 In the season finale, dark spirits try to kill four special children (each child was the sole survivor of a terrible disaster or accident).Melinda attempts to save them and succeeds, but loses her own life in the process, culminating in the fulfillment of a prophecy that would lead to the "death of a loved one" – Melinda.Only then did Melinda realize that it was her that the dark side wanted to kill, and not the children.