I really enjoyed seasons 1 & 2. Funny stories and good acting from Labine, DeVito, Deeley and Jackson. The 3rd season jettisoned costars DeVito, Deeley and Jackson and added Kal Penn. Every episode of season 3 was a steady diet of very crude, gross out "humor." Maybe funny to 14 year olds but few others. I just kept shaking my head at season 3, watching in hopes of seeing the humor that made the 1st two seasons entertaining but constantly frustrated that they got lazy and always took the low road, generally expecting laughs if they showed enough vomit, feces and farting instead of creating funny story lines. If the series had ended after 2 seasons, I would give it rave reviews. But the 3rd season is pure garbage.
58 Reviews
Seasons 1 and 2 great, season 3 no.
mrgoth-215 May 2020
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I liked Reaper and this seemed along the same lines. Really enjoyed the concept and the cast, although they could have made Pac a little smarter.
In Season 3 for some reason they dropped the level of humor way down, the writing seemed weaker, almost felt like they wanted to ensure it was the last season.
Enjoy first two seasons, mindless fun, and if you want to, slog through season 3.
First two seasons made the show
fishwhisperer-318455 December 2020
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When Lucy DeVito, Brandon Jackson and Cat Deeley left after season two, the show took a much different turn and lost a lot of its charm. Replacing them with Kal Penn made the show feel like it was just one long Harold & Kumar movie.
Honestly, if you only watch seasons 1 & 2 no one would blame you. I'd actually recommend that.
Tune in, turn on, drop out.
turnerphotography23 April 2014
What an enjoyable find. Well acted and mindless fun. Does it pander to stereotypes? Yes...in a way a comedy about an oafish, hapless, stoner who communicates with ghosts and whose only friend is his drug dealer would be expected to. This is not dumb and mindless like so many sitcoms where the unattractive always-wrong male lead is married to an impossibly attractive all-knowing female lead whose kids are smarter than them both, it's dumb and mindless like It's Always Sunny without being so over the top offensive (and I love It's Always Sunny) and with a bit of a sweetness to it. It's Us Weekly compared to Harvard Business Review. And a nice way to kill 22-23 minutes.
Hmmm...
delanea-taylor4 September 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 seasons. There is not one boring moment. I got to season 3 with such high hopes-- Kal Penn???? Alas, I was so disappointed I haven't finished the final season. I will update my review should I be able to make my way through these remaining episodes.
Don't Overthink This One... Just Have Fun With It!
faithwebb19 April 2014
Alright, another Hulu Original Series that is surprisingly fun! The show centers around Kevin Pacalioglu, (played by Tyler Labine- if you have seen any of his previous stuff and enjoyed it, you will love this show) a typical man-child who's broke and spends what money he does have on weed and snacks. The thing that makes him different is his ability to see dead people and help their spirits pass on to the next realm. The catch is these ghosts have some pretty interesting and crazy requests that put Kevin in some outlandish and humorous situations. This show is entertaining, original, smart, and (bonus!) crass. I would highly recommend giving it a chance if you enjoy his type of humor :)
Season 3 awful compared to 1 and 2
traptrap-6757610 September 2021
Very funny until...
cwstrgzr29 May 2021
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Watched the first two season, didnt like it when Devito left but it was still ok as a ghost. First two seasons we loved and watched quickly, then came season 3. What a disappointment. Sex and bodily fluid jokes and skits. Watched it thru but couldnt wait for it to end. Hated the Danny Porker character.
Deadbeat must continue!
kbsweat21 May 2014
I was laying in bed with a virus and I turned to Hulu to keep me entertained. I came across Deadbeat and now I am hooked! This series is cleverly written and the casting is superb! I love Cat Deely but I would never think she could ever pass as a villain because she is such a Love. She pulls it of perfectly. Tyler Labine completely makes his character believable even with his over-the-top, lovable raunchiness and his Archie Bunker like vocabulary. I have never seen Lucy DeVito in anything but now I love her thanks to Deadbeat. Brandon T. Jackson as Roofie... ahhhh! You just want to hug him. He is awesome! The story lines are so off-the-chain hilarious and so clever but what makes them really great is the ridiculous nonsense that is strategically placed at every turn. it is my new favorite so please....do not let this series stop!
Entertaining and funny but ruined by the Cat Deeley character
waynerex-0908712 October 2020
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Definitely worth watching as is funny and entertaining. The only downside for me was the Cat Deeley character. Personally I'd have preferred a different dynamic and think they should have concentrated on the Lucy DeVito character more both dead and alive.
ruined by loosing Sue and Roofie
sewboatus24 April 2016
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Loved this show...until Roofie and Sue were replaced with Kumar. Nice guy, good actor, but the two best characters Other than the star are Sue and Roofie. What were the Network execs thinking? The chemistry was so good between those 3 people that it made the show. I wont even watch it now. Would have given it 10 stars previously.
So now we have an old stoner buddy movie, playing over and over with an actor who is too old to play the stoner buddy and too well known to be accepted in this role. The people who made the decision to not have Sue and Roofie were so off target. If it was money...just stupid. If they had another offer, pay them more to stay. something/ Just ruined my new favorite show by losing these two valuable characters.
