Though the writing and direction are strong, the cast is really what makes Dead Like Me click.
Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season (2003)
Runtime: 10 hrs 27 mins
Synopsis: Georgia "George" Lass (ELLEN MUTH) is a young college drop-out who has no job skills and seems unable to take an interest in anything, including her own life. She cultivates an air of cynicism that infuriates her mother, baffles her father, and isolates her younger sister. George is about to... Georgia "George" Lass (ELLEN MUTH) is a young college drop-out who has no job skills and seems unable to take an interest in anything, including her own life. She cultivates an air of cynicism that infuriates her mother, baffles her father, and isolates her younger sister. George is about to get a wake-up call. With her mother Joy (CYNTHIA STEVENSON) insisting that she get a job, George applies to a temp agency that sends her out as a file clerk. Her lunch break - and her life - are cut short when a toilet seat from the MIR space station drives her into the pavement. George does not realize that she is dead until Rube (MANDY PATINKIN), the kindly leader of a team of grim reapers, points out her remains. Rube takes George under his wing and introduces her to the other members of his undead group: Mason (CALLUM BLUE), Roxy (JASMINE GUY) and Betty (REBECCA GAYHEART). The members of Rube's team of reapers are all, like George, people who died with unresolved issues. They still have lessons to learn that - for one reason or another - they failed to learn in life. They move about the Pacific Northwest in the full light of day. They walk the city streets and eat at all-night diners, just like anyone else. They have to find somewhere to live, cook, eat and do their laundry. They look just like everyone else but as grim reapers they appear physically different to the living than they did when they were alive. What George experiences beyond death is the focus of this darkly comedic series. It takes a slightly twisted look at life and at one possible version of life after life. What if death is not the end? What if it is not even an escape from the issues that plagued us? What if it is not a way to avoid accountability, but an opportunity to accept responsibility? What if it is a wake-up call? -- © Showtime Networks [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Ellen Muth, Rebecca Gayheart, Mandy Patinkin, Jasmine Guy, Callum Blue
DVD Info
Release:
Mar 6, 2005
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- 4-Disc Box Set
- Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes - 1. "Behind the Scenes"
- 2. "The Music of DEAD LIKE ME"
Text/Image Galleries:
- Photo Gallery
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As bright and appealing as George is, and as wise as Rube seems, Roxy is the vibrant, dead-on center of Dead Like Me.
I think I spent about 8 hours one day doing nothing but sitting on my couch and watching this show and I gotta say it was a GREAT way to spend a day.
The ghoulish musings are endless and, when the gallows humor starts to fly, tasteless as well.
Buoyed by razor sharp writing, perfectly cast actors, and storylines that tease your brain, Dead Like Me is one of those addictive shows that plays even better on DVD.

