Dead Like Me

Dead Like is to Me a American Televised series in 29 42 minutes episodes, created by Bryan Fuller and diffused between the June 27th 2003 and the October 31st 2004 on the cabled chain Showtime. In France, the series was diffused starting from the February 14th 2004 on Jimmy. A film was ordered by the MGM which will be directly distributed in DVD.

Synopsis

This series tells the life (or rather the after-life) of Georgia Lass said George, teenager a 18 year old which, after being killed by the fall of the glasses of the toilets of the station Mir , joined a group of “reapers” of Seattle. Died without really the being, it now has the role of collecting the heart of human right before their Mort…

Death is caused by Sépulcreux ( Gravelings ), of the invisible creatures for the alive ones which cause the accidents by putting objects moving.

Distribution

Episodes

First season (2003)

      1 (1-  1) : He was once George ( Pilot )
      2 (1-  2) : Mowing Apprentie of hearts ( Dead Girl Walking )
      3 (1-  3) : Return to the house ( Curious George )
      4 (1-  4) : To fight the destiny ( Reapercussions )
      5 (1-  5) : Muddle at the reapers ( Reaping Havoc )
      6 (1-  6) : A space with oneself ( My Room )
      7 (1-  7) : The small voice ( Reaper Madness )
      8 (1-  8) : Trouble cooks of it ( has Cook )
      9 (1-  9) : Sundays morning ( Sunday Mornings )
    10 (1-10) : An air of unfinished ( Business Unfinished )
    11 (1-11) : The life is full with surprised ( The Bicycle Thief )
    12 (1-12) : Night-birds ( Nighthawks )
    13 (1-13) : The last thoughts ( Vacation )
    14 (1-14) : Rest in peace ( Rest in Peace )

Second season (2004)

    15 (2-  1) : Reapers, in track! ( Send in the Clown )
    16 (2-  2) : With which it fault ( The Ledger )
    17 (2-  3) : A history of phantom ( Ghost Story )
    18 (2-  4) : In search of love ( The Shallow End )
    19 (2-  5) : The hour, it is the hour! ( Hurry )
    20 (2-  6) : Am stram gram ( In Escrow )
    21 (2-  7) : V.I.P. ( Rites off Passage )
    22 (2-  8) : Welcome with the club ( The Escape Artist )
    23 (2-  9) : A heart which beats ( Be Still My Heart )
    24 (2-10) : Combat of tournament ( Death Defying )
    25 (2-11) : Mr X ( Ashes to Ashes )
    26 (2-12) : A secrecy kept well ( Forget Me Not )
    27 (2-13) : Last call ( Last Cal )
    28 (2-14) : To face its fears ( Always )
    29 (2-15) : Merry Halloween ( Haunted )

Comments

The reapers are described in this series like an integral part of the cycle of the life and death, removing the heart S of people little before their death and leading them “where they must go” after this one. The series contains many references to the Destin: the appointments of the men (and even of the animals) with death are known in advance. Mason indicates that some think that the death of a person is planned as of her birth.

The course of the action in the State of Washington is indicated by the number plates, the phone numbers, the codes of airports and the charts, but turning has in fact place with Vancouver, with the Canada, as show it certain visible monuments in the scenes of outside as well as the addresses of the streets which correspond to existing places with Vancouver.

Two seasons were already diffused with the the United States. Showtime announced fine December 2004 qu ' it would not order a third season, and the series thus ended without revealing many still obscure points.

The red frog which appears regularly in the series is a reference to the first scene of the pilot of the series. It represents at the same time the first “nobody” to die and in becoming a reaper. It is about a frog with horns of Argentina from which the cawing is very different from that of frog of North America. Also, the frog had to be doubled. Moreover, this frog species has very sharp-edged teeth and could be handled only by professionals.

First season

The first season proceeds mainly on two axes:
  • the discovery of the mowing role of and its acceptance by George
  • effects of died of George on her family

Second season

The second season looks further into the relations between the reapers like their history, with mainly:
  • the blooming of George, in her professional life and in love
  • the relation father-girl which Rube and George
  • maintain the couple Mason - Daisy
  • the history Rube

The effects on the family of George are not put aside, with in particular:

  • the separation of Joy and Clancy
  • It not acceptance by Reggie of died of George

The mysteries on the universe of Dead Like are also revealed to Me and dissipated with the account drips:

  • Which is Crystal?
  • the characteristic of George to be able to see the hidden side of the things, like the Sépulcreux
  • the origin of the Sépulcreux

Film

April 18th, 2007 the MGM announced the production of a feature-length film distributed directly in DVD. All the main actors will be present, except for Mandy Patinkin and of Laura Harris.

References

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