So now we have an old stoner buddy movie, playing over and over with an actor who is too old to play the stoner buddy and too well known to be accepted in this role. The people who made the decision to not have Sue and Roofie were so off target. If it was money...just stupid. If they had another offer, pay them more to stay. something/ Just ruined my new favorite show by losing these two valuable characters.
If you don't laugh, you must be dead.
foomonger9 October 2014
Positive reviews must be fake? Seriously? Perhaps the often outrageous subject matter simply offends some people. Or maybe their humour glands are malfunctioning. Whatever; ignore these hatin' fools and check out this fine, fine show.
I don't watch a lot of TV comedy, at least not past the first ten minutes or so (tired jokes, the same old situations and canned laughter don't do it for me), but this had me hooked immediately.
Deadbeat is hilarious (as in laugh out loud and have to keep rewinding because you miss the dialogue for laughing). It's also surprisingly smart, especially when it's being dumb, which is a lot, okay most of the time.
And it has Tyler Labine! If you have seen any of his previous comedy work, you'll know this is one funny guy. I suspect a lot of ad-libbing goes on. Besides, it's worth watching just to see Tyler's wonderful range of facial expressions - I got a friend hooked by emailing a snapshot from episode one - priceless.
His annoying nemesis is too annoying for my tastes, but I guess that's the point. While Pacalioglu genuinely sees ghosts and lives in squalor, she fakes it into a successful career. The allegory tragically continues ...
There is one, maybe two episodes in the first ten that are merely very funny, but this is easily forgivable in the grand scheme of things (something Pacalioglu rarely gets!).
I give it one point for every episode that had me spitting my drink at the screen.
Season two, please!
I don't watch a lot of TV comedy, at least not past the first ten minutes or so (tired jokes, the same old situations and canned laughter don't do it for me), but this had me hooked immediately.
Deadbeat is hilarious (as in laugh out loud and have to keep rewinding because you miss the dialogue for laughing). It's also surprisingly smart, especially when it's being dumb, which is a lot, okay most of the time.
And it has Tyler Labine! If you have seen any of his previous comedy work, you'll know this is one funny guy. I suspect a lot of ad-libbing goes on. Besides, it's worth watching just to see Tyler's wonderful range of facial expressions - I got a friend hooked by emailing a snapshot from episode one - priceless.
His annoying nemesis is too annoying for my tastes, but I guess that's the point. While Pacalioglu genuinely sees ghosts and lives in squalor, she fakes it into a successful career. The allegory tragically continues ...
There is one, maybe two episodes in the first ten that are merely very funny, but this is easily forgivable in the grand scheme of things (something Pacalioglu rarely gets!).
I give it one point for every episode that had me spitting my drink at the screen.
Season two, please!
Has real potential
nate-linker12 May 2020
This show could easily be 10/10 if there was a different main character. He's possibly the corniest most generic wannabe Jack Black comedian ever. Not even sure how he managed to get a show, and yes i get that all of that might be his "charm" but it's just annoying knowing that this show could've been really great
Great season 1, ok season 2, unbearable season 3
a0019500631 October 2023
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Season one was great, lots of loud laughs and fun. Well written. Characters well developed, super enterttaining. A wonderful quirky comedy about ghosts.
Season two started okay but somehow lost its magic, jokes started to get very predictable and unfunny, as if writers got lazy and consulted pubescent boys to write them with what they thought was funny. It held ok until the end but not as great as season one.
By season three, the show had deteriorated to an impossible vulgar comedy attempt that wasn't even funny. Impossible to watch to the end. I regret I paid $20 to Apple tv to watch it. I wish it had carried on as good as season one because the show started great, was well written, and had great actors. I wonder what happened midway season two.
Season two started okay but somehow lost its magic, jokes started to get very predictable and unfunny, as if writers got lazy and consulted pubescent boys to write them with what they thought was funny. It held ok until the end but not as great as season one.
By season three, the show had deteriorated to an impossible vulgar comedy attempt that wasn't even funny. Impossible to watch to the end. I regret I paid $20 to Apple tv to watch it. I wish it had carried on as good as season one because the show started great, was well written, and had great actors. I wonder what happened midway season two.
funny
mark_pugh200122 April 2014
looking for another original to watch at night. Me and the wife came across this show on Hulu. Guy who sees ghosts and comedic ally helps them pass on?? Couldn't pass it up. It is a funny show, can't wait for the next season . It's hard to find a show that both the wife and I can watch together. I guess it takes a special kind of humor to bring us together. Good plot , likable and hate-able characters. Glad we found this show. Latest episode definitely left us wanting more. The situations this guy finds himself in really give a feel of real life, or how things would really be if people like this existed. One of my favorites. Just watch and see.
first 2 seasons great, third not so much
lynzee35 January 2021
season 1 & 2 get 9, season 3 isn't up to that standard
davidwake-603212 October 2020
So, I put this on scrolling through stuff to watch after a stressed out day, I like tyler as an actor who I just find funny in general. This show was funny with some childish stuff all the way through to good adult humor. Season 3 seems to be an afterthought as the cast must have said it was done. A great way to zone out, chuckle and laugh out loud at times, give it a watch.
