There's a little show on The CW called Reaper. It began airing two weeks ago and I'm kinda in love with it. It's about a slacker guy who works at a Home Depot type store called "The Work Bench" with his best friends Sock and Ben, and the girl of his dreams, Andy. When Sam turns 21 he finds out that his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born. The devil, played by the brilliant Ray Wise tells him that he has to work off his debt by collecting souls that have escaped from hell.
With his friends' help, Sam gets special vessels every week from the devil to help him nab the souls. He flops his way through the tasks, nearly getting killed and inventing cool ways to help get the souls without him and his friends getting vaporized in some way. They are hilarious.
This show is cute, and so is Sam. He has a Ben Affleck look, but younger and cuter. I'm in love. The show reminds me a lot of Chuck, one of my favorite fall shows, but with a sci fi twist. I watched the second episode yesterday and realized again what made me fall in love with the show a few months ago when I saw the pilot.
If you haven't yet checked it out, you really should, I laughed out loud continually. Oh, and that girl of his dreams that works with him, she works for the devil too, just not sure exactly what she does yet. Or what she wants with Sam.
