{"id":2810,"date":"2011-01-02T16:44:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T22:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2011-01-02T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T22:44:33","slug":"what-to-watch-dead-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/02\/what-to-watch-dead-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Watch: Dead Like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DeadLikeMe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/DeadLikeMe.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DeadLikeMe\" width=\"166\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2812\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What have I been watching on broadcast TV lately?   Too many reality shows.  In fact, now many reality COOKING shows.   Hell\u2019s Kitchen, Kitchen Nighmares (the British one), Top Chef, Top Chef &#8211; Just Desserts, Master Chef&#8230; the list goes on.   I\u2019m sure someone has plans for \u201cHell\u2019s Top Kitchen Chef Nightmare Desserts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, as a nice break from all that, I decided to watch a show I could download from Netflix.  My choice?   \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001JV5BI0?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=magiclamp-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B001JV5BI0\">Dead Like Me<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=magiclamp-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B001JV5BI0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>\u201d.   I\u2019d started it before, but for some reason let it drop off my radar for a while.  I picked it up again, and I\u2019m glad I did.<\/p>\n<p>SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD<\/p>\n<p>The main character of the show is Georgia Lass (aka \u201cGeorge\u201d), who dies in the first episode after being hit by the flaming toilet seat re-entering the atmosphere from a Soviet space station.  Now, normally when people die in this show\u2019s \u201cuniverse\u201d, a person comes up to them and touches them.  That person is a Grim Reaper, and is actually \u201creaping\u201d their soul so that the death they\u2019re about to have won\u2019t be painful.  After death, the Grim Reaper helps the dead person \u201cmove on\u201d to the next phase of their existence.  <\/p>\n<p>But, that doesn\u2019t happen to everyone.   In George\u2019s case, she\u2019s told that she has to now take the role of a Grim Reaper, and joins a group of Grim Reapers to preform this task.   They meet at \u201cDer Waffle Haus\u201d every day to get their assignments from Rube, the leader of the group.<\/p>\n<p>This might sound like a really strange premise for a show, and it is, but it\u2019s a lot of fun.   It only lasted two seasons, but it\u2019s well worth watching.<\/p>\n<p>One additional things:  They came out with a follow-on movie in 2009 called Dead Like Me: Life After Death.   It was disappointing, and didn\u2019t have the same flair of the rest of the show.   Nearly every regular character made it into the movie, but a couple didn\u2019t.   After seeing the movie, I\u2019d say that they did it because of the script&#8230;.but who knows?   I think it\u2019s safe if you skip the movie, and just enjoy the two seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001JV5BI0?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=magiclamp-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B001JV5BI0\">Dead Like Me: The Complete Collection<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=magiclamp-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B001JV5BI0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have I been watching on broadcast TV lately? Too many reality shows. In fact, now many reality COOKING shows. Hell\u2019s Kitchen, Kitchen Nighmares (the British one), Top Chef, Top Chef &#8211; Just Desserts, Master Chef&#8230; the list goes on. 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