, an ancestor of Melinda's, and locate the trapped Melinda. Rick also helps Melinda search town death records for information about Tessa, who at the time Melinda believed to be Gabriel's mother, though a group of ghosts attempt to stop them from finding anything. In "Double Exposure", Rick's date and co-worker, Claudia, is haunted by a ghost who makes it so she cannot appear in any pictures.

text: It seems Rick had somewhat of a crush on Melinda when they first met; he was clearly embarrassed by everything he said to her, afraid it might sound stupid. The crush dissipated after he met Jim, Melinda's husband, but they remain very close friends.

text: Abrasive at times, Professor Rick Payne is often perceived as obnoxious on first impression, but most of the time he means well. Sarcastic and sometimes insensitive, he has a tendency to shout randomly and hates to be awakened by late night telephone calls. Even though he does not appreciate the title, he is rather well known as a genius, and spouts useless information at times. He has admitted that he talks a lot when he is nervous, but he talks a lot whether he is nervous or not. Professor Payne is quick-witted and highly intelligent, taking delight in annoying people and considers the reactions he gets from being rude amusing. He feels that he is taken for granted too often and likes to tell people so, though some believe it is only a technique to make others feel sorry for him. He has a certain charm, despite his ability to annoy even those with saintly amounts of patience, and he is a good friend to those who can stand to stick with him.

text: Eli James[edit]

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Eli James

First appearance
"Firestarter"
4x01, October 3, 2008

Last appearance
"The Children's Parade"
5x22, May 21, 2010

Portrayed by
Jamie Kennedy

Information

Gender
Male

Occupation
Professor at Rockland University, therapist

Family
Ray James (father; deceased)
Evelyn James (mother; deceased)
Zoe Ramos (girlfriend; deceased)

text: Eli James (Jamie Kennedy) was introduced in the first episode of season four.

text: During a building fire on the Rockland University campus on October 3, 2008, he died but was brought back, causing him to have a near death experience. It unlocked an ability which allows him to hear ghosts, but doesn't allow him to see them like Melinda. Throughout the fourth season, he adjusts to his newfound ability and starts helping her cross ghosts over. Eli also helps Melinda when she needs information from the Police.

text: Zoe, previous Guardian of the Book of Changes and Eli's ex-girlfriend, died after falling off the stairs in an attempt to stop a thief influenced by a Watcher. At the end of Season 4, Zoe crossed into the light (or so it seems) after telling Eli he was the next Guardian of the Book of Changes. In Season 5, it is revealed Eli is one of Ned's university lecturers. Evelyn, Eli's mother, died 7 years ago, even though in "Stage Fright" he told Melinda and Jim he was getting an autograph for his mom who watches the show which was visiting Grandview. Eli's father, Ray James, died from a heart-attack in the third episode of Season 5, "Till Death Do Us Start," which shared more shocking secrets about Eli's parents.

text: Eli and Melinda over time become very close friends. At first, Eli thought that Melinda was crazy (as almost everyone always does when she shares about her gift) until he realized he could do the same thing (almost). As he learns more about his gift, he becomes more and more willing to help Melinda with the hauntings and even enjoys it.

text: Aiden Lucas[edit]

text: Aiden Lucas (portrayed by Connor Gibbs) is the son of Melinda Gordon and Jim Clancy. Aiden is also the grandson of Paul Eastman and Beth Gordon who are Melinda's parents and Aiden and Faith Clancy who are Jim's parents.

text: Aiden was born on September 25, 2009. Before his birth, the watchers predict him and tell Melinda that her son is the key if the ghost's balances shift, and he will be more powerful than she is. On the day of his birth, Melinda worries about her son's fate. During his birth, Melinda needs an emergency C-section and Aiden suddenly goes into fetal distress in the operating room. First, the watcher (Carl) warned Melinda of her child’s power and the danger he may come into, stops time to tell her Fate and Free Will will work together to decide whether or not the baby will live. He quickly disappears and time restarts. While the baby is not breathing at first, he suddenly recovers to full health. Later in recovery, Melinda tells Jim they will name the baby Aiden Lucas, after Jim’s father and the late Sam Lucas.

text: Years later, the family is celebrating Aiden's upcoming fifth birthday. Every year on his birthday something bad happens; Aiden strangely gets sick or something happens to Melinda or Jim. Delia and Melinda call it a birthday curse. However, Aiden is actually haunted by the ghost of the woman who died during childbirth when Melinda gave birth to Aiden. The woman believes Aiden is the spirit of her dead son and she haunts Aiden every year on his birthday.

text: Melinda discovers this and finds out the ghost's son, Tyler, is actually alive and safe with his real father and adoptive mother, Aiden saved Tyler earlier in a bowling accident and Melinda helped the woman go into the light. Later, Carl reveals to Melinda that Aiden is an empath and can feel other people's emotions; he would get sick on his birthday and something went wrong with his birth because of the ghost.

text: In addition to being an empath, Aiden is able to see and communicate with ghosts like his mother and grandparents do, and he is psychically connected to Melinda. Melinda does not tell Aiden this because she wants him to have a normal life.

text: Aiden is able to see things Melinda can't, namely the Shinies (which Aiden refers to as "faceless" and made of "light") and the Shadows, which can be defeated easily by the Shinies, but the Shinies are too afraid of them to do so.

text: Supporting characters[edit]

text: Beth Gordon[edit]

text: Beth Gordon (portrayed by Anne Archer), Melinda's mother and Aiden's grandmother, has the ability to communicate with ghosts, but chooses not to. She never came to terms with her mother or Melinda when it came to their gifts and prefers not to speak of anything that has to do with ghosts, or her husband Tom Gordon. Before she met Tom, she was in a relationship with a man named Paul Eastman, whom she was having a baby with when he went to jail. Once he died, Beth married Tom and never told Melinda about her real father. In "Pater Familias", Paul convinces Beth to tell Melinda the truth. She is then invited to watch the tall ships come into the harbor with Melinda, Jim and their friends, Rick, Delia, and Ned. She appeared in the episodes "Melinda's First Ghost", "The Vanishing", "The Underneath", and "Pater Familias".[2]

text: Mary Ann Patterson[edit]

text: Mary Ann, (played by June Squibb) - Melinda's grandmother and Aiden's great grandmother, now deceased, was a person who spoke to ghosts. It was she who gave lost spirits the title "earthbound." She helped them cross over into the Light (Heaven). Her gift was passed down to Melinda, the current "ghost whisperer." Mary Ann crossed over into the Light so she is currently a "Light" Spirit. She helps Melinda bring ghosts to peace through dreams in two episodes: "Voices" and "The Gathering". It is later revealed, in Season 3, that Melinda's maternal great-great-great-grandmother, Tessa (Amy Acker), could also communicate with ghosts and Melinda helps her cross over. When Melinda tells Tessa the fate of her daughter (in "Weight of What Was"), it is revealed that Mary Anne was the granddaughter of Julie Lee Lucas. Her married name was Patterson, according to Melinda. Melinda was in high school when her grandmother died and Melinda did not realize it until her grandmother said something about presence and then it dawned on Melinda that her grandmother was talking about her death and Melinda's loss of her grandmother.

text: Romano[edit]

text: Romano (John Walcutt), also known as "Wide Brim" (due to his outfit: black suit and black hat) was an American evil cult leader who lived in Spain, and who committed suicide along with 100 followers in 1939. The energy of the mass suicide made him powerful and strong, and he went to the Dark Side. He can be considered Melinda's true archenemy. He started to trick souls to go with him, by making them refuse to "cross over" into The Light.

text: When Romano first appeared on the show, his appearances were quick and mysterious, and he was usually attached to a laughing man who had, theretofore, never spoken. He always seemed to be observing Melinda. When in the episode "The One", the final episode of season one, a plane crashes outside Grandview, he attempts to gather all of the lost souls from the accident. This is the first time he declares his hatred and rivalry to Melinda, and he says he would release all "his earthbound souls" in exchange for her one soul.

text: Romano and Melinda confront each other verbally, each using persuasive speeches directed to the souls from the plane crash. Finally, Romano manages to get at least seven of the souls, including a stewardess who later does go into the Light in season two.

text: In "Love Never Dies", season two episode one, Romano tries to prevent Melinda's friend Andrea from crossing over into The Light. Melinda gathers all her strength to make Andrea cross over, and she learns with the help of Professor Rick Payne the identity of Romano. Payne also warns Melinda about Romano's real purpose: to destroy good spirits (the ones in charge of helping souls to "cross over" into The Light, such as Melinda) in order to make the dead stronger than the living, and to be endlessly powerful. According to Payne, Dark Spirit Romano would literally take over a weak soul in a weak body to make too much harm to humanity, until the last trace of joy and happiness vanished from earth. It is impossible for Romano to get closer when Melinda helps spirits to "cross over" into The Light, because there is too much love, and love is what Romano hates.

text: Romano last appeared in season two, episode one, when he was unsuccessful in trying to possess Andrea's soul. However, mid-season two, Melinda seems to foreshadow Romano's comeback, when Delia Banks tries on a black hat which resembles Romano's, although nothing arises from this. Melinda loosely references Romano in an episode of season five; when discussing the Shadows, she mentions that she's seen similar ghosts before, ones which didn't "cross over, so much as "cross under" much like Romano does with his followers. This reference could tell viewers that Romano ultimately became a Shadow after Andrea crossed over, and this is why he does not appear to Melinda for the rest of the series.

text: Charlie Banks[edit]

text: Delia was married to Charlie Banks (Frederic Lehne) until he died three years prior to Delia's first appearance on the show. They had a loving relationship. After a fire at the place where Charlie worked, Charlie was said to be different and more of a family man. We also learn that it was Tim who saved Charlie's life. Together with Charlie, Delia had her twelve-year-old son, Ned.[3] Charlie died after being shot.

text: Tim Flaherty[edit]

text: In the episode "The Walk-In", Tim Flaherty (Thomas Wilson), a friend and co-worker of Jim's, is trying to get Delia to go out on a date with him, something Delia refuses to do. In "Delia's First Ghost", Tim tries to get Jim to tell him what Delia likes so he can impress her. Charlie, Delia's dead husband, helps him by knocking over a pot of lavender roses Delia likes. Tim also buys a motorcycle exactly like the one Charlie used to have. At the end of the episode, they are seen walking away hand in hand. He reappears in the fourth season in the episode Threshold. He is at Jim's funeral and talks about Jim before turning on an iPod with rock music which he says Jim would have wanted.[4]

text: Gabriel Lawrence[edit]

text: Gabriel Lawrence (Ignacio Serricchio) claims to be Melinda's half-brother. He is also a "ghost whisperer". It is unclear who he inherited this gift from, since none of his parents have that gift. When he was a child, Gabriel knew he could interact with the dead, but nobody believed him, and he received psychiatric treatment in a mental health institution. Gabriel never had a living friend. In fact, all of his friends were dead, and he always hated watching them "cross over" into The Light. He managed to get out of the mental health institution by lying. He was in the same mental health institution his mother resided in.

