‘Medium’ is a portrait of a working marriage

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Arquette, who won an Emmy in 2005 for her portrayal of Dubois, says the producers “don’t seem to plot things long term ... and that’s kind of interesting, I think, because it’s more like life.”

Wrapped in a bedsheet and robe, Arquette is talking in her dressing room between camera setups. “You change very slowly. She’s more confident about the way she believes in herself now. Just little things like that.”

There are still eerie horrors to be faced, terrible things seen in dreams and ghastly crimes to be solved. Yet the biggest change comes from a natural progression of time, most vividly reflected in the way the couple’s three children are growing up. Ariel (Sofia Vassilieva) is now 13, Bridgette (Maria Lark) is 8 and Marie (Madison Carabello), 3.

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“It’s a great thing because every year there’s a whole new reservoir of material as the children get older and get to bring new sensibilities with them,” says Caron. “It’s a real godsend. So when people say, ‘How is the series evolving?’ I go ‘Look at the kids.”’

Arquette did bring one abrupt change. During summer hiatus, she cut her previously long, blonde hair into a very stylish fringed bob. Some of the producers panicked, but not Caron.

“I told them I’d wear extensions if they wanted. I’d wear a wig if they wanted,” recalls Arquette. “Then Glenn saw it and went, ‘So what’s the big deal. People cut their hair.”’

Even before the scissors chop, she’d been “trying to make the argument that these people are in a marriage — you gain weight, you get pregnant, you lose weight, you lose your hair, you grow your hair - and then you go bald! The kids get braces. They take ’em off. That’s just the way it goes.”

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