Dead Like Me
Life for her was boring. Death is anything but.
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
Seasons
1. Pilot
Air Date: 2003-06-27
When smart, cynical 18-year-old George is killed by an errant toilet seat falling from space, she joins the ranks of an undead group of grim reapers. As she clumsily learns to adjust to her new role in the afterlife, George haphazardly hurtles towards her first dreaded assignment: to collect the soul of a little girl.
2. Dead Girl Walking
Air Date: 2003-07-04
George tries to shirk her new grim reaper responsibilities, but discovers that doing so leads to nasty consequences for the souls. She also attempts to get a real job by once again gracing the doorway of the Happy Time Temp Agency.
3. Curious George
Air Date: 2003-07-11
George discovers the price that the dead pay when they try to hang on to their past.
4. Reapercussions
Air Date: 2003-07-18
George finds a loophole in the "reaper rules" and decides to spare her next soul, but quickly learns that if you flip off Fate, Fate flings it back at you ten-fold.
5. Reaping Havoc
Air Date: 2003-07-25
George realizes that even the undead need friends, but she loses one when a reaper decides to jump to the other side.
6. My Room
Air Date: 2003-08-01
George meets her new roommate, Daisy Adair, a glamorous, but annoying 1930s ingenue-turned-reaper who has joined their group.
7. Reaper Madness
Air Date: 2003-08-08
George gets her first post-mortem kiss from a doomed schizophrenic who can see the gravelings.
8. A Cook
Air Date: 2003-08-15
George gets a pet and Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus.
9. Sunday Mornings
Air Date: 2003-08-22
George makes a new friend and discovers her dad is not the person she thought he was, while Roxy's actions cause an obnoxious lout to find religion.
10. Business Unfinished
Air Date: 2003-08-29
Daisy enlists George's help in fleecing a wealthy society matron's son, and Roxy faces her annual struggle to come to terms with her death.
11. The Bicycle Thief
Air Date: 2003-09-05
Needing money to buy a bicycle, George gets a new job -- and an awkward farewell party at Happy Time - while her fellow reapers face their own complications.
12. Nighthawks
Air Date: 2003-09-12
George panics when Rube is assigned to pop a soul at her family's home.
13. Vacation
Air Date: 2003-09-19
Death takes a holiday and the reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork.
14. Rest in Peace
Air Date: 2003-09-26
While George tries to get her old job back, her family prepares to visit her grave.
1. Send in the Clown
Air Date: 2004-07-25
At her day job, George gets to train the boss's cute, but dumb, nephew, while Mason dresses as a clown to reap a soul at a kid's birthday party.
2. The Ledger
Air Date: 2004-08-01
George figures that with all the bad luck she had while she was alive, things might even out in the afterlife. But death isn't like that.
3. Ghost Story
Air Date: 2004-08-08
In an attempt to bond with her co-workers, George goes on the annual Happy Time retreat, but she can't escape her duties as a grim reaper.
4. The Shallow End
Air Date: 2004-08-15
George reflects back on her childhood and decides that the secret to popularity is being mean to people.
5. Hurry
Air Date: 2004-08-22
Deadlines loom large as the reapers snatch some hurried souls and George helps Delores impress an efficiency expert studying Happy Time's operations.
6. In Escrow
Air Date: 2004-08-29
George faces her first big decision at Happy Time, and Joy looks forward to a new life after accepting an offer on the family home.
7. Rites of Passage
Air Date: 2004-09-05
George experiences the power of celebrity death when she plucks the soul of a rock star.
8. The Escape Artist
Air Date: 2004-09-12
George nearly falls for someone she is supposed to reap, while Reggie makes friends with a young pet reaper.
9. Be Still My Heart
Air Date: 2004-09-19
George reunites with her new love at his father's funeral.
10. Death Defying
Air Date: 2004-09-26
After losing her virginity to Trip, George sours on love when he doesn't call.
11. Ashes to Ashes
Air Date: 2004-10-03
When George tries to pass herself off as the relative of a homeless man, she finds herself more involved in his death than she planned.
12. Forget Me Not
Air Date: 2004-10-10
Ray and Mason fight for Daisy's affection, and George must persuade an old lady that she has really died.
13. Last Call
Air Date: 2004-10-17
George regrets the things she didn't accomplish in her life, while Mason prepares to move on in the afterlife. Meanwhile, Reggie stays home alone.
14. Always
Air Date: 2004-10-24
George and Rube both find themselves coming face to face with their past lives.
15. Haunted
Air Date: 2004-10-31
Halloween is a busy day for the Reapers as a serial killer stalks the city.
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Rating
7.6/10
Release Date
2003-06-27
Episodes
29 (2 seasons)
Status
Canceled
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
John Masius Productions