text: In "The Collector" episode, Gabriel is now in his late twenties, and he has recently moved to Grandview. He mentions Grandview always brings him memories. Melinda Gordon has the opportunity to meet him, and she is amazed by the gift they have in common. Melinda warns Gabriel about a shift in the "other world": ghosts are becoming stronger. She tells him how she struggled against a very dark spirit called Romano the year before, when a plane crashed in Grandview.

text: However, Melinda discovers she was naive to believe in Gabriel, who had invited her to work with him in the difficult task of dealing with ghosts. Gabriel turns out to be a Ghost Whisperer from the Dark Side, and he had been gathering souls to get prepare for what "was coming", a complex prophecy of the death of a "loved one".

text: Gabriel, along with the dark spirits, was blocking The Light, because he was trying to make the dead stronger than the living. When Melinda, Jim Clancy, and Rick Payne break into Gabriel's house, they find out Gabriel's obsession with Melinda. He had been observing her moves for quite a long time. At the end of season two, both Gabriel and Melinda struggle against each other for the fate of living and dead.

text: Gabriel returns to Grandview in the third season episode "Weight of What Was", informing Melinda he is her half-brother. He hands her a package containing images of her father's family. An image in the package, in fact from Melinda's mother's past, leads Melinda to an underground church and her great-great-great grandmother, Tessa. A ghost which haunts the archives of Grandview tells Gabriel that Melinda has entered the tunnel, and Gabriel blocks the exit, preventing Melinda from escaping the way she entered. The episode ends with Gabriel speaking to Tom Gordon about what seems like a plan to get Melinda to help ghosts in a dark way. While in Grandview, he resided in a hotel under the name Gabriel Gordon. Gabriel also appears in "All Ghosts Lead to Grandview", wherein he has a brief conversation with Melinda at the end of the episode.

text: Thomas Gordon[edit]

text: Thomas "Tom" Gordon (Martin Donovan) first appears in the plot in season two's finale, although he has previously appeared in some flashbacks. When Melinda "dies" in season two's finale, she confronts what appears to be an already dead Tom, who tells her she is ready to find the darkness within herself, and also tells her she has a brother, later revealed to be Gabriel. In season three, Tom has contact with both Melinda and Gabriel, manifesting himself in Melinda's dreams, and speaking as a ghost with Gabriel. It has been suggested Tom is part of the Dark Side, and he is developing a plan to get Melinda into the Dark Side.

text: In the penultimate episode of season three, however, Tom is found alive in Gabriel's home. Melinda later learns every time she had seen Tom's "ghost", his body had in fact been taken over by Paul Eastman, when he was trying to kill Tom. Melinda then finds out Tom actually is not her father, Paul Eastman is. After discovering this shocking truth, Melinda goes to the main square in town to think, where Tom meets her. He asks her to come back to the house she grew up in. There he gets her to go back through her memories to the night Paul Eastman had come to their house. Just then Melinda realizes Tom is actually a cold-blooded killer; she remembers Tom deliberately murdering Paul Eastman. Tom then informs her that he now has to kill her to keep his secret safe. As he tries to choke her to death, Melinda cries out to her dad, to which Tom answers, "I'm not your Dad". Melinda replies she wasn't talking to Tom but actually was asking for help from her real father. Paul Eastman then arrives and takes over Tom's body one last time, forcing him to throw himself over the staircase, effectively killing him. Soon afterwards he appears before Melinda. Tom is then pulled away by an unknown force to an unknown location.[5]

text: Paul Eastman[edit]

text: Paul Eastman (Corin Nemec) first appears in Melinda's dreams as someone who haunted her and/or wanted to haunt her. She soon discovers that he was an escaped prisoner accused of killing a child whose ghost Melinda was attempting to cross over. However, before he crosses over, the boy admits that his death was an accident, and that he had spoken to Eastman as a ghost to lead him to his body. This led to his wrongful incarceration. In the season 3 finale, it is revealed he is Melinda's biological father, not Tom Gordon. Paul set a series of "clues" to help Melinda see the truth. To quicken the process and save Melinda, he convinces her mother to tell Melinda the truth. Melinda is initially in disbelief and consoled by Tom, who convinces her to follow him to a safe place. The "safe" place is Melinda's childhood home and Paul Eastman's burial site. Once they arrive, Tom probes Melinda about her memory of Paul's death; she eventually has a flashback revealing Tom deliberately killed Paul. Tom decided he must kill Melinda to protect himself from the truth being revealed. Melinda cries out to her dad, to which Tom replies: "Don't call me Dad. I'm not your Father." Melinda answers, "I wasn't talking to you." As Tom realizes who Melinda had been calling to, Paul enters Tom's body and forces him to fall to his death. Paul talks to Melinda and her mother and says he thought that he would never be so angry with his former lover, and only hearing his daughter calling for her dad made all of his anger disappear. He then went into The Light. He has one grandson by Melinda, Aiden. In life, he apparently had the ability to speak to ghosts just like Melinda and her maternal relations, meaning that Melinda received her ability from both parents.[6]

text: Zoe Ramos[edit]

text: Zoe Ramos (Jaclyn DeSantis) is Eli's ex-girlfriend and a professor at Rockland University. She knows a lot about the supernatural, because she teaches a course entitled the "Science of the Occult." Zoe and Eli had broken up because at the time he didn't share her beliefs regarding ghosts, life after death, etc. At the end of the fourth season, Eli decides to resume contact with her. Zoe helps Melinda and Eli with cases involving voodoo and vampirism (episodes "Cursed" and "Endless Love").

text: In season four's finale, Eli observes Zoe having lunch with a lawyer, Jeremy Bishop, and becomes very jealous. When Eli attempts the theft of an ancient book from the library of the University, Zoe tells him the true value of the book, which she has studied. Eli decides to invite Zoe out for dinner. When she fails to appear, Eli goes to Zoe's house and finds her dead. Her spirit tells Eli she died from falling down the stairs while a thief, influenced by a Watcher, entered her house to put the Book there.

text: After securing the Book, Eli calls to Zoe, who informs him about the Other Side. She tells him that she was the "Guardian of the Book of Changes" and, henceforth, he will need to take care of the Book. Eli agrees and realizes he still loves Zoe. After saying goodbye to Eli, Zoe goes into the light.[7]

text: Spirits[edit]

text: Characters that appear as spirit guest stars:

text:
Season
Ep
Name(Actor)
Death Cause
Status
Notes

Pre-deceased
Mary Ann (June Squibb)
Natural Causes
Crossed over
Melinda's grandmother, seen in several episodes. (flashback)

Romano
Mass-suicide through cyanide-laced punch
Lost spirit/Shadow
Dead pre-Ghost Whisperer. American expatriate in Spain.

Web episode
Zach
Crashes his bike and hits his head on a piece of debris
Crossed over
Crossed over in season 3 episode 16.

Season 1
1
Paul Adams (Wentworth Miller)
Died when his helicopter crashed into a waterfall
Crossed over

2
Kenny Dale (Joseph Castanon)
Train crashed into the car
Shiny
Was a little boy that didn't understand he was dead.

3
Zoe Harper (Jessica Collins)
Drowned in a lake
Crossed over
Zoe stayed to watch over her sister.

4
Conor Donovan (Sean Maher)
Crashes his bike and hits his head on a rock
Crossed over
Conor stayed to watch over his girlfriend

5
Rat (Lorenzo James Henrie )
Vic (Max Jansen Weinstein)
Marty (Terrence Hardy Jr.)
Homer (Ghost Dog)
All burned to death in a fire
Shiny
Shiny
Shiny
Did not cross over
Rat doesn't want to cross over because he blames himself for the deaths of the other boys.
Vic and Marty follow rat
Stays with Melinda and Jim as their pet ghost-dog. Seen in several episodes, last seen in Season 2.

6
Jason Shields (John Patrick Amedori)
Anaphylaxis due to multiple hornet stings
Crossed over
Jason wanted to meet his biological mom.

7
Hope Paulson (Erica Leerhsen )
Complications from an ectopic pregnancy
Crossed over

8
Julian Borgia (Robert LaSardo)
Robert Hall (G-Man)
Alexis' Aunt Ruth
Vehicular homicide
Shot and killed by police
Natural causes
Crossed over
Lost Spirit
Crossed over
First case of a spirit communicating through Melinda's husband
Died 1963
Reappeared to let Melinda know an emerald necklace was buried with her.

9
Lacy Jensen (Colleen Flynn)
Electrocuted when she fell down a pit
Crossed over
Lacy didn't cross over because she was worried about her son.

10
Serena Hilliard (Laura Regan)
Josh/Best man (David Lipper)
Car went off the road and crashed into tree
Crossed over
Crossed over

11
Estella de La Costa (Sonia Braga)
Inoperable brain tumor
Crossed over

12
Marty Golden (Jed Rees)
Numerous Ghosts
Suicide through jumping off a bridge
Numerous deaths
Crossed over
Stayed at the Comedy Cave.

13
Lyle Chase (Jonathan Banks)
Heart attack
Crossed over
He was searching for his granddaughter's killer.

14
Clete Youngblood (Liam Waite)
Execution by hanging
Crossed over

15
Sarah Applewhite (Abigail Breslin)
Glioma (cancer of the brain's glia cells)
Shiny
Melinda's classmate and first ghost she saw.

16
Dennis McMartin (Matt Keeslar)
Dr. Bob Norris (Josh Daugherty)
Dennis' and Charlie's Father (Michael Fairman)
Fell off a mountain; died in the hospital
Unknown
Heart attack
Crossed over
Crossed over
Crossed over
Andrea's friend
Died two years before; was haunting the hospital.

17
Daniel Greene (David Dorfman)
Reggie Zuko (Scott Rinker)
Car crash after car was hit and slammed into guard rail
Brain tumor
Crossed over
Lost spirit
Appeared in several episodes and seen at the end of Season 2.

18
Edward Pierce (Jonathan Firth)
Ventriloquist and the Dummy (Blair Hickey)
Drowned during Circus act in circus pool
Car accident after car went off road and crashed into tree
Crossed over
Lost spirit

19
Ely Fisher (Giancarlo Esposito)
Rachel Fisher (Femi Emiola)
"Rain Check" Nurse (Sarah Hunley)
Bludgeoned to death with a lead pipe
Heart attack
Unknown
Crossed over
Crossed over
Uncertain but most likely crossed over.

