Reaper

The Home Stretch

Season 2, Episode 8, Aired 4/21/09

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Sam continues his quest to find Alan, who he believes can help him get out of his contract with the Devil. Meanwhile, the Devil forces Sam and Morgan to compete to see who will become his heir, and Nina wants to meet Ben's grandmother.

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Bret Harrison

Sam Oliver
Tyler Labine

Bert "Sock" Wysocki
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Benjamin "Ben" Gonzalez

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The Devil arranges a show down between Morgan and Sam to find out who will be his right hand man. Ben's Grandmother meets Nina. Sock goes to a funeral to pickup a girl and stays for the money. The gang talks Alan into helping Sam for a little help.moreless

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By jyarter, Apr 24, 2009 Report Abuse

Unfortunately Sam is in trouble when it comes to the duel with Morgan. Sam's a good guy and in the end will always do the right thing which means he will follow through with his job good or bad. Sam and Morgan get into the battle at the end with the soul because Morgan ruined Sam's vessel otherwise Sam would have captured him and it would have been all over earlier. Basically Morgan did himself in as he has no backbone and or follow through.

Ben really messes up royally. He didn't trust Nina and he didn't trust his Grandmother to come to some sort of agreement. Nina was doing fine and I think they would have been able to get through the problems if Ben just didn't freak out. As Nina says she is 90% good and that's better than most humans! Sock is back to his old self for sure. He tries to pick up a girl at a funeral and ends up getting $10,000 for his trouble when the teacher he was pretending to mourn was a philanthropist and allows each of her students money to give to charity. Of course Sock's charity is himself. "Self-Sucking Straw?" In the end he and Ben give Sam the money to help him out with Alan.

Somehow you just knew the Devil was going to get his hands on Alan. Now the question will be will he succeed in tempting him or not. Can Sam intercede again? We'll see. Questions? Will Ben get back together with Nina? Where will Morgan go now that he is destitute? Will Alan escape the Devil's grasp? Will Sock be Sock? What will Andi do when she realizes that Sam is the Devil's right hand man and probably will be forever? Only five episodes left to see what will happen.

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By sramv9, Apr 24, 2009 Report Abuse

I've been thinking this episode, with Sam/Morgan being forced into competing for the title of heir to the devil to work at his side, taking humanity along a 'path to destruction', may have jumped the shark. The Ben and Sock subplot with the stawtomatic was unfunny and dumb. The acting from all cast seemed stilted and uninspired. The devil's character and storylines seem to have suddenly lost all subtelty. Nothing in this episode ties together nicely. Nothing is really very funny. It is a jumble of silly stuff moving forward very mechanically and unfunnily. I think that watching people behave badly is okay if the humour is there but if not it can be painful to watch as was this episode.moreless

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- Vessel: Fire extinguishers Edit
- Trivia: Ben is Puerto Rican. Edit
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- International Airdates: Germany: May 25, 2009 on FOX Norway: June 27, 2009 on TVNorge Latin America: August 21, 2009 on Universal Channel Czech Republic: November 29, 2009 on AXN Edit
- Andrew Airlie and Donavan Stinson are credited but don't appear. Edit
- Music: Walkin' on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves) Edit
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- Devil: Yeah, would you look at that, huh? Makes me sick. All the CO2 spewing in the air, polluting our planet, choking our beautiful Mother Earth. Did you know that global warming is the biggest threat facing us today? Sam: Really? You care about global warming? Devil: Yes, I care. Because it could destroy our planet. And if that happens, that jackass upstairs can count all the casualties as innocents. That means I won't get any of the souls. Zero. So yeah, man, I'm goin' green. Edit
- Pesi: (to Andi) Thank you so much. This is such a blessing. And let me promise you, I'm gonna work my sack off. Edit
- Andi: So. What are you going to do with your new freedom? Sam: I might learn a new language. Andi: Really? Sam: No. I'll probably just nap a lot. Edit
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