Dead to Me
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Dead to Mehas reached the point where its protagonists have difficulty envisioning the ideal scenario.
Do Judy and Jen raise the new baby together?
Where does Ben go in that scenario?
And, most importantly, do they someday tell Ben what happened to Steve?
But theres no time for questions.
Its a perfect just one more show, and Netflix is certain to miss it.
Judy and Jen wake up in very different emotional states.
Now Jen gets to be one again?
Remember Karen (Suzy Nakamura), the nosy neighbor from the first two seasons?
Shes back because Jen has to help Karen stage the house for prospective millionaires.
Maybe they should get rid of the prominently placed gun cabinet?
Jen is struggling with just about everything, but especially the smell of Karens Orange Dreamsicle Yankee Candle.
And then Ben is outside.
And hes also decided to say good-bye, to go north again and leave the toxicity of his hometown.
Jen doesnt really say anything, even with Judys literal nudging.
Could he forgive them?
It really feels like theyre building to a confession to Ben before the series ends.
Before then, Jen drops her big news: Im pregnant.
Judy needs a minute.
She walks into the pool, where she screams in a place no one else can hear her.
Back above the surface, Perez shows Jen the shot of Charlie driving Bens damaged car.
Charlie didnt hit Jen and Judy.
She stalls for a minute but then tells Perez the truth: It was Ben Wood.
And he may have been drinking.
And hes the father of Jens unborn baby.
Can you imagine how Perez has to emotionally prepare for every conversation with Jen Harding?
doesnt have time to make much of an impact.
Viewers may feel kind of like Perez this season, just stuttering their way through each new revelation.
Jen comes to apologize to Judy for being pregnant.
Its not a secret that someone can keep.
Couldnt they maybe have a life together?
And what if the show ends that way?
What happens to Judy?
She quickly closes the laptop.
The internet never has good health news.
WebMD is a force for increased anxiety in the world.
Back at the station, Nick yells at Perez for not giving the wooden bird to the FBI.
He demands respect and he demands action.
Judy has decided she has to take action.
Is she going to tell Ben about the pregnancy?
The truth about Steve?
He was drunk and Judy and Steve were taking him home.
I just think its fair that everybody knows everything, he says.
Perhaps the delay in shooting with Applegates diagnosis changed his trajectory?
Otherwise, why sideline him for the bulk of the season?
Ben did that earlier in the season, and Charlie mentioned that his dad used to do so.
Its a nice callback that perhaps hints that Ben will be a good dad, too.
Only three episodes left!
