[This post contains spoilers for Dead to Me season 1. Like...ALL of the spoilers.] When I saw that Netflix’s new original series Dead to Me is only 10 half-hour episodes, I was pumped. I am always down to watch a show that I can binge in a single sitting. But as soon as I conquered the finale, I realized that Dead to Me was about to eat up WAY more than five hours of my time. Between Reddit and Twitter, the internet is filled with crazy theories. At this point, I believe I’ve read them all. It’s probably safe to assume that it’s just going to get worse as more people continue to watch the show. Eagle-eyed viewers keep bringing up tiny details that could lead to some crazy stuff, and I’m genuinely considering a rewatch. Here are some of the wildest theories the world wide web has to offer. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. The dress that Judy was wearing in the car accident scene may be significant. A Reddit user notes that Judy is wearing the same dress during two life-altering events. If you have an eye for detail, you may have noticed she’s wearing a floral dress in the hospital scene after her miscarriage and in the flashbacks of the moment she hit Ted. Another user suggests that this might mean the car accident led to a miscarriage. Netflix If this is true...it may be the reason Judy didn’t stop driving after hitting Ted. As we’ve seen, she certainly seems like the kind of person who would stop to help someone in an emergency. Jen’s son, Charlie, killed Steve. If Jen actually shot Steve, she could have called the police to report that an intruder came onto her property and she reacted to defend herself. Instead, she called Judy and told her to come “home.” This makes it seem as though she’s got something to cover up. Cosmo One Redditer has a theory that Charlie killed Steve. They think Jen pulled a gun to threaten him. Steve backed down, but Charlie struck him from behind and killed him. This could check out because Charlie snuck home shortly before Steve came over. This could make it difficult for Jen to claim self-defense, which may be why she decided not to call the police. Steve brainwashed Judy. Did you pick up on how many times Judy said “It’s okay” throughout the season? The internet has. It was Judy’s borderline robotic response every time Steve said “I’m sorry.” This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. anyone else think the repeated “I’m sorry” / “it’s okay..” exchanges between Judy and Steve are eerily important 🧐 #DeadToMe — Closure Cat 🎀 (@_sy420) May 8, 2019 This repeated dialogue definitely seems like an intentional move from the writers. As some viewers have pointed out, it appears to be a learned behavior , which plays really well into a theory that Steve brainwashed Judy . This one suggests Steve was actually driving the car that hit Ted and he has somehow manipulated Judy into thinking it was her fault. Whoa. Nick had something to do with his partner’s death. We know Nick’s partner died on the job. We also know he’s on a work leave. Nick kind of made it sound like it was his idea, but it was later revealed that he was placed on leave for psychological reasons. He also had a visceral reaction when he learned that Charlie had a gun in his backpack, because that’s how accidents happen. Did Nick accidentally kill his partner? Some fans are theorizing that this information hints at that. P.S. If you want to backtrack and check out these details for yourself, you can stream season 1 of Dead to Me right here. Hannah Chambers Hannah Chambers is an entertainment editor at Cosmopolitan. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Spoiler alert: This story contains plot details of Netflix's "Dead to Me." You might want to watch the first episode before reading further. Forget avoiding spoilers for "Avengers: Endgame" or "Game of Thrones." The pop-culture property most likely to be ruined by errant plot details is Netflix's new half-hour series "Dead to Me" (now streaming, ★★★★ out of four), a tragicomedy about two women (Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini) who meet in a grief support group. Sure, it's not the stuff of frozen zombies or universe-killing aliens, but the dark comedy's devastating twist nonetheless makes it a beautiful and harrowing experience, as does the rest of the impeccably acted and written series. In order to discuss "Dead" in detail, it's necessary to explain the first-episode twist that sets up its uniquely disturbing and engrossing story, so be warned before you continue. The series, created by Liz Feldman ("2 Broke Girls"), begins as Jen (Applegate), a Type-A California mother of two with deep anger issues, is reeling from the recent hit-and-run death of her husband, Ted. At a grief support group, she