And Wise plays Satan perfectly! Every actor does in fact do a great job in this show. Wise not only gives a really good performance but he also has some of the best, if not the best lines in the show. And oh my god (I mean “Oh my Devil”) he is by far the best part of the show. If you didn’t then you obviously didn’t read the last section where I mentioned “The Devil” who is played in this show by Ray Wise. You may have noticed that I saved one for a short while now. Missy Peregrym plays Sam’s love interest, Andi. Rick Gonzalez plays the third man in the gang, Ben, and he does a great job as well. Tyler Labine plays his best friend and sidekick Sock and he is just awesome. He doesn’t look like much but trust me, this guy got some serious talent. Bret Harrison perfectly plays the character of Sam with both a mix of “What the fuck is going on” and “Well, I guess I have to save the day”. The characters in this show are all very colorful, interesting and really entertaining with their very varied personalities. What can I say, it’s a perfect blend of stuff. Don’t get me wrong, this show can be serious and actually do drama surprisingly well, but it also has some hilarious comedy in the plot. I can also say that they manage to weave so much humor perfectly into the plot as well despite the relatively serious idea. Because, you know… Sam is a slacker who works retail with his friends who also takes down hellish beings. The best way I could explain the plot is that it is a mix of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Clerks”. And from that we get a “freak of the week” show that actually manages to weave it’s main plot into every episode perfectly. Instead of instantly making Sam his slave or sending him straight to hell, the Devil makes Sam his very own bounty hunter who has to collect souls who have escaped from hell. Or is he (cue “X-Files” theme)? While he isn’t coming to collect it in the literal sense, he still sort of does. So now Satan himself comes to take Sam’s soul. That all changes however when he on his 21st birthday finds out that his parents sold his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise) before he was born. He basically had a pretty smooth ride through life. Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison) is a slacker of the highest degree(ish). When he came across this young man sawin’ on a fiddle and playin’ it hot.Īnd the Devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said “Boy, let me tell you what.” He was in a bind ’cause he was way behind.
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