Dead to Me – Season 1

Episode Guide

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot
Fri, May 3, 2019

Jen, a real estate agent prone to violent emotional outbursts, is mourning the death of her husband Ted, who has recently been killed by a hit-and-run driver. She joins a grief support group, where she meets Judy, who is mourning the death of her fiancé Steve, and the two become close friends. One of the ways that Jen processes her grief is to investigate any car she sees that looks like it may have been involved in a hit-and-run. Jen discovers that Steve is alive, and Judy lied about his death; when she confronts Judy at the support group, Judy apologizes and explains that her grief is actually for her miscarriages, which she blames for the failure of her relationship with Steve. Jen and Judy reconcile. At the end of the episode, Judy visits her storage unit, in which there is a car, a vintage Mustang, with damage consistent with a hit-and-run.


S1.E2 ∙ Maybe I’m Crazy
Fri, May 3, 2019

Jen is working with Steve to sell his house, while Judy begins stalking Steve. He learns that Judy has moved into Jen’s guest house, and warns Jen that chaos tends to follow Judy; soon, he files a restraining order against Judy. Jen gets into a shouting match with the driver of a Corvette who is driving unsafely in the neighborhood. Judy has flashbacks to hitting someone with her car, and it is revealed that Steve was riding with her. While on a drive with Judy, Jen spots the Corvette and smashes it with a golf club.


S1.E3 ∙ It’s All My Fault
Fri, May 3, 2019

Jen deals with Ted’s upcoming birthday memorial, where she clashes with Ted’s narcissistic mother Lorna. Judy reveals to Steve that Jen is married to the person they killed, and Steve pressures Judy to keep quiet about what happened. Judy’s feelings of guilt increase, and a flashback reveals that Judy was at Ted’s funeral, watching from afar. Ana Perez, the lead detective on Ted’s case, arrives during the memorial to question Jen about the vandalized Corvette, and Judy confesses to the crime to protect Jen and punish herself. Steve bails Judy out of jail and reminds her not to confess to killing Ted, manipulating her feelings by seducing her. Jen logs onto Ted’s laptop to play an online game with Charlie (which Charlie has told her he used to play with Ted), and starts receiving explicit messages from “bambi88”, revealing Ted had been having an affair.


S1.E4 ∙ I Can’t Go Back
Fri, May 3, 2019

The next morning, Steve tries to convince Judy to move back in with him. Judy and Jen track down “bambi88”, a waitress whose name is actually Bambi. At her restaurant, Jen angrily lashes out at Bambi when she finds out she and Ted had been seeing each other for a year and a half, and storms out; Judy, pretending to be Ted’s wife, confronts Bambi with the news that Ted is dead. Bambi is upset and reveals that Ted had told her that his wife had died of breast cancer (the same disease that killed Jen’s mother years before). When she finds this out, Jen says she’s glad Ted is dead. Jen confronts Steve and informs him Judy will not move back in with him. A flashback shows that Judy wanted to go back and help Ted after the accident, but Steve stopped her.


S1.E5 ∙ I’ve Gotta Get Away
Fri, May 3, 2019

Jen and Judy attend a “grief retreat” in Palm Springs, but Jen mostly treats it as a vacation. Jen drinks and flirts with Jason, a recent widower; they go to bed together, but he is still not over his wife and it goes badly. Meanwhile, Judy meets Nick, a police detective on administrative leave after his best friend was killed in the line of duty. Judy introduces him to Jen, who asks if he has ever solved a hit-and run.


S1.E6 ∙ Oh My God
Fri, May 3, 2019

Nick meets Jen and Judy at the location where Ted was killed, and offers to talk to Perez about the case. Judy learns that Ted’s body was found by a 9-year-old girl in Henry’s class, Shandy. Jen is called to Charlie’s school, where the principal informs her that he has been dealing drugs which he stole from Ted’s medicine cabinet. Henry has also been acting out at school, yelling at his classmates when they sing the wrong note at a school recital. Jen arranges for Nick, whom Judy is now dating, to come to the house and scare Charlie straight, but Nick unexpectedly finds a gun in Charlie’s backpack. Shandy gives Jen a piece of the car she had found at the scene of Ted’s death. Judy returns to the storage locker, intending to inspect the car, only to find that it is already gone.


S1.E7 ∙ I Can Handle It
Fri, May 3, 2019

Jen brings the car part to Perez. Judy demands Steve tell her what happened to the car, and he takes her to a garage where he is in the process of dismantling it, intending to dispose of the parts in Mexico. They work together to tear the car apart, and begin reminiscing about their relationship, which ends with them having sex. The police identify the part of the car as belonging to a 1966 Mustang.


S1.E8 ∙ Try to Stop Me
Fri, May 3, 2019

Jen, Judy, and Nick begin visiting the homes of registered owners of 1966 Mustangs, causing Judy to panic. Suspecting she may be pregnant, Judy breaks up with Nick and returns to Steve, only for him to tell her to “save herself the grief” of another miscarriage; she then discovers that he is in a new relationship. Judy leaves without telling him that the police have identified the make and model of the car involved in the hit-and-run. Later, Judy’s doctor confirms that she is not pregnant and may be experiencing early menopause. Nick discovers that one of the businesses on the list of Mustang owners, TKG Arts, is owned by Steve and is displaying Judy’s paintings.


S1.E9 ∙ I Have to Be Honest
Fri, May 3, 2019

Nick visits the TKG Arts gallery and asks Steve about the car, but Steve denies knowing anything about it. Money problems force Jen to ask Lorna for a job. Perez rebuffs Nick’s theories; later, Judy, angry over Steve’s reaction to her possible pregnancy, turns Steve in for money laundering. Jen tells Judy that she and Ted had a fight the night of the hit-and-run, and that she now blames herself for his death. Judy finally confesses to killing Ted, and Jen angrily tells her to die. While collecting evidence from Steve’s storage locker, Perez notices a motor oil spill.


S1.E10 ∙ You Have to Go
Fri, May 3, 2019

Jen cleans out the guesthouse and burns all of Judy’s possessions; she also installs a security system at the house and has begun carrying Ted’s gun. She visits Perez and tells her of Judy’s confession, but Perez refuses to arrest Judy, as it would interfere with their investigation of Steve. Judy surprises Jen at a house showing, hoping to make amends, but Jen warns her never to contact her again. Judy empties her and Steve’s joint bank account and hides the money (in the form of a cashier’s check) in a small wooden bird. Steve, under pressure from the Greek Mafia now that his money laundering scheme has been discovered, comes to Jen’s house looking for Judy. He learns that Judy confessed to Jen, and he admits to being in the car as well. They argue and Jen draws her gun, ordering him to leave. Judy returns to the place where Ted was killed and unsuccessfully attempts to take her own life by stepping in front of an oncoming car; she then receives a call from Jen telling her she needs to come over immediately. Judy returns to the house and finds Jen standing over Steve’s lifeless body floating in the pool.