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Not like me - dead, that is! This is a really cute series - one of those shows you just never forget it's so different.
The series, Dead Like Me, is kind of a dark comedy. The series is about a young woman, 18 year old Georgia, who's met with an untimely death when a toilet seat comes crashing to earth from the space station MIR. It's a funny scene - not just because she's hit by a toilet seat which has burst into flames because it's falling from space, but because in an ironic twist Georgia (George) is at lunch on her first day of work, looks up, and sees the toilet seat heading straight for her! At first she doesn't seem to understand she's dead and is in great denial. George finds herself stuck between life and death, appointed to be a reaper - a job she wants no part of.
As a reaper George is still "in the flesh", but no longer appears as George to anyone who knew her before. She "lives" a somewhat normal "life" in that she has a job working in an office, but also meets with the other reapers every day and is given her assignment - who she has to reap that day and at what time. When the reapers touch the intended person, they die, and go on to ... where ever it is they go when they die! On occasion one of the reapers is late, or misses their appointment - which has various unfortunate consequences.
George never seems to get over the fact that she's died, and keeps going back to check up on/spy on/reminisce about her family - something reapers are forbidden to do. There are some pretty funny results of her doing this, especially with her mother - who percieves her as some kind of stalker after she runs into George more than once lurking around their house. There are also some pretty sad moments when it comes to her younger sister, Reggie - who also can't seem to get over Geogia's death. After George's death Reggie rebels by stealing toilet seats from neighbors and school, and hanging them from a tree in a "secret place". It's funny in a ironic way.
George's mother, played by Cynthia Stevenson, is an uptight, cold character even before George's death, but afterward takes out her grief on her husband and Reggie. Reggie grows up to be a pretty girl, but she's always kind of alienated from her peers.
Minor characters: In her new "life", other than being a reaper, George is employed in an office where her boss, Deloris Herbig, is an odd, motherly character. At home Deloris has her own reality show of sorts - which George finds out about when she has to move in with Deloris and finds herself broadcast on the internet! Deloris has an elderly cat, Murray - who's love of Deloris' life.
Main Characters: The "head reaper" is played by Manny Pantankin (Rube) - who is ideal in the part. I don't think there's anyone else who could play the part so well - as we later find out in the movie - which was a huge disappointment to my husband and myself. The other reapers are played by Jasmine Guy (Roxy) who is wonderful as a hard-nosed meter maid. Laura Harris (Daisy Adair) who is beautiful and stuck up. She was an actress in her day who just can't give up on the fact that she'll never act again. To Daisy all the afterlife is a stage. Callum Blue (Mason) a British con man, who's always looking for a con, and is too good looking even for himself - in his opinion! And Rebecca Gayheart (Betty) a former dancer who's character is happy and optimistic.
I originally got the 1st season of "Dead Like Me" as a present for our oldest daughter, but she never watched them, so my husband and I "borrowed" them. Once we started watching we had to see them all! After watching the first 2 seasons my husband and I searched and were thrilled to find the 3rd season, but then were so disappointed when we found the series ended after 3 seasons.
A movie of "Dead Like Me" came out after the series ended. I'm not sure if they were trying to revive the series with a few new characters or what, but there were no other shows after the movie. Manny Pantankin and Laura Harris were not in the movie - which was a huge loss. If the series had gone on it just wouldn't have been the same w/o those key characters. We didn't enjoy the movie because it seemed darker, not funny, and just didn't measure up to the series.
Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season Overview
You're about to be collected. "Winningly eccentric" (LA Daily News) and "insistently irreverent" (People), this groundbreaking, original series delivers you into a realm of shockingly funny characters and twisted narratives you'll find completely "addictive" (NY Daily News)!When an errant toilet seat from the falling Mir space station puts an abrupt end to her life, George (Ellen Muth) 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!
A Show Surprisingly Full of Life! - Persian Poetess - California
I am a very late discoverer of this show. But upon discovering it a few days ago, I watched both seasons nonstop. Describing this show as a "feel good" experience seems like a very odd label, but in reality, nails what it is. This isn't your sentimental "Touched By an Angel" approach (which wasn't a bad show don't get me wrong :P) or your doom-and-gloom "The End is Neigh!" mentality. It is a show which illustrates how non-morbid the truth about death is. Watching this show brought the line that Maximus uttered in Gladiator to mind: "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back." This is exactly what happens to George. She finally learns neither to woe her demise or be apathetic to it. You just have to smile back.
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