Dead to Me. A new show on Netflix about a friendship that develops between two women who meet at a group therapy session to deal with their grief. Christina Applegate plays Jen, a widowed real estate agent with rage issues, and Linda Cardellini plays Judy, a free spirit with a heart of gold who works with geriatrics and who has issues of her own. The show also stars James Marsden.
The show is a beautiful mixture of drama, dark comedy, buddy movie, crime story, and even a little bit of chick flick. Nicely layered at first, the story gets increasingly complicated for the characters as it progresses. It takes an episode or two to reach its stride but once it does you may find yourself bingeing it. I did.
It actually plays like a limited series and I thought maybe it was until the final scene. Here's hoping there's a second season.
Applegate, Cardellini, and Marsden are all terrific. Highly recommended.
A good review from David Bianculli on NPR (podcast & transcript):
Dead To Me
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