Reaper Review Summary
Imagine your parents thought so highly of you they sold your soul to the devil before you were even born. That is the premise of Reaper. On his 21st birthday, slacker-boy Sam Oliver gets visited, not by Christmas ghosts, but by a man claiming to be the devil. Turns out, Sam's dad was very sick years earlier and they bargained with the devil to trade their firstborn child in return for dad's full health. Sam's parents planned to cheat the devil by not having children, but the joke was on them. Now, Sam is the devil's lackey, a bounty hunter chasing down escaped souls and returning them. The hell, you say? Exactly. Reviewers describe "The writing was crisp and very funny" and "Reaper emerges as something completely fresh and fun - a dark comedy that is reminiscent enough of teenage years to be endearing and demonic enough to be shockingly humorous." For a devilishly good time and some laughs, tune into Reaper on the CW network.
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Reaper Ratings and Reviews
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Reviewer's Note: This review is based on, and mostly about, the series premiere of this show. If this show goes downhill, I'll update the review as necessary.
I was a bit weirded out, to say the least, when the new fall show I wanted to see more than any other was going to air on the CW Network. It'd be like being excited about a Fox show in 1988.
But such was the case with Reaper. The idea felt like the defunct Showtime series Dead Like Me ran head on into Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I never watched Buffy, though people tell me I'd probably like it).
Bret Harrison (best known for being the...
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In a season of overly dramatic reality shows and overdone crime dramas, Reaper emerges as something completely fresh and fun - a dark comedy that is reminiscent enough of teenage years to be endearing and demonic enough to be shockingly humorous.
Our Reaper story begins on Sam's 18th birthday when he discovers that his parents sold the soul of their first born for the mother's health. Of course, the couple never planned on having children after that, but the Devil is a tricky soul. Unfortunately for Sam, he's their first and only born child and the Devil has come to collect. Of course, it would...
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I really dig the sci-fi ish aspect but the humor is what keeps me watching.
It is not a laugh a minute type of show but one that does make me laugh out loud at least 3-4 times an episode. It also has WONDERFUL one liners that are worth repeating.
