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Season 1 – Dead Like Me

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In the mythology of "Dead Like Me," certain people, when they die, are offered the job of grim reapers. They get a rapidly healing physical body (which has a different face when seen by the living) and the chance to stay in the world until they collect a requisite number of souls. Then, the job passes to the last dead person on their list. The newest addition to this team is Georgia "George" Lass, who died at 18 after being struck by flaming space debris. She was pretty unhappy in life, and learning that death doesn't offer relief from living is not sitting very well with her.
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Dead Like Me is a required (after)taste, but the series' acidic wit and wry observations about the simple pleasures of life and death overcome the deficit in likable characters.

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Melanie McFarland Seattle Post-Intelligencer 09/27/2018
You have to like the ghost leading you into the beyond, and Muth's character makes that almost impossible. Go to Full Review Belinda Acosta Austin Chronicle 09/27/2018
What is a soul, and where does it go once the body dies? Does fate exist, and if so, is it inalterable? Dead Like Me deals with these and other coffeehouse musings with a wry touch. Go to Full Review Phil Gallo Variety 09/27/2018
It's frisky, freaky and funny in the writing; boasts a fiercely credible performance from Mandy Patinkin; and introduces the splendid Ellen Muth in her first starring role. Go to Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 09/27/2018
Manages to hit every imaginable wrong note along the way. Go to Full Review Lewis Whittington culturevulture.net 09/27/2018
There's an old saying that goes "the dead can't hurt you," but in the case of the new Showtime series Dead Like Me they certainly have the power to bore you to death. Go to Full Review Cynthia Fuchs PopMatters 09/27/2018
Punctuated by such dry self-reflections, by George and her fellow Reapers, as well as moments that are oddly poignant or philosophical, concerning the extent of human hubris and the limits of human understanding. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Par H @Parhwy Mar 17 Dead Like Me (2003) [S1 E1] is a 73-minute-long show I saw on Prime in March 2026. I own this series on DVD however while scrolling Prime, it popped up so I pressed play. I have watched the series end-to-end two or three times. This review is based on the first ep, the pilot, and it’s clear why it got picked up. Great range of characters, script, story, emotions and concept packed into 73 minutes with decent 2003 CGI. George, Rube, Mason, Betty, Joy, Clancy, Reggie, and Dolores Herbig "as in her big brown eyes" as well as Der Waffle Haus and Gravelings. If you like dark humour handled with a mix of cheekiness and respectfulness, you will like this show. It has confidence and pathos. Dying and grieving can be funny, yet death and grief are revered. Rewatch? Absolutely. Recommend? Yes. 9/10. See more Debra D. @lililizard Feb 3 Best show ever just disappointed there was so little series’s. Binge watched it in short time looked for more told everyone to watch it. See more Cork B @RT87142816 Nov 22 There is nothing really wrong with the series, but at the same time, they don't fully explore its most interesting bit - the reaper thing. This feels more like a family angst coming of age thing than anything else. They don't explore how reapers are different than humans other than 'they heal fast'. Can they be killed? What happens if they take the wrong soul? Do they fight each other? Or the gravelings? All of this is only tangentially touched on. And the lead, while I don't hate her, is a bit snarky and unlikeable. Maybe the point is the unlikeable ones have to stay on earth, but again, never touched on... Reaper was a better example from the period. See more 07/03/2021 Quirky and irreverent! I found several characters highly likable, contrary to the above review. See more 04/22/2020 It's a dark witty comedy. The lore created for it is decently cool. Its not something that you'll fall in love with, but something you wont hate yourself for binge watching. See more 06/12/2019 Wish they would bring the show back See more Read all reviews
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Ellen Muth

Georgia "George" Lass

Mandy Patinkin

Rube Sofer

Laura Harris

Daisy Adair

Rebecca Gayheart

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Callum Blue

Mason

Jasmine Guy

Roxy Harvey

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 27, 2003 Pilot Killed by a fallen chunk of the MIR space station, a teenage girl discovers there really is an afterlife when she's assigned to be a "reaper" charged with delivering souls to their eternal reward. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 27, 2003 Pilot Killed by a fallen chunk of the MIR space station, a teenage girl discovers there really is an afterlife when she's assigned to be a "reaper" charged with delivering souls to their eternal reward. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 4, 2003 Dead Girl Walking Deciding she doesn't care for the job, George attempts to shirk her responsibilities as a grim reaper and leaves the soul of her next client inside his dead body. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 11, 2003 Curious George Rube forbids George to visit her family's house again; George takes a job at the Happy Time temp agency; Reggie avoids talking about her feelings. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 18, 2003 Reapercussions Trying to test the rules, George spares the life of the creator of an exercise device, with dire consequences. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 25, 2003 Reaping Havoc George becomes friends with fellow reaper, Betty; Mason takes advantage of an old woman he is assigned to reap. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 1, 2003 My Room George has to speak up when her new roommate, Daisy, invades her privacy; Joy finds Reggie's toilet seat tree and takes the girl to a psychologist. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 8, 2003 Reaper Madness George meets a man who seems to see gravelings; Mason tries to impress Daisy when they work together to reap a bride and groom at a wedding. Details Episode 9 Aired Aug 15, 2003 A Cook George adopts the dog her latest victim left behind; Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus to replace the man whose soul he recently took. Details Episode 10 Aired Aug 22, 2003 Sunday Mornings When George's assignment takes her to a college campus, she meets a young woman with a fascination for a professor, who turns out to be George's father. Details Episode 11 Aired Aug 29, 2003 Business Unfinished Daisy enlists both George and Mason to help swindle the son of her wealthy victim; Roxy mourns the anniversary of her own death. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 5, 2003 The Bicycle Thief George leaves Happy Time for a new job and a bike, but not before Delores and the gang plan a farewell party; Reggie searches for a lost dog. Details Episode 13 Aired Sep 12, 2003 Nighthawks The reapers endure a late night on the job when Rube makes everyone but George take a test; George watches for death in her family's driveway. Details Episode 14 Aired Sep 19, 2003 Vacation Death takes a holiday, so the Grim Reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork; the Lass family takes a vacation. Details Episode 15 Aired Sep 26, 2003 Rest in Peace George tries to get her old job back at Happy Time, but can't win her ex-boss over; hoping to end a 15-month drought, Mason hangs around a record store hitting on girls and hoping to get lucky. Details

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Dead Like Me — Season 1

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Season Info

Network
Paramount+ with Showtime
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 27, 2003