A Real Pistol
Rebecca Gayheart’s character Betty was on Dead Like Me for only the first five episodes. Her replacement Daisy, played by Laura Harris, has been on the show longer, yet to this day, I miss the irrepressible Betty and wish she were still on the show. I just finished watching “Reaping Havoc,” Betty’s last episode, on DVD and felt that same sense of melancholy I did the first time.
This exchange between George, the show’s heroine, and Rube, the father figure, nicely says why Betty was such an appealing character:
Rube: “Betty told me Millie had an older brother.” (Millie is George’s alter ego.)
George: “No. She had an older sister. And she was fearless.”
Rube (smiling): “Yeah, she was a real pistol.”
Yes, she was. Funny how we grow attached to fictional characters, isn’t it?