ORBzine - Dead Like Me TV Review
[Season 1 !Season 2 ]
Pilot
P- 1 100 1 Jun 03 Pilot
TV Movie
M- 1 100 27 Jun 03 Pilot (2 hours)
An 18-year-old slacker girl is hit by Mir's toilet seat.
She becomes a Grim reaper, working for Rube (Inigo Montoya from
Princess Bride
). Her co-workers include
Rebecca Gayheart
and
Jasmine Guy
.
There's swearing (shit and Fuck off!). It's funny and touching (like a drama version of Scrubs).
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 2]
Dead Girl Walking
Shown 4 Jul 03
George has to decide.
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 3]
Curious George
Shown 11 Jul 03
George tests a loophole, to see what will happen if people don't go to the afterlife when they're fated to.
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 4]
Reapercussions
Shown 18 Jul 03
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 5]
Reaping Havoc
Shown 25 Jul 03
We see Rebecca Gayheart 's death scene.
George learns to categorise and use a scrapbook.
Gary from Stargate SG-1 Guest-stars.
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 6]
My Room
Shown 1 Aug 03
There's a new reaper (the blonde from 24: Season 2). She becomes George's flatmate.
George's sister sees a psychiatrist.
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 7]
Reaper Madness
Shown 8 Aug 03
George gets a BF - a schizo who can see the Gremlins!
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 8]
A Cook
Shown 15 Aug 03
George gets a pet dog.
Rube stands in for the Diner Chef.
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 9]
Sunday Mornings
Shown 22 Aug 03
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 10]
Business Unfinished
Shown 29 Aug 03
Blondie (Daisy) plots to get money fom Kitty (Dharma and Greg).
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 11]
The Bicycle Thief
Shown 5 Sep 03
George wants to buy a bike, so she needs a better-paying job. She finds one, and gives Delores her notice. Everyone in the office holds a big Leaving party for her.
Daisy reaps an artist, and takes one of his paintings as a souvenir. He objects, and follows her around.
The English bloke has to reap a couple of middle-aged gay men. This is a bit more difficult than he expected.
Back home, George's dog goes missing. The family, falling apart at the seams, try to find him.
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 12]
Nighthawks
Shown 12 Sep 03
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 13]
Vacation
Shown 19 Sep 03
Mason and Daisy have a meaningful encounter.
Dead Like Me [Season 1, Episode 14]
Rest in Peace
Shown 26 Sep 03
This is a clip show centred around a self-assessment questionnaire. Rube and George bond.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 1]
Send in the Clown
Shown 25 Jul 04
The pe-credits sequence is an infodump with a voice-over for exposition.
Mason is off the booze - but for how long? He has to pose as a clown at a kid's birthday party. Daisy is a Klepto, and the Mason/Daisy relationship hinted at in the previous ep isn't in evidence here.
Geoge's job is training a temp. He's a very dumb guy, but she fancies him.
Roxy ( Jasmine Guy ) gets job hassle. It's a Hill Street Blues parody with a nice twist.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 2]
The Ledger
Shown 1 Aug 04
George's bike is stolen.
Mason tries to get his act together, but is useless at a peashell game.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 3]
Ghost Story
Shown 8 Aug 04
Milly goes on a camping trip with the office staff.
Mason loses his post-it, and bonds with Daisy.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 4]
The Shallow End
Shown 15 Aug 04
George becomes an uber-bitch at work. She meets a nerd named Eli.
Mason's victim (a naked old man) wants to stay around for his own funeral.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 5]
Hurry
Shown 22 Aug 04
Everyone's in a hury. Daisy at a speed-date event, Mason as a bike messenger, Roxy at the Airport. George is at the office, where an efficiency expert observes her.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 6]
In Escrow
Shown 29 Aug 04
Mason must Reap his hero.
Daisy goes to church and confesses the theft of the crucifix to the priest (Colonel Mayborne from Stargate SG-1 ).
At work, George must choose which of 3 temps gets the job.
George's mom and sister try to sell the house. The lady doctor from Stargate SG-1 is their estate agent.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 7]
Rites of Passage
Shown 5 Sep 04
George gets to Reap a VIP - a rock star. Mason is jealous.
Daisy visits a Priest whose faith is faltering. He's Colonel Mayborne from Stargate SG-1 , yet another familiar face!
George is helped by Claudette Mink.
Mason and Daisy let their friendship develop.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 8]
The Escape Artist
Shown 12 Sep 04
George meets a nice guy - he's her next target!
Mason and Roxy go on a T & A Airlines plane to Cancun (his first time on a plane?). Daisy and Rube go to school.
George's sister meets a Pet reaper.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 9]
Be Still My Heart
Shown 19 Sep 04
George's BF from the previous episode, she goes to his dad's wake. Mason tags along.
Rube wants a few days off. Daisy has issues, and is slowly cracking up. Roxy holds it together.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 10]
Death Defying
Shown 26 Sep 04
George's First doesn't call, so shes super-stressed and takes it out on everyone else.
Daisy finds a love interest, Ray (Eric McCormack - Will And Grace). He's the polar oppositeof a gay sitcom hero.
Rube searches for his family.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 11]
Ashes to Ashes
Shown 3 Oct 04
Rube is home from his trip, but he's in a bad mood.
Mason talks George into pretending to be the relative of a dead tramp.
Daisy gets an Acting job.
Reggie gets friends (by becoming a Goth)!
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 12]
Forget Me Not
Shown 10 Oct 04
Ray (Eric McCormack - Will And Grace) is unpopular with Rube. Mason fights Ray for Daisy's affection. We get to see how a
George's mother is an applicant at George's workplace.
George attends a long-term care ward. Piper Laurie ( Twin Peaks ) is a senile patient, and Yeardly Smith ( The Simpsons ) is a Reaper Nurse.
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 13]
Last Call
Shown 17 Oct 04
This deals with the aftermath of the previous episode. Mason re-examines his life. Will he be moving on?
George's mom is away at Granny's, so Dad looks after little sister and the dog.
George re-examines her life after a co-worker's leaving party. One is slutty, one is a thief.
Recurring characters include the food-slicer, the pet reaper, the pet frog ...
This ep was used for Trailers for Sky Channel in the UK. Was it shot earlier and used later?
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 14]
Always
Shown 24 Oct 04
Mason is an uber-loser. Ray the Graveling is still causing problems.
Rube tracks down his daughter. Yeardly Smith ( The Simpsons ) helps him.
George's family gets closure.
George and Delores go through the personnel files.
This ep ties up a few loose ends. Did they know the show was to be cancelled?
Dead Like Me [Season 2, Episode 15]
Haunted
Shown 31 Oct 04
Shown 11th February 2007 [Sunday]
It's Hallowe'en, and a serial killer is on the loose. Also, the Dead can be seen for who they really are.
The morning after is Day of the Dead, so George's family visit her grave.
Lots of loose ends get tied up. All in all, not a bad ending to the series. Unfortunately the series was cancelled to make way for Point Pleasant !