Dead to Me
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Jen snapped and killed Steve, not in self-defense, but out of anger.
And now shes ready to confess.
Dont remember that scene inCape Fear.
Which bringsDead to Meto Katey Sagal!
The wonderful, underrated star ofSons of Anarchyhas joined the cast as Judys convict mother.
Its great casting for two reasons.
One, Sagal is always good and often great.
Two, especially on shows likeSOA, she is the anti-Judy.
She is tough-talking and tough-living two things no one would ever say about Judy Hale.
She clearly wants something.
And Judy almost seems jealous of moms peace behind bars.
Maybe Judy can help?
Dont do it, Jude.
She gets to unload, which Jen just needs to do every once in a while.
So much ofDead to Meis about how people dont know how to drive in California.
Whats going on there?
Are they sentimental or is there more to it than that?
Does Judy think she can sell them?
They also have CCTV footage of Charlie driving the car on the day that it was burned.
Thats almost enough for an arrest warrant, or at least a long interrogation.
Charlie needs to know the truth.
It all climaxes in a heartbreaking, emotional scene between Jen and Judy.
First, Judy reveals that shes going to take the fall.
She cant let Charlie get in trouble.
Shell say she killed Steve and all will be fixed.
After all, she was going to kill herself the night that Steve died anyway.
As emotions rise, the truth about what Steve said and what Jen did that night comes out.
In one moment, Jen is apologizing and begging forgiveness, and then shes suddenly insulting Judy.
Like so many people, shes deflecting uncontrollable anger.
It scares even Jen, who comes in and hugs her friend before she does real damage.
If both ladies dont get Emmy nominations this year, something is broken.
Cut to Jen knocking on the door of Detective Perez: Theres something I have to confess.
Henry isnt mad that his bird died or that Shandy killed it.
Hes mad that his mom lied to him about it.
So does that mean Jen is now going to tell the entire truth?
She cant implicate Judy, right?
And will Perez even believe her?
Its not easy being Perez.
Frances Conroy, Jere Burns, and now Katey Sagal!
And what great choices.
I wonder how many will return next year.
My money is on all of them.
This season has made a habit of bringing back familiar faces, even if just for a scene.
