The BEST episodes of Dead Like Me season 1

Every episode of Dead Like Me season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dead Like Me season 1!

18-year-old "George" (Georgia) Lass dies when a toilet from the MIR space station falls from the sky and hits her. However, soon she discovers the afterlife really does exist when she becomes a reaper - she helps in catching the souls of people moments before they're destined to die.

Last Updated: 9/29/2024Network: ShowtimeStatus: Ended
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Rest in Peace
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7.98
784 votes

#1 - Rest in Peace

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/26/2003

On the first anniversary of George's death, Rube grants her the day off. Motivated to get her afterlife on track again, she returns to Happy Time to ask for her old job back. But after being bluntly rejected, George pouts through yet another drab day...until the universal powers-that-be intervene and inspire her to try to live her afterlife to the fullest.

Directors: Helen Shaver
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Reaper Madness
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7.88
812 votes

#2 - Reaper Madness

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/8/2003

George is romantically drawn to a schizophrenic who seems able to see death as she does. When Rube grows concerned George might be revealing too much to the young man, he forbids her from seeing him anymore. but George persists, tempting chaos of biblical proportions!

Writer: Tom Spezialy
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A Cook
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7.64
761 votes

#3 - A Cook

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/15/2003

When George decides to care for the beautiful golden retriever her latest victim has left behind, and Rube steps in as a grill cook to replace the man whose soul he recently took, both find themselves feeling lost and out of place. but as they boldly face their predicaments head-on, the two reapers finally figure out where they belong.

Directors: Kevin Dowling
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My Room
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7.62
891 votes

#4 - My Room

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/1/2003

When Daisy, a gorgeous but demanding actress, joins the group of reapers, Rube moves her in with George. Immediately, Daisy steamrolls over George's privacy and patience and a reluctant George must find the courage to speak up for herself.

Directors: David Grossman
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Pilot
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7.58
1539 votes

#5 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/27/2003

When smart, cynical 18-year-old George is killed by an errant toilet seat falling from space, she joins the ranks of an undead group of grim reapers. As she clumsily learns to adjust to her new role in the afterlife, George haphazardly hurtles towards her first dreaded assignment: to collect the soul of a little girl.

Directors: Scott Winant
Writer: Bryan Fuller
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The Bicycle Thief
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7.57
693 votes

#6 - The Bicycle Thief

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/5/2003

George can't afford the new bicycle she wants so she gets a new job. Immediately, coworkers at her old job begin planning a farewell party. Meanwhile, Mason mingles with a gay couple and Daisy is stalked by the soul of a passionate painter. Soon, the reapers begin to realize just how important a part they play in people's lives.

Directors: Peter Lauer
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Business Unfinished
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7.54
728 votes

#7 - Business Unfinished

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/29/2003

As Daisy talks both George and Mason into swindling one of her wealthy victim's sons out of a lot of money, and Roxy mourns the anniversary of her own death, Rube keeps a careful eye on his minions. Soon, the con is on and the grief is great...and Rube's got valuable lessons about the afterlife for all.

Directors: David Straiton
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Dead Girl Walking
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7.51
1200 votes

#8 - Dead Girl Walking

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/4/2003

After a week of performing her duties as a grim reaper, George concludes that the job is not for her. So she decides to leave the soul of her most recent client inside his body. But when she witnesses the consequences of her actions, George finally begins to accept the fact that her new existence does serve an important purpose.

Directors: Kevin Dowling
Writer: Bryan Fuller
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Reaping Havoc
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7.40
821 votes

#9 - Reaping Havoc

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/25/2003

Since becoming a grim reaper, George has become quite friendly with Betty, a wildly glamorous co-reaper. But when the dazzling Betty becomes too curious about what lives on the other side of the undead, George learns yet another difficult lesson: Even in the afterlife, friends are hard to keep.

Directors: James Marshall
Writer: J.J. Philbin
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Sunday Mornings
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7.37
798 votes

#10 - Sunday Mornings

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/22/2003

An assignment leads George to a college campus, where she befriends a fresh-faced coed with a curious fascination for a literature professor...who just happens to be George's dad! Sitting in class with her new friend, George gets to know her dad - and herself - in a way she never did in life.

Directors: Peter Lauer
Writer: Peter Ocko
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Curious George
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7.36
1006 votes

#11 - Curious George

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2003

George misses her family, so she decides to pay them a visit. But when reaper boss Rube hears of George's sentimental journey, he forbids her from making it again. Despite the warning, George can't stop herself from going home...until she discovers the price the dead pay for hanging on to their past.

Directors: Peter Lauer
Writer: Peter Ocko
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Vacation
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7.35
828 votes

#12 - Vacation

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/19/2003

Death takes the day off. So Rube recruits the reapers to help him with some clerical work. As the soul-takers file their victims' last thoughts, they all realize what truly mattered to them in life. Especially George, who fondly remembers the summer vacations she spent with her family at the lake.

Directors: David Grossman
Writer: Peter Ocko
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Reapercussions
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7.18
834 votes

#13 - Reapercussions

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/18/2003

After discovering a loophole in the "reaper rules," George decides to test fate and help a man miss his appointment with destiny. But when she sees the devastating domino effect of her actions - and receives a drastic punishment - George learns a lesson about fate she won't soon forget.

Directors: Peter Lauer
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Nighthawks
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6.70
875 votes

#14 - Nighthawks

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/12/2003

Taking souls is taking its toll on George. Unable to sleep, she wanders to the Waffle Haus, where she's angry to find she wasn't invited to take the self-examination test currently occupying the other reapers. But George's anger quickly turns to panic when she learns that Rube has an assignment to take a soul at her family's house that night!

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