George Lass
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Georgia "George" Lass (1985–2003) is a fictional character on the Showtime comedy-drama Dead Like Me. She is portrayed by Ellen Muth. She died in 2003 at the age of 18 and became a grim reaper.
Probably born in the Seattle area, in 1985. Died in 2003 at 18 years of age. She was hit by a falling zero-G toilet seat from de-orbiting Soviet space station Mir. Even though she displayed an above-average intelligence, George dropped out from college mid-semester. She finds a clerical job and dies on her lunch break from her first day at Happy Time Temporary Services. In life, she was disaffected, and avoided experiences. She is learning more about life in her undead life than she did when she was alive. She uses her undead name "Millie" (short for full name Mildred Hagen) when working at Happy Time and some other interactions with the living. She used the excuse that she's a member of Alcoholics Anonymous so that she could leave work to complete a reaping assignment. Consequently, she occasionally uses this explanation for her absences.
She likes coffee and waffles and owns a pet frog which she later gave to her sister Reggie. Claims old people "freak her out."
After several unsuccessful attempts to communicate with her mother, she is slowly letting her life family go, though she was upset at the start of season 2 to learn that her parents are divorcing and selling the family home. She occasionally calls home and hangs up, apparently with the intention of simply hearing the voice of her mother or sister. She treats fellow reaper Mason like a brother.
She finally gave up her virginity to Thomas "Trip" Hesburgh III, whose father she reaped, but the act leaves her feeling empty and, ultimately, angry. After going on a drinking binge, she is arrested for vandalizing a storefront.
A few speculate that, given her dead-pan facial expressions, blunt communication style and (earlier in the series) her awkward social skills, she might have Asperger's syndrome; this is, however, unlikely.
In the episode 'Always', she killed Ray the Graveling by touching him the same way she would touch a reap. It is unknown if other reapers also have this ability. It is implied that a special relationship between George and Gravelings exists: when she was a child, she nearly drowned after falling into a swimming pool. Not one but two Gravelings were present, but, for reasons not yet explained, they let her live, and overall, the series has implied that she has had more than one Graveling sighting as a child.
