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The SyFy Channel’s summer filler, Mary Knows Best aired it’s finale Thursday, August 5th. The short-season series centers on Mary Ochinno, who gives psychic readings on her Sirius-XM satellite radio show, Angel On Call and her family. Mary has several adult children, Chris, a playwright, Carl, a journalist, and Jackie, restaurant manager turned model.

Mary Ochinno gives psychic readings to callers to her show, as well as to clients in both group and private sessions. She does nearly 200 psychic readings a day! She’s been a professional psychic for decades and is highly accurate. Sometimes perhaps, too accurate!

Last week’s episode of ‘Mary Knows Best’ focused on a road trip she took with Jackie to Salem, Massachusetts. Mary wanted to celebrate Jackie’s decision to quit her job as a restaurant manager and pursue careers in modeling and singing. After a quick stop at a casino, where Jackie hit triple 7s on a slot machine, winning a $1,000 jackpot, the two headed for an encounter with their past lives in Salem.

Mary’s clairvoyant skills are well developed, given that she’s doing 200 psychic readings a day. No sooner than they reached Salem, Mary and Jackie parked and walked down a wooded path where Mary was sensing something. They came across an old tree which Mary claims she had been hung as a witch.

Later, they walked through a cemetery where Mary located the spot where her daughter Jackie had been hung as a witch in her past life. Jackie also has clairvoyant talents, as do sons Chris and Carl, but they do not practice them. Mary knew the names of Jackie and her past lives and they soon found the tombstones bearing those names. The two women had been sisters accused of witchcraft and were tried, convicted and hung in 1684.

On a lighter note, they happened across a local clairvoyant who gave Mary a psychic reading. Mary did not tell her anything at all about herself, but the local clairvoyant immediately named and described Mary’s father, uncle and aunt, all of whom were deceased. Naturally, the clairvoyant sensed Mary’s skills. Mary told her that she had only had three psychic readings by others in her life and she was by far the most accurate and authentic.

Being a Reality TV series, we get plenty of insight into the family and their ups and downs. Chris, for example, is preparing to do a tour as a motivational speaker. He’s also pursuing a radio show of his own, ‘Para-Nation’, which deals with a wide range of paranormal topics, such as the works of Zecharia Sitchin. Sitchin was a major proponent of extraterrestrial involvement in human evolution.

But on last night’s episode, Chris’ main concern was over his hairy backside. Since none of the other family members would shave him, he went to a parlor that does waxing. Mary was happy to see his smooth back, but still disappointed that Chris did nothing about his super-hairy chest.

Meanwhile, Jackie pursued her modeling career by getting photos take for her portfolio. She had done some modeling in the past and was determined to move forward. Meeting a modeling agent for lunch, Jackie quickly found herself in a moment of synchronicity. The agent it turns out also had a mother who did psychic readings! It’s a small universe, isn’t it!

On a lighter note, Jackie talked both her Uncle Charlie and her father into helping her find a date for Mary. They set up a profile for Mary on an Internet singles site and then reviewed print-outs of eligible bachelors. Needless to say, when Mary returned home, she quickly sensed that something was fishy and put a quick end to the project.

While ‘Mary Knows Best’ was only a short-seasoned, summer filler for the SyFy Channel, the series did help promote the reality of clairvoyants and psychics. The psychic readings Mary gave, and she gave many, were very accurate and you can tell by the reactions of those she read for that they were impressed. Many of whom were not clients, just people Mary bumped into on the street and felt compelled to share something with them. Psychic readings from professionals like Mary Ochinno demonstrate the value of getting a reading, of finding validation and useful insights to help one in their daily lives.