Dead Like Me: Tv Series
Dead Like Me is a 2003-2004 fantasy/sci-fi/comedy/drama television series starring Mandy Patinkin, Ellen Muth, and Jasmine Guy.
Plot: Grim Reapers walk the earth, harvesting souls when they die so that they can safely proceed to whatever comes next. Patinkin leads one very quirky group of Reapers that have their own set of issues: how to survive in a world where they are only semi-living.
My Take: Typical Showtime series. Exceedingly dark, quirky, and funny in every way. The acting is stellar, and the characters are all distinctly different and so very inappropriate in different ways. This series only went two seasons because creative differences between the writers of the show and Showtime that led to the cancelling of the well-received, and highly watched, series. Such a shame. Dead Like Me got ratings for original programming on Showtime that took seven years to match.
Plot: Grim Reapers walk the earth, harvesting souls when they die so that they can safely proceed to whatever comes next. Patinkin leads one very quirky group of Reapers that have their own set of issues: how to survive in a world where they are only semi-living.
My Take: Typical Showtime series. Exceedingly dark, quirky, and funny in every way. The acting is stellar, and the characters are all distinctly different and so very inappropriate in different ways. This series only went two seasons because creative differences between the writers of the show and Showtime that led to the cancelling of the well-received, and highly watched, series. Such a shame. Dead Like Me got ratings for original programming on Showtime that took seven years to match.
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