Dead Like Me

Originally on:Showtime
Status:Ended
Premiered:June 27, 2003
Last Aired:October 31, 2004
Show Categories:Drama, Comedy

18-year-old George Lass (Ellen Muth) dies when a toilet from the MIR space station falls from the sky and hits her. However, soon she discovers that afterlife really does exist... she becomes a reaper - she helps in catching the souls of people moments before they're destined to die. Then she meets a group of reapers who collect people's souls. The main reaper is Rube (Mandy Patinkin), who is always playing smart, Roxy (Jasmine Guy), a reaper with an attitude, Mason (Callum Blue), a confused and funny reaper and Daisy (Laura Harris), a beautiful reaper full of mysteries. The other characters include George's family - mother Joy (Cynthia Stevenson), father Clancy (Greg Kean) and sister Reggie (Britt McKillip), who each have their own way to deal with George's death.

Now that she has a new life, George will try to deal with her new job as a reaper and the fact that she is dead. While learning some important lessons, George gets a job at Happy Days, a office leaded by Delores Herbig (played by Christine Willes), a funny woman who is always optimistic and tries to be everybody's friend while leading a perfect life. The other recurring characters include Crystal (Crystal Dahl), a Happy Days secretary that does not talk way too much and Der Waffle House's waitress Kiffany (Patricia Idlette). The only bad move was Rebecca Gayheart's removal from the show. Apparently, she was unable to renew her contract so her character was sadly written out of the show.

The main description for the show could easily be described as "funny and morbid". It debuted on Showtime in 2003. The show became an absolute hit very soon and some people even paid to view Showtime just to watch the show that everyone talks about. However, just a year after, when season 2 finished, the show was unexpectedly cancelled by Showtime, which was one of the worst moves ever for a TV station like that. Then, MGM tried to sell the show to another station, but the attempt failed and the show was left dead. 18-year-old George Lass (Ellen Muth) dies when a toilet from the MIR space station falls from the sky and hits her. However, soon she discovers that afterlife really does exist... she becomes a reaper - she helps in catching the souls of people moments before they're destined to die. Then she meets a group of reapers who collect people's souls. The main reaper is Rube (Mandy Patinkin),...

Haunted

Aired: Sunday October 31, 2004

It's Halloween and reaper legend has it that the reapers can be seen as they were when alive; a serial killer stalks a neighbourhood, the reapers collecting his victims as he goes, George getting the bad guy; Joy and Reggie pay a late night visit to George's grave. So does George.

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Jasmine GuyRoxy Harvey
Christine WillesDelores Herbig (photos)
Mandy PatinkinRube Sofer
Callum BlueMason (photos)
Ellen MuthGeorge Lass

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Casina_
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The Bottom Line: "Trendsetter"
Dead Like Me

Bring this show back ...Continue »
11/09/08 04:01pm | report abuse
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BooR1N9
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The Bottom Line: "Bring it back!"
Georgia "George" Lass is killed by a toilet seat that falls sky. Upon death, she is recruited for a team of grim reapers - undead who mix among the and take people's souls just before they die. ...Continue »
09/16/08 10:51pm | report abuse
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spacey_uk
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The Bottom Line: "Underappreciated"
A great show dealing with the effects of death and the afterlife... ...Continue »
09/09/08 09:00am | report abuse
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KAF17
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The Bottom Line: "Bring it back!"
George Lass dies when a toilet from a space station falls from the sky and hits her. She discovers that afterlife really does exist and she becomes a reaper. Then she meets a group of reapers who collect people's souls. ...Continue »
07/29/08 12:46pm | report abuse
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mwmattwillson
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The Bottom Line: "Absolutely fabulous"
I absolutly adore this show and it ails me that they canceled it. ...Continue »
07/01/08 10:05am | report abuse