In the Season 5 opener, Allison helps Devalos investigate the slaying of his friend's sister---but Allison's visionary insights about the friend's former husband and current spouse take the case in unforeseen directions. On the domestic front, daughter Bridgette lands in trouble at school for drawing nude pictures of her art teacher. Max Casella guest stars.
Allison's paranormal peeks concentrate on several killings---all of which are witnessed by an apparent ghost. Elsewhere, Ariel partners with her school crush in health class, and together they care for an artificial baby. But the assignment has a bizarre effect on Ariel: She feels drugged whenever she holds the baby.
A visit to a crime scene has a strange impact on Allison, whose bizarre behavior may be an essential component to unlocking a 17-year-old crime. Elsewhere, Joe's dinner invitation to his new colleague (Kevin Corrigan) leads to unforeseen twists. Patricia Arquette directed the episode.
Allison mysteriously awakens under a freeway underpass to discover she has no recollection of the previous six hours of her life---and suspects she may have killed a man with her car. Elsewhere, Ariel learns how to drive, to Joe's fatherly apprehension.
When Allison is tasked with finding a vanished daughter, her psychic visions seem to incriminate the missing woman's father---but Allison questions those visions after meeting the woman's mother (Blythe Danner). Meanwhile, Joe suffers from sleep deprivation; and Scanlon and Lynn's relationship is sorely tested. Tina DiJoseph guest stars.
Allison is shaken when she has a horrific apocalyptic dream, which is followed by a real earthquake. Obsessed with the belief that the end draws nigh, Allison purchases emergency provisions and seeks wisdom from a survival guru. Meanwhile, Ariel is attracted to an upperclassman who needs help in geometry class.
Kurtwood Smith reprises his guest-star role as FBI agent Edward Cooper, who materializes as a ghost to help Allison catch a criminal. However, Allison soon begins to question Cooper's true motives. Elsewhere, Joe hires a man with a dubious résumé.
Allison develops the ability to detect lies when her clairvoyant dreams center on a game show with a truth-or-untruth theme. She then taps into her newfound talent while investigating the killing of a young couple. Meanwhile, Joe squares off against a former coworker who accuses him of stealing designs.
Allison scrutinizes the vanishing of a mother, but the case takes bizarre turns when her investigation turns to the missing woman's oddball children. Elsewhere, Joe's sister (Amanda Detmer) arrives. James Van Der Beek guest stars.
When a shooter guns down Allison and Devalos, Allison awakens five years earlier in her own past---and nine months pregnant with third child Marie. Now in 2004, Allison's weaving dreams inform her that an innocent man will be convicted of murder, so she works to clear his good name.
Part 1 of 2. Allison's nightmares center on her stalker, a zealot who's devoted to ending Allison's paranormal work for good. Those chilling dreams then come to life when the stalker makes an actual appearance, putting Allison and her family in danger. Meanwhile, Joe struggles over crucial decisions that could save his company.
Conclusion. Allison continues to be mercilessly persecuted by her demonic stalker, who even penetrates her visions, making her an unreliable source during an investigation into serial killings. Meanwhile, Joe tries to save his company by exploiting Marie's newfound gift of predicting stock movement.
Parts 1 and 2 of 3. Allison resigns at the DA's office when she's lured by a fellow psychic (Tracy Pollan) to work at a formidable corporation. She basks in the opulent corporate lifestyle, but she's haunted by visions of a serial killer's murderous fury in Phoenix. Meanwhile, the territorial company bigwig (David Morse) forbids Allison from sharing her dreams with Devalos and Scanlon. And Ariel begins taking pills, hoping they'll block out her visions of a ghost.
Conclusion. Allison considers violating her new company contract and thereby defying her territorial boss (David Morse), who forbids her from sharing her visions---including paranormal insight that could help apprehend a serial killer---with others. Meanwhile, Ariel continues her quest to save a possibly imperiled young teacher. Tracy Pollan guest stars.
After Allison slips into a coma while working on a case, her spirit transfers into the body of a middle-aged man (Jeffrey Tambor), who upends the DuBois family dynamic by living with Joe and the children just as Allison would. Anastasia Griffith guest stars.
Allison seeks out help from disgraced private investigator Cynthia Keener (Anjelica Huston, reprising her guest-star role) when her paranormal visions center on a young kidnap victim (Rumer Willis) who was rescued by Keener years earlier. Balthazar Getty guest stars. Series star Patricia Arquette directed the episode.
Allison's visions revolve around an eccentric bank teller (Allyce Beasley) who shares Allison's psychic gift and seemingly foresaw a recent robbery at her bank. Elsewhere, Joe lands in San Diego with a new job, upending the DuBois family and forcing Allison to contend with his absence.
Season 5 closes with Allison's most nightmarish vision yet: She dreams of her family's massacre and is comforted by an unfamiliar man. But when this male stranger then appears in her actual life, she fears her chilling dream will come true.