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Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison) lives at home with his parents (Andrew Airlie and Allison Hossack) and brother in the Seattle area. He had always wondered why his mom and dad were so easy on him, whether it was sports, school, or career choices, and so hard on his younger brother. Sam dropped out of college ("It made him sleepy", Sock explains) and took a dead-end job at the Work Bench, a home-repair superstore similar to Home Depot but which also has Wal-Mart and Best Buy features (Home Entertainment devices and other products such as sporting goods). The location used for filming the pilot episode is familiar to Canadian viewers as it strongly resembles a Canadian Tire store. He spent the rest of his time hanging out, playing video games, and pining for his co-worker, Andi (Missy Peregrym).
On Sam’s 21st birthday, his parents behaved very strangely, and Sam himself saw hellish visions and experienced odd events. His father eventually claims that many years ago, he was very sick, and in return for restoring his health, he and his wife promised their firstborn child to the Devil (Ray Wise). Although the couple intended to cheat the Devil by having no children, this plan went awry when Satan convinced their doctor to lie and tell the couple that they could not conceive in exchange for wiping his gambling debts clean. Sam was born shortly thereafter.
After informing him of his fate, the Devil explains to Sam that he must serve as his bounty hunter (or "Reaper"), tracking down souls that have escaped from Hell and sending them back using his new powers (which include telekinesis) and "vessels", varied objects said to have been hand-made in the bowels of perdition by the iniquitous and the vile. Vessels appear inside a long wooden box sent for Sam to open (with the Italian inscription "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate" ("Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"), as was written on the entrance to Hell in Dante’s Inferno), and are specially designed for each job. Examples throughout the series have included a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner, a Taser gun, and a cigarette lighter.
Although Sam initially balks, Satan tells him that should he refuse, then Sam’s mother’s soul is forfeit. Unwilling to sacrifice his mother, and convinced that he is doing good in the world by tracking down evil souls, Sam accepts his fate. With the help of his slacker friends Sock (Tyler Labine) and Ben (Rick Gonzalez), he begins his new life tracking down the corrupted souls trying to escape their own eternal punishment.
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Reaper TV Series Season 1 Episode Guide
Sam tinggal bersama dengan kedua orangtuanya dan adik laki-lakinya di kawasan Seattle. Sam selalu heran kenapa orang tuanya bersikap lunak padanya untuk setiap pilihan yang diambilnya baik itu olahraga, sekolah atau karier dan bersikap sangat keras kepada adiknya. Sam keluar dari kuliahnya ("Itu membuatnya mengantuk", jelas Sock). Dan memilih pekerjaan buntu di Work Bench, supermarket yang menjual perkakas reparasi rumah seperti Home Depot tetapi memiliki fitur Wal-Mart dan Best Buy ( peralatan Home Entertaiment dan produk lain seperti peralatan olahraga). Lokasi yang digunakan untuk syuting episode pertama sangat familiar untuk pemirsa Kanada karena sangat mirip dengan super store Kanada Canadian Tire. Dia menghabiskan waktunya untuk nongkrong, main video games dan mendekati rekan kerjanya, Andi. Di ulang tahun Sam yang ke-21, orang tuanya bersikap sangat aneh, dan dia sendiri mengalami kejadian aneh dan penglihatan dari neraka. Sang ayah akhirnya mengaku, bahwa bertahun-tahun yang lalu, dia sangat sakit dan sebagai ganti untuk kesehatannya, dia dan istrinya berjanji akan memberikan anak sulungnya kepada iblis. Walaupun pasangan ini hendak menipu sang iblis dengan tidak memiliki anak, rencana ini menjadi serba salah setelah iblis menyakinkan dokter mereka untuk menipu mereka dengan mengatakan bahwa mereka tidak bisa memiliki anak sebagai balasannya, Iblis akan membantu sang dokter melunasi utang judinya.Sam lahir kemudian setelah peristiwa itu. Setelah memberitahu mengenai takdir Sam, iblis menjelaskan bahwa Sam harus melayani dia sebagai pemburu hadiah ( atau Reaper), melacak jiwa-jiwa yang melarikan diri dari neraka dan mengirim mereka kembali ke neraka dengan menggunakan kekuatan barunya (termasuk telekinesis) dan juga"wadah" berbagai macam benda yang dikatakan merupakan buatan tangan dari belas kasihan akan penderitaan tiada akhir yang disebabkan kebengisan dan kekejian. Wadah itu muncul dalam sebuah kotak kayu panjang di hadapan Sam dengan tulisan itali