Reaper: Leon

When Sam tries to return a capture soul, Leon, he discovers that demons don't work on Halloween, leaving the Devil bored and depressed. The Devil gives Sam a new assignment, to bring in a serial killer. Meanwhile, Leon wants a second chance.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 1x6
Airdate: Tuesday October 30th, 2007

Director: Victoria Hochberg
Writer: Craig DiGregorio

Alternate Airdates:

NL (Comedy Central)

Mar 13, 2009

Guest Stars

Patton Oswalt
As Leon

Co-Guest Stars

Christine Willes As DMV Demon Recurring	Darcy Michael As Roger
Gillian Barber As Therapist	Jake Smith As Little Kid
Karolina Turek As Cinnamon	Dean Paul Gibson (1) As DMV Employee
Lisa Dahling As DMV Janitor

Main Cast

Bret Harrison As Sam Oliver	Tyler Labine As Bert "Sock" Wysocki
Rick Gonzalez (1) As Ben Gonzalez	Missy Peregrym As Andi Prendergast
Ray Wise As The Devil

Recap

Sam and the guys sneak up on an escaped soul, Leon, who is holed up in an apartment with anarchist assassination plans. Sock accidentally knocks over a hula girl statue, warning Leon who comes out blasting. Sam nails him with the vessel, a snow globe, and they head for the DMV. However, Gladys isn’t there to greet them and all of the staff are humans who have no idea what’s going on. They head back to the Work Bench where Ted is trying to whip up the Halloween spirit without much luck. Sam ends up volunteering to be a coupon pumpkin so that Andi doesn’t get stuck with the job. Andi ignores him because of his supposed lying about Greg and the twins...

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Episode Notes

Andrew Airlie and Valarie Rae Miller don't appear.

Music

Artist	Song Title	Played When
Black Bunny	Hello
The Civil Tones	Soul Bucket
New Young Pony	Talking, Talking
Scissors for Lefty	Next to Argyle

Episode Quotes

Sam: Wow, I’m not usually a morning person but I kind of like knocking a soul off first thing.

Ted: You’re not going to be the pumpkin, Sock.
Sock: Racist.

The Devil: Holidays always depress me.
Sam: Holidays? What? Halloween? I thought you’d love this time of year.
The Devil: I detest it with every fiber of my being. Back when it was the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, now that… that was a holiday. Dead rising from their graves, damaging crops, causing trouble. Good times.
Sam: But now you hate it.
The Devil: It’s the commercialization of evil. the one day when not a soul on Earth fears me, or even believes in me. I become a party gag. A plastic mask.
Sam: It’s only one day out of the year.
The Devil: Are you trying to make me feel better, Sam?
Sam: Yeah, I guess I am.

Leon: Tell me about your childhood.
Sam: My parents sold my soul to the Devil.
Leon: So, oohh, well… that’s some abandonment and betrayal. And I’m gonna guess there was a lot of bedwetting.

Sock: The Butcher? That’s a pretty good name. yeah, if I was a serial killer I’d want my name to be something more effective, like Murder Man or Killbot.

Leon: So, Ted hears my voice coming out of the toilet, and he says, “God is that you.” And I said, “Yes, Ted, this is God, and I’ve got Abraham Lincoln with me, and we both think you’re an enormous douche bag.” And then he started crying, going, “Ooh, ooh, Honest Abe, please forgive me.”

(seeing Sam naked)
The Devil: Oh, please with the modesty. I’m like a doctor, Sam. It all looks like raw meat to me.

The Devil: Sam, if I can impart to you on piece of knowledge, just one kernel of truth that I’ve gleaned over the entirety of my existence, it would be this. Betrayal is the defining trait of humanity. Your friends will always let you down. The girl will always leave.
Sam: That’s not true.
The Devil: Yes it is. And your so-called friends have proven my point. You know, you’re not angry at Leon. You’re just upset because you’re realizing the weakness of your species. The most untrustworthy, unreliable creatures on this Earth. Except for bears.

The Devil: You know, in a way, I’m the most trustworthy person you know. And that’s just sad.

Sock: I’m really glad you didn’t get eaten by the dog monster.
Sam: I’m really glad you didn’t get eaten too.

Leon: I’m sorry. I didn’t… I didn’t really want to blow your face off.
Sock: No problem. I did really want to break your wrist though. Still might.

The Devil: Sam, I invented therapy. Okay? So that the wicked could justify their actions.
Sam: I’m starting to be able to figure out when you’re lying, as well.

Cultural References

Leon Czolgosz

As established early in the episode, Leon is Leon Czolgosz, the killer of U.S. President William McKinley in September 1901. Czolgosz shot the President at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY, concealing a revolver in a bandage wrapped around his head. He was captured on the scene, put on trial, and executed two months later. He has since been immortalized in the liner notes of the Slacker DVD and in the musical Assassins by Stephen Sondheim.

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