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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best show on TV today, 21 May 2005
I'm currently enjoying the 2nd (and sadly last) series of DLM on Sky 1. This show is fantastic and original, really the besy show around. DLM centres around George, who we meet on the last day of her 18 years of life. But luckily (though she doesn't see it that way) she doesn't pass to the other side, she has been chosen for a special job - a reaper - collecting the souls of people about to die, and sending them to the other side.
George isn't alone in this, in her area there is a team of 4 other reapers lead by Rube, to help and guide her in her new life... DLM really goes the extra mile when we also follow George's parents and younger sister as they try to deal with this bombshell, and move on. Simply an amazing show: at times serious, funny and shocking, you are always left thrilled. Pilot (Double length)
Dead Girl Walking
Curious George
Reapercussions
Reaping Havoc
My Room
Reaper Madness
A Cook
Sunday Mornings
Business Unfinished
The Bicycle Thief
Nighthawks
Vacation
Rest in Peace
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Showtime series that is dark, thought provoking, and entertaining, 14 April 2006
What if life really begins only after you die? Georgia Lass never really lived in her 18 years before being killed by the toilet seat from the de-orbiting space station MIR. Sullen, bored, and apathetic, it is in death that she finds meaning and purpose in her life as she becomes a grim reaper, responsible for the transition of souls from death to their particular afterlife. In this series, death gives people like Georgia who never really lived their life to have a do-over and serve as a grim reaper. Of course they still are visible by the living, have to get jobs to support themselves, and can be stuck as reaper from decades, but this adds to the poetry of the premise. Overall the show is sarcastic,dark and subversive, but makes for highly entertaining television and included any number of laugh out loud moments.
Created by Brian Fuller, the genius behind Wonderfalls, Dead Like Me stars a wonderful cast headed by the note perfect Ellen Muth as Georgia and Mandy Patinken as Rube, the head of a small crew of Grim Reapers working the Seattle area. The supporting cast is solid, including Callum Blue as Mason, Laura Harris as Daisy A'dair, and Jasmine Guy as Roxy. Rebecca Gayheart appeared for a few episodes in the season, but then vanished, a mystery that has yet to be explored.
So being dead and stuck in a job that she didn't choose and doesn't particularly want, Georgia has to find meaning in an existence that is quite different from the one she had. She learns that she has to learn to let go of her family and little sister. She learns that friendship and family can be found in strange places, even the temp agency she works in, and that ultimately death has a purpose and a poetry for everyone, even her. What that purpose is, I don't quite know yet, but I think it is to learn how to live and do-over the years she was alive. The backstory of reapers and death is explained slowly over the first season, but begins to connect the pieces by season's end.
This is a highly entertaining show that will appeal to fans of shows like Wonderfalls, Arrested Development, and others that were way too smart to be on TV. This was a cable produced show so there are no restrictions on the language, but that in a way is refreshing. Highly recommended
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
dead like me--loving it, 15 Oct 2005
By A Customer
I bought the first series after reading reviews ont his site and it was one of my best buy. I recently bought the second series and it was fab. The cast is good and the main character is so cool. George is the centre point of this whole series and she does justice to her character. Every single episode is great, I love the stories. I was looking forward for the third series but now i have found out its been cancelled. How can they do it first Tru calling then this. Who decide what we enjoy. I hate series like O.C. or the crap reality show they think we the public enjoy. Please please do a series three.....
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