Season 1, Episode 1-"Pilot Episode"
This is what Showtime's site (not available outside the US) says about the episode:
George's death thanks to a chunk of space station hurtling to Earth leads to some surprising revelations about her life - and her afterlife.
This is what I thought...
It starts out with this cute story about how Death came to the world. In fact, I loved this so much, I whipped out the closed caption and typed like a mad woman to get this for you. Although...it does lack the adorable puppet/cgi/thingie toad and frog:
Once upon a time-or more specifically, at the dawn of time-god, lower-case "g", was getting busy with creation. That what kids these days are saying. He gave Toad a clay jar and said, "Be careful with this. It's go Death inside." Pleased as punch and oblivious that he was about to become the fallguy on the whole 'death' issue, Toad promised to guard the jar. Then one day, Toad met Frog.
"Let me hold the Jar of Death (or whatever you call it)," Frog begged. With a nod to Nancy Reagan's pearl of wisdom, Toad just said, "No." But Frog was determined and, after much whining, Toad finally gave in.
"You can hold it, but only for a second," he said. But in his excitement, Frog began to hop around and juggle the jar from one foot to the other. Frog...was an asshole.
"Stop!" cried Toad, but it was too late. Frog dropped the jar and it shattered to the ground. when it broke open, Death got out and ever since then, all living things have to die. Makes you wonder how much better things would be if frogs had stuck to hawking beer.
The show starts out with a very sullen Georgia (call her George) looking for a job. She's a naturally snarky teenager with a pesimistic outlook on life. I like her already! She manages to insult the lady interviewing her and gets the crappiest job available. Once she goes home, we get to meet her family: her mom Joy [Age 41, Virgo] ("Who had the nerve to name you 'Joy'?"), her dad Clancy [Age 43, Cancer] ("Uhhhh, is a friendly hug between two men suppose to last that long?"), and her little sister Reggie [Age 10] ("She's not really invisible, but as far as I'm concerned, sha may as well be.")
During her lunch hour (which is only 35 minutes long) on her first day at her job, George is killed by the seat of a Zero-G toilet that fell off the Mir Station. She then meets Rube (her new boss) and Betty (pretty!). They are Grim Reapers and inform her she will be one of them from now on, right after a quick trip to her autopsy and funeral. The Reapers don't really do much between 'appointments' except snark at each other, slack off, and hang out at the Waffle Haus. Rube loves them Banana Bonanzas.
Eventually, George meets Roxy (who likes to be a sassy meter maid) and Mason ("Ahhhh. Mason, Mason, Mason."), also Reapers. They sort of complete the group. They like...think Clerks meets Touched By An Angel only not so preachy and very witty and dark. They steal money from dead people, squat in recently vacated apartments or houses when the owners die, and generally just mooch around life.
I'd have to say my favorite scenes are the bank, the train, and any scene at the Waffle Haus ("Order something before she thinks you're retarded."), including the incredibly hi-larious (yet absurd) discussion of nipples getting hard from sneezing. The show is very surreal and dark, but it had me laughing the whole time...well, 'cept for the train scene. That was a little sad because it's the first time George is in charge of taking a soul for a departing person, but the person turns out to be a little girl.
The actors are so perfect for their characters and the script is so well-written. I was completely hooked by the humour from line one, but as the story progressed, I became engrossed. It's wonderful story that has an underlying philosophy, but isn't cramming it down your throat. It's definately making my Friday's brighter with the lack of *sighs* Firefly.
I give this show a 10 and will definately be parking my butt on the sofa every friday for it. I highly recommend it to anyone with Showtime.
George's death thanks to a chunk of space station hurtling to Earth leads to some surprising revelations about her life - and her afterlife.
This is what I thought...
It starts out with this cute story about how Death came to the world. In fact, I loved this so much, I whipped out the closed caption and typed like a mad woman to get this for you. Although...it does lack the adorable puppet/cgi/thingie toad and frog:
Once upon a time-or more specifically, at the dawn of time-god, lower-case "g", was getting busy with creation. That what kids these days are saying. He gave Toad a clay jar and said, "Be careful with this. It's go Death inside." Pleased as punch and oblivious that he was about to become the fallguy on the whole 'death' issue, Toad promised to guard the jar. Then one day, Toad met Frog.
"Let me hold the Jar of Death (or whatever you call it)," Frog begged. With a nod to Nancy Reagan's pearl of wisdom, Toad just said, "No." But Frog was determined and, after much whining, Toad finally gave in.
"You can hold it, but only for a second," he said. But in his excitement, Frog began to hop around and juggle the jar from one foot to the other. Frog...was an asshole.
"Stop!" cried Toad, but it was too late. Frog dropped the jar and it shattered to the ground. when it broke open, Death got out and ever since then, all living things have to die. Makes you wonder how much better things would be if frogs had stuck to hawking beer.
The show starts out with a very sullen Georgia (call her George) looking for a job. She's a naturally snarky teenager with a pesimistic outlook on life. I like her already! She manages to insult the lady interviewing her and gets the crappiest job available. Once she goes home, we get to meet her family: her mom Joy [Age 41, Virgo] ("Who had the nerve to name you 'Joy'?"), her dad Clancy [Age 43, Cancer] ("Uhhhh, is a friendly hug between two men suppose to last that long?"), and her little sister Reggie [Age 10] ("She's not really invisible, but as far as I'm concerned, sha may as well be.")
During her lunch hour (which is only 35 minutes long) on her first day at her job, George is killed by the seat of a Zero-G toilet that fell off the Mir Station. She then meets Rube (her new boss) and Betty (pretty!). They are Grim Reapers and inform her she will be one of them from now on, right after a quick trip to her autopsy and funeral. The Reapers don't really do much between 'appointments' except snark at each other, slack off, and hang out at the Waffle Haus. Rube loves them Banana Bonanzas.
Eventually, George meets Roxy (who likes to be a sassy meter maid) and Mason ("Ahhhh. Mason, Mason, Mason."), also Reapers. They sort of complete the group. They like...think Clerks meets Touched By An Angel only not so preachy and very witty and dark. They steal money from dead people, squat in recently vacated apartments or houses when the owners die, and generally just mooch around life.
I'd have to say my favorite scenes are the bank, the train, and any scene at the Waffle Haus ("Order something before she thinks you're retarded."), including the incredibly hi-larious (yet absurd) discussion of nipples getting hard from sneezing. The show is very surreal and dark, but it had me laughing the whole time...well, 'cept for the train scene. That was a little sad because it's the first time George is in charge of taking a soul for a departing person, but the person turns out to be a little girl.
The actors are so perfect for their characters and the script is so well-written. I was completely hooked by the humour from line one, but as the story progressed, I became engrossed. It's wonderful story that has an underlying philosophy, but isn't cramming it down your throat. It's definately making my Friday's brighter with the lack of *sighs* Firefly.
I give this show a 10 and will definately be parking my butt on the sofa every friday for it. I highly recommend it to anyone with Showtime.