Ep 2. Dead Girl Walking
- TV-NR
- July 4, 2003
- 40 min
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7.5 (527)
George, the main character, finds herself struggling with her new job as a Reaper. She is still coming to terms with the fact that she died and is now stuck in this new, undead life. Her fellow Reapers are trying to help her adjust, but it's difficult when she doesn't want to be there. On her latest assignment, she is tasked with reaping the soul of a high school girl who was killed in a hit-and-run accident. As she observes the girl's family and friends mourning her death, George begins to question the nature of her new existence. She wonders if the people she is reaping truly deserve to die, or if death is just a part of the natural order.
Meanwhile, George's younger sister Reggie is still struggling to come to terms with George's death. She is acting out and lashing out at her family, and her father is worried about her. In an attempt to get her to open up, her father invites her on a camping trip, but it doesn't go as planned. Reggie ends up wandering off into the woods alone, and when she finally returns, she's shaken by a strange experience.
Back at work, George and her fellow Reapers are trying to figure out why the girl they just reaped didn't get her life flashbacks before she died. This is a common occurrence for Reapers, but it's still mysterious. They decide to investigate further and end up meeting a mysterious man who claims to have all the answers about death and the afterlife.
As the episode progresses, George continues to struggle with her new existence. She's still resentful about being reaped, and she's not convinced that this is what happens to everyone after they die. She's determined to find a way out of her Reaper duties, but her fellow Reapers warn her about the consequences of defying the natural order. They try to convince her to embrace her new life and find meaning in it, but George is stubborn.
Overall, this episode of Dead Like Me is full of existential questions and philosophical musings about the nature of life and death. It's a thought-provoking and emotionally poignant exploration of what it means to be human, and what we can learn about ourselves by examining our own mortality.