Reaper: The Devil's in the Umlauts
Cannibal souls, rock-star wannabes, a peevish devil and Sock's mom -- what else could you ask from Reaper? How about the return of Josie, Cady getting shady, and finally, a halfway decent vessel? Rock on!
The Soul of the Week is an escaped cannibal killer who likes to consume the brains and hearts of his victims. Um, ew! The guys actually find him pretty easily -- he's in the morgue, chowing down on the corpse of his last victim - but he gets away. Time to do some research, which leads the guys to Mr. Cannibal Killer's dear old mom. She initially refuses to talk to the boys, but when Sock tells her they new her son from camp, she invites them in, feeds the pie, and tells them stories about her dear boy.
Speaking of Sock... Sock gets a bit of a shock when his mom comes home from Vegas with a new husband. His name is Morris, he dresses up like a cowboy, and he has a tendency to do finger pistols. Sock ain't happy. He moves in with Sam to punish his mom (we're not entirely sure how that's punishing her and not Sam, but it made sense in Sock's mind).
Cannibal Killer's mom says she feels his presence around her house. She thinks that's a good thing. Yeah, not so much -- Mr. Cannibal Killer stops in, gets peckish, and grabs himself a meal. It's not pie. Poor mom! Sock is horrified, but he gets even more of a shock when Mr. Cannibal Killer sprouts teeth and jumps on him for dessert. Good thing Sam's ready with the vessel -- a spear gun. Finally, a vessel that actually looks scary!
This leaves Sam time to worry about Ryan, a tone-deaf street musician who the devil is grooming for a contract. Sam tries to warn Ryan about "Jerry," but Ryan doesn't believe him. After a barroom version of the Big Bad Bracket (Hey! We'll take that as a shout-out!) they decide Mr. Cannibal Killer would be enough to scare Ryan into not signing the contract. It sort of works -- on the upside, Ryan doesn't sign the contract and the devil decides to leave him alone. Downside? The cannibal soul bit his hand off. No more guitar heroism for Ryan.
Things aren't exactly smooth on the romantic front, either. Cady finds the necklace Sam tried to give to Andi, and assumes it's for her. When Andi sees Cady wearing it, she has a snit fit. Sam tells Cady the truth about the necklace -- wait, what? Someone on The CW telling their significant other the truth about something? This can't be happening! Cady later has an utterly awesome heart-to-heart with Andi where she talks about that one time, in high school, where her boyfriend dumped her and she slashed the tires of the skanky bitch who stole him. Good times!
What did you think? Would you sell your soul for rock 'n' roll? How awesome was the Devil doing Devil Horns and hoisting his lighter? How shocked are you that Sock has to move out? Tell all in the comments!