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Reaper is an American comedy television series that focuses on Sam Oliver, a "reaper" who works for the Devil by retrieving souls that have escaped from Hell. The series ran from September 25, 2007, to May 26, 2009, airing on Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 p.m. Central, on The CW.
Reaper: Created by Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas. With Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym. On his 21st birthday, Sam discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil before birth and he must now be a bounty hunter for the devil until he dies.
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Reaper is an American television series that focuses on Sam Oliver, a "reaper" who works for the Devil by retrieving souls that have escaped from Hell.
Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison) lives at home with his parents (Andrew Airlie and Allison Hossack) and brother in the Seattle area. He had always wondered why his mom and dad were so easy on him, whether it was sports, school, or career choices, and so hard on his younger brother. Sam dropped out of college ("It made him sleepy", his Mom explains) and took a dead-end job at the Work Bench, a home-repair superstore. He spent the rest of his time hanging out, playing video games, and pining for his co-worker, Andi (Missy Peregrym).
On Sam's 21st birthday, his parents behave very strangely, and Sam himself sees hellish visions and experiences odd events. His father eventually claims that many years ago, he was very sick, and in return for restoring his health, he and his wife promised their firstborn child to the Devil (Ray Wise). Although the couple intended to cheat the Devil by having no children, this plan went awry when Satan convinced their doctor to lie and tell the couple that they could not conceive in exchange for wiping his gambling debts clean. Sam was born shortly thereafter.
After informing him of his fate, the Devil explains to Sam that he must serve as his bounty hunter (or "Reaper"), tracking down souls that have escaped from Hell and sending them back using his new powers (which include telekinesis) and "vessels", varied objects said to have been hand-made in the bowels of perdition by the iniquitous and the vile. Vessels appear inside a long wooden box sent for Sam to open (with the Italian inscription "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate" ["Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"], as was written on the entrance to Hell in Dante's Inferno), and are specially designed for each job. Examples throughout the series have included a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner, a Taser gun, and a cigarette lighter.
Although Sam initially balks, Satan tells him that should he refuse, then Sam's mother's soul is forfeit. Unwilling to sacrifice his mother, and convinced that he is doing good in the world by tracking down evil souls, Sam accepts his fate. With the help of his slacker friends Sock (Tyler Labine) and Ben (Rick Gonzalez), he begins his new life tracking down the corrupted souls trying to escape their own eternal punishment.
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•Bret Harrison as Sam Oliver
•Tyler Labine as Bert Wysocki
•Rick Gonzalez as Ben Gonzalez
•Missy Peregrym as Andi Prendergast
•Ray Wise as The Devil
Below is a list of Reaper episodes. Throughout the course of the series, 31 episodes of Reaper aired over two seasons.
The following is an episode list for the comedy-drama Reaper. The program premiered on September 25, 2007, in the United States on The CW.
Pilot. S1 : E1 | TV-PG | 42 min | Aired: 09.25.07. A young man learns on his 21st birthday that his parents have sold his soul to the devil. Charged. S1 : E2 | TV-PG | 41 min | Aired: 10.02.07. After Sam wakes up one morning, he finds that everything he touches gives him an electric shock.
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Oct 8, 2021 · In the late summer of 2006—on September 15 and 17, respectively—UPN and The WB officially ceased broadcast operations. That same week, on September 18, The CW was officially born.
