'Dead Like Me' perfectly captures that early 2000's cynical comedy style. It's a dark comedy, but not too dark to be uncomfortable. It starts with the main girl getting squashed by a falling toilet seat, and instead of moving onto the next world she is recruited as a grim reaper to collect the souls of others.
The cast consists of the other reapers - all rather eccentric characters who don't take their jobs as collectors of souls very seriously - and Georgia's grieving family. The episodes are a mix of stand-alone and longer story arcs - I don't recommend skipping episodes, but you won't be lost even if you do.
The cast consists of the other reapers - all rather eccentric characters who don't take their jobs as collectors of souls very seriously - and Georgia's grieving family. The episodes are a mix of stand-alone and longer story arcs - I don't recommend skipping episodes, but you won't be lost even if you do.