20
Brian Fordyce (Chris Olivero)
Heart attack
Crossed over

21
22
Ken Nilson/pilot (Chris Ellis)
Almost all people killed in airplane crash
At least three people in airplane crash
All died in plane crash due to pilot error
Crossed over
Crossed over
Lost spirit

Season 2
1
Andrea Marino (Aisha Tyler)
Plane landed on her car and crushed her to death
Crossed over
Killed in Season 1 Episode 21, co-owner of Melinda's antique shop.

2
Jamie Barton (Greg Cipes)
Kyle McCall/Mac (Michael Landes)
Unknown
Hit by a car
Crossed over
Crossed over
Was attached to Ned Banks
Melinda's former boyfriend.

3
Emily Morrison (Tatum McCann)
Fell into pool and drowned while reaching for a beach ball
Shiny

4
Dennis Hightower (Kevin Weisman)
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Crossed over

5
Adam Godfrey (David Paymer)
Marilyn Mandeville (Harriet Sansom Harris)
Struck by lightning
Heart attack
Crossed over
Crossed over

6
Eva Kaminsky (Amanda Tosch)
Sevoflurane (anaesthetic) poisoning
Crossed over

7
Anna Fowler (Bess Wohl)
Hypothermia
Crossed over

8
Warren Chen (Tim Kang)
Woman the night Melinda met Jim
Ghost in funeral home
Burned to death in arson crime
Died in building fire
Unknown
Crossed over
Crossed over
Did not cross over

9
Patrick Roth (Norbert Weisser)
Jared (John Paul Pitoc)
Natural causes
Plane crash due to pilot error
Crossed over
Lost spirit

10
Matt Vonner (Christopher Wiehl)
Car crash due to car spinning and crashing into a
light pole

Crossed over

11
Dr. Martin Schaer (Reed Diamond)
Dengue fever from mosquito bite
Crossed over

12
Hugh Bristow (Brad Rowe)
Taken off life support due to Lou Gehrig's disease
Crossed over

13
Eric Sanborn / John Richmond / Oscar Hodges / Richard Ward (David Clayton Rogers)
Aortic aneurysm
Crossed over
Was a spirit that died 4 times after being reincarnated. Melinda believes him staying behind was a sign that he was to be her and Jim's future child they would have together.

14
Gordon Pike (Eric Johnson)
Car crash due to drag racer crashing into wall
Crossed over

15
Tais Baker (Rhea Lando)
Pipe explosion in the high school boiler room
Crossed over

16
Randy Cooper (Chad Donella)
Suffocated due to an asthma attack
Lost spirit

17
Bryan Curtis(Jamie Bamber)
Jason Bennett (Dan Byrd)
Suicide by stepping out into traffic
Muscular dystrophy
Crossed over
Crossed over

18
Valerie Parker (Kathleen Wilhoite)
Abdominal aneurysm
Crossed over

19
Charlie Banks (Fredric Lehne)
Jackson Reynolds (Gil McKinney)
Shot and killed by Milt Charles
Slipped and hit head on rock.
Crossed over
Crossed over
Delia Banks' husband
Naked soldier. (ranked private)

20
Martina Rose (Allison McAtee)
Amy Fields (Rachel Cannon)
Heart attack
Airplane crash due to pilot error
Lost spirit
Crossed over

Amy Fields died in the Season 1 finale.

21
Dana Clark (Vivian Wu)
Boat sinks due to hull being torn by rocks
Crossed over
Prophet ghost, wife of Ethan Clark.

22
Dana Clark (Vivian Wu)
Boat sinks due to hull being torn by rocks
Crossed over

Season 3
1
Ray Billings
Scott
Carbon monoxide explosion
Unknown
Crossed over
Lost spirit
Originally haunting Melinda's mother
Haunts the archives; portrayed by Kris Lemche.

2
Rachel Fordham (Mae Whitman)
Heart attack
Crossed over
Thought she was Bloody Mary.

3
Hector Sanchez
Steve Simmon
Dekker
Killed in landmine explosion
Crossed over
Crossed over
Crossed over

4
Colleen Finn (Sarah Utterback)
Shane Carson (Josh Hopkins)
Falling over stairway railing
Suicide by overdosing
Crossed over
Lost spirit
Shane stalked Melinda and Colleen.

5
Tessa Lucas
Several Other Ghosts
Burned to death after being accused of witchcraft
All burned to death in a fire someone caused after eating diseased bread
Crossed over
Lost spirits
Melinda's great-great-great-grandmother that died in 1848. Lost spirits are in the old Grandview.

6
Kevin Graham
Car crash due to car colliding with another car
Crossed over

7
Sydney Drake
Overwhelming withdrawal symptoms
Crossed over

8
Liz Sinclair (Stacy Edwards)
Matt Sembrook (Matthew Morrison)
Vivian Sembrook (Kathleen York)
Falling off a cliff
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Crossed over
Lost spirit
Lost spirit
Liz Sinclair sacrificed herself so her husband could save their daughter.

9
Daniel Asher
Audrey Asher
Sam Asher
Burned to death in a car crash
Car crash due to car colliding with gasoline tanker
Car crash due to car colliding with a gasoline tanker
Shiny
Crossed over
Crossed over

10
Alan Silver
Heart attack
Did not cross over
Thought he was Santa, realized he wasn't, but decided he liked helping kids so he stuck around.

11
Thomas Benjamin
Hit his head on a chalkboard
Crossed over

12
Peter Harrison
Requested euthanasia via lethal dose of isonitrile
Crossed over

13
Karen Benzing
Cancer
Crossed over

14
Justin Yates
Julie Anderson (Katie Lowes)
brain aneurysm
Drowned on boat she capsized for an insurance scam.
Crossed over
Lost Spirit

15
Toby Bates
Fell out of a window
Crossed over

16
Kate Payne (Rachel Shelley)
Zach
Crushed to death by a crane
Crashed his bike and hit his head on a piece of debris
Crossed over
Crossed over
Rick Payne's wife, seen in previous episodes.
Web episode

17
Michael Wilkins
Fell off a tree and was hanged by the cape he was wearing
Shiny

18
Paul Eastman
Tom Gordon
Bludgeoned to death with a stair post
Thrown down the stairs
Crossed over
Lost spirit
Melinda's father, killed pre-Ghost Whisperer
Melinda's stepfather.

Season 4
1
Fiona Raine
Burned to death in a fire
Crossed over

2
Lucas Marston
Accidental drug overdose
Crossed over
Melinda's classmate.

3
Larry Jones
Heart attack
Crossed over

4
Lorelei (Peyton List)
Betty (Katherine LaNasa)
Several other ghosts
Fell to her death in a ship duct
Heart failure
Various deaths
Crossed over
Refused to cross over
Crossed over

5
Diana Morrison
Blood clot in lung
Crossed over

6
Owen Grace
Jim Clancy
Accidentally drowned due to leg brace
Air embolism due to being shot in the shoulder
Shiny
Living in Sam Lucas' body
-
Melinda's husband

7
Sam Lucas
Caitlin Mahoney
Dan Clancy
Car crash due to car colliding with other car
Died from complications of Anorexia Nervosa
Fell off a roof and died
Crossed over
Crossed over
Crossed over
-
-
Jim Clancy's brother, seen in the pilot episode. Crossed over in this episode.

8
Allen Walters
Car crash due to hitting a motorcycle
Crossed over
Was the driver of the car that hit Sam Lucas' motorcycle; he was angry that "Sam"/Jim came back to life.

9
Gretchen Dennis
Fell down a well and drowned while reaching for a note she stuck on the inside-wall of the well
Shiny

10
Tammy Gardner/ Sarah Evers
Murder via being drugged and carbon monoxide poisoning
Crossed over

11
Josh Bancroft
Exsanguination after being thrown from a riding mower and cut up
Shiny

12
Angela Hollensbach
Myrna Cooperton
Frank Whitaker
Drina
Hit by a car
Natural Causes
Truck gave way while fixing flat
Unknown
Crossed over
Crossed over
Crossed over
Did not cross over
Delia's old friend from high school/First ghost that Eli crossed over without Melinda

13
Carl Sessick
Edwin Hathaway
Numerous Ghosts
Died of lung cancer
Stroke
Various deaths
Did not cross over
Crossed over
All crossed over
Followed the Watchers, on the quest for good
Died in the hospital but dumped into the lake due to furnace problems at funeral home
Dumped into a lake due to furnace problems at funeral home

14
Deborah Marks
Tripped and hit her head on a fireplace post
Crossed over
Had to let the son she gave up for adoption know that she was his mother. He had been falling for his half sister. Her daughter though Deborah had a crush on him.

15
Rebecca Kelly
Caught in a rock slide, pushed off a cliff face and was hanged by a net
Crossed over

16
Jeffery Crocket (Carrie's Dad)
Natural causes
Crossed over

17
Grier Clarkson
Numerous Ghosts
Botched shock therapy treatments
Botched shock therapy treatments
Crossed over
Crossed over

18
Joseph Webb
Calvin Byrd
Leukemia
Natural Causes
Living in Ben Tillman's body
Crossed over
Became a "step-in", living in Ben Tillman's body

19
Rick Hartman
Committed suicide by jumping out of a plane
Crossed over

20
Miles Maitland
Prop gun backfired and shot him in the side of his head.
Crossed over

21
Stanton family
Marc
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Crossed over
Did not cross over
Web episode

22
Andrew Carlin
Thrombocytosis
Crossed over

23
Zoe Ramos
Fell down the stairs
Crossed over
Eli's girlfriend; guardian of the Book of Changes

Season 5
1
Amber Heaton
Aortic rupture during childbirth
Crossed over

2
Gwen Coritter
Paula Coritter
Scarlet Breslin
Hit by an SUV
Inoperable brain tumor
Accused of slanderous gossip, eyes and mouth were stitched shut
Crossed over
Crossed over
Lost Spirit
Scarlet made Julia Miller create the "Sally Stitch" website.

3
Ray James
Evelyn James
Heart attack
Aneurysm
Did not cross over
Did not cross over
Eli's parents. They stayed around to watch over Eli.

