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Dead Like Me: Season 1

Dead Like Me

Dead Like Me: Season 1

MGM/UA (Jun 01, 2003)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
027616903150
TV Series | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
USA | English | Color | 10:27

18-year-old George Lass (Ellen Muth) dies when a toilet from the MIR space station falls from the sky and hits her. Upon her death she discovers that she has been slated to become a reaper, a figure who removes souls from others just before death to ease them into thier individual afterlives. Rube (Mandy Patinkin), her new boss in the afterlife introduces her to fellow reapers Roxy (Jasmine Guy), Mason (Callum Blue), and Betty (Rebecca Gayheart). In addition to reaping George discovers she must find a way to support herself in the afterlife and takes a job at a temp agency working for Delores Herbig (Christine Willes) where she had worked at the time of her death. The series also follows the continuing drama of how George's family is dealing with her death as she follows the lives of her mother Joy (Cynthia Stevenson), father Clancy (Greg Kean) and sister Reggie (Britt McKillip).


Episodes View details

1 Pilot 74 min | Jun 27, 2003

Georgia, 18, a college dropout in Seattle, gets a filing job. She gets killed by a falling Mir toilet seat on her first workday. Two grim reapers have her join their rank.

2 Dead Girl Walking 39 min | Jul 04, 2003

George is still dealing with her transition, sneaking home at night, shirking her reaping duties and meeting Brendan's parents. Reggie is also having some difficulty, and starts lying and stealing toilet seats. Mason comes up with a new scheme to gather money, and Roxy is not very appreciative.

3 Curious George 43 min | Jul 11, 2003

A caged bear mutilates some protesters, and makes an appearance later as well. George keeps going home, and this time finds all of her old stuff boxed up. Betty continues chaperoning George. Plus, George is stuck answering phones at Happy Time while everyone else has cake.

4 Reapercussions 41 min | Jul 18, 2003

When one of Roxy's reaps doesn't show up, George gets the idea to "help" fate along, with very dire consequences. Mason tries smuggling drugs, and Rube gets stressed at the airport. George catches Crystal messing with some workstations, and get into a little office war.

5 Reaping Havoc 41 min | Jul 25, 2003

George goes looking for a friend, and gets into a scrapping with Delores. We also get to see how Betty died and became a reaper. Betty, Rube, and George go to a family reunion for a reap. Mason, meanwhile, spends some quality time with the recently dead owner of a house. And, George gets her first paycheck.

6 My Room 42 min | Aug 01, 2003

Daisy Adair shows up to replace Betty, and promptly moves into George's apartment. George tries her hand at bowling, and Joy discovers Reggie's toilet tree. Rube talks to Joy while waiting for his reap. Mason reaps the new guy in the Happy Time office. George starts to live a little as her own person, rather than just trying to avoid everything.

7 Reaper Madness 42 min | Aug 08, 2003

George finds herself in a strange and potentially romantic relationship with a man who can see gravelings.

8 A Cook 42 min | Aug 15, 2003

George gets a pet and Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus.

9 Sunday Mornings 43 min | Aug 22, 2003

George makes a new friend and discovers her dad is not the person she thought he was.

10 Business Unfinished 43 min | Aug 29, 2003

George is saddled with a tedious collating task and Daisy recruits her and Mason to make money from her reap. Roxy grieves her own death.

11 The Bicycle Thief 42 min | Sep 05, 2003

George is changing jobs to be able to buy a bike. Daisy takes a painting when she reaps an artist, but he doesn't want to move on while she has it. Mason spends time with a gay couple he is supposed to reap.

12 Nighthawks 42 min | Sep 12, 2003

George has insomnia and goes to the diner where she finds Rube proctoring the other Reapers doing self-evaluation tests. She discovers that Rube has a reap scheduled in George's family's driveway, causing anxiety for George.

13 Vacation 41 min | Sep 19, 2003

The Gravelings have the day off so the reaping is replaced with paperwork for Rube and the Reapers. George convinces Rube to computerize the data at Happy Time. George's family takes their first vacation since George's death.

14 Rest in Peace 40 min | Oct 26, 2003

George takes Delores and her cat to the vet, where they encounter a young pet Reaper. Rube reaps a yoga instructor, and George's family prepares for a ceremony dedicating her gravestone.

Cast View all

Mandy Patinkin Rube Sofer
Callum Blue Mason
Cynthia Stevenson Joy Lass
Jasmine Guy Roxy Harvey
Ellen Muth Georgia 'George' Lass
Christine Willes Delores Herbig
Britt McKillip Reggie Lass
Greg Kean Clancy Lass
Laura Harris Daisy Adair
Crystal Dahl Crystal
Talia Ranger Young George
Laura Boddington Un George
Rebecca Gayheart Betty Rhomer
Patricia Idlette Waitress
Deanne Henry Casey
Harold Perrineau Aroun Levert
John Kapelos Angus Cook
Kevin Durand Charles
Daniel Bacon Michael
Peter Kelamis Patty Melt Guy
Colin Lawrence Businessman
Kwesi Ameyaw Airport Security Guard
Matthew Currie Holmes B.M. Moore
Brendan Beiser Sportscar Driver
Raugi Yu Cheery Co-Worker

Trailer

Edition details

Edition The Complete First Season
Packaging Custom Case
Nr Discs 4
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Audio Tracks Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [German]
Dolby Digital Stereo [French]
Subtitles Dutch | English | English (Closed Captioned) | French | German | German (Closed Captioned)
Distributor MGM Home Entertainment
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Jun 15, 2004
Regions Region 1