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The television show ''[[Reaper]]'' is eerily similar in concept to ''Brimstone'', though played for comedy rather than dark action.
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* [[Achilles' Heel]]: The damned souls are mostly invulnerable, Stone included; the only way to kill them is to destroy/remove their eyes. Eyes being the "windows to the soul", of course
* [[Affably Evil]]: ''Definitely'' Satan - unsurprising, considering who played him; the ever sarcastic and witty John Glover.
* [[The Alleged Car]]: [[Satan]] gives Ezekiel Stone one of these in one episode. At the end of the episode Ezekiel {{spoiler|realises that it's the second damned soul Satan told him to reclaim that week, and shoots its "eyes" (headlights) out to send it back to Hell}}.
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* [[Anywhere but Their Lips]]: Typhoid Mary insisted on this, [[Kiss of Death|for good reason]].
* [[The Atoner]]: Subverted: Zeke still believes that killing the rapist was the right thing to do
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* [[Boxed Crook]]: The Devil releases Ezekiel Stone from Hell to capture the 113 damned souls that had escaped. If he returns all 113, he gets a second chance at life. If he fails, he returns to eternal damnation.
* [[Colonel Makepeace]]: Detective Ash {{spoiler|Who turns out to be [[The Mole|one of the 113]].}}
* [[Confessional]]: The opening scene of [[The Pilot]] uses the confessional as exposition that the protagonist has been brought back from the dead to hunt down 113 souls who have escaped from Hell. When the priest demands to know why he's telling this ridiculous story, the protagonist says: "Oh I think you know." (The priest is one of the 113).
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The Devil. Zeke manages to get in a few as well.
* [[Dead to Begin With]]: Involves a deceased cop making a [[Deal with the Devil]] to catch 113 souls that had escaped from hell.
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* [[Plaguemaster]]: The [[Monster of the Week|damned soul of the week]] in "Carrier."
* [[Post-Rape Taunt]]: The main reason Zeke was in Hell in the first place. He tracked down his wife's rapist. The guy bragged about it. Zeke opened fire.
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* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: {{spoiler|Ash. When she's going to kill Roz to become her, she keeps sniffing her like she like-likes her. However, she says she's doing it for her (Ash) and Zeke. Maybe she's [[Bi the Way|bisexual?]]}}
** {{spoiler|Earlier that episode, she did sleep with Roz (albeit in a shapeshifted male form) suggesting she may well be bi.}}
▲* [[The Punishment]]: The longer a soul spends in Hell, the more Hell becomes a part of them; the more Hell becomes a part of them, the more unholy power they're unable to unleash when they break free.
* [[Redemption Quest]]: More or less the entire plot.
* [[Repeat Cut]]: "And I killed him -- killed him -- killed him," when Zeke is giving his backstory in the first episode.
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[[Category:The Nineties]]
[[Category:Short Runners]]
[[Category:American Series]]
[[Category:Horror Series]]
▲[[Category:Brimstone]]
[[Category:TV Series]]
[[Category:Live-Action TV of the 1990s]]
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