4
Dr. Albert Glassman
Ghost in the morgue
Heart attack
Unknown
Crossed over
Unknown
The ghost in the morgue probably cross under just like Greta Hansen

5
Amy Warner
Breast cancer
Crossed over

6
Sean Jackson
Thrown off of a horse
Crossed over

7
Tina Clark
Drug overdose and car accident
Crossed over

8
Kirk Jansen
Rita Jansen
Walked into a crawl space that had aflatoxis, a mold that made him go into anaphylaxis
Fatal electrocution from a light table she smashed with a golf club
Crossed over
Crossed over

9
Julia Miller
Leukemia
Shiny
Originally attached herself to Aiden to keep from going into the light.

10
Dylan Hale
Accidentally bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat
Crossed Over

11
Bruce Adler
Car accident when the car went into the river
Crossed Over

12
Trevor Marshall
Fell and was impaled to death by a metal pike
Crossed Over

13
Vernon Dokes
Marlene Dokes
Lane Dokes
Suicide by exsanguination from wrist cutting due to Fatal familial insomnia (FFI)
Exsanguination by being slashed in the arm
Suicide by jumping off a bridge due to FFI.
Crossed Over
Crossed Over
Shiny

14
Madison Clark
Car accident
Shiny

15
Joey Kale
Joshua Bedford
Numerous Ghosts
Suffocated to death inside an old army storage unit
Died in a bomb explosion
Numerous Deaths
Shiny
Did not cross over
Stayed on the old army base

16
Cassidy Peyton
Greta Hansen
Garrett
Naomi
Sick Boy
Guillain–Barré syndrome
Wheelchair fell down the stairs
Execution by electric chair
Execution by hanging
Disease
Shiny
Lost spirit
Crossed Over
Crossed Over
Did not cross over
Cassidy crossed over but came back to talk to Aiden and revealed that ghost children became shinies
Greta made a deal with the shadows that as long as she feeds them children's ghosts they would not take her.
Greta used Cassidy to lure him to their mansion before he died.

17
Shane Dunning
Fell through an ice lake and drowned
Crossed Over

18
Charles Hammond
Asphyxiated to death on a balloon
Crossed Over

19
Laura Bradley
Poisoned to death with Chloramine gas
Crossed Over

20
Henry Alston
Murdered by Geoff Colson via gunshot wound
Crossed Over

21
Seth Farber
Sharon Farber
Fell to his death off a roof
Died in the plane crash
Shiny
Crossed Over

She crossed over when all of the spirits in the plane crash crossed over at the same time in the Season 01 episode 22 "The One"

22
Pete Murphy (Billy Unger)
Numerous Children
Hodgkins Disease
Polio
Shiny
Shinies

text: Lost spirits[edit]

text: These are some of the spirits who either did not cross over or went to the Dark Side (Hell).

text:
Laughing Man (appears with Romano and is a ghostly agent for the dark side. He wears a two-piece suit and is usually seen laughing. He was portrayed by Douglas Bierman; death was from accidental ingestion of water dropwort)[8]
Bleeding Man (a dark spirit whose right hand is bleeding, hence his name. He was portrayed by Lou Glenn; death was from exsanguination)
Bloody Mary, a girl who was accidentally buried alive and died in the coffin, scratching her nails off on the seal of the coffin. Seen in the last seconds of Episode 2, Season 3
Giles Nickelburg (plane crash due to pilot error)
Greg Carter (car accident due to car going off a cliff)
Martha Rucker (building collapse)
Unnamed Man (conjunctivitis infection)
Greta Hansen (wheelchair fell down the stairs)
Tom Gordon (fell down the stairs)
Eli's parents (death from natural causes. Melinda helps them see The Light after solving a problem between them. The problem was caused by the fact that Eli's mother was a lesbian and had an affair with a friend. Eli's father thought she was really having a love affair with her friend's husband, making his spirit unable to cross over. They decide to stay to take care of her son, although he disagrees with the idea.)
Shane Carson (suicide to continue stalking Melinda)
Randy Cooper ( asthma attack)

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text: Shinies and Shadows[edit]

text: Two different kinds of spirits that appear throughout the series. They are sworn enemies of each other, created by the emotions of ghosts, and feed upon others. Aiden Lucas, Melinda's son, is the only one who has the ability to see both of them while his mother and the Watchers cannot.

text: Shinies[edit]

text: Beings of good who are composed of light energy. Aiden reveals, in Season 5, that the Shinies are ghost children that have crossed over into The Light. He also comments that there are more Shinies than there are Shadows, and that if they were to go to war with each other, the Shinies would win. The Shadows prevent their growing numbers by consuming still-earthbound ghost children, making the Shinies fear them. But in the episode "The Children's Parade", Aiden reveals that if he, along with the other Shinies, use their combined power, they can defeat the Shadows forever.

text: In previous seasons, the Shinies have already revealed their presence to Melinda without her knowing. Carl, a Watcher, tells Melinda that she is surrounded by "light beings" watching over her and they are shown all throughout Grandview, watching over her during her wedding vow renewal. In later events, Melinda notices Aiden talking to himself. But later events reveal that Aiden has the ability to see these spirits (the Shinies), which she cannot see. Cassidy Peyton, a ghost girl Melinda crossed over, becomes a Shiny after going into The Light and becomes good friends with Aiden.

text: Shinies are attracted to "shiny things" such as flashlights, utensils, etc. Also, the Shinies are afraid of the Shadows, as depicted in the season 5 episode "Lost in the Shadows".

text: In the series finale ("The Children's Parade") the Shinies, led by Aiden, destroy the Shadows once and for all.

text: Shadows[edit]

text: The Shadows are ghosts who are seen as beings of darkness. Aiden reveals that the Shadows are either "broken pieces" left behind by ghosts who have crossed over or have "crossed under". Ghosts describe them as cold things and don't like to talk about them. They feed on the negative emotions of ghosts, especially ghost children, break their souls beyond repair, and feed on the rest of them.

text: In previous seasons, Gabriel was working for them, but since he disappeared they could no longer block The Light. They are extremely dangerous and use people, both living and dead, to gather the souls of ghost children so that they may feed; examples are President Bedford of Rockland University to get the Book of Changes, which helps Melinda, Eli and Aiden, but they killed him when he could not complete the task. Another is Greta Hansen, a woman in a wheelchair who helped the Shadows by luring children's spirits into her house (using Cassidy Peyton), but Melinda saved some spirits imprisoned by the ghost Greta.

text: Ravens are their symbols, and they fear lights, shiny things, and the Shinies.


document_title: Russia at the FIFA World Cup

question_text: when was the last time russia was in the world cup

question_tokens: when was the last time russia was in the world cup

text: Russia at the FIFA World Cup

text: Overview[edit]

text: History[edit]

text:
Year

Round

Position

Pld

W

D*

L

GF

GA

as  Soviet Union

 1930
Did not enter

 1934

 1938

 1950

 1954

 1958
Quarter-finals
6th
5
2
1
2
5
6

 1962
Quarter-finals
6th
4
2
1
1
9
7

 1966
Fourth place
4th
6
4
0
2
10
6

 1970
Quarter-finals
5th
4
2
1
1
6
2

 1974
Disqualified[2]

 1978
Did not qualify

 1982
Second group stage
7th
5
2
2
1
7
4

 1986
Round of 16
10th
4
2
1
1
12
5

 1990
Group stage
17th
3
1
0
2
4
4

as  Russia

 1994
Group stage
18th
3
1
0
2
7
6

 1998
Did not qualify

  2002
Group stage
22nd
3
1
0
2
4
4

 2006
Did not qualify

 2010

 2014
Group stage
24th
3
0
2
1
2
3

 2018
Quarter-finals
8th
5
2
2
1
11
7

 2022
To be determined

   2026

Total
Fourth place
11/21
45
19
10
16
77
54

text:
showRussia's World Cup record

First Match

 Soviet Union 2–2 England  (8 June 1958; Gothenburg, Sweden)

Biggest Win

 Soviet Union 6–0 Hungary  (2 June 1986; Irapuato, Mexico)

Biggest Defeat

 Uruguay 3-0 Russia  (25 June 2018; Samara, Russia)

Best Result

Fourth place in 1966

Worst Result

Group stage in 1990, 1994, 2002 and 2014

text: Record vs[edit]

text: As Soviet Union[edit]

text:
FIFA World Cup matches (By team)

Total : 15 Wins - 6 Ties - 10 Losses - 31 games played

Against

Wins

Draws

Losses

Total

GS

GA

GD

 Argentina
0
0
1
1
0
2
-2

 Austria
1
0
0
1
2
0
+2

 Belgium
2
0
1
3
8
5
+3

 Brazil
0
0
2
2
1
4
-3

 Cameroon
1
0
0
1
4
0
+4

 Canada
1
0
0
1
2
0
+2

 Chile
1
0
1
2
3
3
0

 Colombia
0
1
0
1
4
4
0

 El Salvador
1
0
0
1
2
0
+2

 England
1
1
0
2
3
2
+1

 France
0
1
0
1
1
1
0

 Hungary
2
0
0
2
8
1
+7

 Italy
1
0
0
1
1
0
+1

 Mexico
0
1
0
1
0
0
0

 New Zealand
1
0
0
1
3
0
+3

 North Korea
1
0
0
1
3
0
+3

 Poland
0
1
0
1
0
0
0

 Portugal
0
0
1
1
1
2
-1

 Romania
0
0
1
1
0
2
-2

 Scotland
0
1
0
1
2
2
0

 Sweden
0
0
1
1
0
2
-2

 Uruguay
1
0
1
2
2
2
0

 West Germany
0
0
1
1
1
2
-1

 Yugoslavia
1
0
0
1
2
0
+2

text: As Russia[edit]

text:
FIFA World Cup matches (By team)

Total : 4 Wins - 4 Ties - 6 Losses - 14 games played

Against

Wins

Draws

Losses

Total

GS

GA

GD

 Algeria
0
1
0
1
1
1
0

 Belgium
0
0
2
2
2
4
-2

 Brazil
0
0
1
1
0
2
-2

 Cameroon
1
0
0
1
6
1
+5

 Croatia
0
1
0
1
2
2
0

 Egypt
1
0
0
1
3
1
+2

 Japan
0
0
1
1
1
0
+1

 Saudi Arabia
1
0
0
1
5
0
+5

 Spain
0
1
0
1
1
1
0

 South Korea
0
1
0
1
1
1
0

 Sweden
0
0
1
1
1
3
-2

 Tunisia
1
0
0
1
2
0
+2

 Uruguay
0
0
1
1
0
3
-3

text: Last update 8 July 2018

text: Soviet Union in Sweden 1958[edit]

text:
showvteSoviet Union squad  –  1958 FIFA World Cup
1 Yashin
2 Kesarev
3 Krizhevsky
4 Kuznetsov
5 Voynov
6 Netto
7 Apukhtin
8 V. Ivanov
9 Simonyan (c)
10 Salnikov
11 Ilyin
12 Maslachenko
13 Belyayev
14 Ostrovskis
15 Maslyonkin
16 Tsaryov
17 A. Ivanov
18 Bubukin
19 Gusarov
20 Falin
21 Fedosov
22 Yerokhin
Coach: Kachalin

