Scripted series · The CW
Reaper
Meet Satan's biggest tools.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bret Harrison
Sam Oliver
31 eps
Tyler Labine
Bert 'Sock' Wysocki
31 eps
Rick Gonzalez
Ben Gonzalez
31 eps
Ray Wise
The Devil
31 eps
Valarie Rae Miller
Josie
18 eps
Missy Peregrym
Andi Prendergast
31 eps
Andrew Airlie
Mr. Oliver
31 eps
Donavon Stinson
Ted Gallagher
31 eps
Phillip Mitchell
Campaign Worker
1 eps
Byron Lawson
Paul Huang
1 eps
Kea Wong
The bride-to-be
1 eps
Kyle Labine
Kendall
1 eps
Robert Foxworth
Harold
1 eps
Allison Hossack
Mrs. Oliver
7 eps
Mitch Pileggi
Detective Dan Stafford
1 eps
Kate Robbins
Receptionist
1 eps
Cindy Sampson
Marlena
1 eps
Jonathan Potts
Agent Papalbaum
1 eps
Sean Patrick Thomas
Alan Townsend
4 eps
Melinda Clarke
Mimi
1 eps
Jake Sandvig
Billy Boyland
1 eps
Rachel Cronin
Mary Pat
1 eps
Erik Palladino
Michael 'Red' Sabatino
1 eps
Agam Darshi
Bubbly Employee
1 eps
Michael McDonald
Mr. Elliott Sprong
1 eps
Catherine Reitman
Maggie
1 eps
Patton Oswalt
Leon
1 eps
Anna Cummer
Female Customer #1
1 eps
Ken Marino
Tony
9 eps
Sarah Lind
Madame Ozera / Noreen
1 eps
Jamie Kennedy
Ryan Milner
1 eps
Darren Shahlavi
Dash Ariell
1 eps
Aaron Douglas
Delivery Demon
1 eps
Eriko Tamura
Kristen
6 eps
Mercedes McNab
Holly
1 eps
Fulvio Cecere
Evan
1 eps
Erica Cerra
Nicole Manders
1 eps
Jessica Stroup
Cady Hanson
4 eps
C. Ernst Harth
Consignment Store Owner
1 eps
Mark Rolston
Arthur Ferrey
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Reaper actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Reaper reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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 hard it is to stop after one episode.
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
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 that have somehow escaped from Hell.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Pilot
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.
- Directed by Kevin Smith
- Written by Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas
S01E06
Leon
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.
- Directed by Victoria Hochberg
- Written by Craig DiGregorio
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E07
Reaper Reunion
S02E11
To Sprong, with Love
- Directed by Jamie Babbit
- Written by Michele Fazekas
S02E10
My Brother's Reaper
- Directed by Ron Underwood, John Fortenberry
- Written by Thomas Schnauz, Chris Dingess
S02E09
No Reaper Left Behind
- Directed by Tom Spezialy
- Written by Tara Butters, Tom Spezialy
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Tara Butters
Showrunner
Michele Fazekas
Creator
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Deborah Spera
Executive producer
Mark Gordon
Executive producer
Kevin Smith
Executive producer
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Tom Spezialy
Executive producer
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Melissa R. Byer
Writer
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Kevin Murphy
Writer
Chris Black
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Alan Cross
Writer
Thomas Schnauz
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Chris Dingess
Writer
Jeff Vlaming
Writer
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Craig DiGregorio
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Kevin Etten
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Treena Hancock
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Deborah SperaExecutive Producer
- Thomas SchnauzProducer
- Tara ButtersExecutive Producer
- Mark GordonExecutive Producer
- Kevin SmithExecutive Producer
- Tom SpezialyExecutive Producer
Writing
- Melissa R. ByerWriter
- Kevin MurphyWriter
- Chris BlackWriter
- Alan CrossWriter
- Thomas SchnauzWriter
- Tara ButtersWriter
Direction
- Michael Patrick JannDirector
- Ron UnderwoodDirector
- Michael GrossmanDirector
- Michael RobisonDirector
- James HeadDirector
- Stephen CraggDirector
Music
- Charles PollardOriginal Music Composer
- David SchwartzOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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