Dead to Me
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Sometimes justice just works itself out.
Detective Perez
Is that the theme ofDead to Me?
Its certainly one of them.
Justice has some more working out to do.
To start, Jen wants to confess, but Perez is in an emotional state because Michelle moved out.
Theres one each for Charlie and Henry, too.
Burn that letter, Judy.
While Judy squeezes oranges and makes chocolate chip pancakes shes a great mom already!
Jen and Perez are walking through the Angeles National Forest trying to find Steves body.
Shes leaving Judy out of the picture.
Meanwhile, Charlie gives the case from Steves car to Judy, and it turns everything upside down.
Theres the burner phone in there that ties Steve to the Greek Mafia and to Hastings.
They need to burn bigger criminals like Hastings.
Now that they can, will the Steve case close in a different way?
Jens mom died of cancer.
Perezs died protecting her from an abusive stepdad.
Judys is behind bars.
And now is one of those times Perez tells Jen to go home.
We were never here, she says.
Jen comes home, and Charlie gives her a truly moving hug.
In relatively limited screen time, the Harding boys have become even more likable this season.
The sweetness of that reunion is amplified with some closure between Jen and Judy.
They forgive each other.
They hug and joke and tell each other I love you.
And its kind of wonderful.
The second season ends where the first began, at the oceanside grief group run by Pastor Wayne.
Jen reveals that she never really grieved the death of her mother.
She needs to forgive herself for how she acted and how she felt.
And Judy goes to see her mom again, but it doesnt go nearly as well.
Mom pushes a little too far and Judy takes Jens advice.
After all, A baby cant make you a drug addict.
Mom is trying to use Judy again.
She wanted money and now she wants a letter for the parole board.
And she could be the biggest problem inseason three, especially on an emotional level for Judy.
Could finally telling someone no come back to hurt her?
While a dog digs up the body of Steve Wood, Judy finally gets her paintings back.
Hastings is going to Federal Prison and Judy is smashing her art and oh, whats this?
Remember all that money that Steve was laundering for the Greek Mafia?
It was in the frames of Judys paintings.
And speaking of loose ends, Judy didnt burn that letter.
It will be interesting to see how that plays into next year.
Shes practically a hero.
And he has an empty bottle of cheap whiskey beside him.
No one knows how to drive in Laguna Beach.
Put that on aDead to Meposter.
So where exactly did we leave off?
He at least knows mom was going to turn herself in forsomething.
Ben knows he committed a hit and run, not unlike his twin brother.
Does he know who he hit?
Did Judy see who it was when she woke up as he was driving away?
And what about Steves body and the witness who saw Perez and Jen in the woods?
Finally, have we seen the last of new supporters Hastings and Eileen?
We almost certainly havent seen the last of Judys mom.
So what was season two about?
The grieving process wasnt as central as in one, but guilt came to the forefront more.
Jen couldnt keep her secret for long, really.
A good show became a great one this year.
It was Applegate in year one and shes arguably even better here, but Cardellini gets it for me.
Her emotional, physical outbursts were devastating.
She moved Judy from quirky to traumatized and made her more three-dimensional and heartbreaking.
And the whole supporting cast was even better this year.
Ill miss them until 2021.
