Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season
starring: Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Jasmine Guy, Mandy Patinkin, Cynthia Stevenson
directed by: David Grossman, David Straiton, Helen Shaver, James Marshall, James Whitmore Jr.
directed by: David Grossman, David Straiton, Helen Shaver, James Marshall, James Whitmore Jr.
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Studio: Tcfhe/mgmRelease Date: 02/17/2009Run time: 627 minutesRating: Nr
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Pay cable's "other"show about life and death, Dead Like Me takes a darkly comic look at mortality through the eyes of someone stuck between this life and the afterlife. "Bail bondsmen for the disembodied" is how Rube (Mandy Patinkin), the often exasperated Reaper foreman, explains it to disaffected 18-year-old George (Ellen Muth) after she’s vaporized by a falling toilet seat from the Mir space station and drafted into the ranks of the Reapers. It's now her job to take the souls of the doomed, preferably before their mortal coil is damaged beyond recognition by the devilish machinations of the gremlin-like gravelings.
You wouldn’t mistake George's fellow Reapers for the do-gooders of Touched by an Angel, but they are anything but grim. Charming British shyster Mason (Callum Blue) always has some scam brewing, high-living, fun-loving former flapper Betty (Rebecca Gayheart) treats death as a cabaret ("Reaping Havoc"), and one-time starlet and wannabe actress Daisy (Laura Harris) still nurses her dreams of stardom. Even hard-bitten meter maid Roxy (Jasmine Guy) manages to find a way to let loose.
Dead Like Me puts a light touch on black comedy, but it has a sneaky way of using humor to explore loss, loneliness, and regret, as well as kindness, and courage, and responsibility. George gets a hard lesson when she tries to wriggle out of her assignments like some overgrown kid, only to see the damage of her (in)action in "Reapercussions." And as George's angry, tightly-wound mother (Cynthia Stevenson) and withdrawn little sister Reggie cope with death, she breaks the rules to watch over them: their own pouty, glum guardian angel. There's nothing like your own death to put your life into perspective.
The four-disc set features all 14 episodes of the debut season of Showtime's witty black comedy. The feature-length pilot includes optional commentary by cast members Ellen Muth, Mandy Patinkin, Jasmine Guy, Cynthia Stevenson, and Callum Blue. Other supplements include the nominal documentary featurettes Dead Like Me: Behind-the-scenes and The Music of Dead Like Me (with theme song composer Stewart Copeland), 32 deleted scenes, and a still gallery. --Sean Axmaker
Stills from Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season (Click for larger image)
Studio: Tcfhe/mgmRelease Date: 02/17/2009Run time: 627 minutesRating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Pay cable's "other"show about life and death, Dead Like Me takes a darkly comic look at mortality through the eyes of someone stuck between this life and the afterlife. "Bail bondsmen for the disembodied" is how Rube (Mandy Patinkin), the often exasperated Reaper foreman, explains it to disaffected 18-year-old George (Ellen Muth) after she’s vaporized by a falling toilet seat from the Mir space station and drafted into the ranks of the Reapers. It's now her job to take the souls of the doomed, preferably before their mortal coil is damaged beyond recognition by the devilish machinations of the gremlin-like gravelings.
You wouldn’t mistake George's fellow Reapers for the do-gooders of Touched by an Angel, but they are anything but grim. Charming British shyster Mason (Callum Blue) always has some scam brewing, high-living, fun-loving former flapper Betty (Rebecca Gayheart) treats death as a cabaret ("Reaping Havoc"), and one-time starlet and wannabe actress Daisy (Laura Harris) still nurses her dreams of stardom. Even hard-bitten meter maid Roxy (Jasmine Guy) manages to find a way to let loose.
Dead Like Me puts a light touch on black comedy, but it has a sneaky way of using humor to explore loss, loneliness, and regret, as well as kindness, and courage, and responsibility. George gets a hard lesson when she tries to wriggle out of her assignments like some overgrown kid, only to see the damage of her (in)action in "Reapercussions." And as George's angry, tightly-wound mother (Cynthia Stevenson) and withdrawn little sister Reggie cope with death, she breaks the rules to watch over them: their own pouty, glum guardian angel. There's nothing like your own death to put your life into perspective.