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GAv

Pts

 Brazil

3
2
1
0
5
0
∞
5

 Soviet Union

3
1
1
1
4
4
1.00
3

 England

3
0
3
0
4
4
1.00
3

 Austria

3
0
1
2
2
7
0.28
1

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 2

 England

Simonyan  13'A. Ivanov  56'

(Report)

 66' Kevan 85' (pen.) Finney

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 0

 Austria

A. Ivanov  15'V. Ivanov  62'

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

0 – 2

 Brazil

(Report)

 3', 77' Vavá

text: Group Play-off[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 0

 England

Ilyin  69'

(Report)

text: Quarter-final[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

0 – 2

 Sweden

(Report)

 49' Hamrin 88' Simonsson

text: Soviet Union in Chile 1962[edit]

text:
showvteSoviet Union squad  –  1962 FIFA World Cup
1 Yashin
2 Maslachenko
3 Kotrikadze
4 Dubinski
5 Chokheli
6 Ostrovskis
7 Maslyonkin
8 Shesternyov
9 Manoshin
10 Netto (c)
11 Sabo
12 Voronin
13 Gusarov
14 Ivanov
15 Kanevski
16 Mamykin
17 Meskhi
18 Metreveli
19 Ponedelnik
20 Serebryanikov
21 Khusainov
22 Chislenko
Coach: Kachalin

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GAv

Pts

 Soviet Union

3
2
1
0
8
5
1.60
5

 Yugoslavia

3
2
0
1
8
3
2.67
4

 Uruguay

3
1
0
2
4
6
0.67
2

 Colombia

3
0
1
2
5
11
0.45
1

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 0

 Yugoslavia

Ivanov  51'Ponedelnik  83'

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

4 – 4

 Colombia

Ivanov  8', 11'Chislenko  10'Ponedelnik  56'

(Report)

 21' Aceros  68' (Olympic goal) Coll 72' Rada 86' Klinger

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 1

 Uruguay

Mamykin  38'Ivanov  89'

(Report)

 54' Sasía

text: Quarter-final[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 2

 Chile

Chislenko  26'

(Report)

 11' Sánchez 29' Rojas

text: Soviet Union in England 1966[edit]

text:
showvteSoviet Union squad  –  1966 FIFA World Cup fourth place
1 Yashin
2 Serebryanikov
3 Ostrovskis
4 Ponomaryov
5 Afonin
6 Shesternyov (c)
7 Khurtsilava
8 Sabo
9 Getmanov
10 Danilov
11 Chislenko
12 Voronin
13 Korneyev
14 Sichinava
15 Khusainov
16 Metreveli
17 Porkujan
18 Banishevskiy
19 Malofeyev
20 Markarov
21 Kavazashvili
22 Bannikov
Coach: Morozov

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GAv

Pts

 Soviet Union

3
3
0
0
6
1
6.00
6

 North Korea

3
1
1
1
2
4
0.50
3

 Italy

3
1
0
2
2
2
1.00
2

 Chile

3
0
1
2
2
5
0.40
1

text:
Soviet Union

3 – 0

 North Korea

Malofeyev  31'  88'Banishevskiy  33'

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 0

 Italy

Chislenko  57'

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 1

 Chile

Porkujan  28'  85'

(Report)

 32' Marcos

text: Quarter-final[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 1

 Hungary

Chislenko  5'Porkujan  46'

(Report)

 57' Bene

text: Semi-final[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 2

 West Germany

Porkujan  88'

(Report)

 42' Haller 67' Beckenbauer

text: Bronze Final[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 2

 Portugal

Malofeyev  43'

(Report)

 12' (pen.) Eusébio  89' Torres

text: Soviet Union in Mexico 1970[edit]

text:
showvteSoviet Union squad  –  1970 FIFA World Cup
1 Shmuts
2 Kavazashvili
3 Afonin
4 Dzodzuashvili
5 Kaplychnyi
6 Lovchev
7 Logofet
8 Khurtsilava
9 Shesternyov (c)
10 Zykov
11 Asatiani
12 Kiselyov
13 Yashin
14 Muntyan
15 Serebryanikov
16 Byshovets
17 Yevryuzhikhin
18 Metreveli
19 Nodia
20 Puzach
21 Khmelnitsky
22 Porkujan
Coach: Kachalin

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Soviet Union

3
2
1
0
6
1
+5
5

 Mexico

3
2
1
0
5
0
+5
5

 Belgium

3
1
0
2
4
5
–1
2

 El Salvador

3
0
0
3
0
9
–9
0

text:
Soviet Union

0 – 0

 Mexico

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

4 – 1

 Belgium

Byshovets  14'  63'Asatiani  57'Khmelnitsky  76'

(Report)

 86' Lambert

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 0

 El Salvador

Byshovets  51'  74'

(Report)

text: Quarter-final[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

0 – 1 (a.e.t.)

 Uruguay

(Report)

 116' Espárrago

text: Soviet Union in Spain 1982[edit]

text:
showvteSoviet Union squad  –  1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Dasayev
2 Sulakvelidze
3 Chivadze (c)
4 Khidiyatullin
5 Baltacha
6 Demyanenko
7 Shengelia
8 Bessonov
9 Gavrilov
10 Oganesian
11 Blokhin
12 Bal
13 Daraselia
14 Borovsky
15 Andreyev
16 Rodionov
17 Buryak
18 Susloparov
19 Yevtushenko
20 Romantsev
21 Vi. Chanov
22 Vy. Chanov
Coach: Beskov

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Brazil

3
3
0
0
10
2
+8
6

 Soviet Union

3
1
1
1
6
4
+2
3

 Scotland

3
1
1
1
8
8
0
3

 New Zealand

3
0
0
3
2
12
–10
0

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 2

 Brazil

Bal  34'

(Report)

 75' Sócrates 87' Éder

text:
Soviet Union

3 – 0

 New Zealand

Gavrilov  25'Blokhin  48'Baltacha  69'

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 2

 Scotland

Chivadze  60'Shengelia  84'

(Report)

 15' Jordan 87' Souness

text: Second round Group A[edit]

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Poland

2
1
1
0
3
0
+3
3

 Soviet Union

2
1
1
0
1
0
+1
3

 Belgium

2
0
0
2
0
4
–4
0

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 0

 Belgium

Hovhannisyan  48'

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

0 – 0

 Poland

(Report)

text: Soviet Union in Mexico 1986[edit]

text:
showvteSoviet Union squad  –  1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Dasayev
2 Bezsonov
3 Chivadze
4 Morozov
5 Demyanenko (c)
6 Bubnov
7 Yaremchuk
8 Yakovenko
9 Zavarov
10 Kuznetsov
11 Blokhin
12 Bal
13 Litovchenko
14 Rodionov
15 Larionov
16 Chanov
17 Yevtushenko
18 Protasov
19 Belanov
20 Aleinikov
21 Rats
22 Krakovsky
Coach: Lobanovskiy

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Soviet Union

3
2
1
0
9
1
+8
5

 France

3
2
1
0
5
1
+4
5

 Hungary

3
1
0
2
2
9
–7
2

 Canada

3
0
0
3
0
5
–5
0

text:
Soviet Union

6 – 0

 Hungary

Yakovenko  2'Aleinikov  4'Belanov  24' (pen.)Yaremchuk  66'Dajka  75' (o.g.)Rodionov  80'

(Report)

text:
Soviet Union

1 – 1

 France

Rats  53'

(Report)

 60' Fernández

text:
Soviet Union

2 – 0

 Canada

Blokhin  58'Zavarov  74'

(Report)

text: Round of 16[edit]

text:
Soviet Union

3 – 4 (a.e.t.)

 Belgium

Belanov  27'  70'  111' (pen.)

(Report)

 56' Scifo 77' Ceulemans 102' Demol 110' Claesen

text: Soviet Union in Italy 1990[edit]

text:
showvteSoviet Union squad  –  1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Dasayev (c)
2 Bezsonov
3 Khidiyatullin
4 Kuznetsov
5 Demyanenko
6 Rats
7 Aleinikov
8 Litovchenko
9 Zavarov
10 Protasov
11 Dobrovolski
12 Borodyuk
13 Tsveiba
14 Lyutyi
15 Yaremchuk
16 Chanov
17 Zygmantovich
18 Shalimov
19 Fokin
20 Gorlukovich
21 Broshin
22 Uvarov
Coach: Lobanovskiy

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Cameroon

3
2
0
1
3
5
–2
4

 Romania

3
1
1
1
4
3
+1
3

 Argentina

3
1
1
1
3
2
+1
3

 Soviet Union

3
1
0
2
4
4
0
2

text:
Soviet Union

0 – 2

 Romania

(Report)

 42'  57' (pen.) Lăcătuş

text:
Soviet Union

0 – 2

 Argentina

(Report)

 27' Troglio 79' Burruchaga

text:
Soviet Union

4 – 0

 Cameroon

Protasov  20'Zygmantovich  29'Zavarov  55'Dobrovolski  63'

(Report)

text: Russia in USA 1994[edit]

text:
showvteRussia squad  –  1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Cherchesov
2 Kuznetsov
3 Gorlukovich
4 Galyamin
5 Nikiforov
6 Ternavskiy
7 Pyatnitsky
8 Popov
9 Salenko
10 Karpin
11 Beschastnykh
12 Tetradze
13 Borodyuk
14 Korneev
15 Radchenko
16 Kharin (c)
17 Tsymbalar
18 Onopko
19 Mostovoi
20 Ledyakhov
21 Khlestov
22 Yuran
Coach: Sadyrin

text:
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Brazil

3
2
1
0
6
1
+5
7

 Sweden

3
1
2
0
6
4
+2
5

 Russia

3
1
0
2
7
6
+1
3

 Cameroon

3
0
1
2
3
11
–8
1

text:
Russia

0 – 2

 Brazil

(Report)

 26' Romário 52' (pen.) Raí

text:
Russia

1 – 3

 Sweden

Salenko  4' (pen.)

