Dead Like Me

George: [voiceover] That's me. I'd say I'm sorry to disappoint you… but I'm not. I excel at not giving a shit. Experience has taught me that interest begets expectation, and expectation begets disappointment, so the key to avoiding disappointment is to avoid interest. A equals B equals C equals A, or… whatever. I also don't have a lot of interest in being a good person or a bad person. From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. George: [voiceover] Bad people are punished by society's law. George: [voiceover] And good people… Cat Woman: Who's the pretty kitty? Ooh, you are. Come on, sweetheart. George: [voiceover] … are punished by Murphy's Law. George: [voiceover] So you see my dilemma.

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Hi, I'm Dolores Herbig… as in "her big…" "… brown eyes?" I'll be your Happy Time career counselor.

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Dolores: Some college, huh? Didn't finish? George: Some seemed like enough.

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Who had the nerve to name you "Joy"?

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[voiceover] They say your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the moment before you die? That might be true if you're terminally ill, or your parachute doesn't open… [voiceover] … but if death sneaks up on you, the only thing you have time to think is… Aw, shit.

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[voiceover] I didn't know what was more disturbing: being dead or the fact that the first man to touch my naked body was a coroner.

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