REAPER ROCKS!

REAPER...

Eight TV (8TV) has consistently provided viewers with solid programming, always bringing in edgy new shows that raise the entertainment bar. A big thank you for bringing in the most excellent Reaper, 8TV!!!

Reaper, a comedy-drama, stars Bret Harrison (as Sam Oliver), Ray Wise (as Satan), the most excellent Tyler Labine (as Bert 'Sock' Wysocki), Rick Gonzalez (as Ben Gonzalez), Missy Peregrym (as Andi Prendergast), Donavon Stinson (as Ted) Valerie Rae Miller (as Josie) and Christine Willes (as Satan's not-so-little-helper Gladys)

In this show, Satan is a smart-suited middle-aged guy who is quite the charmer, albeit with a menacing streak (which Ray Wise holds back just enough, and just rightly so), to spare his little hapless agent Sam.

In this show which turns conventions on its head and, which is quite frankly, deliciously irreverent to the max, Sam confides in his two best buddies how his parents sold his soul to the devil and like the three musketeers (and sometimes, like the three stooges!) they go about capturing escaped evil souls for the devil. The trick is that they must capture each soul with a vessel -- that can range from a toaster to a remote-controlled car etc etc and deliver the thing to the lovable Gladys.

Sam is nicely played by Bret Harrison and Sam wise is an excellent choice for the Devil/Satan. But the first prize for the best casting on TV has to go to Tyler Labine. The comedy maestro Tyler's performance is, to repeat the words again, MOST EXCELLENT!