Cogs can think.

I watch her when she thinks nobody’s looking. She’s sad about something.

That’s how Georgia portrays Daisy Adair in “Nighthawks”, episode 12 of season 1 - of Dead Like Me. And it’s the best description one can give of Daisy. Despite the fact she played a very important role in season two, we actually know very little about her and how she died. Yes, in a fire on the set of “Gone With The Wind”, but that’s all we know. We’ve seen flashbacks about all character’s deaths and lives, but nothing from Daisy. That makes her so intriguing.

On top of that, she of course first appeared on the show with a bang, after the mysterious disappearance of Betty in “Reaping Havoc” (s1e5). One episode later, she just came walking into Der Waffle Haus, joining Rube and his group of ‘merry reapers’. She was “transferred” from New York, but why? Nobody seems to know but Rube. The audience sure doesn’t know. This only adds to the mystery around her character.

Laura Harris portrayed Daisy in such a beautiful way, it’s really difficult to imagine anybody else taking on this role. Laura is a very beautiful woman, intimidatingly beautiful, and she really has this 1930s-actress thing going on. To me, it really does feel as if Laura, when portraying Daisy, walked right out of the ’30s.

That is why I am so sad that Larua won’t be playing Daisy in the upcoming direct-to-DVD film I blogged about earlier. Her role will now be taken on by Sarah Wynter. Sarah is also a very gorgeous woman, no doubt about it, but she just doesn’t have that same feel to her as Laura, and so I am really worried that the ‘new’ Daisy will have little in common with the ‘old’ Daisy. It’s going to be hard for Sarah to convince die-hard fans like me (and they don’t come much worse) that she is, in fact, Daisy.

I’m of course giving her the benefit of the doubt, but still. I hope she’s up to the job.