Dead Like Me (2003)
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
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Episode 1 - Pilot
Release Date: 2003-06-27When 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.
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Episode 2 - Dead Girl Walking
Release Date: 2003-07-04George 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.
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Episode 3 - Curious George
Release Date: 2003-07-11George discovers the price that the dead pay when they try to hang on to their past.
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Episode 4 - Reapercussions
Release Date: 2003-07-18George 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.
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Episode 5 - Reaping Havoc
Release Date: 2003-07-25George realizes that even the undead need friends, but she loses one when a reaper decides to jump to the other side.
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Episode 6 - My Room
Release Date: 2003-08-01George meets her new roommate, Daisy Adair, a glamorous, but annoying 1930s ingenue-turned-reaper who has joined their group.
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Episode 7 - Reaper Madness
Release Date: 2003-08-08George gets her first post-mortem kiss from a doomed schizophrenic who can see the gravelings.
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Episode 8 - A Cook
Release Date: 2003-08-15George gets a pet and Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus.
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Episode 9 - Sunday Mornings
Release Date: 2003-08-22George 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.
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Episode 10 - Business Unfinished
Release Date: 2003-08-29Daisy 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.
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Episode 11 - The Bicycle Thief
Release Date: 2003-09-05Needing 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.
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Episode 12 - Nighthawks
Release Date: 2003-09-12George panics when Rube is assigned to pop a soul at her family's home.
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Episode 13 - Vacation
Release Date: 2003-09-19Death takes a holiday and the reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork.
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Episode 14 - Rest in Peace
Release Date: 2003-09-26While George tries to get her old job back, her family prepares to visit her grave.