meets Judy (Cardellini), a free-spirit, bohemian type who says her fiancé, Steve (James Marsden) just died. The two women bond during long phone calls over insomniac nights, and quickly develop a deep friendship that is called into question when Jen finds out that Steve is alive and well. Judy's explanation for her lie is that Steve dumped her after she had five miscarriages, so she needed the grief counseling to mourn her unborn children and her relationship. Jen eventually forgives her friend and even lets Judy move into her guest house. At this point, viewers might be lulled into believing that Judy's facade was the big twist they'd been waiting for, but "Dead" goes one step further – in the last moments of the premiere we learn that Judy is the woman who drove the car that killed Jen's husband. For the majority of its 10-episode season, Jen lives with her husband's killer, as she desperately searches for any clue to solve the mystery of his death. Meanwhile, she and Judy become closer and more co-dependent with each episode as Judy tries to make amends by supporting Jen emotionally and helping out at home. Steve, a rich and narcissistic jerk who was in the car when Judy hit Ted, tries to prevent his ex-fiance from spilling their secret, throwing money around to help Jen's real-estate business and seducing Judy to keep her quiet. "Dead" is a rare Netflix series that's well-paced for a binge-watch. It unfolds slowly but assuredly; Jen doesn't learn her new bestie's big secret until the absolute right moment. The excruciating tension of the lie hangs over Judy's head and is in direct conflict with the chill, SoCal vibe, in which the two friends go on a grief retreat, try to date and deal with the misadventures of Jen's sons. These conflicting tones could have made the series confusing, but instead, they meld together beautifully. Every small development in the investigation of Ted's death is fraught with meaning, as is everything Jen learns about Judy's life. The highlights are the performances by Cardellini and, especially, Applegate. The actress, who got her start as the wayward daughter on Fox's crude sitcom "Married...with Children," offers a career-best performance as Jen, in an interpretation of grief that feels utterly singular. Jen deals with her pain angrily and intensely, often lashing out at friends, family and clients when she can't contain her emotions. The more she learns about her late husband's secret life, the more unhinged she becomes, setting up an explosive climax after all the truth comes out. More:Coming to Netflix in May 2019: Amy Poehler comedy, Spike Lee film, Renee Zellweger series Cardellini (of "Freaks and Geeks," who can also be seen very briefly in "Endgame"), meanwhile, manages to make a killer sympathetic. Judy's motivations for essentially stalking Jen are surprisingly easy to understand, and the chemistry between the two leads is strong. Marsden sheds his good-guy typecasting and relishes every pretentious line. With so many TV series around, one such as "Dead" could slide under the radar. But one of the true joys of a world with so much television is that a series as bizarre and beautiful as "Dead" gets made at all. "Dead" might be right there in the title, but the series feels more alive than almost anything else on the air right now.<doc-sep>Published 9:07 AM , May 10 2019 GMT+1 | Last updated 9:43 AM , May 10 2019 GMT+1 If you're a fan of binge-watching shows instead of actually addressing the problems in your life - and who isn't? - then Netflix's new offering Dead To Me could be the show that you've been waiting for. The show is a new dark comedy - the first ever 'traumedy', if the people behind it are to be believed - starring Freaks and Geeks actor Linda Cardellini and Christina Applegate, of Married With Children and Anchorman fame. The synopsis reads: "A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems." Advert 10 Basically, in this new show, Applegate plays a real estate called Jen who loses her husband to a hit and run driver. She then attends a grief support group, which is where she encounters Judy - a free-spirited keeping a big secret - and drama/comedy ensues. At the core of the show, there is murder, there is mystery, there is comedy. What more do you want beyond that? Credit: Netflix Well, a second season is what you'll want. Ten half-hour-long episodes might not be enough to sate your craving for this particular show. Advert 10 Whilst there is no official plan for a second season just yet, it seems as if all of the key people are on board with it. Liz Feldman, who created the show, recently told The Hollywood Reporter: "It would be the pleasure and honour of my life to do this show for as many seasons as makes sense. I would do this