I see dead people
joeg237213 April 2014
Tyler Labine plays Kevin, a hapless slacker with the ability to see and communicate with the dearly departed. Kevin would be successful if only he wasn't stoned or wired all of the time. When he falls madly for a best selling author/celebrity medium (played by So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley) he discovers that she is a fraud but is too thick to realize that she is on a mission to ruin him, to save her own reputation. Each episode Kevin has to help problem ghosts on their journey into the light. Deadbeat has lots of inappropriate humor (which I love) and plenty of b-list cameos that make the show interesting but not great. My major problem with Deadbeat is that Labine once again plays a character that borders on mental retardation, making it frustrating at times to watch as he gets himself into jam after jam. Still worth a watch.
Bring it BACK!!!!!!!!!!
djohnso-6252113 September 2018
"The Sixth Sense" For Slackers...
MovieHoliks8 June 2015
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I just started watching this HULU original I refer to as "Sixth Sense for Slackers"...LOL
The series follows Kevin Pacalioglu (Tyler Labine), a medium for hire, who attempts to solve various ghosts' unresolved problems, so that they can move on to a final resting place, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer, Roofie. I've seen Labine in several movies and TV series over the past few years. I especially liked the short-lived Fox series "Sons of Tucson". I've only seen a couple episodes of this so far, and I've laughed enough to give it a marginal recommendation, but only if you're into that sorta slacker sense of humor that seems to follow just about anything Labine is involved with-?? LOL
The series follows Kevin Pacalioglu (Tyler Labine), a medium for hire, who attempts to solve various ghosts' unresolved problems, so that they can move on to a final resting place, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer, Roofie. I've seen Labine in several movies and TV series over the past few years. I especially liked the short-lived Fox series "Sons of Tucson". I've only seen a couple episodes of this so far, and I've laughed enough to give it a marginal recommendation, but only if you're into that sorta slacker sense of humor that seems to follow just about anything Labine is involved with-?? LOL
I wish this had been better
patronzo111 April 2014
The premise is interesting..a medium who's a slacker..but the three episodes I watched all included uncomfortable ethnic stereotypes (Asians, Jews, Swedes)..and there's really very little depth here. The writing is thin and none of the characters is especially compelling (I found the scenes that were shot on the streets of New York City to be most interesting, just to see what I could recognize in the background. Which doesn't speak well for what was in the foreground). I acknowledge that the first episode had an unexpected plot twist, but the rest of the time, I was wondering if I'd enjoy this show more if I were stoned. Three episodes are enough for me, I think.
An end of the day, turn your brain off and laugh show
deebelle3 November 2019
I found this by complete accident on Hulu & was so happy I did! This is such a cute show that is perfect for when you are stressed out and you want to just sit back for a while and not have to overthink anything and instead just relax and laugh.
Medium well done
JRayJoy3 January 2022
Deadbeat is the supernatural show that feels more like an a stoner buddy comedy that happens to include ghosts. Keven can see, talk to fight with but not have sex with, ghosts. He could be a rich and famous medium, but has no business or even life skills, failing at almost anything he sets his mind to. Attempts to use his powers most often result in his humiliation but it's somewhat endearing. Fun to see what will happen next. Recommended if you want something a little different without taking itself seriously.
Obvious, pun laden, gratuitous non-humor
siderite15 June 2014
I don't usually comment TV series, but this one had so obviously fake positive reviews that I had to act. I watch a lot of crap and I make it my point of watching them to the end. If I can. Deadbeat was so not humorous, so annoying, so disrespectful (to me, the viewer, I mean, not possibly fun disrespect) that I could not watch it. I stopped it dead (pardon the pun) and deleted all episodes after the first ten minutes.
I won't bother discussing the plot. The actor playing Dale in the Tucker and Dale movie and the girl from Hitlist UK on MTV before from you were born are starring. The first episode is about a ghost that can't pass on because he died a virgin. Need I say more? The sad part is that I really liked Dale and Tucker vs Evil.
Avoid this as you would the plague.
I won't bother discussing the plot. The actor playing Dale in the Tucker and Dale movie and the girl from Hitlist UK on MTV before from you were born are starring. The first episode is about a ghost that can't pass on because he died a virgin. Need I say more? The sad part is that I really liked Dale and Tucker vs Evil.
Avoid this as you would the plague.
Fun New Show
crkaineg7 May 2014
I stumbled upon Deadbeat on Hulu last night, and was pleasantly surprised to find a fun new show. It's a perfect break after a long day with funny plot lines and hilarious characters. If you don't love the first episode, just give it a few and you'll warm up to it. I definitely had a few moments where I laughed out loud... by myself. No, it's not going to change your life, but it has enough humor and heart to give you a solid break from the 'real world' for 23 min. It's almost like "Ghost Whisperer" meets "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" - but without the melodrama of GW and the outrageous offense on IASP. It's a great show. I recommend it.
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