Scripted series · Showtime
Dead Like Me
Life for her was boring. Death is anything but.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ellen Muth
Georgia 'George' Lass
29 eps
Mandy Patinkin
Rube Sofer
29 eps
Callum Blue
Mason
29 eps
Jasmine Guy
Roxy Harvey
29 eps
Cynthia Stevenson
Joy Lass
29 eps
Britt McKillip
Reggie Lass
29 eps
Christine Willes
Delores Herbig
26 eps
Laura Harris
Daisy Adair
24 eps
Greg Kean
Clancy Lass
21 eps
Rebecca Gayheart
Betty Rhomer
5 eps
Crystal Dahl
Crystal
8 eps
Patricia Idlette
Kiffany
11 eps
Jodelle Ferland
Kristi
1 eps
John Kapelos
Angus Cook
2 eps
Ben Bass
Chris Freedman
1 eps
Shelley Berman
Theo
1 eps
Neil Grayston
Ethan
1 eps
Neil Maffin
Stan Samuels
1 eps
Anne Marie DeLuise
Dana
1 eps
Julianne Christie
Suzanne
1 eps
Paul Jarrett
The Rope Guy
1 eps
Kurt Evans
Mercedes Guy
1 eps
Peter Williams
Angelo
2 eps
Robert Clarke
Ed Barphin
1 eps
Anthony Harrison
Drill Sergeant
1 eps
Gavin DeGraw
Street Singer
1 eps
Eddie Mills
Kyle Lowerdeck
1 eps
Venus Terzo
Karen
1 eps
Tom McBeath
Father Mathias
2 eps
Robin Dunne
Thomas "Trip" Hesburgh III
2 eps
Katie Stuart
J. Monteleone
1 eps
Gavin Buhr
Treach
1 eps
Ty Olsson
Buddy Briggs
1 eps
Tom Butler
Thomas Hesburgh Jr.
1 eps
Michael Des Barres
Gideon Jeffries
1 eps
Claudette Mink
Jeannie Bead
1 eps
Barbara Barrie
Phyllis
2 eps
Eve Brenner
Rosie
1 eps
Aaron Pearl
Brett
1 eps
Layla Alizada
Club Rep
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dead Like Me actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dead Like Me reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
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!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E14
Rest in Peace
While George tries to get her old job back, her family prepares to visit her grave.
- Directed by Helen Shaver
- Written by John Masius, Stephen Godchaux
S02E02
The Ledger
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.
- Directed by Jeff Woolnough
- Written by Bridget Carpenter, Stephen Godchaux
S01E13
Vacation
Death takes a holiday and the reapers use the break to catch up on some paperwork.
- Directed by David Grossman
- Written by Peter Ocko
S02E03
Ghost Story
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.
- Directed by Milan Cheylov
- Written by Annie Weisman, Stephen Godchaux
S01E10
Business Unfinished
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.
- Directed by David Straiton
- Written by Dan E. Fesman, J. J. Philbin
S01E08
A Cook
George gets a pet and Rube takes a shift on the grill at Der Waffle Haus.
- Directed by Kevin Dowling
- Written by John Masius, Stephen Godchaux
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E15
Haunted
- Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
- Written by John Masius, Stephen Godchaux
S02E11
Ashes to Ashes
- Directed by Michael Fresco
- Written by Mona Mansour, Anna C. Miller
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Bryan Fuller
Showrunner
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John Masius
Executive producer
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Tom Spezialy
Executive producer
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Stephen Godchaux
Executive producer
Paul Lieberstein
Writer
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Annie Weisman
Writer
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Mona Mansour
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Dan E. Fesman
Writer
Karl Gajdusek
Writer
J. J. Philbin
Writer
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Bridget Carpenter
Writer
Peter Ocko
Writer
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Harry Victor
Writer
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Anna C. Miller
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Bryan FullerExecutive Producer
- John MasiusExecutive Producer
- Tom SpezialyExecutive Producer
- Stephen GodchauxExecutive Producer
- Pascal VerschoorisProducer
- Ben BrafmanProducer
Writing
- Paul LiebersteinWriter
- Annie WeismanWriter
- Mona MansourWriter
- Dan E. FesmanWriter
- Bryan FullerWriter
- Karl GajdusekWriter
Direction
- Helen ShaverDirector
- Brad TurnerDirector
- Robert Duncan McNeillDirector
- James Whitmore Jr.Director
- Milan CheylovDirector
- Jeff WoolnoughDirector
Cinematography
- Danny NowakDirector of Photography
- Armin MatterDirector of Photography
- Tony WestmanDirector of Photography
Music
- Stewart CopelandOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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