Dead Like Me Returns
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Dear faithful readers,
have any of you watched Dead Like Me? Oh how I enjoyed that show.
In case you haven’t ever seen it is about Georgia (also known as George) Lass, a girl who dies after being hit on the head with the toilet seat from the space station Mir. So she dies and becomes one of the undead. Not a zombie mind you but a grim reaper. And her job every day is to take the soul of living people just moments before they die and then to guide them into the afterlife.
George Lass is played by Ellen Muth, who is excellent in her portrayal of a surly teenager before and after her death. There is also the ever delightful Mandy Patkin as Rube Sofer as the head grim reaper. Given the show could be gloomy sometimes, but it also had it’s wonderfully quirky and hilarious moments (especially while George goes to her part time job at the temp agency The Happy Times).
I have watched both seasons a few years ago (the show was canceled in 2004) so imagine my surprise when I learned there was a movie. Given it is a straight-to-dvd movie but I think it’s nice when they actually give you some closure when a favorite show is canceled suddenly (think Firefly rather then Veronica Mars).
Oh and do you know who plays the main grim reaper in the movie? None other then Benjamin Linus (also known as Henry Ian Cusick
I find that strangely appropriate. Anyhow, you can check out the trailer below.
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