6.7/10478 votesLoading...#1 - 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
7.5/10549 votesLoading...#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
7.5/10350 votesLoading...#3 - Ashes to Ashes
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/3/2004
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
Writer: Mona Mansour, Anna C. Miller
7.6/10494 votesLoading...#4 - 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
7.7/10445 votesLoading...#5 - 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
7.7/10412 votesLoading...#6 - 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
7.8/10471 votesLoading...#7 - 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
7.8/10432 votesLoading...#8 - 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
7.8/10408 votesLoading...#9 - 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
7.8/10416 votesLoading...#10 - Send in the Clown
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/25/2004
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: N/A
7.8/10358 votesLoading...#11 - The Ledger
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/1/2004
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
Writer: Bridget Carpenter, Stephen Godchaux
7.8/10357 votesLoading...#12 - Be Still My Heart
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/19/2004
George reunites with her new love at his father's funeral.
Director: Tony Westman
Writer: Annie Weisman
7.8/10368 votesLoading...#13 - Death Defying
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/26/2004
After losing her virginity to Trip, George sours on love when he doesn't call.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Karl Gajdusek
7.9/10439 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.9/10430 votesLoading...#15 - 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
8.0/10468 votesLoading...#16 - 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
8.0/10395 votesLoading...#17 - Ghost Story
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/2004
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
Writer: Annie Weisman, Stephen Godchaux
8.0/10367 votesLoading...#18 - In Escrow
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/29/2004
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
Writer: Annie Weisman, Stephen Godchaux
8.0/10372 votesLoading...#19 - Forget Me Not
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/10/2004
Ray and Mason fight for Daisy's affection, and George must persuade an old lady that she has really died.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: N/A
8.1/10490 votesLoading...#20 - 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
8.1/10382 votesLoading...#21 - Hurry
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/22/2004
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
Writer: Bridget Carpenter, Stephen Godchaux
8.1/10373 votesLoading...#22 - The Escape Artist
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/12/2004
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
8.2/10484 votesLoading...#23 - 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
8.2/10436 votesLoading...#24 - The Shallow End
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/15/2004
George reflects back on her childhood and decides that the secret to popularity is being mean to people.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson
Writer: Stephen Godchaux, Karl Gajdusek
8.2/10393 votesLoading...#25 - Rites of Passage
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/5/2004
George experiences the power of celebrity death when she plucks the soul of a rock star.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Stephen Godchaux, Karl Gajdusek
The Worst Episodes of Dead Like Me
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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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Nighthawks" is the worst rated episode of "Dead Like Me". It scored 6.7/10 based on 478 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".