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Dead Like Me: Season
Two
Directed by: Milan Cheylov and James Marshall
Starring: Ellen Muth
Genre:
Fantasy/Comedy
Run Time: Varies
Release Date:
June 2004
On The Web:
Official
Site
Teaser:
Movie Trailer
Reviewed by
Byron Merritt |
There are few television
series' that can continually hold peoples interests for very long. But
those that can are so spectacular that they burn brightest before being
snuffed out. Such is the case with Showtime's DEAD LIKE ME (See
Season One Review Here).
After two short but extremely sweet seasons, DLM was given the axe for
unknown reasons.
This second season is just as fantastic as the first, giving us more
laughs, more thought-provoking character analysis, and more
gut-wrenching and tear-jerking episodes.
If you're not familiar with the premise of the series, it goes something
like this:
Eighteen-year-old Georgia ("George") Lass, on her first day of work, is
killed by a toilet seat that blasts into Earth's atmosphere from the
disintegrating Mir space station. After the explosion, she's recruited
into Reaperhood by Mandy Patinkin (Rube). And with Rube comes a clutch
of other reapers, all with attitudes, personal baggage, and problems of
their own. Most notable among them is Mason (played perfectly by Callum
Blue), an alcoholic, drug-using reaper who knows no boundaries. In one
hilarious but ultimately sad episode during this season, Mason has to
reap the father of a young girl during the girl's birthday party. And
Mason has to dress up as a clown to get into the party. But Mason is
anything but a clown and, in fact, hates them. So when he's asked to
make balloon animals for the children, he produces some very phallic
looking items, much to the chagrin of the parents at the party. And
then, after he successfully reaps the girl's father, he heads outside to
rip off his clown nose and start drinking heavily from a whiskey bottle.
We also get to see Georgia lose her virginity and grow up a bit (even
though she's still dead). And we get to witness how Gravelings are made
(the beastie little creatures that cause all the bad accidents).
But those revelations pale in comparison to what happens to Rube. In one
of the most heartbreaking episodes, Rube discovers that his one and only
daughter is still alive, and is about to die. If you watch this and it
doesn't choke you up, I fear that you're dead!
It is sad to think that there will be no further exploration of these
amazing characters' lives. I will certainly miss not learning what
happens to George as she grows psychologically and emotionally. I will
miss not knowing if Reggie, George's younger sister, blossoms into a
normal young lady. I'll miss all of these wonderful people.
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Newsworthy:
While Rube's cause of
death is never outwardly stated, several of the second season episodes
hint that on the night he was killed, Rube tried to rob a bank (the
wanted poster Rube finds when searching for information about Rosie, and
the gun he's constantly carrying around in his flashbacks).
Movie Quote:
"What kind of
universe would give me the power to extract souls from people's bodies
but still force me to keep a suckass job if I want to eat?"
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