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 of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
The best episode of "Dead Like Me" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 8.3/10 from 841 user votes. It was directed by Scott Winant and written by Bryan Fuller. "Pilot" aired on 6/27/2003 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Dead Girl Walking".
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
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
George discovers the price that the dead pay when they try to hang on to their past.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Peter Ocko
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
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
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
George gets her first post-mortem kiss from a doomed schizophrenic who can see the gravelings.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Tom Spezialy
George gets a pet and Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus.
Director: Kevin Dowling
Writer: John Masius, Stephen Godchaux
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
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
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
George panics when Rube is assigned to pop a soul at her family's home.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Bridget Carpenter, Stephen Godchaux
Death takes a holiday and the reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Peter Ocko
While George tries to get her old job back, her family prepares to visit her grave.
Director: Helen Shaver
Writer: John Masius, Stephen Godchaux