Dead Like Me
18-year-old George Lass (Ellen Muth) dies when a toilet from the MIR space station falls from the sky and hits her. Upon her death she discovers that she has been slated to become a reaper, a figure who removes souls from others just before death to ease them into thier individual afterlives. Rube (Mandy Patinkin), her new boss in the afterlife introduces her to fellow reapers Roxy (Jasmine Guy), Mason (Callum Blue), and Betty (Rebecca Gayheart). In addition to reaping George discovers she must find a way to support herself in the afterlife and takes a job at a temp agency working for Delores Herbig (Christine Willes) where she had worked at the time of her death. The series also follows the continuing drama of how George's family is dealing with her death as she follows the lives of her mother Joy (Cynthia Stevenson), father Clancy (Greg Kean) and sister Reggie (Britt McKillip).
Mandy Patinkin | Rube Sofer | |
Cynthia Stevenson | Joy Lass | |
Callum Blue | Mason | |
Laura Harris | Daisy Adair | |
Britt McKillip | Reggie Lass | |
Jasmine Guy | Roxy Harvey | |
Patricia Idlette | Kiffany | |
Ellen Muth | Georgia 'George' Lass | |
Christine Willes | Delores Herbig | |
Crystal Dahl | Crystal Smith | |
Greg Kean | Clancy Lass | |
Talia Ranger | Young George | |
Meghan Black | Misty Favreaux | |
Teryl Rothery | Linda the Realtor | |
Brett Kelly | Francis Bischetti | |
Eric McCormack | Ray Summers | |
Patti Allan | Claire | |
Julia Arkos | Mrs. Ricket | |
Mike Kopsa | Security Expert | |
Yeardley Smith | Penny | |
Tom McBeath | Father Mathias | |
Peter Williams | Angelo | |
Michael Des Barres | Gideon Jeffries | |
Anne Marie Loder | Dana the Therapist | |
Lisa Marie Caruk | Zoe Sugarman |
George falls for the cute guy she's assigned to train at Happy Time, much to Delores' chagrin. Mason's reap at a children's birthday party turns out to be his worst experience ever.
George's bike is stolen, her parents are selling the family house, Daisy's cross necklace spurs her interest in religion, and Mason tries to hustle some additional money.
George goes on a Happy Time retreat and struggles to let down her defenses. George's family continues to try to sell their house. Mason loses the note with his intended reap and Daisy helps him correct his mistake.
George experiments with being a mean girl at work, while Mason has a reap who wants to attend his own funeral. Daisy takes her reap to church, and Reggie goes clothes shopping.
George must deal with an efficiency expert at Happy Time. Rube hangs out at the Post Office all day, Daisy does some speed dating, Roxy works the airport and Mason chases after a bike messenger that owes him money. Meanwhile, Joy and Clancy work on finishing their divorce while making Reggie join the band.
Delores makes Millie select the new temp assignment. Joy and Reggie meet the mysterious Angelo. Reggie is left home alone when her babysitter bails and Rube's gang does a group reap.
The other reapers are jealous when George draws a VIPR - Very Important Person Reap. Daisy restores a cynical priest's faith and Reggie visits the scene of her sister's death.
Mason and Roxy fly the friendly skies on T&A Airlines. Rube teaches grade school. George phones home and Joy resists buying in to her mom's philosophy.
George finds Trip at his father's funeral with major consequences. Daisy is traumatized by her reap, a murder. Mason is the sensible one while Rube puts Roxy in temporary charge as he searches for something. Clancy has Reggie stay over.
George is in a foul mood, after Trip. Daisy makes a new friend which makes Mason jealous. Rube leaves, looking for a mysterious woman from his past.
George tries to pass herself off as the relative of a homeless man, while Daisy performs as a temptress on Ray's reality show - much to Mason's disgust. Reggie, meanwhile, tries Goth on for size.
Ray and Mason fight for Daisy's affection and things get worse when Daisy wants to break up with Ray. George must convince an elderly woman of her death. Joy seeks a job at Happy Time and learns info on George. Rube looks for his daughter.
Mason and Daisy try to keep Ray's death a secret. Mason receives a purple post-it, possibly his final reap before moving on. Roxy investigates Ray's disappearance, questioning Daisy. George attends another going-away party at Happy Time. Reggie accidentally lets J.D. out, and searches for the dog.
George finds out that her mother was in Happy Time looking for her file. Rube goes to see his daughter after receiving upsetting news from Penny. Ray continues to cause problems even after his death and Mason runs into a bit of trouble with Kiffany.
It's Halloween and reaper legend has it that the reapers can be seen as they were when alive; a serial killer stalks a neighbourhood, the reapers collecting his victims as he goes, George getting the bad guy; Joy and Reggie pay a late night visit to George's grave. So does George.