Reaper Season 2 Episode 2 Dirty Sexy Mongol airs Tuesday March 10 at 8/7c on The CW.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

“REAPER” (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)

“Dirty Sexy Mongol” (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

SAM IS ATTACKED BY DEMONS Sam’s (Bret Harrison) been given a new assignment from the Devil (Ray Wise) but all he can focus on is finding out how Alan (guest star Sean Patrick Thomas) got of his deal with the Devil. However, after Sam and Alan are attacked by two demons sent by the Devil, Alan refuses to talk to him anymore and disappears. One of the demons takes a surprising interest in Ben (Rick Gonzalez). Tyler Labine, Missy Peregrym, Eriko Tamura and Jenny Wade also star. Ron Underwood directed the episode written by Kevin Etten (#202).

Sneak Peek

Reaper’s back. Finally. Unfortunately, The CW is trying to kill it by placing it up against American Idol (the biggest show on TV), The Biggest Loser (the only thing NBC has going for it), and the increasingly strong NCIS, having moved already renewed 90210 as far out of harm’s way as possible. That combined with the abridged first season and 10 month hiatus is giving the series a big hill to climb.

The guys have been on the road for 4 weeks. Sam wrote a letter to Andi to let her know what’s going on, but Sock forgot to mail it a few weeks ago.

When they get back, Sam goes to see Andi, and just to make sure she’s in a good mood, he brings some salt & vinegar chips with him, a completely random food that she may not even like. She’s cleaned out his apartment, which he was evicted from, and his answering machine is probably full with a bunch of messages from her. In a life or death situation, would he call Sock? No. If he wanted a piece of toast, would he call Sock? No still. So why entrust him with the letter? More good news: Ted fired Sam, Sock, and Ben, and he’ll have them arrested for trespassing if they return again.

Sock wants to move back home. The person who answers the door doesn’t know him. No one mentioned any Sock.

They can’t sleep in Sam’s car (like they’ve been doing for 4 weeks), so now it’s time for some trespassing. They can get plenty of supplies at The Work Bench.

The Devil’s there to greet Sam. The trip was a snorefest, but regardless, vacation’s over. He gives him a little welcome home gift, a cattle prod, to catch a bunch of behemoths, about 20 souls. They’re all heartless brutal killers.

As the guys are chatting about the souls, Ted walks in. Now he gets to fire them to their faces and charge them with breaking and entering, vandalism, and trespassing. It’s a good thing Sock is so good at blackmail. Ted will see them at work tomorrow.

Andi doesn’t want to get lunch later, or say more than a couple words.

Sock returns home to yell at the girl living in his house. He gets into a fight with the door, which he promptly loses, falling down the stairs. Kristin, who introduces herself as his sister, figured everything out. Sock is Bert. She’s housesitting when their parents are honeymooning. She always thought her brother would be much more Asian. Considering the cleavage she’s inadvertently flashing at him, he’ll need to try extra hard to remember that they’re related.

He wants the opinion of Sam and Ben on whether he should date his sister, but before they can really get into that, they might consider turning their attention to the two mad dog killer types. They capture one of them with the vessel, but the second one proves problematic. Seems they have to wait for the light to turn green before using the vessel again.

Sock and Ben hope to get Andi back on speaking terms with Sam. So they decide to read her the letter, or at least their version of the letter based on what they’re able to recall from it. She wants to be left alone, since it’s between her and Sam.

Perhaps Satan will help make things easier for Sam with the demon hunting, so he summons him. The nepotism card is charming, but he’s not helping. He’s sired too many whiny children to tell Sam anything other than to suck it up. By the way, it’s not 20 souls any more. It’s 40.

Sock brings a little thinking elixir (beer) to prepare for the soul capturing tomorrow. The next morning, they realize they may have crammed too hard, but now they have a plan. Get the souls drunk and pounce when they’re sluggish and stupid. Their beer mascot on their truck is a baby. That’s all Ben knows how to draw.

Andi thought that one of the souls finally caught up with Sam, and that he was dead, so she’s been worried all this time.

All the potential captured souls are out cold now, getting drunk as planned. Sock and Ben lower Sam down on a rope, and he proceeds to use his rechargeable vessel to capture them one by one. This is working fine until the knot unties and Sam falls into a pit of demons. Thinking he can fend them off with a hose, Sam starts squirting them with water. This doesn’t work, but it does turn the place damp enough that he can channel the vessel into something that can suck up all the souls at the same time. That excludes one guy, who pretends he’s good. Sam doesn’t buy it and tries to capture him anyway, but he seems to be immune. He beat the Devil. Somehow. If Sam’s able to find this guy again, maybe he can beat the Devil, too. Andi agrees to help.

