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The Best Episodes of Reaper Season 1

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21 year-old slacker Sam Oliver learns that his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born, and now Sam has to repay the debt by becoming the Devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Reaper Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Sam Oliver has always been the slacker with no goals or purpose. However, his life takes an unprecedented new direction on his twenty-first birthday, when he discovers that his parents sold his soul to the devil and he must now become Satan's personal bounty hunter.

    Director:Kevin Smith
    Writers:Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters

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  2. Reaper Season 1 Episode 2 - Charged
    7.9/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Charged

    S1:E2

    After Sam wakes up to find that everything he touches gives him a shock, he consults Satan, who tells him that this is related to his next target - an escaped soul from hell who sucks energy from power lines in order to loose it as lightning against his next victim. In order to capture the escapee Sam must use his new vessel, a remote control monster truck, given to him by Satan himself.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writer:Michele Fazekas

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  3. Reaper Season 1 Episode 3 - All Mine
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #3 - All Mine

    S1:E3

    Sam, Ben, and Sock must hunt an escaped soul that uses insects to kill the people living at an apartment complex. Also, Sam is crushed when Andi meets a new guy who encourages her to go back to school full-time and quit her job.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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  4. Reaper Season 1 Episode 4 - Magic
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Magic

    S1:E4

    Sam requests some time off to go to a concert with Andi, but the Devil refuses and points out that vacation periods are not part of his contract. Therefore, Sam is given a white dove as his next vessel and is sent to capture an escaped magician who kills anyone who does not appreciate his act.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writer:Kevin Murphy

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  5. Reaper Season 1 Episode 5 - What About Blob
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #5 - What About Blob

    S1:E5

    Sam must deal with a toxic revenger when the escaped soul of a chemical company's CEO starts taking human lives. Meanwhile, the Devil delivers Sam's contract as promised... but it's a few hundred pages longer then Sam expected.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writer:Thomas Schnauz

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  6. Reaper Season 1 Episode 6 - Leon
    5.3/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Leon

    S1:E6

    Sam discovers that demons don’t work on Halloween. Unfortunately, a depressed Devil decides to make Sam’s assignment even harder to cheer himself up. Sam and Sock capture one soul, Leon, an escapee who killed someone over a hundred years ago, but before Sam can return him Leon tries to convince them that he's changed. The Devil then sends Sam to recapture a second soul, a serial killer who plans on starting a new murder spree.

    Director:Victoria Hochberg
    Writer:Craig DiGregorio

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  7. Reaper Season 1 Episode 7 - Love, Bullets and Blacktop
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Love, Bullets and Blacktop

    S1:E7

    Sam and the crew go after a thrill-seeking pair of escaped souls that engineer car wrecks to keep their relationship fresh. Meanwhile, the Devil tries to set Sam up with a new girl.

    Director:James Head
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Reaper Season 1 Episode 8 - The Cop
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - The Cop

    S1:E8

    Sam gets a reward from the Devil for a job well done... but finds that he's being set up for murder. Meanwhile, Sock becomes obsessed with Gladys the DMV demon.

    Director:Peter Lauer
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Reaper Season 1 Episode 9 - Ashes to Ashes
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Ashes to Ashes

    S1:E9

    Ben's mother and grandmother stop by the Work Bench for some supplies for their family reunion. However, things go sour when the grandmother accuses Sam of being evil and calls him Diablo. Meanwhile, Sam meets a lady who has been the Devil's girlfriend for over twenty years and wonders whether her daughter is the Devil's daughter or not.

    Director:Victoria Hochberg
    Writer:Thomas Schnauz

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  10. Reaper Season 1 Episode 10 - Cash Out
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Cash Out

    S1:E10

    Sam starts dating a woman that he suspects may be the Devil's daughter. Meanwhile, it turns out that money is the root of all evil when the the guys argue over what to do with money recovered from an escaped soul.

    Director:Stephen Cragg
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Reaper Season 1 Episode 11 - Hungry for Fame
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Hungry for Fame

    S1:E11

    Sam desperately tries to stop an untalented musician when the latter tries to sell his soul to the Devil for rock star fame. Meanwhile, Sock is in for a big surprise when his mother returns from Las Vegas and announces that she is now married.

    Director:James Head
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Reaper Season 1 Episode 12 - Unseen
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Unseen

    S1:E12

    Sock and Sam move in together into a condo of their own and meet their new neighbors, Tony and Steve, a gay couple who is surprisingly friendly to the two slackers. However, Sam and Sock soon discover that there is more to the couple than meets the eye.

    Director:Michael Robison
    Writers:Melissa R. Byer, Treena Hancock

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  13. Reaper Season 1 Episode 13 - Acid Queen
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Acid Queen

    S1:E13

    When Andi's life is threatened by an escaped soul from hell, Sam must go out of his way to protect her.

    Director:James Head
    Writer:Alan Cross

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  14. Reaper Season 1 Episode 14 - Rebellion
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Rebellion

    S1:E14

    It's a demons world, as the gang encounters a demon support group with members who are trying to change their bad ways. However, not every demon is in for a change, as Sam and his friends must take down one who poses as a lawyer to unleash leeches on his victims.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writers:Craig DiGregorio, Kevin Murphy

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  15. Reaper Season 1 Episode 15 - Coming to Grips
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Coming to Grips

    S1:E15

    Andi finally learns Sam's secret regarding the Devil after she is captured by a demon and the gang must rescue her. Unfortunately for Sam, the truth causes Andi to fear him and keep her distance. Meanwhile, Ben meets the woman of his dreams while chasing a demon at a hospital's maternity ward, but a major fact keeps them from being together.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writers:Kevin Etten, Thomas Schnauz

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  16. Reaper Season 1 Episode 16 - Greg, Schmeg
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Greg, Schmeg

    S1:E16

    When the Devil refuses to offer Sam any help on capturing the latest escaped soul, the gang turns to Gladys for help. Gladys then takes the guys to her demon friend Dennis who at first refuses to help but later on offers Sam a homemade vessel because he feels sorry that his parents sold his soul to the Devil. Meanwhile, Andi's ex-boyfriend Greg returns and Sam discovers that he has a plan to get her back.

    Director:Jeff Melman
    Writers:Chris Black, Jeff Vlaming

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  17. Reaper Season 1 Episode 17 - The Leak
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - The Leak

    S1:E17

    After realizing that the latest escaped soul keeps surfacing back to Earth, the Devil informs Sam that a leak has sprung in Hell and tells his bounty hunter to find out how the souls are escaping back to Earth.

    Director:John Fortenberry
    Writer:Chris Dingess

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  18. Reaper Season 1 Episode 18 - Cancun
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Cancun

    S1:E18

    Sam is targeted by a demon revolution that ultimately leads to a revelation that can have serious effects on his future.

    Director:Stephen Cragg
    Writers:Michele Fazekas, Tom Spezialy

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Reaper" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Kevin Smith and written by Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, it aired on 9/25/2007. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Charged".