Netflix’s smash hit dark comedy series Dead to Me is alive and living with a freshly announced second season on its way, Deadline reports.
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The series stars Christina Applegate as its colourful protagonist Jen who loses her husband in a hit-and-run car accident. She later meets Judy (Linda Cardellini) at a grief counselling meeting and the pair form an unlikely partnership.
Both Applegate and Cardellini will return as their leading roles for the highly anticipated second season of the critically acclaimed series.
Applegate serves as executive producer along with Liz Feldman who will also return as showrunner.
I don’t wanna drop any big spoilers here in case you haven’t watched the series yet, but let’s just say that season one ended with quite a BANG and I can’t wait to see where the gals take things from here.
Speaking of said ~dramatic ending~, there’s a wild fan theory that you can read in our SPOILER-FILLED article here.
In a recent interview with Variety, Applegate admitted that filming the series took a massive toll on her, both physically and emotionally.
The physical toll was largely due to the fact that she was out of practice in the dancing realm.
“I was in traction for a week because I hadn’t danced in 10 years before that day. So it hurt,” she said.
“This old body? This 47- year-old body can’t do it anymore.”
Applegate (right) alongside co-star, Linda Cardellini (left)
And as for the emotional toll, Applegate said the character’s grief became so overbearing for her that she sought counselling after filming wrapped.
“Jen, my character, is grieving in worst way possible, but that’s her way,” said Applegate. “And I think that we should all be allowed to do that when we need to. Grief doesn’t have a timeline. And grief is messy.”
She adds, “It tapped into some stuff that I had to face. It was cathartic. I don’t know if [it was] therapeutic. Did I start therapy after I shot the show? Yes, absolutely,” she said with a laugh. “To like finally talk about the stuff that hurt you in your life — and heal from that? I think it’s really beautiful thing.”
But despite this, the girl will be back for another season of scandal.
Suss the trailer below and binge watch the first season on Netflix now.