Kristin is happy to have a big brother. Try as he might, Sock’s not going to get any useful touching.

The Devil’s waiting out in the parking lot for Sam, listening to that song at the end of The Karate Kid. Sam wants to go out and party with him, but the Devil just drives off, making it rain.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Reaper Season 2 episode 2 Dirty Sexy Mongol, which airs Tuesday March 10 at 8/7c on The CW.

Reaper Season 2 Episode 1 Episode IV: A New Hope airs Tuesday March 3 at 8/7c on The CW.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

SEASON PREMIERE

“REAPER” (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)

“Episode 201: Episode IV: A New Hope” (TV-PG, DL) (HDTV)

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT Sam (Bret Harrison) returns from a road trip with Sock (Tyler Labine) and Ben (Rick Gonzalez) hoping to make things right with Andi (Missy Peregrym). However, when the guys return they discover they’ve been fired from the Work Bench and evicted from their apartment. With nowhere else to go, they head to Sock’s house only to find a strange girl (Eriko Tamura) living there. Meanwhile, Andi refuses to talk to Sam and The Devil (Ray Wise) is back with a new assignment. Stephen Cragg directed the episode written by Craig DiGregorio (#201).

Sneak Peek

Reaper is now set to return on March 3 instead of March 17. Additionally, it will air at 8PM on Tuesdays instead of 9PM. I guess The CW would rather watch Reaper get trounced by American Idol than 90210.

After a hiatus following being treated with the same uncertainty The WB used to treat all of its shows with, Reaper will be back for season 2 on Tuesday March 17 at 9. The show will follow 90210, which I suppose makes about as much sense as we’re going to get considering this is The CW we’re talking about here. The second season will be an abridged 13 episodes.

Sarah robbed Ben blind and got him in trouble with the law, while Tony’s demon friend came to the conclusion that Sam must be the Devil’s son in Reaper Episode 17.

The Devil takes credit for the lottery as one of his greatest inventions, which he calls the idiot tax. Sam wants to know how he met his parents, to which he gets a response that people who make deals with the Devil generally aren’t big on integrity. Enough of that now, though, he’s got a soul for him. A fortune teller who was hung by a bunch of clods with pitchforks for conspiring with the Devil (after she made a deal with him).

Sock wants his relationship with Josie to be effortless. If it’s just another job, he quits. So she fires him.

Tony’s got a new plan. Capture the Devil in Solomon’s cage. Sam warns him of all the death and destruction from last time reapeating itself. Sam doesn’t have to be involved, but Tony just needs Sam’s employee discount for all the supplies.

Sock hits on a hot demon girl. She decides she really wants a kiss. He doesn’t care that he feels weird after they kiss the first time, so he kisses her again… and passes out. He feels totally pumped now and starts acting like he ate a bag of sugar sticks and a six pack of soda.

Sam believes he’s seen Steve appearing as a stain on the wall, and Andi suggests that perhaps he isn’t quite so crazy to believe that.

The Devil forces Sam to spill the beans on Tony’s plan. He’s not at all concerned. But Tony’s real plan is not to capture Satan. Rather, he hopes to capture his son.

Sock’s newfound energy boost is gone, but Andi’s on to new things and has spent hours finding the soul. The boys know it’s the hottest girl within a few seconds, though. When they arrive at demon central with some lumber, they find the girl who kissed Sock. She apologizes for kissing him. It turns out she’s a succubus and has shaved about a year off his life. His plan is to just kiss her once a year.

Sam asks Tony about Steve appearing to him, and Tony’s mad that Steve would appear to Sam and not him. He also claims that God’s goodwill is never going to extend to demons. Then Sam tells him that the Devil may possibly know about the plans, but Steve’s not upset because those aren’t his real plans anyway.

Sock’s got a new buzz. Sam wants to know if he ate 16 pixie sticks.

They head to the fortune teller. She pulls Sam’s cards. He’s recently come into contact with his father, who is deceiving him about his birth, the Devil obscures the truth between himself and his father… and that’s where they leave it because she’s not going back to Hell.

Lucky for him, Sock’s full of adrenaline and manages to save him. But he’s not on drugs, which means that Ben shouldn’t tell his mom. Now Ben wants a taste of her since he knows the effect, but she doesn’t want to share. As a consolation, Sock will probably be dead in three years.

Sam confronts his father again. He wants to know the truth because his life is at risk every day, but his father is forbidden from telling him the truth.

