List of Reaper episodes

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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 Television Network.

Contents 1 Series Overview 2 Season 1: 2007-2008

[edit] Series Overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired	DVD release date	Number of DVDs	Season Premiere	Season Finale	Viewers (m)	Rank
	1	18	2007 – 2008	TBA	5	September 25, 2007	May 20, 2008	2.7	#
	2	13	2009	TBA	4	TBA	TBA		#

[edit] Season 1: 2007-2008

#	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Soul Power	Vessel	Original airdate	Code
1	"Pilot"	Kevin Smith	Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters	Fire	Dirt Devil	September 25, 2007	101
Sam Oliver has always been a slacker with no goals or purpose. College made him "sleepy." But on his 21st birthday his life takes a new direction when he learns that his parents had sold his soul to the Devil. Now he must serve as Satan's personal bounty hunter collecting souls that have escaped from hell. For his first task, Sam and his friends capture an arsonist who is repeating the crimes he committed in life. His only weapon is a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner. A freaked-out Sam turns to his friends Sock and Ben for help and the three slackers, whose previous excitement consisted of long nights at their job at The Work Bench, decide to embrace this new destiny and set off in pursuit of their first escaped soul. In between fighting the demon, Sam contemplates asking his co-worker and longtime friend Andi on a date.
2	"Charged"	Peter Lauer	Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters	Electricity	R/C Truck's Remote Control	October 2, 2007	102
Sam wakes up to find that everything he touches gives him a shock. Satan tells him that this "power" is a gift related to capturing his next target - an escaped soul from hell who was once a crooked energy trader and now sucks electricity from power lines with which to kill his victims. Sam must use his new vessel in order to capture the escapee: a remote control monster truck. If only he can figure out how to use it. Sam enlists Sock and Ben's help and the three gear up in wetsuits to take down the angry soul.
3	"All Mine"	Mike Rohl	Jeff Vlaming	Bugs	Toaster	October 9, 2007	103
The Devil shows Sam photos of several people who have been killed by insect bites and stings. Sam, Sock and Ben discover the soul is an angry mistress who sends bugs to attack anyone who gets near her former lover. Meanwhile, Sam is devastated after Andi meets a new guy at college who encourages her to quit The Work Bench and go back to school full-time.
4	"Magic"	Ron Underwood	Kevin Murphy	Swords	White Dove	October 16, 2007	104
Andi invites Sam (Bret Harrison) on an overnight trip to see a Flaming Lips concert, so Sam asks the Devil (Ray Wise) for some vacation time. However, the Devil tells Sam time off isn't in his contract and sends him a new vessel box containing a dove to capture the latest escaped soul. Sam, Sock and Ben discover the soul is a former disgruntled magician who is killing people who don't appreciate his act. The Devil, disappointed on how terrible Sam is doing, puts Andi in danger by giving her a ticket to the magic show, Sam must save her.
5	"What About Blob?"	Peter Lauer	Thomas Schnauz	Slime	Sweater	October 23, 2007	105
Sam is delivered a copy of the contract his parents signed, but it is thousands of pages long - and in Latin - so his dad offers to help translate it. Meanwhile, Sam finds he can't stop slipping and falling when he walks and realizes it is connected to the latest demon. With Josie's help, the trio discover the escaped soul is the former head of a chemical company that dumped toxic waste.
6	"Leon"	Victoria Hochberg	Craig DiGregorio	Guns; Dog Monster	Snow Globe; Meat Thermometer	October 30, 2007	106
When Sam and Sock capture Leon, an escapee who killed President William McKinley over a hundred years ago, the soul convinces them that he has changed. When they take the snow globe vessel to the DMV to turn it in, they discover that Gladys is on vacation as all the demons take Halloween off. Later, the soul is released by Sock, and after he learns that Sam is still planning to send him back to Hell, he holds Sam, then Sock at gunpoint, threatening to kill them. Sam learns the Devil becomes depressed on Halloween because no one is afraid of him anymore, unlike the 16th century where he claims the dead rose to scare humanity.
7	"Love, Bullets & Blacktop"	James Head	Yolando Lawrence	Healing	8-Track	November 6, 2007	107
Sam must trap a thrill-seeking couple, Holly and Kit, who engineer fatal car crashes to keep their relationship fresh and exciting. Meanwhile, Sam meets a cute new girl named Taylor and wants to ask her out but becomes suspicious after the Devil pushes him to make a move and offers inside tips on her life.
8	"The Cop"	Peter Lauer	David Babcock	Tattoos	Taser	November 13, 2007	108
Sock becomes obsessed with Gladys, the DMV demon, after she comes into The Work Bench and makes some questionable purchases. He and Ben follow her home and suspect she may be hiding bodies in her house. Meanwhile, the Devil gives Sam an expensive watch as a gesture of gratitude for all his hard work. Unfortunately, Sam discovers the Devil was setting him up to take the rap for a murder the latest escaped soul committed.
