An American Supernatural Sitcom that has Kevin "Pac" Pacalioglu (Tyler Labine), a slacker who works as a medium and tries to help ghosts resolve their unfinished business.
The show also stars Brandon T. Jackson, Lucy DeVito, Cat Deeley, Kal Penn, Kurt Braunohler, Brad Williams, and Matthew Porretta.
It aired on Hulu for three seasons.
Tropes for the series:
- Ghostly Goals: Pac has the ability to see ghosts and he has to help them find out the best way to move on to the afterlife.
- I See Dead People: Pac can see ghosts.
- Magnetic Medium: Pac is a medium who is hired to come to haunted sites, so the dead don't seek him out - but when they learn that he can help them cross over, they can become a major nuisance. (Bonus points that Pac is played by Tyler Labine of Dead Last.
- Mirror Monster: The show features a less murderous version of Bloody Mary: she makes friends with Pac, as he is the only one who can see her in the mirror.
- One-Word Title: Deadbeat.
- Rube Goldberg Device: In the episode Ghost in the Machine, the ghost of Rube Goldberg himself is trying to set up one of these on a metaphysical level. Once set into motion, it triggered a series of events that resulted in Goldberg's long-lost descendants finally meeting each other.
- Tagline: "Helps ghosts. Can't help himself".
