Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season | 
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Directors: James Marshall (iii), Tony Westman, Milan Cheylov, David Straiton
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  241 reviews
Sales Rank: 596
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Box Set, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Published)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 627
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.3
MPN: D1006095D
ISBN: 0792860578
UPC: 027616903150
EAN: 9780792860570
ASIN: B0001GF2F6
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2003
Release Date: June 15, 2004
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Pay cable's "other"show about life and death, Dead Like Me takes a darkly comic look at mortality through the eyes of someone stuck between this life and the afterlife. "Bail bondsmen for the disembodied" is how Rube (Mandy Patinkin), the often exasperated Reaper foreman, explains it to disaffected 18-year-old George (Ellen Muth) after she's vaporized by a falling toilet seat from the Mir space station and drafted into the ranks of the Reapers. It's now her job to take the souls of the doomed, preferably before their mortal coil is damaged beyond recognition by the devilish machinations of the gremlin-like gravelings. You wouldn't mistake George's fellow Reapers for the do-gooders of Touched by an Angel, but they are anything but grim. Charming British shyster Mason (Callum Blue) always has some scam brewing, high-living, fun-loving former flapper Betty (Rebecca Gayheart) treats death as a cabaret ("Reaping Havoc"), and one-time starlet and wannabe actress Daisy (Laura Harris) still nurses her dreams of stardom. Even hard-bitten meter maid Roxy (Jasmine Guy) manages to find a way to let loose. Dead Like Me puts a light touch on black comedy, but it has a sneaky way of using humor to explore loss, loneliness, and regret, as well as kindness, and courage, and responsibility. George gets a hard lesson when she tries to wriggle out of her assignments like some overgrown kid, only to see the damage of her (in)action in "Reapercussions." And as George's angry, tightly-wound mother (Cynthia Stevenson) and withdrawn little sister Reggie cope with death, she breaks the rules to watch over them: their own pouty, glum guardian angel. There's nothing like your own death to put your life into perspective. The four-disc set features all 14 episodes of the debut season of Showtime's witty black comedy. The feature-length pilot includes optional commentary by cast members Ellen Muth, Mandy Patinkin, Jasmine Guy, Cynthia Stevenson, and Callum Blue. Other supplements include the nominal documentary featurettes Dead Like Me: Behind-the-scenes and The Music of Dead Like Me (with theme song composer Stewart Copeland), 32 deleted scenes, and a still gallery. --Sean Axmaker
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You're about to be collected. "Winningly eccentric" (LA Daily News) and "insistently irreverent" (People), this groundbreaking, original series delivers you into a realm of shockingly funny characters and twisted narratives you'll find completely "addictive" (NY Daily News)!When an errant toilet seat from the falling Mir space station puts an abrupt end to her life, George (Ellen Muth) discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
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 a great dark comedy June 19, 2008
I love this series and so sad it only lasted two seasons. I love the dark comedy and the lightness this show takes on death. The cast is awesome. I wish I could have seen more of this show.
Better Dead Than Never. May 12, 2008
No need to summarize and repeat what you can read in a gazillion other places. But among parables about living, DLM ranks, to my mind at least, as one of the best I've seen. As a story writer myself, I find forced to admit that this is probably better than anything I could have cooked up myself. Which is a big admission.
Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy, Angel and Firefly; a man I admire), if he's honest about it, will probably eating his Absurdist heart out (and if he isn't, he ought to be). DLM, despite its lack of the 'spectacular', or maybe because of it, makes its point(s) with clarity and, often, very touching poignancy. And with soul.
It addresses that aspect of 'teen angst' that's not all about 'social acceptance' and the pitfalls of high-school life, but about the profound loneliness that accompanies the clarity of vision that comes upon one in a period of one's life where one is old enough to understand a great many things, but not yet too old to have had the wool pulled over one's eyes by the world and its necessities. And why doesn't everybody else understand it as well? It's so obvious, is it not? How can anybody miss it?
DLM also deals with DEATH. Yes, I know that's pretty obvious, but this obviousness hides the truth that in our dealings with death, imagined or real, we define our position in and attitude to life. DLM's dealing with death is relentless and never lets off. Every episode leaves you with another perspective on the subject; and quite possibly with one that you might not actually have thought of.
Take all that together and you have what might be the most powerful show of recent years. That despite this it sustains an equally unrelenting comedic charm is a testimony to so very, very good story-telling.
 True Fans Are Cruel May 8, 2008
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure what to expect from this series, having never seen nor heard anything about it. On a whim (and because of the great reviews) I picked it up. And if I didn't like it I figured I only wasted $20, so it wouldn't be a big deal.
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I can't say I was blown away by the show, but it wasn't horrible at all. In fact, it was great. A dark comedy, for sure, as the reapers make light of a situation in everyone's life that NO ONE wants to deal with. Everyone wants to avoid death somehow; reverse the aging process any way they can, either mentally or physically. Sure no one wants to die. But what I learned from this show is that not everyone really lives either. Like the main character, George, has said many times throughout the show that she regretted not living enough.
I was expecting something along the lines of Six Feet Under, like another reviewer said. Putting those 2 show is a no contest--SFU wins big! But Dead Like Me isn't that far behind. It made me laugh at times, and really think seriously about life, but didn't cry at all. Certainly didn't cry like I did during SFU.
The characters were great, and eventually grew on me. Interesting to see Rube (Mandy Patinkin) who I knew from those stupid drug commercials do something with his career (though I guess he did those commercials AFTER the show was cancelled). And Laura Harris from some Nickelodeon show I saw as a kid who replaced Rebecca Gayheart, was an added blessing. Wasn't too crazy about the corny music throughout the show, though, despite it being composed by Stewart Copeland. But I didn't let that hold me back. As the episodes went on it grew on me.
A great show that I'm sad had to end. Look forward to seeing the second season soon.
Absolutely amazing show!!! May 7, 2008
I first saw dead like me on tv one day when there was nothing else to watch. I instantly became hooked. It is a wonderful, very entertaining show! I recently purchased the 1st season, and have finished watching the first half of episodes. The show doesnt get old! I plan on watching the second half of the season soon, seeing as I just now purchased season 2! Im very dissappointed that they canceled the show..Its absolutely amazing!
HALARIOUS, fresh, and deep March 18, 2008
This is an amazing show i stumbled across and decided to take a chance on. I am so very glad i did, it is so funny with a full of fresh stories and jokes and consepts. Bare in mind it does include some swearing but only when needed, just like it is in life, unless your one to curse like a salor or construction worker. It even has its times of depth, as it is all about dealing with death. But always funny and most always tastefully.
Sadly like all great things it was short lived and canceled after only 2 seasons, but there is supposed to be a movie coming out this summer.
All i can say is its great I'm glad I took a chance and if you have reasonable taste in things, you will be too. enjoy
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