The Medium 3-D Episode
Sure, Patricia Arquette's fiancé is thrilled about all the success she's had this year, from starring in the hit NBC series Medium (Mondays at 10 pm/ET) to winning an Emmy for her portrayal of crime-solving psychic/soccer mom Allison DuBois. Still, it took the 3-D episode airing on Nov. 21 to make her truly a hit in her own household.
"He's a 3-D maniac!" gushes Arquette of actor Thomas Jane, noting that even her refrigerator is adorned with one of his 3-D posters. "He goes to these little 3-D club meetings with these wonderful creative types. They watch experimental films, along with old Vincent Price movies. So as soon as he heard about this episode, he thought it was a terrific idea."
Medium executive producer Glenn Gordon Caron agrees: "His enthusiasm has fueled Patricia's enthusiasm and made it clear that this is something we were meant to do."
Caron's got a point. With its trippy tales that take you inside a psychic's unusual psyche, Medium is perfectly suited to the surreal feel that 3-D can create. The technology "is a great conceptual idea for any show, but it really works for this one because of the nature of the show," says Jake Weber, who plays Arquette's understanding spouse, Joe. "Allison has such a strange point of view and perception that it certainly lends itself to creativity like this."
Expect this 3-D episode to be arty in every sense of the term. "When we started talking about how to use this technology, we got into a discussion about this whole world of art and being able to look at a painting and seeing into the essence of someone's soul," Caron says. "That idea intrigued me. If Allison had the opportunity to look at the Mona Lisa, she could tell us why she was smiling." Following an introduction by a digitally altered Rod Serling, Allison will envision Van Gogh's sad end after painting The Starry Night.
From there, the episode quickly veers back to the present, with Allison checking out a bloody crime scene where only she sees a mystery word spelled within the gore. Later, she sees that same word spelled out in an art gallery sign. This puts her on the trail of a troubled young painter. Whenever she sees a piece of his artwork, it comes alive in 3-D and viewers "get to go along on her ride," Arquette says.
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