It's a show about GREAT FRIENDSHIP and this show has it.you really believe these guys are friends. He has two friends which are INCREDIBLE: Sock (Tyler Labine) who is the overweight, quick witted buddy that everyone prays they have in their life and Ben (Rick Gonzalez) who rounds out the trio and usually is the one who ends up getting hurt.quite hysterically. It is set up like Smallville or Buffy where there's a 'monster of the week' to beat up but here it is always secondary to Sam just trying to live his life normally. It's really a win-win.the devil gets his soul back and the town has less murders. The Devil (Ray Wise) comes to collect by making Sam become the 'devil's bounty hunter' by re-reaping souls that have escaped from Hell and now are killing people back on Earth. Sam turns 21 and suddenly he finds out that his parents has sold his soul to The Devil many, many years ago. Bret was the MAN on The Loop so of course I followed him over to Reaper where he plays another character named Sam but this one's a college dropout who works at a Home Depot clone. That show starred Bret Harrison as Sam - the youngest exec at an airline. Plop in some Reaper and ride the devil highway of good fun and demon ass kicking!! DO I need to say more….I came over to this show from The Loop - one of the best Fox shows of the Y2K era that was dumped on the public this summer and never to be seen again. Some one punch Paris in the mouth for me and turn off that crap. Beyond that quit reading and just watch the damn show.ĭo I recommend it, hell ya and then some. If you need to look further into the background I suggest Wikipedia, for a good read and update. Like any good series the writing has matured since the debut and keeps on pulling you in week to week. No need to go into every detail, except the plot thickens, the relationships bloom and new secrets are uncovered. Us Reaper fans are nipping at the bit in anticipation for next season. In fact, I’m willing to bet once you start watching you won’t be able to hit eject till you’ve finished the whole season. Reaper is very entertaining and the story gets better by the episode. If that doesn’t hook ya then I don’t know what will. This season we are introduced to a killer demon who happens to be gay and a weekly mix of bad guys who all have hell bound powers. The show has alot of supporting characters that add to the fun as well that all make the show what it is.įor television, the CGI and FX work is top notch as any film release, nd it keeps getting better. Very convincible and likeable in a Satan-buddy kind of way. Now lets not forget the Devil (played by Ray Wise)who after watching the show, you’ll feel may just be that guy. She’s charming, tough and I predict next years Maxim cover girl. Though not until after literally a season of beating around the bush and getting to it. Sam Oliver (played by Bret Harrison) is our resident victim/hero/son of the devil kid of main focus who is dealing with not only fighting demons but trying to work up the nerve to get a date.Īndi Prendergast (played by Missy Peregrym) is Sam’s co-worker and current girlfriend. He keeps a smile going on in even in the darkest of times. Most noticeable is actor Bert “Sock” Wysocki who is literally our TV Jack Black. Though this round it’s mixed without alot of likeable characters and some good campy humor. At first its mainly a demon a week kill, much like Millennium and a few others started. Now Reaper started off much like many shows of this nature. Accustomed to a comfortable life playing video games and taking it easy, Sam quickly discovers that working for the devil is a frighteningly difficult job. With the help of his clumsy friends, Sam takes on the challenge of sending evildoers back where they belong. On his 21st birthday, lifelong slacker Sam (Bret Harrison) is confronted by Satan and forced to become a bounty hunter who captures souls escaped from hell. Now on to Reaper, the best bet is to clarify with its posted synopsis and then move from there. The whole writers strike screwed stuff up for awhile but a few shows still hung in there. With the exception of “Fear Itself” which we don’t talk about any more, Reaper reigned as one of those killer new shows. And then out of nowhere, we were saved with at least a handful of decent TV and horror content driven to boot. I was talking about scripted TV like it was the “old days”. Why? Because after injecting our lifeless bodies with way too much reality tv, I had almost given up on TV. Last year was a great season for television, in my opinion.
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