(Report)

 37' (pen.) Brolin 59', 81' Dahlin

text:
Russia

6 – 1

 Cameroon

Salenko  15'  41'  44' (pen.)  72'  75'Radchenko  81'

(Report)

 46' Milla

text: Russia in South Korea/Japan 2002[edit]

text:
showvteRussia squad  –  2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Nigmatullin
2 Kovtun
3 Nikiforov
4 Smertin
5 Solomatin
6 Semshov
7 Onopko (c)
8 Karpin
9 Titov
10 Mostovoi
11 Beschastnykh
12 Cherchesov
13 Daev
14 Chugainov
15 Alenichev
16 Kerzhakov
17 Semak
18 Sennikov
19 Pimenov
20 Izmailov
21 Khokhlov
22 Sychev
23 Filimonov
Coach: Romantsev

text:
Legend

Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

 Japan

3
2
1
0
5
2
+3
7

 Belgium

3
1
2
0
6
5
+1
5

 Russia

3
1
0
2
4
4
0
3

 Tunisia

3
0
1
2
1
5
–4
1

text:
Russia

2 – 0

 Tunisia

Titov  59'Karpin  64' (pen.)

(Report)

text:
Russia

0 – 1

 Japan

(Report)

 51' Inamoto

text:
Russia

2 – 3

 Belgium

Beschastnykh  52'Sychev  88'

(Report)

 7' Walem 78' Sonck 82' Wilmots

text: Russia in Brazil 2014[edit]

text:
showvteRussia squad  –  2014 FIFA World Cup
1 Akinfeev
2 Kozlov
3 Shchennikov
4 Ignashevich
5 Semyonov
6 Kanunnikov
7 Denisov
8 Glushakov
9 Kokorin
10 Dzagoev
11 Kerzhakov
12 Lodygin
13 Granat
14 V. Berezutski (c)
15 Mogilevets
16 Ryzhikov
17 Shatov
18 Zhirkov
19 Samedov
20 Fayzulin
21 Ionov
22 Yeshchenko
23 Kombarov
Coach: Capello

text: Standings[edit]

text:
Legend

Group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16

text:
Pos

Team[ vte ]

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Belgium

3

3

0

0

4

1

+3

9

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Algeria

3

1

1

1

6

5

+1

4

3

 Russia

3

0

2

1

2

3

−1

2

4

 South Korea

3

0

1

2

3

6

−3

1

text: Russia vs South Korea[edit]

text: This was the first time the two countries have played each other in the FIFA World Cup, though they did play a friendly in 2013, which Russia won 2-1. The match ended in a 1-1 draw, with both goals being in the second half.

text:
Russia

1–1

 South Korea

Kerzhakov  74'

Report

Lee Keun-ho  68'

text:
Russia

South Korea

text:
GK
1
Igor Akinfeev

RB
22
Andrey Yeshchenko

CB
4
Sergei Ignashevich

CB
14
Vasili Berezutski (c)

LB
23
Dmitri Kombarov

DM
8
Denis Glushakov

 72'

CM
20
Viktor Fayzulin

CM
18
Yuri Zhirkov

 71'

RW
19
Aleksandr Samedov

LW
17
Oleg Shatov
 49'
 59'

CF
9
Aleksandr Kokorin

Substitutions:

MF
10
Alan Dzagoev

 59'

FW
11
Aleksandr Kerzhakov

 71'

MF
7
Igor Denisov

 72'

Manager:

 Fabio Capello

GK
1
Jung Sung-ryong

RB
12
Lee Yong

CB
5
Kim Young-gwon

CB
20
Hong Jeong-ho

 73'

LB
3
Yun Suk-young

RM
17
Lee Chung-yong

CM
14
Han Kook-young

CM
16
Ki Sung-yueng
 30'

LM
9
Son Heung-min
 13'
 84'

CF
10
Park Chu-young

 56'

CF
13
Koo Ja-cheol (c)
 90'

Substitutions:

FW
11
Lee Keun-ho

 56'

DF
6
Hwang Seok-ho

 73'

MF
7
Kim Bo-kyung

 84'

Manager:

Hong Myung-bo

text:
Man of the Match:
Son Heung-min (South Korea)
Assistant referees:
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Fifth official:
Eric Boria (United States)

text: Belgium vs Russia[edit]

text:
Belgium

1–0

 Russia

Origi  88'

Report

text:
Belgium

Russia

text:
GK
1
Thibaut Courtois

RB
2
Toby Alderweireld
 73'

CB
15
Daniel Van Buyten

CB
4
Vincent Kompany (c)

LB
3
Thomas Vermaelen

 31'

CM
6
Axel Witsel
 54'

CM
8
Marouane Fellaini

RW
14
Dries Mertens

 75'

AM
7
Kevin De Bruyne

LW
10
Eden Hazard

CF
9
Romelu Lukaku

 57'

Substitutions:

DF
5
Jan Vertonghen

 31'

FW
17
Divock Origi

 57'

DF
11
Kevin Mirallas

 75'

Manager:

Marc Wilmots

GK
1
Igor Akinfeev

RB
2
Aleksei Kozlov

 62'

CB
14
Vasili Berezutski (c)

CB
4
Sergei Ignashevich

LB
23
Dmitri Kombarov

DM
8
Denis Glushakov
 38'

CM
20
Viktor Fayzulin

RW
19
Aleksandr Samedov

 90'

AM
6
Maksim Kanunnikov

LW
17
Oleg Shatov

 83'

CF
9
Aleksandr Kokorin

Substitutions:

DF
22
Andrey Yeshchenko

 62'

MF
10
Alan Dzagoev

 83'

FW
11
Aleksandr Kerzhakov

 90'

Manager:

 Fabio Capello

text:
Man of the Match:
Eden Hazard (Belgium)
Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Fifth official:
Byron Romero (Ecuador)

text: Algeria vs Russia[edit]

text:
Algeria

1–1

 Russia

Slimani  60'

Report

Kokorin  6'

text:
Algeria

Russia

text:
GK
23
Raïs M'Bolhi

RB
20
Aïssa Mandi

CB
4
Essaïd Belkalem

CB
5
Rafik Halliche (c)

LB
6
Djamel Mesbah
 39'

CM
12
Carl Medjani

CM
14
Nabil Bentaleb

RW
10
Sofiane Feghouli

AM
11
Yacine Brahimi

 71'

LW
18
Abdelmoumene Djabou

 77'

CF
13
Islam Slimani

 90+2'

Substitutions:

MF
7
Hassan Yebda

 71'

FW
9
Nabil Ghilas
 87'
 77'

FW
15
El Arbi Hillel Soudani

 90+2'

DF
17
Liassine Cadamuro
 90+2'[nb 1]

Manager:

 Vahid Halilhodžić

GK
1
Igor Akinfeev

RB
2
Aleksei Kozlov
 59'

CB
14
Vasili Berezutski (c)

CB
4
Sergei Ignashevich

LB
23
Dmitri Kombarov
 57'

CM
8
Denis Glushakov

 46'

CM
20
Viktor Fayzulin

RW
19
Aleksandr Samedov

AM
9
Aleksandr Kokorin

LW
17
Oleg Shatov

 67'

CF
11
Aleksandr Kerzhakov

 81'

Substitutions:

MF
7
Igor Denisov

 46'

MF
10
Alan Dzagoev

 67'

FW
6
Maksim Kanunnikov

 81'

Manager:

 Fabio Capello

text:
Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)
Assistant referees:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Fifth official:
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)

text: Russia in Russia 2018[edit]

text:
showvteRussia squad  –  2018 FIFA World Cup
1 Akinfeev (c)
2 Fernandes
3 Kutepov
4 Ignashevich
5 Semyonov
6 Cheryshev
7 Kuzyayev
8 Gazinsky
9 Dzagoev
10 Smolov
11 Zobnin
12 Lunyov
13 Kudryashov
14 Granat
15 Al. Miranchuk
16 An. Miranchuk
17 Golovin
18 Zhirkov
19 Samedov
20 Gabulov
21 Yerokhin
22 Dzyuba
23 Smolnikov
Coach: Cherchesov

text:
Pos

Team[ vte ]

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Uruguay

3

3

0

0

5

0

+5

9

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Russia (H)

3

2

0

1

8

4

+4

6

3

 Saudi Arabia

3

1

0

2

2

7

−5

3

4

 Egypt

3

0

0

3

2

6

−4

0

text:
Russia

5–0

 Saudi Arabia

Gazinsky  12'Cheryshev  43', 90+1'Dzyuba  71'Golovin  90+5'

Report

text:
Russia

3–1

 Egypt

Fathy  47' (o.g.)Cheryshev  59'Dzyuba  62'

Report

Salah  73' (pen.)

text:
Uruguay

3–0

 Russia

Suárez  10'Cheryshev  23' (o.g.)Cavani  90'

Report

text: Knockout stage[edit]

text:
Spain

1–1 (a.e.t.)

 Russia

Ignashevich  12' (o.g.)

Report

Dzyuba  41' (pen.)

Penalties

Iniesta
Piqué
Koke
Ramos
Aspas

3–4

 Smolov
 Ignashevich
 Golovin
 Cheryshev

text:
Russia

2–2 (a.e.t.)

 Croatia

Cheryshev  31'
Fernandes  115'

Report

Kramarić  39'
Vida  101'

Penalties

Smolov
Dzagoev
Fernandes
Ignashevich
Kuzyayev

3–4

 Brozović
 Kovačić
 Modrić
 Vida
 Rakitić

text: Record players[edit]

text: Russia's record World Cup player is Dynamo Moscow legend Lev Yashin. The 1958 FIFA World Cup in particular, which was the first one to be widely broadcast on television, had a major part in introducing Yashin's active and demanding goalkeeping style to the world at large. FIFA have established him as the best goalkeeper of the 20th century by repeatedly naming him in all-star teams like the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002.

text:
No.

Name

Matches

World Cups

1

Lev Yashin
13
1958, 1962 and 1966

2

Volodymyr Bezsonov
10
1982, 1986 and 1990

3

Valentin Ivanov
9
1958 and 1962

Valery Voronin
9
1962 and 1966

Albert Shesternyov
9
1966 and 1970

Rinat Dasayev
9
1982, 1986 and 1990

Anatoliy Demyanenko
9
1982, 1986 and 1990

Oleh Kuznetsov
9
1994 and 1998

9

Igor Akinfeev
8
2014 and 2018

Sergei Ignashevich
8
2014 and 2018

Aleksandr Samedov
8
2014 and 2018

text: Top goalscorers[edit]

text: Russia's top goalscorers at the FIFA World Cup, Valentin Ivanov and Oleg Salenko, have won a Golden Boot award each. Salenko is the only player who has ever scored five goals in a single World Cup match, and the only player to win the Golden Boot even though his team has been eliminated in the Group stage.

text:
No.

