So the producers are rushing to finish the season's last few episodes, not knowing whether their labors should also include planning the season or the series finale. But they say they're hopeful, in part because "Reaper" is finally hitting its stride after some rocky creative patches early on. They point to last week's episode, in which a gay couple (who are in fact demons) try to persuade protagonist Sam (Bret Harrison) to join a mutiny against Satan, as an example of the darkly comic tone they seek.
"It certainly took about 10 episodes to get us all on the same page," said Spezialy, who previously hired Butters and Fazekas as writers on the Fox sitcom "Get Real." The show is such "a blend of black comedy and horror -- and just traditional character comedy and some legitimate drama, we hope -- that's it's hard to find the tone in a language that everyone understands."
