Reaper (TV series)
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| Created by | Michele Fazekas Tara Butters |
| Starring |
Bret Harrison Tyler Labine Missy Peregrym Ray Wise Rick Gonzalez Jenny Wade Valarie Rae Miller Donavon Stinson Andrew Airlie |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 31 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michele Fazekas Tara Butters Tom Spezialy Mark Gordon Deborah Spera |
| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Running time | 40 - 43 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dark Baby Productions The Mark Gordon Company ABC Studios Fazekas & Butters |
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| Original network | The CW |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 25, 2007 – May 26, 2009 |
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 originally ran on The CW from September 25, 2007 to May 26, 2009. Produced by ABC Studios and The Mark Gordon Company, Reaper aired on Tuesday nights at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central on The CW. However, the rights for the show have been given to Fox for its broadcast in Asia.
Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison) lives at home with his parents (Andrew Airlie and Allison Hossack) in the Seattle area. 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 not having children, this plan went awry when Satan persuaded 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.
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