Dead Like Me 

After being hit on the head by a toilet seat, a young temp clerk becomes a grim reaper in death.

Creator:

Bryan Fuller

Stars:

Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Jasmine Guy

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ellen Muth	...	Georgia 'George' Lass 29 episodes, 2003-2004
Callum Blue	...	Mason 29 episodes, 2003-2004
Jasmine Guy	...	Roxy Harvey 29 episodes, 2003-2004
Mandy Patinkin	...	Rube Sofer 29 episodes, 2003-2004
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Joy Lass 29 episodes, 2003-2004
Britt McKillip	...	Reggie Lass 27 episodes, 2003-2004
Christine Willes	...	Delores Herbig 27 episodes, 2003-2004
Laura Harris	...	Daisy Adair 24 episodes, 2003-2004
Crystal Dahl	...	Crystal / ... 22 episodes, 2003-2004
Greg Kean	...	Clancy Lass 22 episodes, 2003-2004
Patricia Idlette	...	Kiffany / ... 21 episodes, 2003-2004
Talia Ranger	...	Young George 15 episodes, 2003-2004

Storyline

Meet Georgia Lass (who prefers to be called George). She is a young Seattle college dropout who is unhappy with life. She is always at odds with her mom, Joy. One day coming back from her temp job as a filing clerk, she is hit by the toilet seat of the re-entering Space Station Mir. Finding out she is now dead, she is recruited to become a grim reaper. As in life, she is a pain in the butt in death. She does not like the details of her job, and is always at loggerheads with her boss Rube. Her fellow grim reapers don't really take much of a liking to her either. She also learns grim reapers don't even get a free ride in death, as they must hold down regular jobs along with their death duties.

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Plot Keywords:

death | grim reaper | undead | female lead | black comedy | 

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Taglines:

Only she knows when your time is up.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Official site (US only)

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Girl

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

DLM Productions, John Masius Productions, MGM Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Bryan Fuller (the show's creator and head writer for the first four episodes), it was originally planned that George's father would be gay, and this development would spell the end of Clancy and Joy's marriage. After Fuller left the show, the show's new executives decided that Clancy should be heterosexual, but philandering with his female students.

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Quotes

George: Who do I have to kill to get some attention around here!

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Crazy Credits

Episodes in which clips from previous episodes are used (in particular the flashback episode, Nighthawks) give screen credit to the writers of any excerpts that are used, even if the clip is momentary.

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Connections

Referenced in Pushing Daisies: Bzzzzzzzzz! (2008)

User Reviews

My place is in front of the TV every Sunday night to WATCH!

Finally a show I can watch and get interested in. Dead Like Me continues to intrigue me through great acting and well written scripts. The whole reaper thing seems to be a sub culture; go to the message boards. There are back and forth discussions about minute details, as if the reapers are real. They aren't, but one can still empathise with these "dead" people. As each reaper grows through life situations (usually sticky) the viewer grows to like each character even more.

Mandy Pantinkin adds a wonderful balance to the whole cast. His character Rube fascinates me. He is secretive, yet he opens himself to emotional attachments with the reapers he "manages." Each of the reapers have their weaknesses and strengths, but like the viewer, they discover them through the crazy situations they find themselves in.

Its on late Sunday night, I'm on the West Coast, but I don't care because the show is the highlight of my Weekend TV viewing. Watch it once and you will be hooked!