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The Best Episodes of Reaper Season 1

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Network:The CW

Every episode of Reaper Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Reaper Season 1!

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...
Episodes
18
Avg. Rating
7.6
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  • Coming to Grips
    8.1/10(191)
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    #1 - Coming to Grips

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 4/29/2008

    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

    Writer: Kevin Etten, Thomas Schnauz

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  • Rebellion
    8.0/10(204)
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    #2 - Rebellion

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 4/22/2008

    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

    Writer: Craig DiGregorio, Kevin Murphy

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  • Cancun
    8.0/10(211)
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    #3 - Cancun

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 5/20/2008

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

    Director: Stephen Cragg

    Writer: Michele Fazekas, Tom Spezialy

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  • Acid Queen
    7.9/10(219)
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    #4 - Acid Queen

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 3/27/2008

    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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  • The Cop
    7.8/10(222)
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    #5 - The Cop

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/13/2007

    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: N/A

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  • The Leak
    7.8/10(188)
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    #6 - The Leak

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 5/13/2008

    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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  • Pilot
    7.6/10(500)
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    #7 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/25/2007

    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

    Writer: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters

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  • Unseen
    7.6/10(212)
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    #8 - Unseen

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 3/20/2008

    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

    Writer: Melissa R. Byer, Treena Hancock

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  • Love, Bullets and Blacktop
    7.5/10(252)
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    #9 - Love, Bullets and Blacktop

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/6/2007

    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: N/A

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  • Ashes to Ashes
    7.5/10(224)
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    #10 - Ashes to Ashes

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/27/2007

    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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  • Hungry for Fame
    7.5/10(217)
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    #11 - Hungry for Fame

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 3/13/2008

    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: N/A

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  • Greg, Schmeg
    7.5/10(193)
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    #12 - Greg, Schmeg

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 5/6/2008

    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

    Writer: Jeff Vlaming, Chris Black

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  • Cash Out
    7.4/10(222)
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    #13 - Cash Out

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/4/2007

    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: N/A

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  • Leon
    7.3/10(243)
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    #14 - Leon

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/30/2007

    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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  • Magic
    7.2/10(258)
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    #15 - Magic

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/16/2007

    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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  • What About Blob
    7.2/10(240)
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    #16 - What About Blob

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/23/2007

    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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  • Charged
    7.1/10(299)
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    #17 - Charged

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/2/2007

    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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  • All Mine
    7.0/10(271)
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    #18 - All Mine

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/9/2007

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Coming to Grips" is the best rated episode of "Reaper" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 191 votes. Directed by Michael Grossman and written by Kevin Etten, Thomas Schnauz, it aired on 4/29/2008. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Rebellion".