Part 2

Date: 2010-10-21 04:15 pm (UTC)
On the polar opposite we have Betty, who is the only Reaper that can be seen as well-adjusted and happy with her work as a Reaper. She left after only half a dozen episodes, and was replaced by Daisy Adair, a 1930s starlet who would have managed to sleep her way to the top of the Hollywood industry if it wasn't for her death on the set of Gone With the Wind. She appears to be selfish and superficial but, as time advances, we see that there's more to her than meets the eye.
And finally we have my personal favourite, Mason, played by Callum Blue. Mason died in London in 1966 from trepanation - in other words, he drilled a hole in his own skull, as he was told it would help him achieve the ultimate high. This suggests that he was already consuming illicit substances when he was alive, but nowadays his addition to drugs and alcohol seems to be mainly to numb the pain he experiences from all the misery and suffering he sees as a Reaper. A recurring theme in the show is his infatuation with Daisy, which quickly evolves into a very bittersweet love story.
We also meet Reapers from other departments, like a young boy who collects the souls of pets or a hospital nurse who deals with natural causes. And then there's the Plague Division, who sadly only make a very brief appearance in the aired show, but who are seen in the deleted scenes of the pilot episode to be a very bored bunch, who spend their long and uneventful days playing bocce in the park and hoping that the squirrels there will start biting people so that they can start working again.
And that's the show in a nutshell. It's a great tale on life and death that brilliantly mixes drama with (very) dark humour, and it's filled with great quotable moments. I strongly recommend it, with the exception of the TV movie that followed it - that one should either be thrown into Mount Doom and forever removed from the fans' memories, or kept under lock and key in the Black Museum.

All the best,
Patricia
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Elizabeth (Betsy). Twenty-two, almost twenty-three, but perpetually seventeen. Whirls back & forth between vulgarity & delicacies like a dervish proper & has been known to disappear for months on end. Worshipper of Carroll, devotee of Lovecraft & BPAL hoarder absolute. Destined for the madhouse.

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