Dead Like Me

Jun 27, 2003

When smart, cynical 18-year-old George is killed by an errant toilet seat falling from space, she joins the ranks of an undead group of grim reapers. As she clumsily learns to adjust to her new role in the afterlife, George haphazardly hurtles towards her first dreaded assignment: to collect the soul of a little girl.

Jul 4, 2003

George tries to shirk her new grim reaper responsibilities, but discovers that doing so leads to nasty consequences for the souls. She also attempts to get a real job by once again gracing the doorway of the Happy Time Temp Agency.

Jul 11, 2003

George discovers the price that the dead pay when they try to hang on to their past.

Jul 18, 2003

George finds a loophole in the "reaper rules" and decides to spare her next soul, but quickly learns that if you flip off Fate, Fate flings it back at you ten-fold.

Jul 25, 2003

George realizes that even the undead need friends, but she loses one when a reaper decides to jump to the other side.

Aug 1, 2003

George meets her new roommate, Daisy Adair, a glamorous, but annoying 1930s ingenue-turned-reaper who has joined their group.

Aug 8, 2003

George gets her first post-mortem kiss from a doomed schizophrenic who can see the gravelings.

Aug 15, 2003

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

Aug 22, 2003

George makes a new friend and discovers her dad is not the person she thought he was, while Roxy's actions cause an obnoxious lout to find religion.

Aug 29, 2003

Daisy enlists George's help in fleecing a wealthy society matron's son, and Roxy faces her annual struggle to come to terms with her death.

Sep 5, 2003

Needing money to buy a bicycle, George gets a new job -- and an awkward farewell party at Happy Time - while her fellow reapers face their own complications.

Sep 12, 2003

George panics when Rube is assigned to pop a soul at her family's home.

Sep 19, 2003

Death takes a holiday and the reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork.

Sep 26, 2003

While George tries to get her old job back, her family prepares to visit her grave.

Jul 25, 2004

At her day job, George gets to train the boss's cute, but dumb, nephew, while Mason dresses as a clown to reap a soul at a kid's birthday party.

Aug 1, 2004

George figures that with all the bad luck she had while she was alive, things might even out in the afterlife. But death isn't like that.

Aug 8, 2004

In an attempt to bond with her co-workers, George goes on the annual Happy Time retreat, but she can't escape her duties as a grim reaper.

Aug 15, 2004

George reflects back on her childhood and decides that the secret to popularity is being mean to people.

Aug 22, 2004

Deadlines loom large as the reapers snatch some hurried souls and George helps Delores impress an efficiency expert studying Happy Time's operations.

Aug 29, 2004

George faces her first big decision at Happy Time, and Joy looks forward to a new life after accepting an offer on the family home.

Sep 5, 2004

George experiences the power of celebrity death when she plucks the soul of a rock star.

Sep 12, 2004

George nearly falls for someone she is supposed to reap, while Reggie makes friends with a young pet reaper.

Sep 19, 2004

George reunites with her new love at his father's funeral.

Sep 26, 2004

After losing her virginity to Trip, George sours on love when he doesn't call.

Oct 3, 2004

When George tries to pass herself off as the relative of a homeless man, she finds herself more involved in his death than she planned.

Oct 10, 2004

Ray and Mason fight for Daisy's affection, and George must persuade an old lady that she has really died.

Oct 17, 2004

George regrets the things she didn't accomplish in her life, while Mason prepares to move on in the afterlife. Meanwhile, Reggie stays home alone.

Oct 24, 2004

George and Rube both find themselves coming face to face with their past lives.

Oct 31, 2004

Halloween is a busy day for the Reapers as a serial killer stalks the city.