Dead Like Me - The Complete Second Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: James Marshall (iii), Tony Westman, Milan Cheylov, David Straiton
Actors: Ellen Muth, Mandy Patinkin, Callum Blue, Laura Harris
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 3151
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 702 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.2
MPN: D1008319D
UPC: 027616923509
EAN: 0027616923509
ASIN: B00094ARGY
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2003
Release Date: July 19, 2005
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In the second season of Showtime's Dead Like Me, teen grim reaper George (Ellen Muth) returns just as she left the first--dead. (Technically, undead.) That isn't about to change, but some things will. In season premiere "Send in the Clown," she'll get a promotion at the Happy Time temp agency (a dead ringer for Office Space's soul-sucking cubicle maze). Meanwhile, Roxy (Jasmine Guy), a tough-talking fellow reaper, will make the move from meter maid to police officer. After all, even reapers have to eat. There are other changes. George's parents, Joy (Cynthia Stevenson) and Clancy (Greg Kean), finally throw in the towel on their foundering marriage. The other reapers experience their share of good and bad luck. Sweet, if narcissistic Daisy (Laura Harris) finds religion, larceny, and love (in that order), while bad boy Brit Mason (Callum Blue) gives up the bottle only to take it up again and no-nonsense reaper boss Rube (Mandy Patinkin) spends most of the season trying to track down someone from his mortal past. There were 15 episodes in the second season. Guest stars include Michael Des Barres as a washed-up rocker ("In Escrow"), Barbara Barrie as George's free-spirited grandmother ("Rites of Passage," "The Escape Artist"), and Eric McCormack as a cocky TV producer who falls for Daisy (three episodes, starting with "Death Defying"). Unfortunately, 2004 wouldn't turn out to be creator Bryan Fuller's lucky year. Despite fan devotion, critical praise, and Emmy nominations, both of his distinctively quirky dark comedies, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, would not be renewed--but at least the latter made it to the end of the year. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Proving that "reapers are anything but grim company" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), this "deliciously dark comedy about the afterlife" (Newsday) returns for "a second season as strong as its first" (Philadelphia Daily News). Thanks to breakout star Ellen Muth's prickly charm, Dead Like Me has "an amusingly odd and touching energy all its own" (Detroit News and Free Press). After more than a year as a grim reaper, George (Muth) has realized that being a teenager in the afterlife is as complex as in real life. There are still unrequited crushes, agonizing dilemmas and the occasional bad attitude. Along with her kooky "co-reapers" Mason, Daisy, Roxy and Rube, George struggles to collect souls while managing her own awkward development…into an adult reaper!Disc One"Send in the Clown," "The Ledger," "Ghost Story," "The Shallow End"Disc Two"Hurry," "In Escrow," "Rites of Passage," "The Escape Artist"Disc Three"Be Still My Heart," "Death Defying," "Ashes to Ashes," "Forget Me Not" Disc Four"Last Call," "Always," "Haunted," Bonus Material
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 The Reapers "Live" On November 20, 2008
Pat Shand (Freeport, NY USA)
It always hurts when a show that you really enjoy gets cancelled. However, the blow is definitely softened if the show has a good ending, and "Dead Like Me," for the most part, does. The season starts off a bit weak, but picks up a few episodes in and becomes about as good as the first season. There are no episodes as utterly fantastic as the pilot, which really made the first season, but there are definitely a few standouts. The penultimate episode, "Always" was especially great.
This season, for me, was all about character development. There was more attention put on multiple episode storylines that, in some cases, really paid off. Daisy's journey from gossiping girl to devout Christian to Ray's girlfriend to an emotionally vulnerable woman was tragic and captivating to watch, and in many ways made the season for me. All of the characters really had something going on, which gave these episodes--even the less entertaining ones--a lot more depth. Rube goes on a journey to find someone from his past, Roxy becomes a cop, Reggie (who, in many ways, is the star of this season) deals with her parent's divorce and even more death, and Mason becomes even less capable of taking care of himself. Mason's character arc was especially well done, as there's an absurd balance between the comedic and the tragic in his scenes. You're not sure whether to laugh or cry at his antics.
On the other hand, there were things I thought could use definite improvement. I'm not really fond of how they handled George's character this season, because she often felt like a plot device the writers used to introduce and sum up their episodes, which is an odd way to use the series' protagonist. Every episode starts with George musing about something random from her life and ends with her making a realization about that thing. That's a bit too formulaic for me, especially after George's wonderful development in the first season. I also noticed that the use of music in this season was shockingly bad, as cheery little tunes play over the scenes that were intended to be dramatic. Rube's realization in the post office that his money wasn't sent to his daughter should and could have been chilling, but with happy music playing in the background, what do you think the scene will come off like? Certainly not as it was intended to.
All in all, the positive definitely outweighs the negative. This was a show that I truly enjoyed, and I am happy to see that, despite it's cancellation, "Dead Like Me" will have life after death. In just a few months from now, a direct-to-DVD "Dead Like Me" movie will come out. I can't wait to see these characters interacting again. As for this season, I give it a...
7/10
Sad this show died October 3, 2008
Randy
This will be one of the few shows I actually miss. Life will be a little more dull without this to look forward to. Just one of the best.
One of the Best September 30, 2008
Brad M. Yancey (Mississippi)
this was one of the best shows i've ever watched. i'm definately ready for the movie next year
Dead Like Me is a gem in the rough September 24, 2008
Jennifer M. Forman
I watched this on Netflix, however, it was so awesome that I had to order both seasons. You will not find another series this quirky or fabulous any time soon, unfortunately!
Great! September 14, 2008
Midwestern Chick
This was a really great show and it's a horrible shame that it only lasted the two seasons. Probably way too smart for the average viewer. It was smart, sharp and funny and yet thought-provoking. Well worth the watch-time.
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