Name

Goals

World Cups

1

Oleg Salenko
6
1994

2

Valentin Ivanov
5
1958 (1) and 1962 (4)

3

Igor Chislenko
4
1962 (2) and 1966 (2)

Valeriy Porkuyan
4
1966

Anatoliy Byshovets
4
1970

Igor Belanov
4
1986

Denis Cheryshev
4
2018

8

Eduard Malofeyev
3
1966

Artem Dzyuba
3
2018

10

Aleksandr Ivanov
2
1958

Viktor Ponedelnik
2
1962

Oleh Blokhin
2
1982 and 1986

Oleksandr Zavarov
2
1986 and 1990


document_title: Pro Football Hall of Fame Game

question_text: whos playing in the 2018 hall of fame game

text: Pro Football Hall of Fame Game

text: Team selection[edit]

text: The two teams that play in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game are typically selected by the league in advance of the remainder of the preseason schedule. The participants are usually announced around the time that the new Hall of Fame members are announced, which coincides with Super Bowl week. Often, if a particularly notable player will be entering the Hall of Fame that year, a team they were strongly associated with may be selected to play in the game to help maximize attendance and publicity of the game itself. From 1971 to 2010, the opponents for each game usually included one AFC team and one NFC team. In 2009, as recognition of the 50th anniversary of the American Football League, the game paired two AFC teams who were part of the "original eight" franchises of the AFL, the Tennessee Titans (dressed as their previous incarnation, the Houston Oilers) and the Buffalo Bills, whose owner, Ralph Wilson, was inducted into the Hall that year. An all-NFC matchup was scheduled for 2011,[1] but it was canceled due to the 2011 NFL lockout; the following year, another intra-conference matchup of two NFC teams took its place. From 2011 onward, each team selected to play in the game has had at least one prominent alumnus being inducted into the Hall that year.

text:
Because this game and the Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies are scheduled on the weekend before the league's regular four-week exhibition season begins, both teams end up playing five exhibition games instead of the normal four, and unlike the Canadian Football League (which plays its two-game exhibition season over three weeks), the league does not remove antone.
The last four expansion teams to have been added to the league each played in the Hall of Fame Game as their first game. In 1995, expansion clubs Jacksonville and Carolina played each another, and in 2002, Houston was one of the participants. When the Cleveland Browns returned to the league with a rebooted roster in 1999, they too played in the Hall of Fame Game. The Baltimore Ravens, while officially considered as being established in 1996, did not play in the Hall of Fame Game until 2018. With the Ravens' participation in the 2018 game, all 32 current NFL teams have now played in the Hall of Fame game at least once.

text: Scheduling[edit]

text: Prior to the AFL–NFL merger, the Hall of Fame Game was played in August or September, in some cases at the end of the preseason. In 1970, it was moved to the beginning of the preseason. Prior to 2002, it was not uncommon for the game to be played in July. Since 2002, when the league permanently moved the start of the season to the weekend after Labor Day, the game has always been played in early August.

text: The 2011 game was originally scheduled between the St. Louis Rams and the Chicago Bears, but the game was canceled due to an ongoing labor dispute that had disrupted nearly all league activity during the 2011 offseason. The two clubs had set a deadline of July 22 to ratify a resolution in enough time to prepare for the game. The league and players did not ratify the agreement until July 25, forcing cancellation of the game.

text: The 2016 edition, which was scheduled to be played between the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts, was canceled due to unsafe playing conditions. Mike Silver of NFL.com reported that on the morning of game day, the logos at midfield and the end zones had been painted using paint which was not intended for use on artificial turf. When it was apparent the paint wasn't drying fast enough, the field was heated to speed up the drying process, but this caused the turf's rubber to melt. These issues led to unfavorable play conditions. The affected areas were described as being slick and "like cement," making it impossible to get decent footing. Stadium officials attempted to address this by applying a solvent, reportedly paint thinner, to the turf. A Packers employee noticed a label warning that this substance could result in burns when exposed to skin, and alerted others to the discovery. When officially cancelling the game, both the league and the Players Association cited safety concerns.[2][3][4] Both teams were told at 6:40 p.m.—an hour and 20 minutes before kickoff—that the game was going to be canceled. However, fans in the stadium only learned of the pending cancellation via social media. No official announcement was made until just before the scheduled 8 p.m. kickoff.[5]

text: On December 28, 2016, the NFL announced that the 2017 edition of the game would be played on a Thursday (August 3). This scheduling change made the Hall of Fame Game the first event of the Hall of Fame Weekend. The 2018 game was also played on a Thursday (August 2).[6] Come 2019, the game will be played on August 1.

text: Television and radio[edit]

text: Unlike the majority of NFL preseason games, which air on local TV stations, the Hall of Fame Game airs nationwide. From 1999 to 2005, the game was held on Monday night, televised as part of ABC's Monday Night Football package. It had previously been held typically on Saturday afternoons, except from 1963 to 1965 on Sunday afternoons, televised as part of ABC's Wide World of Sports package (still using the MNF crew). In 1998, the game was put in the MNF package, and played on a Saturday night, which served as a test run for the move to Monday night. Starting in 2006, it was moved to Sunday night, coinciding with the new NBC Sunday Night Football[7] television package. The 2007 game was telecast on NFL Network as NBC was intending to televise the China Bowl game in Beijing, China (a game which was postponed to 2009 and later canceled). The Hall of Fame Game has since bounced between both networks. The 2012 game aired on NFL Network due to NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympics. After a two-year absence, the game returned to NBC in 2013 and remained on the network until 2015. The 2016 game was scheduled to air on ESPN as it was to be played two days into the 2016 Summer Olympics but the game was canceled due to field conditions, it returned to NBC in 2017 and will remain on the network until 2019. The 2020 game will be on either ESPN or NFL Network due to NBC's coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

text: Westwood One owns national radio rights; it is the only preseason game to air on a nationwide network. Each team's radio network is also allowed to broadcast the games (albeit usually with fewer affiliates since exhibition games are traditionally much lower priority to non-sports and non-flagship stations).

text: In 2007 and 2008, the game was broadcast live in both Ireland and the United Kingdom by Sky Sports. It was not shown in 2009 because of a dispute between Sky Sports and the NFL over TV rights. ESPN America (formerly North American Sports Network) broadcasts the game in the rest of Europe.

text: From 1998 to 2005, the Global Television Network aired the game in Canada, simulcasting ABC; upon the move to Sunday night in 2006, the CTV Television Network aired the game until 2010. With CTV airing the 2012 Summer Olympics, TSN broadcast the Hall of Fame Game in 2012. Azteca 7 aired Spanish-language coverage of the Hall of Fame Game in Mexico from 1998 to 2005; the Game moved to Canal 5 in 2006 and aired on that station until 2010. Due to the cancellation of the 2011 Hall of Fame Game and Televisa's Summer Olympics coverage, the Hall of Fame Game moved to Televisa Deportes in 2012 and then to Galavision in 2013.

text: Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium is part of the Cleveland market, and is also within 75 miles of numerous other television markets in northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania. As such, the NBC affiliates (and before them, the ABC affiliates) were within league requirements to blackout the game in the rare event the game does not sell out, during the time the league had a blackout policy (the policy has been suspended indefinitely since 2015). Because the stadium only holds 22,375 fans (less than half the capacity of any other NFL stadium except the StubHub Center, which is the temporary home of the Los Angeles Chargers while their permanent stadium Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park is built) and the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies bring large numbers of outside fans to Canton, the game has, to date, always sold out; several NFL teams, as well as the Super Bowl, have similarly enjoyed long sellout streaks.[citation needed]

text: Game history[edit]

text:
Day

Date

Away team

Away score

Home team

Home score

Recap

Saturday

August 11, 1962

New York Giants

21

St. Louis Cardinals

21

Recap

Sunday

September 8, 1963

Cleveland Browns

7

Pittsburgh Steelers

16

Recap

Sunday

September 6, 1964

Baltimore Colts

48

Pittsburgh Steelers

17

Recap

Sunday

September 12, 1965

Detroit Lions

3

Washington Redskins

20

Recap

Saturday

August 5, 1967

Cleveland Browns

13

Philadelphia Eagles

28

Recap

Saturday

August 3, 1968

Dallas Cowboys

24

Chicago Bears

30

Recap

Saturday

September 13, 1969

Green Bay Packers

38

Atlanta Falcons

24

Recap

Saturday

August 8, 1970

New Orleans Saints

14

Minnesota Vikings

13

Recap

Saturday

July 31, 1971

Houston Oilers

6

Los Angeles Rams

17

Recap

Saturday

July 29, 1972

Kansas City Chiefs

23

New York Giants

17

Recap

Saturday

July 28, 1973

San Francisco 49ers

20

New England Patriots

7

Recap

Saturday

July 27, 1974

Buffalo Bills

13

St. Louis Cardinals

21

Recap

Saturday

August 2, 1975

Washington Redskins

17

Cincinnati Bengals

9

Recap

Saturday

July 24, 1976

Denver Broncos

10

Detroit Lions

7

Recap

Saturday

July 30, 1977

Chicago Bears

20

New York Jets

6

Recap

Saturday

July 29, 1978

Miami Dolphins

3

Philadelphia Eagles

17

Recap

Saturday

July 28, 1979

Dallas Cowboys

13

Oakland Raiders

20

Recap

Saturday

August 2, 1980

San Diego Chargers

0

Green Bay Packers

0

Recap[n 1]

Saturday

August 1, 1981

Atlanta Falcons

10

Cleveland Browns

24

Recap

Saturday

August 7, 1982

Baltimore Colts

14

Minnesota Vikings

30

Recap

Saturday

July 30, 1983

New Orleans Saints

14

Pittsburgh Steelers

27

Recap

Saturday

July 28, 1984

Seattle Seahawks

38

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

0

Recap

Saturday

August 3, 1985

New York Giants

21

Houston Oilers

20

Recap

Saturday

August 2, 1986

New England Patriots

21

St. Louis Cardinals

16

Recap

Saturday

August 8, 1987

San Francisco 49ers

20

Kansas City Chiefs

7

Recap

Saturday

July 30, 1988

Cincinnati Bengals

14

Los Angeles Rams

7

Recap

Saturday

August 5, 1989

Washington Redskins

31

Buffalo Bills

6

Recap

Saturday

August 4, 1990

Cleveland Browns

0

Chicago Bears

13

Recap

Saturday

July 27, 1991

Detroit Lions

14

Denver Broncos

3

Recap

Saturday

August 1, 1992

New York Jets

41

Philadelphia Eagles

14

Recap

Saturday

July 31, 1993

Green Bay Packers

3

Los Angeles Raiders

19

Recap

Saturday

July 30, 1994

San Diego Chargers

17

Atlanta Falcons

21

Recap

Saturday

July 29, 1995

Carolina Panthers

20

Jacksonville Jaguars

14

Recap

Saturday

July 27, 1996

Indianapolis Colts

10

New Orleans Saints

3

Recap

Saturday

July 26, 1997

Minnesota Vikings

28

Seattle Seahawks

26

Recap

Saturday

August 1, 1998

Pittsburgh Steelers

6

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

30

Recap

Monday

August 9, 1999

Dallas Cowboys

17

Cleveland Browns

20

Recap

Monday

July 31, 2000

New England Patriots

20

San Francisco 49ers

0

Recap

Monday

August 6, 2001

St. Louis Rams

17

Miami Dolphins

10

Recap

Monday

August 5, 2002

Houston Texans

17

New York Giants

34

Recap

Monday

August 4, 2003

Green Bay Packers

0

Kansas City Chiefs

9

Recap[n 2]

