The worst episodes of Dead Like Me
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
George reflects on the things she didn't do while she was living; Mason gets ready to go to the afterlife; and Reggie spends time at home by himself.
- 02
Both Mason and Ray vie for Daisy's affections; and George has a difficult time convincing an elderly woman that she is really dead.
- 03
George and Rube are forced to confront family members from their past.
- 04
Unable to sleep, the reapers put in a long, late night on the job while George watches for a death at her house.
- 05
George comes to believe that the secret to being popular is to be mean to people, which she in turn passes on to the office computer geek. Also, Mason and Daisy contend with two difficult souls, who want to prolong their departure.
- 06
Newly promoted George is faced with her first big corporate decision at Happy Time; and Joy sells the family home and looks forward to her new life.
- 07
Daisy is romanced by the producer of a reality-TV show, and George is ticked off after she sleeps with Trip and he doesn't call. George is doubly irritated when everywhere she looks she sees romantic couples, and even Delores has landed a date.
- 08
George attempts to pass herself off as a street person's relative, which puts her more involved in his life and his death than she is comfortable with.
- 09
One of George's undead friends decides to leap to the other side.
- 10
The reapers hold a seance for a wealthy society matron who refuses to pass over until she gets even with her son. Also, on the anniversary of her death 21 years ago, Roxy is still trying come to terms with the manner in which she died.
- 11
At her regular job, Georgia has to train a new employee, the boss's nephew, who's "dumb as a bag of hammers"---but really cute. Suddenly sober Mason feels like a real bozo as he dresses as a clown at a children's party, where he must reap the soul of the birthday girl's father.
- 12
It's a bad day in the afterlife for George as she discovers that her parents are selling the family home---and she's even more distressed when she finds out why. George also learns that her bike's been stolen and that her company's new security chief believes she may be pilfering office supplies.
- 13
Delores goads George into attending the company's annual retreat in the woods; Mason loses his note with the name of his next soul to reap; Reggie tells prospective homebuyers that her late sister still keeps in touch with her.
- 14
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.
- 15
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.
- 16
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.
- 17
George's sister, Reggie, befriends a young reaper, while George comes close to falling for one of her potential reaps.
- 18
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.
- 19
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.
- 20
George tries to spare the life of the person who created a popular exercise device.
- 21
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.
- 22
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.
- 23
Trying to test the rules, George spares the life of the creator of an exercise device, with dire consequences.
- 24
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.
- 25
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.
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