It’s an hourlong comedy-drama about an 18-year-old college drop-out who dies in a freak toilet-seat accident and becomes a grim reaper!
10 p.m. Friday. Showtime.
The Hollywood Reporter says:
The Hollywood Reporter says:
Writer Bryan Fuller infuses the teleplay for the premiere with an engaging sense of the absurd … Patinkin employs his matter-of-fact style to great effect …Except for George's own family, the focus is always on the darkly comic circumstances of death and not its impact on survivors. That perspective, George's frequent voice-overs and director Scott Winant's creative and clever camera angles keep the series fresh and engaging.
Variety says:
Showtime scores a hat trick in "Dead Like Me." It's frisky, freaky and funny in the writing; boasts a fiercely credible performance from Mandy Patinkin; and introduces the splendid Ellen Muth in her first starring role. Concerning itself with the undead viewers will have an understanding of these characters as quickly as anyone got to know "The Sopranos." Scott Winant's direction is keenly aligned with the script's idiosyncrasies, especially during a scene set in the lobby of a bank that gets Georgia exposed to the sort of work she'll be doing.
The Los Angeles Times says:
Instead of a wormy cadaver, "Dead Like Me," is robust and original, crossing grimness with comedy …If verbose at times, the show's seductive 75-minute pilot and next two episodes are also smartly written and urbane, tender without being sappy, and rich in wonderfully dark, twisted wit. …
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