The BEST episodes written by Stephen Godchaux

Rest in Peace
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7.98
783 votes

#1 - Rest in Peace

Dead Like Me - Season 1 - Episode 14

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.

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Haunted
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7.70
786 votes

#2 - Haunted

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 15

It's Halloween and reaper legend has it that the reapers can be seen as they were when alive. A serial killer stalks a neighborhood, 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.

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Two for One
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7.69
216 votes

#3 - Two for One

Roseanne - Season 7 - Episode 2

Dan is anxious at the thought of Roseanne having another child; Roseanne is upset to discover that Darlene is seeing a college student and that David has accepted it.

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Rites of Passage
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7.64
803 votes

#4 - Rites of Passage

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 7

George is assigned her first VIP Reap - a rock star - prompting envy from the gang; Mason messes up big time, while Roxy's day job comes to the fore in an unexpected way. Daisy confides in - then reaps - a priest and the arrival of Joy's mother creates friction in the Lass household.

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A Cook
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7.64
761 votes

#5 - A Cook

Dead Like Me - Season 1 - Episode 8

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.

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James and the Giant Speech
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7.62
396 votes

#6 - James and the Giant Speech

Spin City - Season 4 - Episode 2

James struggles to write an important speech to keep himself from being fired by Caitlin. Meanwhile, Paul is worried that Caitlin wants his office; she ends up moving into Mike's. And Nikki breaks up with Mike.

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Heat Run
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7.60
818 votes

#7 - Heat Run

Graceland - Season 1 - Episode 3

Briggs helps Lauren with her case against the Russian Mafia; Charlie's C.I. proves unreliable during a drug deal.

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Always
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7.60
720 votes

#8 - Always

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 14

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.

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The Mayor With Two Brains
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7.51
380 votes

#9 - The Mayor With Two Brains

Spin City - Season 3 - Episode 23

It's Nikki and Mike's four-month anniversary. James is still the only person who knows, but he wants to tell. Stuart takes Carter's job for a day, helping the mayor deal with various ethnic groups. James develops a rash from keeping the secret. Mike prepares for a magazine interview, but during the interview, the reporter's focus shifts to Carter. Stuart enlists Stacy's help with the ethnic groups. James spills the beans.

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The Shallow End
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7.46
674 votes

#10 - The Shallow End

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 4

Mason reaps an old man in the swimming pool and the troubles arise when the old man won't leave until he sees his own funeral. Roxy tackles baddies on the job as a policewoman. Daisy counsels her reap, a man who wished in his life to be a woman; George gets a new temp named Ethan and discovers that maybe the reason everyone likes her so much is because of her sarcasm and hostility.

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In the Heat of the Day
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7.46
390 votes

#11 - In the Heat of the Day

Spin City - Season 2 - Episode 5

While jogging in the park to support the Mayor's fitness initiative, Carter is apprehended by the police, who mistake him for a mugger. To Carter's chagrin, Michael wants to downplay the incident for political reasons, while Carter wants to publicize his own outrage. Meanwhile, Paul becomes paranoid that he himself is a racist; and James struggles to pull off a successful date with the new supply girl, Katie.

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Hurry
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7.46
723 votes

#12 - Hurry

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 5

Happy Time has a time-and-motion analyst in and Delores wants George to be on full alert. Daisy goes speed dating to take a soul from a man. Mason tracks a friend to reap him, while George and Roxy's reaps have very different reactions to their demise. Meanwhile, Rube queues patiently for a letter - which breaks his heart.

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Monkey Business
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7.41
358 votes

#13 - Monkey Business

Spin City - Season 3 - Episode 12

Carter and Stuart plan to spend Christmas together. Mike must baby-sit a smart monkey that will be given to the city zoo as a gift from Ghana. The staff prepares the City Hall greeting card. Carter and Stuart meet two old men from their building who mirror themselves in 30 years.

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Last Call
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7.40
742 votes

#14 - Last Call

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 13

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.

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Forget Me Not
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7.38
766 votes

#15 - Forget Me Not

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 12

Ray and Mason fight for Daisy's affection, and their game turns into something worse when Daisy wants to breakup with Ray. In a hospital, George must convince an elderly woman of her death. Joy is looking for a job at Happy Time, where she finds out more information about the time George worked there. Rube seeks help from Penny, another reaper, to find his daughter.

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In Escrow
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7.38
694 votes

#16 - In Escrow

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 6

George is given a new and hard responsibility at Happy Time, while Joy seems on the point of selling the house. Mason meets and reaps a hero from his youth, while Roxy tells Daisy that the relatives of the victim from which Daisy stole her cross want it back. Reggie is frightened by 'voices' after a babysitter abandons her - it makes her finally start talking to Joy about George.

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The Ledger
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7.36
733 votes

#17 - The Ledger

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 2

George is bummed when she finds out that her parents are selling the home she grew up in, her bike's been stolen and at work she is suspected of stealing office supplies. Daisy goes on her assignment to the jewelry shop, while Mason is trying to prove to everyone that he is not drinking anymore.

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Send in the Clown
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7.34
691 votes

#18 - Send in the Clown

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 1

Rube and Mason go to a kids birthday party to collect their next appointment, but Mason is about to change his mind when he learns that his reap is a little girl. George gets a job from Delores to show a dumb Brennan, who is the nephew of one of The Happy Time owners, how to work. She ends up having a little fun of her own. Meanwhile, Joy and Clancy decide to divorce.

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Ghost Story
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7.31
732 votes

#19 - Ghost Story

Dead Like Me - Season 2 - Episode 3

George is induced to accompany her Happy Time co-workers on their annual woodland retreat. However, even there she can't escape from her duties as a reaper. Mason loses his post-it note with the name of the next soul to reap. Joy does her best to sell her house, much to Reggie's dislike, who scares them away saying that George, her late sister still keeps in touch with her from beyond the grave.

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Miracle Near 34th Street
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7.31
415 votes

#20 - Miracle Near 34th Street

Spin City - Season 2 - Episode 12

Mike struggles to make the children of New York believe again after the Mayor tells them that there is no Santa.

Gone with the Wind
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7.23
355 votes

#21 - Gone with the Wind

Spin City - Season 3 - Episode 3

Mike prepares to have sex with Heidi Klum for the first time. After "it", Heidi asks Mike to keep their relationship a secret. James receives his Aunt Sarah's ashes in the mail; his Aunt Sarah was a cow. Mike daydreams while making a statement to the press and accidentally reveals his relationship with Heidi; she breaks up with him. Paul's new fan creates problems for Aunt Sarah (take a wild guess).

The Pope of Gracie Mansion
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6.97
383 votes

#22 - The Pope of Gracie Mansion

Spin City - Season 2 - Episode 20

The Pope is visiting New York City, leading to spiritual revitalizations for Mike and the mayor. Carter fixes Nikki up with a friend of his. And Paul's turtle is loose in City Hall.

Nighthawks
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6.70
875 votes

#23 - Nighthawks

Dead Like Me - Season 1 - Episode 12

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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