Dead to Me
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We Need to Talk feels like it starts defining the themes of this end run ofDead to Me.
How long can someone carry the weight of a secret thats pulling them down before they crumble?
They cant talk seriously yet.
They need wine, weed, and pain pills: All the numbing agents.
Well, too bad, ladies.
Charlie has other ideas.
Hes in the pool house with a gun and he wants to talk.
Shes done a lot of that already this season.
And then she shifts into denial, asking, Have you heard of the Greek mafia?
This cant work out well, right?
And then theres Henry!
That could end up mattering.
Jen gets Perez away to the kitchen to admonish her about not being informed about the federal involvement.
Its just like all the cracks in the various plates that Jen is spinning.
She wants to tell Charlie the truth.
She wants to be honest.
She wishes she had been honest from the very beginning.
But then there wouldnt be aDead to Me.
Ben shows up at the Harding house with a care basket for Jen.
He cant make things right with Steve.
He looks in the mirror and sees Steve, haunting him more than ever.
James Marsden sells the beat really nicely he needed that hug.
Judy finds the pamphlets about coping with cancer and confronts Jen with them.
Judys response to hearing the news is SO sweet: Soyoureokay.
She thinks of Jen first.
Its a wonderful little character beat that Cardellini nails.
On top of all of this, Judy has to deal with an aggressive Charlie who wants answers.
He sees his dead twin brother in the mirror and flashes back to the last time they fought.
The inquisitive officer grabs it and holds it, noticing the tail is broken.
Extra Counseling
Judy says she never understood why its a shoe that drops when bad news comes.
According tothis articleat the Gothamist, it actually can be traced back to noisy NYC neighbors.
It plays into both Judys undeniable over-achievement and Jens self-deprecation.
