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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 of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 12 - Nighthawks
    6.7/10(523 votes)

    #1 - Nighthawks

    S1:E12

    George panics when Rube is assigned to pop a soul at her family's home.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writers:Stephen Godchaux, Bridget Carpenter

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  2. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 2 - Dead Girl Walking
    7.5/10(608 votes)

    #2 - Dead Girl Walking

    S1:E2

    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

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  3. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 11 - Ashes to Ashes
    7.5/10(392 votes)

    #3 - Ashes to Ashes

    S2:E11

    When George tries to pass herself off as the relative of a homeless man, she finds herself more involved in his death than she planned.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writers:Mona Mansour, Anna C. Miller

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  4. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 3 - Curious George
    7.6/10(543 votes)

    #4 - Curious George

    S1:E3

    George discovers the price that the dead pay when they try to hang on to their past.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writer:Peter Ocko

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  5. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 6 - My Room
    7.7/10(489 votes)

    #5 - My Room

    S1:E6

    George meets her new roommate, Daisy Adair, a glamorous, but annoying 1930s ingenue-turned-reaper who has joined their group.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writers:Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor

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  6. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 10 - Business Unfinished
    7.7/10(456 votes)

    #6 - Business Unfinished

    S1:E10

    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
    Writers:Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor, J. J. Philbin

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  7. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 1 - Send in the Clown
    7.7/10(461 votes)

    #7 - Send in the Clown

    S2:E1

    At her day job, George gets to train the boss's cute, but dumb, nephew, while Mason dresses as a clown to reap a soul at a kid's birthday party.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 2 - The Ledger
    7.7/10(401 votes)

    #8 - The Ledger

    S2:E2

    George figures that with all the bad luck she had while she was alive, things might even out in the afterlife. But death isn't like that.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Stephen Godchaux, Bridget Carpenter

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  9. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 4 - Reapercussions
    7.8/10(516 votes)

    #9 - Reapercussions

    S1:E4

    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
    Writers:Dan E. Fesman, Harry Victor

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  10. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 9 - Sunday Mornings
    7.8/10(483 votes)

    #10 - Sunday Mornings

    S1:E9

    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

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  11. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 13 - Vacation
    7.8/10(446 votes)

    #11 - Vacation

    S1:E13

    Death takes a holiday and the reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Peter Ocko

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  12. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 9 - Be Still My Heart
    7.8/10(398 votes)

    #12 - Be Still My Heart

    S2:E9

    George reunites with her new love at his father's funeral.

    Director:Tony Westman
    Writer:Annie Weisman

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  13. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 10 - Death Defying
    7.8/10(411 votes)

    #13 - Death Defying

    S2:E10

    After losing her virginity to Trip, George sours on love when he doesn't call.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Karl Gajdusek

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  14. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 8 - A Cook
    7.9/10(484 votes)

    #14 - A Cook

    S1:E8

    George gets a pet and Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writers:John Masius, Stephen Godchaux

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  15. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 11 - The Bicycle Thief
    7.9/10(479 votes)

    #15 - The Bicycle Thief

    S1:E11

    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

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  16. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 3 - Ghost Story
    7.9/10(439 votes)

    #16 - Ghost Story

    S2:E3

    In an attempt to bond with her co-workers, George goes on the annual Happy Time retreat, but she can't escape her duties as a grim reaper.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writers:Stephen Godchaux, Annie Weisman

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  17. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 7 - Reaper Madness
    8.0/10(515 votes)

    #17 - Reaper Madness

    S1:E7

    George gets her first post-mortem kiss from a doomed schizophrenic who can see the gravelings.

    Director:Robert Duncan McNeill
    Writer:Tom Spezialy

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  18. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 6 - In Escrow
    8.0/10(407 votes)

    #18 - In Escrow

    S2:E6

    George faces her first big decision at Happy Time, and Joy looks forward to a new life after accepting an offer on the family home.

    Director:Steve Beers
    Writers:Stephen Godchaux, Annie Weisman

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  19. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 12 - Forget Me Not
    8.0/10(413 votes)

    #19 - Forget Me Not

    S2:E12

    Ray and Mason fight for Daisy's affection, and George must persuade an old lady that she has really died.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 5 - Reaping Havoc
    8.1/10(535 votes)

    #20 - Reaping Havoc

    S1:E5

    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

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  21. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 5 - Hurry
    8.1/10(419 votes)

    #21 - Hurry

    S2:E5

    Deadlines loom large as the reapers snatch some hurried souls and George helps Delores impress an efficiency expert studying Happy Time's operations.

    Director:Robert Duncan McNeill
    Writers:Stephen Godchaux, Bridget Carpenter

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  22. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 8 - The Escape Artist
    8.1/10(416 votes)

    #22 - The Escape Artist

    S2:E8

    George nearly falls for someone she is supposed to reap, while Reggie makes friends with a young pet reaper.

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Bridget Carpenter

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  23. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 4 - The Shallow End
    8.2/10(477 votes)

    #23 - The Shallow End

    S2:E4

    George reflects back on her childhood and decides that the secret to popularity is being mean to people.

    Director:Sarah Pia Anderson
    Writers:Karl Gajdusek, Stephen Godchaux

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  24. Dead Like Me Season 2 Episode 7 - Rites of Passage
    8.2/10(432 votes)

    #24 - Rites of Passage

    S2:E7

    George experiences the power of celebrity death when she plucks the soul of a rock star.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writers:Karl Gajdusek, Stephen Godchaux

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  25. Dead Like Me Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.3/10(947 votes)

    #25 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nighthawks" is the worst rated episode of "Dead Like Me". It scored 6.7/10 based on 523 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Stephen Godchaux, Bridget Carpenter, it aired on 9/12/2003. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dead Girl Walking".