9	"Ashes to Ashes"	Victoria Hochberg	Thomas Schnauz	Cremated Ashes	Hairdryer	November 27, 2007	109
Sam is annoyed after the Devil dispatches him to do some plumbing work for a woman named Mimi. After talking to Mimi, Sam realizes she is dating the Devil, although she thinks he is a playboy businessman named Jerry who refuses to settle down. Not only does Sam have to do Mimi's plumbing, he also has to capture a soul that uses the ashes from the bodies he cremated to kill. She introduces Sam to her daughter Cady and he is attracted to her, but is worried she might be the Devil's daughter. Meanwhile, Ben refuses to introduce Sam and Sock to his family.
10	"Cash Out"	Stephen Cragg	Yolanda Lawrence	Phasing	Zippo Lighter	December 4, 2007	110
Sam secretly begins dating Cady, even though he fears she may actually be the Devil's daughter. The latest escaped souls are two former bank robbers who have come back to collect the cash they hid after their last heist. Sam, Sock, and Ben capture the souls and find the stolen money, leading to an argument about what to do with it.
11	"Hungry for Fame"	James Head	James Eagan	Shark Teeth	Harpoon Gun	March 13, 2008	111
Sam tries to save an untalented musician (guest star Jamie Kennedy) from selling his soul to the Devil to become a rock star. Meanwhile, Sock is stunned when his mother returns from Las Vegas and announces she got married. He refuses to accept her new husband, so he moves in with Sam.
12	"Unseen"	Michael Robison	Treena Hancock & Melissa Byer	Invisibility	Magic Bullet Blender	March 20, 2008	112
Sock, Sam and Ben move into a Condo together. They meet their new neighbors who invite them over for a home-cooked meal. Though whenever Sam is around Cady, strange things happen to make him re-think his doubts about her being the devil's daughter.
13	"Acid Queen"	James Head	Alan Cross	Acid	Bubbles	March 27, 2008	113
Sam, Sock and Ben go after a soul who, when she was alive, was extremely jealous and would try to destroy any female in her life she deemed prettier than her.
14	"Rebellion"	Kevin Dowling	Kevin Murphy & Craig DiGregorio	Leech	Bullwhip	April 22, 2008	114
Steve and Tony tell Sam they want to exploit Sam's relationship with the Devil to lure the Devil into a trap where the other demons can then destroy him. Ted asks Sock's permission to ask Josie out on a date. Thinking she'll never say yes, Sock agrees, but when Josie agrees to go out with Ted, Sock decides to win her back.
15	"Coming to Grips"	Michael Grossman	Thomas Schnauz & Kevin Etten	Regeneration	Scythe	April 29, 2008	115
Sam panics after Andi sees him beheading an escaped soul and, believing he has killed someone in cold blood, threatens to go to the cops. Desperate to tell Andi the truth, Sam makes a deal with Devil. Meanwhile, Ben gets married (guest star Lucy Davis) under strange circumstances, and Tony reappears in his true demon form.
16	"Greg Schmeg"	Jeff Melaman	Chris Black & Jeff Vlaming	Chainsaw	Nerf gun	May 6, 2008	116
Andi's ex-boyfriend Greg reappears on the scene and asks Andi out on a date. Greg has sold his soul to the Devil in order to win back his one true love. Sam nearly gets his head taken off by an escaped soul and gets no help from the Devil regarding who the soul is or how to capture it. He takes his problem to Gladys, who then takes Sam and Sock to a self-storage place to meet Denis, a demon friend of hers. Denis first refuses to help but when he learns that Sam's parents sold his soul, he feels for him and gives him a homemade vessel to help capture the soul.
17	"The Leak"	John Fortenberry	Chris Dingess	Seduction	Polaroid Camera (x3)	May 13, 2008	117
After Sam turns in a soul who somehow keeps returning to earth, the Devil tells him that there is a leak in hell and to find out who is responsible. Sara and Ben fail their interview with the Immigration officer. Sara tricks Ben into giving her money to bribe the officer and runs away with his money. Sam, Sock and Andi think that Gladys is dead when the soul stabs her with a knife, but Tony proves them wrong. The Devil finds out who the leak is and transports her back to Hell. Andi thinks it is unfair that Sam's parents sold his soul, so Andi asks Tony to look over his "contract" and he uncovers a dark secret.
18	"Cancun"	Stephen Cragg	Michele Fazeka, Tara Butters & Tom Spezial	Telling The Future	Baseball	May 20, 2008	118
The demons target Sam when they consider that they may not be able to stop the devil, but they can hurt Sam, who they believe to be the devil's son. Sam thinks he is seeing Steve everywhere. Sock falls for a female demon - a succubus - who feeds off human life and whenever she kisses him, he gets a rush of energy but loses a year of his life. The soul tells Sam that the Devil and his father are lying to him about his birth, leading him to find out that he may be the Devil's son. Tony and the demons attempt to lock them up, but Steve appears and changes Tony's mind to save Sam, leaving Mr. Oliver behind. In the last scene, Sam's mother is seen digging up Mr. Oliver as he speaks to her.