Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead - TV-PG

Quirky medium will entrance believers.

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Common Sense rates it
3
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  • TV Rating: TV-PG
  • Network: Lifetime Television
  • Cast: Lisa Williams
  • Genre: Reality TV
  • >Available On: Download

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that in this reality show, a medium communicates with people who have died and passes along messages to their loved ones. Of course with all this talk about death -- including suicides -- it can get pretty intense, and younger or more sensitive kids may be confused and even freaked out by the idea.

Families can talk about what happens to a person after they die. Is there such a thing as an afterlife? How do different faiths tackle the idea of the afterlife? What do you think happens? Is it possible for people to communicate from "beyond the grave"? Do you believe that Williams is really talking to spirits? Do you think her clients find peace after a reading?

Message

Social Behavior:

Williams tries to help people seeking closure after the death of a loved one. But she also "ambushes" some of her subjects for impromptu readings.

Consumerism:

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Violence

No actual violence, but -- obviously -- plenty of discussion of death (including suicide).

Sex

Language

Common Sense says

What's the story?

Reviewed by Lucy Maher

In LISA WILLIAMS: LIFE AMONG THE DEAD, viewers follow a quirky English clairvoyant as she attempts to contact and speak to the dead. In each episode, Williams stops strangers on the street to get them to agree to an impromptu reading, a tactic that's often met with shock and surprise. Next come several segments in which Williams works with people who have traveled to her adopted hometown of Los Angeles for the express purpose of working with her to correspond with the dead.

Is it any good?

3

Williams is a quirky character, and viewers will either love her or hate her. She often gets agitated and emotional when speaking to the dead and can be so focused on her work that she takes on an almost haunted aura. In one episode, Williams relayed loving messages from an American serviceman killed in Iraq to his wife back home and helped a pair of sisters realize why their mother committed suicide. After a long day's work, Williams puts on her cap -- signaling to the spirits that she's off the clock -- and returns home to her husband, Kevin, and young son, Charlie.

Although things can get a little intense (and some kids might be freaked out by the idea of talking to spirits), there's nothing particularly harmful about the show, as long as parents are OK with the death- and psychic-centered content. Since some segments deal with potentially touchy subjects (suicide, for starters), save this one for older tweens and up.

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Parents and kids say

All Reviews

There are 23 reviews.

5


Posted on 09/04/07 by deana379 Adult contributor

a must see

this is a great show, and it helps alot of people be at peace with alot of differn't situations. Thank you Lisa !! Lisa is a HONEST GREAT PERSON !! someone that i would love to meet someday. She has a WONDERFUL PERSONALITY!!!! And she is certainly a people person. She is very sweet and kind as well.
0

Posted on 07/03/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor

Satanism. Pure Satanism.

Deuteronomy, Chapter 18, Verses 10 and 11: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Ephesians, Chapter 5, Verse 11: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Translation: Don't be a Satan-worshiping necromancer. Don't have any connections to them. This is pure evil. This is nothing more than an evil, Satanic plot to twist people's minds to thinking that necromancy is nothing more than an innocent game.
5

Posted on 04/21/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor
5


Posted on 01/12/07 by mammy Adult contributor
4

Posted on 01/10/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor

enjoyed watching

I liked watching Lisa. She is fun careing and the show is very interesting and real.
4

Posted on 12/17/06 by Anonymous Adult contributor

I can really relate to alot that it covers.

5


Posted on 12/16/06 by mslilibet Adult contributor

I feel Losa's show is a wonderful show to watch!

Lisa's show has become a tool for my own life. She gives her "readings" with a definate air of compassion and senseabliity towards the people she is in contact with. I love watching this show! It is one of my top 2 favorites!
5


Posted on 12/13/06 by jewelk_luvr Adult contributor

goosebump central

This is quickly becoming one of our most favorite watched shows. Lisa seems to be right on, and the best thing about her is her genuine compassion for helping people, and the enjoyment she gets out of it. As for kids watching this program, my daughter is 10, and she has the mentality to be able to understand this type of show. It is a judgement call on parents if their children can understand this. Great show!!!
5


Posted on 12/13/06 by haylienj2005 Adult contributor
5


Posted on 12/05/06 by Movieguru1970 Adult contributor

Great Show

I've seen a lot of medium shows, but Lisa is very down to earth. She seems to me be a "medium with a heart". She not only passes information over to people but truly seems to care about the people she is reading. Most of my family have passed on and I hope one day I may be able to have a reading with Lisa.

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Adult Reviews

There are 21 reviews.

5


Posted on 09/04/07 by deana379 Adult contributor

a must see

this is a great show, and it helps alot of people be at peace with alot of differn't situations. Thank you Lisa !! Lisa is a HONEST GREAT PERSON !! someone that i would love to meet someday. She has a WONDERFUL PERSONALITY!!!! And she is certainly a people person. She is very sweet and kind as well.
0

Posted on 07/03/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor

Satanism. Pure Satanism.

Deuteronomy, Chapter 18, Verses 10 and 11: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Ephesians, Chapter 5, Verse 11: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Translation: Don't be a Satan-worshiping necromancer. Don't have any connections to them. This is pure evil. This is nothing more than an evil, Satanic plot to twist people's minds to thinking that necromancy is nothing more than an innocent game.
5

Posted on 04/21/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor
5


Posted on 01/12/07 by mammy Adult contributor
4

Posted on 01/10/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor

enjoyed watching

I liked watching Lisa. She is fun careing and the show is very interesting and real.
4

Posted on 12/17/06 by Anonymous Adult contributor

I can really relate to alot that it covers.

5


Posted on 12/16/06 by mslilibet Adult contributor

I feel Losa's show is a wonderful show to watch!

Lisa's show has become a tool for my own life. She gives her "readings" with a definate air of compassion and senseabliity towards the people she is in contact with. I love watching this show! It is one of my top 2 favorites!
5


Posted on 12/13/06 by jewelk_luvr Adult contributor

goosebump central

This is quickly becoming one of our most favorite watched shows. Lisa seems to be right on, and the best thing about her is her genuine compassion for helping people, and the enjoyment she gets out of it. As for kids watching this program, my daughter is 10, and she has the mentality to be able to understand this type of show. It is a judgement call on parents if their children can understand this. Great show!!!
5


Posted on 12/13/06 by haylienj2005 Adult contributor
5


Posted on 12/05/06 by Movieguru1970 Adult contributor

Great Show

I've seen a lot of medium shows, but Lisa is very down to earth. She seems to me be a "medium with a heart". She not only passes information over to people but truly seems to care about the people she is reading. Most of my family have passed on and I hope one day I may be able to have a reading with Lisa.
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Kids Reviews

There are 2 reviews.

5


Posted on 11/19/06 by xKairi Kid contributor, age 12

It's Not EVIL.

Look, here. If it's so evil, don't watch it. But kids who want to learn, how maybe.. the after world is, she could just be your guide. Mediums aren't evil, they can't control who they are, stop being so hypocritical. Sure, it's freakish, but she's just like us, just with some gifted features. And she's trying to help people, unlike you think. She's not evil, she's human just like us, and caring to each individual. This is coming from a real kid viewer, because if we understand the dead, we can understand more about this spiritual world, ya know?
0


Posted on 11/11/06 by SecondOpinion Kid contributor, age 11

Mediums are evil!

Don't talk to the dead. It's evil.
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