History Series / DeadToMe

* YourCheatingHeart:
** [[spoiler:Ted was cheating on Jen with a woman he met online. To add insult to injury, he told his mistress that Jen was ''dead''. The poor girl was utterly crushed when she found out.]]
** [[spoiler:Steve cheats on his new girlfriend with Judy, without telling Judy about her.]]
** [[spoiler:Judy cheats on Nick with Steve.]]
** Jeff, the husband of Jen's neighbor Karen, is seen in Season 2 having an affair with a man at the hotel that Jen and Judy are staying at. A few episodes later, Jeff tells Jen that he and Karen are divorcing because of said affair.

* {{Adorkable}}: Ben is quite goofy, dorky, and a bit awkward, which makes him all the more lovable.

* WhamShot: The end of the second season premiere as Jen and Judy open the door to see [[spoiler: a seemingly very alive Steve waiting there.]]

->'''Judy:''' ''[offering latte art]'' I made you a heart!\\
->'''Jen:''' Gross.

The show's first season 1 was released in May 3rd of 2019 to a positive reception. A second season was released in May 8th, 2020.

%% * PlotTriggeringDeath: Ted's death triggers the events of the series.

** The plot more or less runs on this trope, so much so that when someone graffitis "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID" on the garage door, it's almost a shock when it's subverted. [[spoiler:It was meant for Charlie.]]

%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jen's Tomboy and Judy's Girly Girl.
%% ->'''Judy:''' ''[offering latte art]'' I made you a heart!
%% ->'''Jen:''' Gross.

* BloodIsSquickerInWater: [[spoiler:We see plenty of Steve's blood in the swimming pool after he gets shot.]]

** Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:Steve dead in the pool after Jen shot him, and the two ladies staring at his corpse]].

* ShoutOut: Season One ends with [[spoiler:an unscrupulous man being shot, and falling into his killer's backyard pool. We're then treated to a shot of his corpse floating in the water, with [[DiesWideOpen wide open eyes]]]]. Shout-out to ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' .

** The safe with Ted's gun in it that Jen doesn't know the combo to. [[spoiler: She lied and uses it to shoot Steve in the last episode.]]

** In promotional material (including the poster for this page), the pool of Jen's house is a recurring visual element, especially with wine being poured in it. [[spoiler:The pool turns out to be a crucial place in season one. Not only it's where Judy confesses to killing Ted, but the final scene of season one as well, where Jen shoots Steve in the pool, whose blood in the water mimics the blood from the posters.]]

* HateSink: Steve is a slimy, lying, emotionally abusive prick, [[spoiler:so when Jen shoots him the audience doesn't feel too bad for him.]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Judy and Jen quickly become inseparable. [[spoiler:Even the reveal that Judy accidentally killed Ted doesn't ''completely'' break the trust between them -- when Jen shoots Steve, guess who her first call is?]]

* BiTheWay: Judy, whose two love interests are Steve and Michelle.

** Jen’s new love interest in season two turns out to be the Detective Perez’s ex-girlfriend, of all people.

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* CoolCar: '66 Mustangs are a very prominent feature of the show.

* TheGhost: Ted's death drives the entire plot of the first season, but aside from a baby picture decorating a cake, he is never once seen in any of the episodes.
* GrandDame: Steve and Ben’s mother is revealed to be an elderly wealthy socialite residing in a giant mansion.

* HeavenSeeker: As the devout leader of the Holy Harmonies, Chris is a unique openly gay example.

* HomoeroticSubtext: Judy and Jen. Even [[https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/5/14/queer-blood-running-through-veins-netflixs-dead-me acknowledged]] by the creator of the show.
* {{Tsundere}}: Hot And Cold. Steve and Judy's relationship.

* TheLostLenore: Ted is a rare male example of the trope.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Ben and Steve are portrayed to be polar opposites of each other until it's revealed they both have a nasty habit of leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident they caused.]]

* PlotTriggeringDeath: Ted's death triggers the events of the series.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jen's Tomboy and Judy's Girly Girl.
->'''Judy:''' ''[offering latte art]'' I made you a heart!
->'''Jen:''' Gross.

* UnstoppableRage: Jen’s defining character trait, as pointed out by the pastor of her support group near the beginning and ending of the Pilot. Jen also warns Judy about her temper, saying she doesn’t want to be on her bad side. This flaw is put into direct conflict with Judy and Jen's [[HeterosexualLifePartners close friendship]] when we learn [[spoiler: Judy is the one who accidentally killed Jen’s husband, and desperately wants her forgiveness.]] As their group pastor warns, if she doesn’t address her rage, and learn how to forgive, she will always be alone. Which has even more meaning when [[spoiler: Jen confesses the reason her husband left the house the night he died was because she kicked him out in a fit of rage. She finally faces her anger issues by admitting her guilt for causing his death. Which in turn triggers Judy to finally confess that she was the one who hit him with her car and killed him.]]

** [[spoiler:And Judy cheats on Nick with Steve.]]
** A minor example: Jeff, the husband of Jen's neighbor Karen, is seen in Season 2 having an affair with a man at the hotel that Jen and Judy are staying at. A few episodes later, Jeff tells Jen that he and Karen are divorcing because of said affair.

* {{Tsundere}}: Hot And Cold. Steve and Judy's relationshipl.

* ShoutOut: Season One ends with [[spoiler:an unscrupulous man being shot, and falling into his killer's backyard pool. We're then treated to a shot of his corpse floating in the water, with [[DiesWideOpen wide open eyes]]]]. Sout-out to ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' .

* GunNut: Jen's neighbor Karen and Lorna, Jen's mother in law is spoken of this way after [[spoiler: Charlie is busted with a gun he got from her.]]

** Why does Steve have an art gallery? How can he afford to spend 8.6 million in cash? What business does an LA lawyer do with Greeks? What are all those boxes in the storage unit? Why is the Mustang in the gallery's name instead of Judy's? Why are the only artworks sold in the gallery are Judy's and why have so many of them been sold for obscenely high amounts of money? [[spoiler:Plenty of clues about Steve being a money launderer.]]

** Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:Steve apparently dead in the pool after Jen shot him, and the two ladies staring at his corpse]].

** In promotional material (including the poster for this page), the pool of Jen's house is a recurring visual element, especially with wine being poured in it. [[spoiler:The pool turns out to be a crucial place in season one. Not only it's where Judy confesses to killing Ted, but the final scene of season one as well, where Jen apparently shoots Steve in the pool, whose blood in the water mimics the blood from the posters.]]

** [[Jen spends the entirety of season two lying to Judy about the circumstances of Steve's death, just like Judy did to her previously about Ted's death.]]

%% * FauxAffablyEvil: Steve comes off as one until the final few episodes when he reveals what a selfish sociopathic bastard is hiding behind his glamorous smile.

* GunNut: Lorna, Jen's mother in law is spoken of this way after [[spoiler: Charlie is busted with a gun he got from her.]]
%% ** [[spoiler: Karen, Jen's neighbor.]]

%% * {{Tsundere}}: Hot And Cold. Steve and Judy's relationshipl.

%% * TheLostLenore: Ted is a rare male example.