I love Dead Like Me. It’s a great show! I’ve been watching the episodes for several days now. And it’s going well. The only downside is….Mandy Patinkin popped up in my dream the other night. Thankfully, it was just a cameo and nothing significant.
This reminds me of the time I was watching 24 nonstop and had a bunch of Jack Bauer dreams.
Or the time I had a Buffy marathon and I dreamt that I was part of the Scooby gang.
Sweet dreams, everyone.
Everwood. Wonderfalls. Firefly. Arrested Development. These are just four shows that I learned to appreciate and love after they were off the air. And now I have a new one to add to the list: Dead Like Me. Dead Like Me aired on Showtime from 2003-2004. It was created by Bryan Fuller (Wonderfalls and the more recent Pushing Daisies) and starred Ellen Muth, Mandy Patinkin, Jasmine Guy, Callum Blue, Cynthia Stevenson, and Laura Harris.
Dead Like Me is the story of Georgia “George” Lass, who dies. And after she dies, she becomes a grim reaper and has to collect souls from the living before they die. A lot of descriptions may say it’s dark and gritty, but it’s nowhere near as dark and gritty as, say, Six Feet Under. It’s intelligently funny and insightful, and watching George is like seeing myself on TV (if I were a dead, blond grim reaper). She’s sarcastic and apathetic – but uses her death as an opportunity to get a life.
I’ll just say this: if this show accurately depicts life after death, it ain’t so bad. Of course, that’s no reason to stop living. BONUS: A direct-to-DVD film will be released in 2009. Yay!
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I’m continuing my TV-hiatus-viewing by watching The Black Donnellys. There are a lot of reasons why this show should have survived: cute boys (who knew Jonathan Tucker was so built?), decent to great acting, Paul Haggis, violence and crime – and the pilot was outstanding. But I’m glad this show is off the air. It sucks! I mean, I get that it’s supposed to be dark and gritty, but I don’t believe that these characters can be so damn stupid. I don’t even want to talk about it anymore. Suffice to say that my favorite character is Sean Donnelly because all he’s done is make out with someone, get his ass kicked, lay in the hospital, and get upset because his mom doesn’t like his girlfriend. Then again, I’m only halfway through the episodes that were actually made, so there’s time for him to get stupid.
Note: Someone needs to hire Tom Guiry for something awesome. I hate to see his talent go to waste (or to see him playing psychos/weirdos/dummies).
