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Dead To Me

I feel like I was kidnapped by this show. If ever there was a series that completely took me by surprise, it's this fucker right here. Sure, it looked friendly and safe, but it was all a facade. How was I supposed to know when I innocently hit "play" on the first episode, that it would lead to me binge-watching all 10 episodes in one night? A work night, I might add, because who needs sleep? Even my boyfriend ended up getting invested, and he wasn't even watching it with me to begin with. Anyway, damn this show. Dead To Me is unusually good. I don't know how else to put it. If I'm being honest, I was really only expecting a female buddy comedy, maybe a bit of dark shit thrown in given the subject matter. And it is both of those things, but it's also much more than that. It gave me anxiety, but almost a good anxiety. Am I making sense? Probably not. Basic plot: Jen (Christina Applegate) recently lost her husband. Judy (Linda Cardellini), having recen