8.3/10851 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/27/2003
When smart, cynical 18-year-old George is killed by an errant toilet seat falling from space, she joins the ranks of an undead group of grim reapers. As she clumsily learns to adjust to her new role in the afterlife, George haphazardly hurtles towards her first dreaded assignment: to collect the soul of a little girl.
Director: Scott Winant
Writer: Bryan Fuller
7.5/10548 votes#2 - Dead Girl Walking
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/4/2003
George tries to shirk her new grim reaper responsibilities, but discovers that doing so leads to nasty consequences for the souls. She also attempts to get a real job by once again gracing the doorway of the Happy Time Temp Agency.
Director: Kevin Dowling
Writer: Bryan Fuller
7.6/10493 votes#3 - Curious George
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2003
George discovers the price that the dead pay when they try to hang on to their past.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Peter Ocko
7.8/10470 votes#4 - Reapercussions
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/18/2003
George finds a loophole in the "reaper rules" and decides to spare her next soul, but quickly learns that if you flip off Fate, Fate flings it back at you ten-fold.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor
8.1/10489 votes#5 - Reaping Havoc
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/25/2003
George realizes that even the undead need friends, but she loses one when a reaper decides to jump to the other side.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.7/10444 votes#6 - My Room
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/1/2003
George meets her new roommate, Daisy Adair, a glamorous, but annoying 1930s ingenue-turned-reaper who has joined their group.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor
8.0/10467 votes#7 - Reaper Madness
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/8/2003
George gets her first post-mortem kiss from a doomed schizophrenic who can see the gravelings.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Tom Spezialy
7.9/10438 votes#8 - A Cook
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/15/2003
George gets a pet and Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus.
Director: Kevin Dowling
Writer: John Masius, Stephen Godchaux
7.8/10431 votes#9 - Sunday Mornings
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/22/2003
George makes a new friend and discovers her dad is not the person she thought he was, while Roxy's actions cause an obnoxious lout to find religion.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Peter Ocko
7.7/10411 votes#10 - Business Unfinished
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/29/2003
Daisy enlists George's help in fleecing a wealthy society matron's son, and Roxy faces her annual struggle to come to terms with her death.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor, J. J. Philbin
7.9/10429 votes#11 - The Bicycle Thief
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/5/2003
Needing money to buy a bicycle, George gets a new job -- and an awkward farewell party at Happy Time - while her fellow reapers face their own complications.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Paul Lieberstein
6.7/10477 votes#12 - Nighthawks
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/12/2003
George panics when Rube is assigned to pop a soul at her family's home.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Stephen Godchaux, Bridget Carpenter
7.8/10407 votes#13 - Vacation
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/19/2003
Death takes a holiday and the reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Peter Ocko
8.2/10483 votes#14 - Rest in Peace
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/26/2003
While George tries to get her old job back, her family prepares to visit her grave.
Director: Helen Shaver
Writer: John Masius, Stephen Godchaux
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When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaComedy
Network:Showtime
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Dead Like Me" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 851 votes. Directed by Scott Winant and written by Bryan Fuller, it aired on 6/27/2003. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Dead Girl Walking".