'Dead to Me' Is Officially Returning for a Third (and Final) Season
It's been nearly two years since viewers got a dose of Dead to Me. Season Two ended with a bang... or maybe crash is more fitting. Either way, it was a disaster as James Marsden's Steve plows into Judy and Jen's (played by Linda Cardellini and Christina Applegate, respectively) vehicle. Cut to black. How could the Netflix series not come back after something like that?
This week, Netflix announced that the pitch-black humorous comedy series is returning for its third and final season, charting out what happens as Judy and Jen (and now Steve) navigate three massive crimes. We have the murder of Jen's husband that kicked off the series, the murder of Judy's husband, and now a messy hit and run—the damage of which hasn't been revealed yet.
What should we expect from the third season of Dead to Me? First, the damage must be assessed. It feels like someone has to go to jail, right? Here's everything we know about the final season of Dead to Me.
Is Dead to Me Getting a Season Three?
After years of waiting, Netflix has confirmed that Dead to Me is getting a third and final season that will premiere later this year. No official date has been announced, but the series is slated to air its final episodes post-summer. Netflix claimed that the first season saw a massive 30 million viewers in its first week, which is some staggering figures for television these days. For reference, Game of Thrones had 18.4 million viewers during its live finale.
The final season will likely have 10 episodes, like its first two seasons. Cardellini, Applegate, and Marsden will all return as well to reprise their roles (unless Marsden's first two characters have a third brother, in which case, come on).
Where Would Season Three Go?
Again, if you have not finished Season Two, this is where you abandon ship.
With the car crash, body reveal, and hidden letter that punctuates season two, there is plenty of fodder for a third season. Most notably, Ben (will James Marsden get the Emmy nod he deserves?) crashing into Judy and Jen's vehicle leaves any number of open-ended questions. We heard Jen's voice after being hit by Ben's car, but conscious people have been mortally injured before. A swift Applegate-exit could be the kind of invigorating shock that a third season can use to keep a series alive.
On top of a potential death, Ben's empty bottle of booze prompted him to leave the scene of the crime, meaning that at best, he gets busted for a hit and run. A third season that shifts the focus a bit onto Marsden's new twin character could be a fascinating move.
Beyond that, Steve's body comes back to haunt us in the final moments of the finale. If his body is discovered where Jen told Detective Perez she buried it, will the police be forced to arrest her? There's also the matter of the letter Jen wrote to Charlie, which he finds in Judy's stash of weed. What is he going to do when he finds out the truth about everything? And looming over everything is the shadowy Greek mob. Judy and Jen have pretty effectively halted their local operation and also spent a lot of the money Steve left behind. They don't seem like an organization to screw over so casually. So yes, there's a story to tell in Season Three.
Any Other News?
In the case that a final season is bumming you out, the news of Dead to Me's eventual third season premiere comes with good news for the creator, Liz Feldman. Variety reports that the showrunner has a new show that Netflix has greenlit called No Good Deed.
“No Good Deed” is described as a half hour dark comedy that follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
So now there's a season three to look forward to, as well as the next iteration of Feldman's work. But of course, before you dive into any of that, you're due for a rewatch of Dead to Me's first two seasons. Two years and change is a long time to remember that much tomfoolery.
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