michelvega I've been revisiting this show over the last few days and I still marvel at how good it is, and how much we have been deprived of more by its cancellation after only two years on the air. Dead Like Me remains glorious in writing, casting, fun. How much I enjoy seeing these actors grow into their respective roles over two years. The chemistry between them is magnificent and one has to thank the casting department to have chosen Mandy Patinkin as the leader of the group. His personality and acting skills are second to none. Ellen Muth as 'The Toilet Seat Girl' ties all the episodes together with a kind of dispassionate and sarcastic tone that I can't get enough of. Daisy, so flawed and so beautiful, moving softly through every reaping, cheerful, seemingly unaffected. In this world, this alternate world beyond our own, I would love for her to greet me when I move on to the other side. These characters are all good as gold. Every few years, I take out the DVDs and watch them all again, laughing, being moved, enjoying. Perfect 10 for sure. The movie isn't so good, but it closes the series pretty well. There is one thing I find funny with Ellen Muth. I think she's the most beautiful woman I've seen with a sad face. And when she smiles, it's just like a rainbow after the storm. Endearing to the last of my days. The best of the handful TV series I treasure.

John Freeman This show is utterly ridiculous I'm amazed someone had the courage to produce it. Am I ever grateful that someone. The show is so cleverly written and well acted that the absurd becomes possible. I am bummed it didn't go past two seasons when it should have gone at least six or seven.I became attached to the characters and their lives. In fact I was so caught up in this weird fantasy that I would actually think about them when I wasn't watching the show. The beginning of the pilot has George becoming a grim reaper in such a ludicrous manner that you know you are in for a really bad experience or a really good one. It is a good one, funny and silly and lost of fun.This series cannot disappoint. Watch it and you will discover you can't watch just one.

Jay Stevens In my country of origin, it was broadcast a couple of years ago, but they never finished the full season 1. Somehow the "people high-up" decided to pull the plug.In reality, they had given it the post 23:45 -slot. Dead tide, so to speak, and thusly the amount of viewers was abysmal.What a dramatic bit of miscalculating.I watched the available 6 episodes....and it stopped, just disappeared.I forgot about it, until the 2 seasons'DVD's popped-up at a sale at a local electronics store. I picked it up, and with it the movie. I watched the full run in a week, and have enjoyed it immensely. Despite the grim (hehe) subject, it was a breath of fresh air in a long-gone-stale world of sit-coms.the freshness is also supported with the excellent light Vancouver BC offers. (Yes, I notice such things) the filming has an airy feeling, also in the writing that soothes the sad, dark, often sarcastic, funny, hilarious ,and, again, sad premise. (For Vancouverites there's a great game of "find the location" as a side-activity)The hilarious deaths that get shown are only part of the strength of the series. The actors obviously are enjoying themselves in the breadth of the characters. They áre stereotypes in the beginning, but after episode 2, the writers start to réally dig into the different characters, with great effect.Georgia Lass (played by Ellen Muth) immediately stole my heart with her dry, sarcastic wit, and more often than not, poignant observations. Added to that her peculiar, quirky ,and husky-voiced beauty, and we have a winner! Mandy Patimkin is also one of the highlights. He is the anchor in a series that could easily disintegrate into farce, chaos and slapstick. But, it does nót disintegrate, fár from that.Watching the whole series back-to-back, makes pretty clear that there's a distinctive system to the madness.That "system" also makes it all the more obvious that the writers had many more paths to travel and explore when the studio execs pulled the plug.Shame Sadly the momentum got lost, and the Dead like Me Movie was rather weak, to say the least.If You are in for a dark, sarcastic, hilarious, touching bit of TV/DVD, "Dead like Me" is about the best way to indulge oneself.It's good, it's bloody good, and absolutely unique.

davek28 Not sure why this series is such a hit. It has yet another high concept premise regarding grim reapers who have to snatch the souls of people who are about to die at the hands of the Grimleys (I think). Weren't they a TV series in the eighties? These grim reapers seem able to interact with live people and live as normal, despite the fact that they're dead. Yet no-one ever questions their lack of ID, history, permanent home, etc. Andy why would they have to eat and drink if they're dead? Aren't they technically zombies or vampires? My last suspension of disbelief was when lead character girl (I forget her name) took the soul of a little girl, who then died on the spot. Lead character girl then stands up and walk away without any of the surrounding people batting an eyelid! She should have been pounced on and brought to trial! Finally, the lead actress is both unattractive and deadpan. I've struggled through the first two episodes and still can't think of a good reason to watch the next one. It's pleasant enough to watch, if you (1) suspend all disbelief and (2) accept that souls exist.