Monday

August 9, 2004

Denver Broncos

17

Washington Redskins

20

Recap

Monday

August 8, 2005

Chicago Bears

27

Miami Dolphins

24

Recap

Sunday

August 6, 2006

Oakland Raiders

16

Philadelphia Eagles

10

Recap

Sunday

August 5, 2007

New Orleans Saints

7

Pittsburgh Steelers

20

Recap

Sunday

August 3, 2008

Indianapolis Colts

16

Washington Redskins

30

Recap

Sunday

August 9, 2009

Buffalo Bills

18

Tennessee Titans

21

Recap

Sunday

August 8, 2010

Dallas Cowboys

16

Cincinnati Bengals

7

Recap

Sunday

August 7, 2011

Canceled due to 2011 NFL lockout

Ref.[n 3]

Sunday

August 5, 2012

Arizona Cardinals

10

New Orleans Saints

17

Recap

Sunday

August 4, 2013

Miami Dolphins

20

Dallas Cowboys

24

Recap

Sunday

August 3, 2014

New York Giants

17

Buffalo Bills

13

Recap

Sunday

August 9, 2015

Pittsburgh Steelers

3

Minnesota Vikings

14

Recap

Sunday

August 7, 2016

Canceled due to poor field conditions

Ref.[n 4]

Thursday

August 3, 2017

Arizona Cardinals

18

Dallas Cowboys

20

Recap

Thursday

August 2, 2018

Chicago Bears

16

Baltimore Ravens

17

Recap

Thursday

August 1, 2019

TBA

TBA

text:
Jump up ^ The 1980 game ended with 5:29 remaining in the fourth quarter in a 0-0 tie due to severe lightning.

Jump up ^ The 2003 game ended with 5:49 remaining in the third quarter due to severe lightning with the Chiefs leading 9-0.

Jump up ^ The 2011 game was scheduled to be St. Louis Rams vs. Chicago Bears, but was canceled due to the lockout.

Jump up ^ The 2016 game was scheduled to be Green Bay Packers vs Indianapolis Colts, but was canceled due to poor field conditions.

tag: ol

text: Appearances[edit]

text:
Team

Games

W

L

T

PCT

Last appearance

Pittsburgh Steelers

6

3

3

0

.500

2015

Dallas Cowboys

6

3

3

0

.500

2017

Washington Redskins

5

5

0

0

1.000

2008

Chicago Bears

5

4

1

0

.800

2018

New York Giants

5

3

1

1

.700

2014

Cleveland Browns

5

2

3

0

.400

1999

New Orleans Saints

5

2

3

0

.400

2012

Arizona/St. Louis Cardinals

5

1

3

1

.300

2017

Minnesota Vikings

4

3

1

0

.750

2015

Philadelphia Eagles

4

2

2

0

.500

2006

Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts

4

2

2

0

.500

2008

Green Bay Packers

4

1

2

1

.375

2003

Miami Dolphins

4

0

4

0

.000

2013

Buffalo Bills

4

0

4

0

.000

2014

Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders

3

3

0

0

1.000

2006

New England Patriots

3

2

1

0

.667

2000

San Francisco 49ers

3

2

1

0

.667

2000

Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams

3

2

1

0

.667

2001

Kansas City Chiefs

3

2

1

0

.667

2003

Detroit Lions

3

1

2

0

.333

1991

Atlanta Falcons

3

1

2

0

.333

1994

Denver Broncos

3

1

2

0

.333

2004

Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers

3

1

2

0

.333

2009

Cincinnati Bengals

3

1

2

0

.333

2010

New York Jets

2

1

1

0

.500

1992

Seattle Seahawks

2

1

1

0

.500

1997

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2

1

1

0

.500

1998

Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers

2

0

1

1

.250

1994

Carolina Panthers

1

1

0

0

1.000

1995

Baltimore Ravens

1

1

0

0

1.000

2018

Jacksonville Jaguars

1

0

1

0

.000

1995

Houston Texans

1

0

1

0

.000

2002

text: Most appearances – 6: Pittsburgh Steelers (1963, 1964, 1983, 1998, 2007, and 2015) and Dallas Cowboys (1968, 1979, 1999, 2010, 2013, and 2017); if the 2011 game was not canceled due to the lockout, the Chicago Bears would be scheduled for their 6th appearance in 2018 (1968, 1977, 1990, 2005, 2011, and 2018)

text: Most wins – 5: Washington Redskins (1965, 1975, 1989, 2004, and 2008)

text: Longest active drought without Hall of Fame Game appearance – 27 seasons: Detroit Lions (last appearance – 1991); 26 seasons: New York Jets (last appearance – 1992); 24 seasons: Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Chargers (last appearance – 1994); 23 seasons: Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars (last and only appearance – 1995)


document_title: Ashley Wilkes

question_text: who did ashley marry in gone with the wind

text: Ashley Wilkes

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text:
Ashley Wilkes
Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes in the Gone With the Wind film trailerFirst appearance
Gone with the WindLast appearance
Rhett Butler's PeopleCreated by
Margaret MitchellPortrayed by
Leslie HowardStephen CollinsInformationGender
MaleOccupation
AristocratSpouse(s)
Melanie Wilkes (deceased)Children
Beau Wilkes (son)Relatives
John Wilkes (father)  India Wilkes (sister) Honey Wilkes (sister; not in the film)  Henry Hamilton (uncle; not in the film)  Sarah Jane (Pittypat) Hamilton (aunt)  Charles Hamilton (cousin)

text: George Ashley Wilkes is a fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's  1936 novel Gone with the Wind and the later film of the same name. The character also appears in the 1991 book Scarlett, a sequel to Gone with the Wind written by Alexandra Ripley, and in Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig.

text: Fictional biography[edit]

text: Ashley is the man with whom Scarlett O'Hara is obsessed. Gentlemanly yet indecisive, he loves Scarlett, but finds he has more in common with Melanie, his distant cousin and later his wife. However, he is tormented by his attraction to Scarlett.  Unfortunately for him and Scarlett, his failure to deal with his true feelings for her ruins any chance she has for real happiness with Rhett Butler. Ashley is a complicated character. He is not sympathetic to the cause of the North. However, he isn't an ardent Confederate patriot, either. What Ashley loves about the South is the serene, peaceful life that he and his dear ones know at Twelve Oaks and similar plantations. At one point (following the war) he comments to Scarlett that "had the war not come he would have spent his life happily  buried at Twelve Oaks."

text: In short, Ashley loves the South, but not necessarily the Confederacy. And he hates war, even telling his friends in the beginning of the book who are eager to start fighting the North that "most of the misery in the world has been caused by war", though he fights because of his loyalty to the above-mentioned peaceful life he had in Georgia.

text: He claims that he would have freed the slaves after the death of his father if the war hadn't freed them already.  His willingness to free the slaves further demonstrates his impractical nature, because if the slaves were free, he would not be able to run the plantation.  However, he has a great deal of affection for the slaves on his plantation, and the role that they played in his serene, bucolic life.

text: There is a sense in which the end of Ashley's life (as he knew it) is more than just the burning of Twelve Oaks. The four Tarleton brothers (Boyd, Tom, Brent and Stuart) are all killed, three of them at Gettysburg. Cade Calvert returns home terminally ill from tuberculosis. Little Joe Fontaine is killed in battle, and Tony Fontaine has to flee forever to Texas after killing a Yankee (specifically, Scarlett's family's former slave overseer, Jonas Wilkerson, during Reconstruction; after Wilkerson encouraged a former slave to attempt to rape Tony's sister-in-law). These were Ashley's childhood friends, all represented in the happy scene at the barbecue, close to the beginning of the book. When the "family circle" of the county is decimated, the life Ashley loved is gone.

text: At one point in the book Ashley pleads, in vain, with his wife Melanie to move to the North, after he comes back from fighting in the war. This isn't, however, because of any affection for the North, but because he wants to be able to stand on his own as a man, something he will never again be able to do in Georgia now that his plantation is gone and his home burned. However, he ends up working for Scarlett due to her manipulative entreaties and Melanie's naive support of her.  Melanie also states that if they move to New York, Beau will not be able to go to school.  This is because in New York black children are allowed to attend class, and they could not permit Beau to attend class with black children.  In Georgia the schools were segregated by race, so Beau would be able to attend school if they remained in the South.

text: Role[edit]

text: In a sense, he is the character best personifying the tragedy of the Southern upper class after the Civil War. Coming from a privileged background, Ashley is an honorable and educated man. He is in clear contrast to Rhett Butler, who is decisive and full of life. Rhett is both ruthless and practical, and is willing to do whatever he must to survive.  In contrast, Ashley is often impractical (even Melanie admits this on her deathbed), and would resist doing many things Rhett would do because they aren't "proper" or "gentlemanly". Ashley fights in the Civil War, but he does it out of love for his homeland and not a hatred of the Yankees, who he actually hopes will just leave the South in peace.  As a soldier he shows enough leadership to be promoted to the rank of Major, and survives being imprisoned at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois (a notorious prisoner-of-war camp) for several months. He eventually returns home, still able-bodied. Ashley could have lived a peaceful and respectable life had the War never taken place. The War that changed the South forever has turned his world upside down, with everything he had believed in 'gone with the wind', a phrase composed by the poet Ernest Dowson.

text:
hidevteGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellCharacters
Scarlett O'Hara
Rhett Butler
Ashley Wilkes
Melanie Hamilton
India Wilkes
Adaptations
Gone with the Wind (film)
Scarlett (musical)
Autant en emporte le vent
Gone with the Wind (musical)
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Scarlett (novel)
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The Scarlett O'Hara War
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