Tony invites Sam out to demon central. He tells him he knows the secret his father’s not telling him and tosses him in the cage and informs him that he is the son of Lucifer. Sam’s father comes to the rescue and offers to explain everything. So he goes in the cage, too. Steve wanted to know about Cancun, where they took their first vacation, which he called Heaven. The glowing angel that appears before them confirms Sam’s story, and with that, Tony rescues Sam but not his father.

Now that his father’s dead and buried, Sam wants to know whether that was his actual father. His mom answers that, of course, he was. The Devil’s giving him some time off to mourn and spend time with his girl and friends. He’s still unconvinced that he’s not Satan’s son, though. Tony may have saved him, but those other demons won’t stop.

With that, the boys blow stuff up to honor the passing of the man who may or may not have been Sam’s biological father.

That’s the last of the new episodes for now. Reaper Season 2 starts its first of 13 episodes in midseason, presumably in January. Meaning there’s still one reason to watch this network.

Andi managed to overcome a crazed mind control guy to remember she loved Sam in Reaper Episode 16. Ben, meanwhile, learned that life’s too short to not date even though he’s married.

Ben and Sock are arguing over America’s favorite cat: Garfield or Heathcliff. Sam has to break up this meeting of the minds because The Work Bench has been closed for an hour. Sam hopes to follow them to the bar, but the Devil wants to see him. He insists he sit down for dinner. The Devil has a pleasant chat with a man named Mike, who turns out to be the escaped soul. Sam is warned that Mike’s quite the charmer. As instructed, he just points and shoots, capturing him in the vessel (a camera) by taking his picture.

Andi’s not happy that the Devil’s being so unfair and just zapping Sam away as he sees fit. He takes her to the DMV to meet Gladys, who believes that Andi doesn’t look mentally defective. She approves.

Sarah kisses Ben because the immigration officer is there. He wants to meet with them for an interview.

The Devil shows up at work to tell Sam that Mike’s free. Wasn’t quite as easy to capture as it seemed after all. There’s only one explanation: someone’s letting him out from the inside. There’s a mole in Hell.

Sam catches Mike sleeping with someone, which is typical for him. Sam captures him. Again. He doesn’t trust Gladys to send Mike back to Hell, though. With good reason. She frees him after Sam leaves.

Tony offers Sam help if he needs any. He doesn’t ask for anything, but Andi wants him to review the contract and find a way out.

Sock’s got an idea of how to convince the immigration officer that they’re married: naked photos in their family album. Sarah’s already got some photos of herself. Now it’s Ben’s turn.

Mike wants to take Sam out for a night on the town so that he can swim in sweeties. Sam actually seems to fall for it. The Devil thinks he’s got Hell locked down, so he’s not happy to hear that Mike was just in his elevator. Sam has a man crush on Mike and doesn’t understand what destruction Mike’s causing by breaking up other people by cheating with women on their husbands. The dead husband and wife get Sam to say he’s seen enough.

The immigration officer finds the album… charming. Ben has trouble getting Sarah’s mother’s name right. He can’t get his own mother’s name right either. The case has been red flagged. They’re warned they’ll be in front of a judge Monday morning. Sarah will be going home, and Ben will be in jail.

Sam goes home to get the contract from his parents. He gets a guilt trip from his father about it, but they agree to give it to him. They call an obviously drunk Ben who plans to go out in style since he knows he’s toast. When they get to the bar, they see Mike with Gladys. Sam knows she’s the leak. They barge into her house and try to capture Mike, but he’s not going willingly. Sock says he’s more than willing to allow Gladys to die. Mike calls his bluff, stabs her, and runs.

They grab the dead demon body and put it in the car. Sam decides to go to Tony’s to get his help, but he’s not at home. While they’re preparing to dig her grave, Ben wakes up next to her. Just as they’re getting ready to dig, Tony shows up. They ask for assistance burying the dead body. He’s happy to help, but once he finds out she’s a demon, though, he knows she’s not really dead. Gladys is back, but she hasn’t learned her lesson. She’d rather be dead than lonely.

Perhaps the Devil can talk some sense into her.

Josie tells Ben that if he pays the fine (emptying out his savings account and then some), he may be able to avoid prison. Sarah, however, has no chance and will be deported. But Sarah says she has had a discussion with the immigration officer. He’s willing to accept a bribe. She asks Ben for his assistance and forgiveness. He forgives her. She needs the money by 5.

Gladys spills the beans to Sam about where Mike may be. Then she gives Sam her cat. She’s been reassigned back down to head office. Andi wants to save her from this, though Sam believes she’ll be fine (until she gets sucked down to Hell).

