Reaper 101

I have to admit, Reaper seems pretty good. The pilot was directed by Kevin Smith which I suppose is an endorsement. A guy wakes up on his 21st birthday to eventually find out that, oops, his parents sold his soul to the devil and now he has to work for him. I was a little worried it was going to be too cheesy and packed to the brim with cliches, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's pretty easy to watch. It seems like there'll be special effects in every episode, and they were good but... not up to Heroes standards.

They didn't pay me to speak.

Speaking of Heroes, everybody's favourite illusionist Candice (Missy Peregrym) plays the love interest Andi. There's also the best friend called Sock, and not to spoil anything but, let's just say IMDB doesn't have him listed for the full season. He hasn't annoyed me so far, but I can see how he might. The Devil is played by Ray Wise, and he was pretty good so far. He has the usual "ooh I'm the devil and I'm casually doing earthly things while I talk to you" schtick, but it wasn't over the top like it is sometimes.

Is working in retail the 'thing' for this season?

The overall premise seems pretty good, I won't spoil what exactly the work he does for the devil is. I was surprised to see a cameo by Christine Willes who played Delores Herbig in Dead Like Me. I hope it's a respectful nod to the show, because dammit I loved Dead Like Me and it was a crime it got cancelled. They are at least making a TV movie of it now which I'm looking forward to. Speaking of shows about death, I'm also looking forward to Pushing Daisies which should be on soon. Although all three shows are about death, I think Reaper is pretty different and covers new ground. It has plenty of potential. Oh, I forgot to mention it's sort of a comedy. In case you couldn't tell.

Herbig, as in her big ass horns.