The essential episodes of Dead Like Me
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Dead Like Me — each pick states its reason.
- 01
An 18-year-old girl, who has been killed by falling space debris, is recruited to be a grim reaper, an undead being charged with claiming souls from dying people.
- 02
George tries to spare the life of the person who created a popular exercise device.
- 03
Against Rube's orders, George returns home and has an unsettling encounter with her mother; also, Reggie continues to have trouble dealing with George's death.
- 04
Trying to test the rules, George spares the life of the creator of an exercise device, with dire consequences.
- 05
George gets a new roommate, a 1930s ingenue whose death during the filming of "Gone with the Wind" caused quite the scandal. In other events, George is recruited to play on the company bowling team and Reggie erects a toilet-seat tree as a memorial to her sister.
- 06
A cancelled assignment leads to George getting involved with the soul she was supposed to harvest, that of a cute young schizophrenic who claims he can see the gravelings. Also: George must mentor a new employee at Happy Time.
- 07
When the recently deceased short-order cook at the waffle house refuses to pass over, Rube takes his job; George picks up a pet golden retriever whose previous owner was one of George's reaper assignments.
- 08
George learns something surprising about her dad; and Mason rescues an attractive college student from a date rape. Also: Roxy performs a temporary soul extraction on an abusive man, who then turns into a passive religious zealot.
- 09
A need for more cash has George tackling a new job and garnering a going-away party from her Happy Time co-workers; Reggie and family search for their lost dog.
- 10
With the gravelings taking the day off and no one dying, the Reapers take a break and catch up on some much-overdue paperwork.
- 11
On what is supposed to be George's "special" day, she accompanies Dolores to the vet when her cat takes ill; and Rube reaps a yoga instructor. Also, Mason hopes to end a 15-month long sexual drought with help from Daisy.
- 12
At Happy Time, Delores recruits George's help in impressing an efficiency expert, while her netherworld co-workers are in a rush to reap the souls of a bike courier, a speed dater and a businessman heading off to vacation.
- 13
George hits the big time when she reaps the soul of a rock star.
- 14
George is reunited with her new beau at his father's funeral.
- 15
Death comes calling on Halloween as a serial killer stalks the neighborhood and turns the holiday into a busy one for the reapers. Elsewhere, Reggie and her mom visit the psychiatrist.
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