The four-disc set features all 14 episodes of the debut season of Showtime's witty black comedy. The feature-length pilot includes optional commentary by cast members Ellen Muth, Mandy Patinkin, Jasmine Guy, Cynthia Stevenson, and Callum Blue. Other supplements include the nominal documentary featurettes Dead Like Me: Behind-the-scenes and The Music of Dead Like Me (with theme song composer Stewart Copeland), 32 deleted scenes, and a still gallery. --Sean Axmaker
Stills from Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season (Click for larger image)
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- Death can be funny...
Death can be funny and inteligent and... can put you to think about your own life. And that's great. So, you have here a wonderful show, not funny all the time but extremely well done, with an extraordinary plot.
Shame it was only 2 seasons, but, on second thought, that is good because they haven't had the time to ruin it.
If you want well written televisison, this is for you.
Rating: 
- Excellent......every single episode.....
Yes, after a year in storage i decide to watch Dead Like Me. If if not
good...straight to the garbage they go....
A good decision. Im very picky on what a watch. I was very pleased with
both seasons.Casting was great as all characters are very pleasant and
great to watch. Great storyline, and every episode is like a little movie...they stand by themselves.
I always tried to figure out how they could make fun to watch with
death as a subject....hey ... Read More
Rating: - Dead Like Me, 1 Season
It's a great little show, of a young lady becoming a reper.
You will enjoy this Show, great fun.
Rating: - The ultimate black-comedy TV series
No TV series has ever elevated sub-genre "black comedy" like "Dead Like Me," a seriously funny, often poignant examination of death and - therefore - life.Cable TV has given birth to many terrific dramatic series - "The Sopranos," "The Wire," "Deadwood," "Rome," etc.But there haven't been nearly as many hallowed comedies - proof that comedy is darn hard."Dead Like Me" attempts to balance the scales.
George (Ellen Muth) is a typical slacker - she lives at home with her dysfunctional ... Read More
Rating: - link to the movie
This is a follow up to the Roger's comment below about the direct video movie:Dead Like Me: Life After Death.
Anyway, for anyone who hasn't seen the series it was a blast.Interesting characters and different plots.The reviews below cover this dark sitcom well.
- Death can be funny...Death can be funny and inteligent and... can put you to think about your own life. And that's great. So, you have here a wonderful show, not funny all the time but extremely well done, with an extraordinary plot.
Shame it was only 2 seasons, but, on second thought, that is good because they haven't had the time to ruin it.
If you want well written televisison, this is for you.
- Excellent......every single episode.....Yes, after a year in storage i decide to watch Dead Like Me. If if not
good...straight to the garbage they go....
A good decision. Im very picky on what a watch. I was very pleased with
both seasons.Casting was great as all characters are very pleasant and
great to watch. Great storyline, and every episode is like a little movie...they stand by themselves.
I always tried to figure out how they could make fun to watch with
death as a subject....hey ... Read More
- Dead Like Me, 1 SeasonIt's a great little show, of a young lady becoming a reper.
You will enjoy this Show, great fun.
- The ultimate black-comedy TV seriesNo TV series has ever elevated sub-genre "black comedy" like "Dead Like Me," a seriously funny, often poignant examination of death and - therefore - life.Cable TV has given birth to many terrific dramatic series - "The Sopranos," "The Wire," "Deadwood," "Rome," etc.But there haven't been nearly as many hallowed comedies - proof that comedy is darn hard."Dead Like Me" attempts to balance the scales.
George (Ellen Muth) is a typical slacker - she lives at home with her dysfunctional ... Read More
- link to the movieThis is a follow up to the Roger's comment below about the direct video movie:Dead Like Me: Life After Death.
Anyway, for anyone who hasn't seen the series it was a blast.Interesting characters and different plots.The reviews below cover this dark sitcom well.
