Is it because she knows the threat is buried in Los Angeles National Forest? More importantly, Perez gets suspicious about why Judy isn’t scared of a man who’s literally threatening her life. It also leads to the best cut of the year where Steve’s “you fucking bitch” jumps to a goofy-looking Ben, who looks like he’s literally never put those words together in that order. Judy actually plays the messages for Perez and they’re so abusive and awful that one almost wonders if Judy even listened to all of them. While talking genital warts with her makeshift family, Judy gets a call from Detective Perez, who knows that Steve called Judy nine times the night he disappeared. Jokes about generation gaps are often cheap, but the one in which Harper literally doesn’t recognize the behavior of Jen writing a check was pretty funny. While Judy and Charlie talk about STDs in the car, Jen learns that this Insta-influencer doesn’t want cupcakes-she’ll take cash. Last season it felt like Jen could get closer to her kids, but covering up murder can derail the best of intentions.Ī good example of that comes when Jen spots photos of Steve’s car on Instagram, including the license plate! She goes to Charlie’s girlfriend Harper, who posted the photo, and tries to bribe her with cupcakes to take it down. Henry’s giving himself an ulcer because he thinks mom is going to be mad at him and Charlie is smoking because it’s safer than vaping. This episode illustrates the impact of that. Much of the first season was about Jen’s journey to be a better mother to her kids, but it’s been derailed by the events of the last season finale. Jen wants to ground the kid forever and take off his bedroom door Judy suggests a little more understanding. Long before then, Jen and Judy are playing “good cop bad cop” with Charlie about his joy ride in Steve’s car. Let’s just say that if anyone thought the existence of Steve’s semi-identical twin was the soapiest turn of the story this year, they were wrong. But this season has been so strong on every level that it likely just produces laughs. Of course, with four episodes to go in the excellent second season, the happiness can’t last long, but the final scene of “You Don’t Have To” offers a truly unexpected twist that would arguably destroy the thin suspension of disbelief on another show. Where’s the crying, panic, and criminal activity? Most of the major characters of this season - Jen, Judy, Michelle, Ben, Henry, and Charlie - are smiling, laughing, and playing at an arcade that looks like a total blast. There’s so much joy in the final scenes of this episode that it almost doesn’t look like Dead to Me.
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