Dead to Me
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The questions are plentiful.
Exactly how crazy is she?
Not only is the legal risk plentiful, but it feels like an act of sociopathic cruelty.
Does she think that this subterfuge into Jens life is a way to heal both of them?
You dont even know her, he says.
Charlie thinks its fucked-up.
Judy is at the head of the table, probably where Ted sat.
That probably doesnt help.
Im an excellent judge of character, says Jen.
Judy is not a petty thief with an opioid addiction.
She could be a crazy person, says Charlie.
She wanders and looks at pictures, clearly very uncomfortable and emotional.
Theres a flashback to the accident, which happened at night, with Judy behind the wheel.
A quick break for a question here: How much does Steve know?
He clearly didnt recognize Jen when she came to his door in the pilot.
Does he know about the accident at all?
Has he helped cover it up?
Dick move, Steve.
Meanwhile, Jen is driving when a yellow sports car speeds by at an irrational clip.
Jen yells and gets the plate number, wondering if hoping?
the speeding car has something to do with Teds death.
A few scenes later, the same car almost hits Jen.
She throws a rock at it, and it speeds back, but Jen is unafraid.
Dude spits on her feet and speeds off.
Hes an asshole, but more importantly, Jens fearless.
When its dropped that Judy is living in the guest house, Steve seems a bit taken aback.
Shes been through a lot, he says.
When Jen says shes been a rock, Steve is stunned.
Wherever Judy goes, chaos tends to follow, he says.
and feels like ominous foreshadowing, given whats in Judys storage unit.
She ends up sleeping outside because the guest house is spiritually overwhelming.
Judys cry/smile as she says this to Jen is a bit unsettling.
She also mistakenly drops that she keeps some of her stuff in a storage facility.
Cardellini brilliantly swallows those words, trying to get them back in, but its too late.
She says shes not good enough for him.
Ive done some really bad things, Abe.
He says he knows shes good, crazy or not.
Can we forgive her?
Did Judy ever live there?
Steve cant even really look in there.
A blanket embroidered Judy Ann catches Jens attention.
Back at Jens house, Judy goes to talk to Charlie, whos playing a violent online game.
They bond a little and order a pizza with a ton of meat on it.
Jen offers to clear out the guest house.
What will he do when he figures out Jens connection to the man he saw die?
After that, Jen gives Judy the baby blanket she surely would have wanted back.
Judy wraps it around herself and seems genuinely comforted and touched by the action.
Jen reveals that Steve said that Judy was nuts, which Judy says was practically her nickname.
Jen thinks thats a way that men undermine women.
(Shes right.)
That gun is coming back.
Steves company is called Wood, Wood & Wood.
Its one of the most hysterically awful names in a show in a long time.
Hes always good, and sometimes great.
Lets see what he gets to do here.
