Why Are Judy’s Paintings So Important?
Judy’s arc over the course of Dead to Me season 2 is very delicate and her character goes to many places, including some tough material with her mother and a very endearing romance. Right from the start of the season Judy is eager to locate some paintings of hers that she’s lost after Steve’s death. It’s assumed that Judy just wants to retrieve these paintings so she can sell them and make some kind of money to help her and Jen out. However, when Judy finally does recover the paintings it’s revealed that she’s literally stuffed the canvas with money. This leaves Judy and Jen well insulated as the season comes to a close and they use some of this money to buy Jen’s house from her mother-in-law and gain some independence in the process.
Does Steve’s Body Get Discovered?
The finale of Dead to Me’s second season sees Jen attempt to do the good thing by confessing to her murder of Steve to Detective Perez. The two don’t find Steve’s body, but in the final moments of the episode a stray hiker does discover it. At least some individuals, Ben, are notified over this news and so the hiker definitely goes forward to the police and there’s an official report open now. Since there’s now a body that somebody has to answer for, it’s unclear if Perez will still look the other way for Jen, or if she once again will be on her case, albeit in a complicated new way.
What Does Charlie Discover?
Dead to Me season 2 does a lot to expand Charlie as a character and he takes on a number of secrets of his own throughout the season. This year becomes a very trying time for Charlie and Jen, but they ultimately find an understanding for one another by the end of everything. This however has the potential to change when Charlie comes across the letters that his mom wrote for everyone when she thought she’d be going away to prison. Charlie is likely about to learn exactly what his mother has done and if he doesn’t come forward to her about what he knows then his understanding of the whole situation may fester and turn worse.
Who Crashes Into Jen’s Car?
Dead to Me tries to outdo itself when it comes to the big cliffhanger for its second season go out on. Jen and Judy are out on a drive and celebrating the money that they’ve come into, only for them to get sidelined by a car in a nasty crash (something that’s ironic considering Jen just gets a stop sign put up at the intersection). Benjamin is the one at the wheel of other car and when he realizes what he’s done, he quickly speeds away before Jen and Judy know that it was him.
Ben is driving so fast because of what he just learns out about his brother’s body, but it’s unclear if this crash is because he’s just being careless in his hurry or if he actively wants to hurt Jen after what he’s learned. Judy seems to be okay from the accident, but Jen takes the brunt of the crash and she’s unresponsive when the season ends. It’s seriously unlikely that Jen will be dead and the show gets rid of Christina Applegate, but with how melodramatic Dead to Me getting at times I wouldn’t be surprised if the accident gives Jen amnesia and she can’t remember killing Steve or something comparable.