An overlooked delight from Bryan Fuller

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I discovered this show accidentally after I had already been charmed by Bryan Fuller's snarkily sweet Wonderfalls . His macabre sense of humor captivated me enough to pick up the Dead Like Me season 1 box set knowing nothing but that it was his creation. I was not disappointed. The concept and execution is every bit as twisted and touching as Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies. It seems like he had little involvement in season2 and it shows. Try as they might, the talented cast couldn't compensate for a bankrupt creative vision. Season one is hilarious, filled with dark humor and quite poignant. All things we've come to expect from Mr Fuller.
This is one of my favorite shows & casts. I can't recommend it too highly.

About The Show

Eighteen-year-old Georgia "George" Lass, a college drop-out working at a temp agency, gets a wake-up call when she dies in a freak accident when a toilet seat from the MIR space station drives her into the ground on her lunch break. George returns to Earth as a reaper; people who have died with unresolved issues, with life lessons yet to be learned. Under the guidance of head reaper Rube, George joins a team of other reapers including Mason, a mischievious bad-boy, street-smart and sassy Roxy, and Daisy, a former actress who met her demise on the set of Gone With the Wind. They walk the city streets and eat at all-night diners, like most people. They look just like everyone else but as grim reapers they appear physically different to the living than they did when they were alive. Through death, George gets a new perspective on life and the after-life. What if death is not the end?
Eighteen-year-old Georgia "George" Lass, a college drop-out working at a temp agency, gets a wake-up call when she dies in a freak accident when a toilet seat from the MIR space station drives her into the ground on …
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Genres

Comedy, Drama

Airdates

2003-2004
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