Will 'Reaper' Fire Up the CW?

'Reaper' tells the story of Scott Oliver, a twenty-something slacker who barely works at his regular job at a home improvement center known as 'The Work Bench', where he receives little respect let alone be able to make it to work on time. Scott is in love with the beautiful Andi, a co-worker that he has been trying to get attention from, only to be briskly reminded that they are just 'friends' and she is hard at work trying to gain a degree in psychology in college.

But, after Scott saves the girl from an accident involving an air conditioner that has fallen from an approaching forklift by moving the appliance with his mind and saving the girl's life, he soon discovers that there may be more to his newfound powers. But, what Scott does not know is that his family harbors a devastating secret: they had sold his soul to the Devil himself before he was even born! But, it was an accident, as the deal was made in order to dave his father's life when he had fallen deathly ill, and the two had not planned on having any children, as their deal's price was the soul of their firstborn child. But, what his parents had not counted on was having Scott, and now the young slacker has to go into the servitude of the evil figure for the rest of his eternal life, sending escaped souls back to Hell as his personal bounty hunter!

Scott, however, is not alone, as he has his best friend Sock, who thinks that this is the greatest thing in the world while his friend has his reservations about the whole thing. But, what Scott soon learns in the first episode is that he has no choice in his duties, and if he does not succeed, his mother's soul will take his place as she will be sent to Hell for the rest of eternity.