show forever if I could. "This show will always be a show that explores the dark sides and the light sides of grief, loss, forgiveness, and friendship. So suffice to say, there will be more darkness. "There's an evening of the score and there's a rebalancing that will take place and almost, in some ways, a role reversal." Advert 10 Credit: Netflix Applegate - you'll remember her as Ron Burgundy's girlfriend Veronica Corningstone - spoke recently about what made her take on the role. It sounds as if it would have to be a pretty special show. She told THR: "It literally took them like dragging me out of my semi-retirement, because I was very happy with my kind of not showering life and doing what I want, and just raising my daughter. "So, what was it? It was a lot of things." Advert 10 She continued: "It was really a unique premise and show, and I had known [creator and showrunner] Liz Feldman and really loved her as a human being. "I feel like if I'm going to be doing anything, if you're going to take me away from my kids for three months, it better be with an amazing group of people that are of quality and are kind, smart and interesting."<doc-sep>
[This post contains spoilers about season 1 of Dead to Me.] If you’ve already ripped through the first season of Netflix’s Dead to Me, you probably have a lot of questions. If you haven’t watched it yet...please stick a pin in this, go binge, and return once you’re as delightfully confused as the rest of us. It’s a super-dark comedy about Jen (Christina Applegate), a widow whose husband was just killed in a hit-and-run. She’s trying to solve his murder when she meets Judy (Linda Cardellini), a woman who seems like a super-positive ray of sunshine...at first. Netflix hasn’t confirmed a second season of the show just yet, but c’mon. This thing ended with too many cliff-hangers to be over for good. We absolutely need at least one more. Anyway, while I’m out here subtweeting Netflix, why not spend all your time trying to figure out what TF just happened? Here are the biggest questions the finale left unanswered. How did Steve die? As you know, Judy’s ex Steve (played by the unreasonably hot James Marsden) is dead. The finale ends with him floating in Jen’s pool. It would seem safe to assume that Jen shot him, because she just asked her neighbor about how to use a gun. The neighbor told her that in California, it’s not illegal to shoot someone on your own property if you ask them to leave first. Saeed Adyani / Netflix But if you think about Steve floating in the pool, you’ll realize he was actually shot in the back. Liz Feldman, the creator and showrunner, said, “I’ll just say that you don’t know that she shot him.” Which is basically a really sneaky way of saying “you guys have NO IDEA what actually happened.” What are they going to do with Steve’s body? I have a hunch that Jen and Judy are about to do something stupid with Steve’s body. I don’t have much evidence to back this up other than the fact that Judy’s on the verge of being caught for a hit-and-run when only 8 percent of people ever get tracked down. I just don’t trust that she’s going to suddenly become a skilled criminal now that she’s (most likely) involved in another murder. Speaking of the hit-and-run...what’s up with that? Don’t forget that Judy literally killed Jen’s husband and we still have yet to see how that’s going to be resolved. Jen’s understandably very upset about that...but she seemed to change her perspective when she realized that Steve was also in the car that hit Ted. Jen has already told the police about Judy, but she seems to realize that if Judy were in the car by herself, she might have actually stopped to help Ted. Okay, and...how about Nick? Nick (Brandon Scott), aka the adorable (and much nicer than Steve) investigator that Judy had a quick fling with, just found out she’s the one responsible for the hit-and-run. He also just got dumped by Judy because she still had feelings for Steve and thought she was pregnant with his bb. Will she try to go back to him? Feels like a Judy move, if you ask me. Netflix Is Judy going to get charged for the hit-and-run? Detective Perez (Diana Maria Riva) has mentioned so many times how difficult it is to charge someone for a hit-and-run that it’s almost ridiculous. It’s like, okay! We get it! It’s going to be a lot of work to put the person who killed Ted behind bars. This was a bummer when we didn’t know that person was Judy...and we liked Judy, but now it’s oddly comforting? Follow-up question: Why are we all rooting for Judy? Netflix Fingers crossed that Netflix not only hooks us up with a second season but also blesses us with it as quickly as humanly possible. Hannah Chambers Hannah Chambers is an entertainment editor at Cosmopolitan.