Curate, connect, and discover
(i probably missed a couple, that i watched, feel free to add to the list)
10 things i hate about you (2009)
black cake
city on fire
crashing (2016)
dare me
daybreak
deadly class
everything now
everything sucks
freaks & geeks
freeridge
genera+ion
get even
grand army
grease: rise of the pink ladies
harlan coben’s shelter
heathers (2018)
hellcats
high fidelity (2020)
high school
i am not okay with this
i know what you did last summer
julie & the phantoms
my lady jane
now apocalypse
panic
queer as folk (2022)
red band society
selfie
the bastard son & the devil himself
the girl in the woods
the secret circle
the society
twisted
up here
vampire academy
wayne
wolf pack
It's strange re-watching Dead Like Me after 20 years. There were so many lessons about life and growing up that I remember learning, but now I realize they never really sunk in. Bryan Fuller gives great life advice through Rube, who is a great father figure for George. Rube takes an interest in George's afterlife and actively involves himself in contrast to George's father, who divorces himself from his family life and eventually actually divorces George's mom.
Roxy's also a great mom stand-in/contrast for Joy. They're both aloof and seemingly hostile with their constant criticism to George, but Roxy takes the time to help and advise her when necessary. Roxy knows when to get involved and support George whereas Joy is seemingly afraid to do the same. Fortunately, Joy seems to learn from her mistakes with George and tries harder to connect with Reggie.
Betty, Mason, and Daisy are all siblings without being a surrogate for George's relationship with Reggie. Betty was instrumental in demonstrating to George that she had to take an active part in her own life. Betty was a role model who encouraged her to try new things.
Mason is a loveable screwup who grows throughout the show. At first he demonstrates how not to live the afterlife and makes poor decisions. In this way, he's allowing George to learn without having to make the mistakes herself. He's also very protective of George (and Daisy) and supports her even when the other reapers give her a hard time (often because she needs to learn a lesson).
Daisy is terrible when she's first introduced, but she later calms down and seems to become genuinely concerned about George after they move into a house together. Their relationship mirrors George and Reggie's with Daisy acting as George in this relationship, and had George lived, I think the sisters would have eventually acted the same way. Regardless, Daisy-as-an-older-sister demonstrates a different kind of self-confidence that I'm glad George doesn't adopt.