On tonight's season/series finale of Reaper - "The Devil and Sam Oliver" - Sam (Bret Harrison) and Andi (Missy Peregrym) try to find Tony (guest star Ken Marino) to help them translate the scroll Nina brought back from Hell. Sam discovers that he can summon The Devil with a specific incantation that will trap him into a competition. Sam challenges The Devil (Ray Wise) to a game of quarters, but they play to a draw and The Devil refuses a rematch, so Andi offers her soul as collateral.
The CW comedy is still awaiting negotiations whether it will see the light of day again. It was officially canceled by the CW mid-May but ABC Studios, which produces Reaper, is still in talks with CW affiliates to syndicate the show or maybe even sell it to cable. Its audience dropped slightly from an average of 2.70 million viewers during its rookie season to 2.25 mil for its sophomore run so far; the last episode reeled in 1.92 million viewers.
The cable network also canceled
Privileged, The Game, Everybody Hates Chris, which meant canceling Reaper will eliminate every single comedy in its lineup, which has
90210, Smallville, Supernatural, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and
America's Next Top Model, in addition to new shows, the
Melrose Place reboot,
Vampire Diaries, and
Beautiful Life. And yes, the
Gossip Girl spin-off wasn't also picked up.
On the last episode of Reaper, Sam got into a confrontation in his new job which ended rather grimly, while Sock tried to date a demon who has the ability to be anything he desires.
For those
Reaper fans, let's just hope that the season finale, will can very well be series finale, will be very satisfying to everyone. Tune in tonight on the CW.
-Glenn Diaz, BuddyTV Staff ColumnistSource: The CW
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