The original series aired last year and it was one of the few series that I have ever truly binge watched. I think i finished all 10 episodes in one day, which is something that I can never do with television because I easily get distracted. Dead to Me was so entertaining and had just the right mix of drama with a bit of comedy mixed in to keep me hooked.
Season 2 is no different.
In season 1 we were introduced to Jen (Christina Applegate), a woman whose husband had recently been killed in a hit and run and how she was dealing with this loss. She meets an eccentric woman at grief counseling named Judy (Linda Cardellini), who seems very intent on getting to know Jen. This is because Judy has a very dark secret that is slowly revealed to us in that she knows a lot about how it was that Jen's husband was killed because she was involved in it.
They end up becoming great friends as Judy is just the right kind of person that Jen needs in her life right now and Jen actually had Judy move in. Slowly Judy's guilt eats her up inside and eventually she has to tell Jen the truth about how she was actually driving the car that killed her husband and she hid the car and all the evidence to the crime.
Somehow, through the various twists that the first season has, Judy manages to not get caught by the police even after Jen has been told this information. It seems like every time they get a little bit closer to "catching Judy" she gets away and even once Jen has been told that Judy is actually the reason why the husband is dead, Jen still can't put the friendship away. I'm not doing it justice describing it but it really is an amazing story.
The tables have turned a bit in season 2 as Jen now is a bit "even" with Judy when Judy is made aware that her abusive ex-boyfriend is now floating in Jen's pool. Now things have shifted a bit as they have to keep Jen from going to jail.
While I didn't watch the entire series in one sitting, it was close to that. It might have been 3 sittings this time. Applegate is really a fantastic dramatic actress and Cardellini is just wonderful; she is so good that I am going to go and try to find some other things that she has been in.
Yes, absolutely. This is one of the best shows on TV right now.
