Dead Like Me - RIP

"Last Call", "Always", "Haunted"
I'll lump these final episodes together in a fabulous heap. Such a beautiful way to end a series. Never has a series about death been so life-affirming to me. Rated 2.

Dead Like Me - Forget Me Not

I'm surprised that this episode did not give me nightmares, the ending was so creepy. Very nice. Suspenseful. (With a special appearance by Yeardley Smith, who I haven't seen on screen since the days of Herman's Head.) 2-.

Dead Like Me - Ashes to Ashes

It's too bad that this series only lasted two seasons, because I only have one disc left to watch and it's really picking up steam. It balances so many storylines well - among the dead, the undead, and the living - and with honest emotion. And in doing so it doesn't contradict itself all too much. I'll be sad when it has finished. (Especially since I doubt that the last episode will wrap everything neatly. I don't know if they planned to end after only two seasons.) Rated 3+.

Dead Like Me - Death Defying

In one sitting, it's an about-face from everything in the previous post, but almost equally as satisfying. Unlike many other tv shows, where I find myself watching and waiting for it to reach its potential, "Dead Like Me" unfolds beautifully. I admit, I get irked when they reap murders, when they are supposed to only deal in accidents, but I'll skim over this fact in light of their fine character development. Rated 2-.

Dead Like Me - 2 Episodes (Season 2)

Two episodes at a time is the most I can handle of "Dead Like Me". With a break inbetween. It's very well-done, and I tend to feel verklempt by the end of each episode. I don't need a video to remind me of the tenuous nature of mortality, but at least this show has enough humor to get me through. (I never could watch "Six Feet Under".) Solid 2/3 for these two episodes.
"Send in the Clown" (Having a daughter, this was almost too much to bear.)
"The Ledger" (If I were the child of divorce, this probably would have been a double-header of tears.)