They’ve all got a wedding to crash to be able to capture Mike. The boys aren’t let in because they don’t have what you would call tuxedos, but Sam finds another way in and heads to a dark basement. He keeps flashing away with the camera, but his limited flashes aren’t helping. Just as he’s about to be strangled, Ben and Sock come to his rescue, shining a light on Mike and allowing Sam to capture him with the vessel.

Turns out Sarah made up the bribe just to get some money out of Ben. And Sock is eating the mac and cheese she left him in the fridge.

Tony’s demon friend realizes that there are pages missing from the contract, most likely to hide the identity of Sam’s real father.

Sam knows how the Devil can thank him: let Gladys go. He’s not buying it. A good plan and some fast talk doesn’t work. What’s needed is some puppy dog eyes and the word please.

The demons have a theory: Sam is the Devil’s son. That’s different.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Reaper episode 18 Cancun, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on The CW.

After kidnapping Andi a couple times in Reaper Episode 15, Sam and his friends managed to convince her that his parents sold his soul to the Devil, and now he’s a bounty hunter who captures escaped souls and sends them back to Hell.

Sock gets a new car in which Sam and Andi can makeout and, more importantly, discuss demons, which she seems to find a lot more interesting. Andi swears she hears something. Maybe it’s the guy wielding a chainsaw. They barely manage to get away, with the car barely intact.

Ben’s new wife wants him to make the bed (that he doesn’t sleep in) and pick up the yoga mat in the kitchen (that he does sleep on). He really does need to clean up after himself more.

The boys go to see Gladys at the DMV. She pulls out the Hell’s Most Wanted list, which includes Abe Lincoln but no guy with a chainsaw, who she suggests is probably just a regular every day human. Ben gets what may be a better lead, though. He’s from a movie.

Cassidy doesn’t seem to be enjoying the fact that she’s only dating Ben in the hospital cafeteria. The wedding ring on his finger is a bit of a tip that something’s up. Once he explains, she’s okay being his mistress, as long as they go some place new, with a waiter… and a liquor license.

The Devil drops by to give Sam a present, a nice blade. Just in case. He brings him in a house where they walk in on Andi kissing Greg. She says she doesn’t get what’s going on and that she has temporary insanity or something.

Sarah’s got an announcement to make. She’s pregnant. Bad news for her husband Ben, who hasn’t even slept with her. She tells him her (married) boyfriend Esteban is the father.

Greg shows up at The Work Bench. Andi’s not interested, but he appears to have some sort of mind control powers to convince her otherwise.

The boys are driving around, and they are again attacked by a chainsaw-wielding madman. They shake him off, but he doesn’t seem to have any trouble with bashing his head into the concrete.

It turns out the Devil bought Greg’s soul in exchange for the power to get Andi to go out with him. Now the Devil wants Sam to kill Greg for him. Sam refuses. This goody two shoes attitude is going to get old real quick. The Devil wants him to learn that the only person playing by the rules is him.

Andi’s got some bad news for Sam. She has to break up with him. Sam tells her the truth, but it doesn’t matter because Greg’s got control of her mind.

Back to the DMV. Gladys still doesn’t have anything on her clipboard, but she may respond to bribes (someone to watch over her cat, which isn’t code for anything). She doesn’t have a vessel but knows a guy who may be able to help. They get a vessel and a lesson: the Devil can’t undo true love.

On Ben’s first real non-date with Cassidy, he tells her he can’t see her any more because he made a commitment to a crazy woman.

Sam’s got a plan to get Andi back. He’s going to remind her that she loves him, even though he hasn’t ever heard the term love come out of her mouth in reference to him before. He asks her if she loves him and gets a yes. He wants to get new jobs and run away to Buffalo to avoid Greg. That probably won’t work. Revealing the plan to Greg isn’t a good thing either. And then chainsaw guy shows up. Sam’s been sneezing because of Greg’s cologne, and the sneezing continues now. Greg’s id, his pent up rage, has been manifested as the killer in Greg’s favorite slasher film. The Devil rescues Sam and reminds him to kill Greg.

The boys have a shotgun with the wrong ammo and some plastic to clean up the mess. Greg opens the door, and Sock says they brought him a giant roll of plastic. He manages to realize he gave away his soul for nothing, as Andi still loves Sam. Then his body starts floating. Which is new. Out pops a guy with a chainsaw. Now he’s after Greg, too. Sam tries to convince Greg to calm down. Talking sense into him doesn’t work, but knocking him out with a trophy does.

Ben’s learned a lesson from the whole almost being killed by a madman debacle. He’s got a message for Sarah: he’s free to date, too.

Sam plays his get out of Hell free card on Greg. He knows he can’t use it on himself anyway because the Devil will screw him over some other way.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Reaper episode 17 The Leak, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on The CW.