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*AbusiveParent: Her mother absent often from most of her childhood because of drug addiction. During the times when her mother did come home, she was so out of it that Judy often had to take care of her, including making sure she eats. In the present, her mother constantly manipulates and gaslights her [[spoiler: to help her get out of prison.]]
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Between multiple miscarriages, her fiancee leaving her, and accidentally killing a man in a hit-and-run, Judy was this even before the events of the show. It only gets worse from there.]]
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Between DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Her mother was a drug addict who was often absent from her childhood. [[spoiler: It was eventually revealed that Judy testified against her mother, and this resulted to her initial incarceration.]]
**Judy, as a child, was also homeless for at most a year and a half. She had to live in her car with her mother.
**[[spoiler:Between multiple miscarriages, her fiancee leaving her, and accidentally killing a man in a hit-and-run, Judy was this even before the events of the show. It only gets worse from there.]]
** Her mother was a drug addict who was often absent from her childhood. [[spoiler: It was eventually revealed that Judy testified against her mother, and this resulted to her initial incarceration.]]
**Judy, as a child, was also homeless for at most a year and a half. She had to live in her car with her mother.
**[[spoiler:Between multiple miscarriages, her fiancee leaving her, and accidentally killing a man in a hit-and-run, Judy was this even before the events of the show. It only gets worse from there.]]
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* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: In episode 10, after Judy confesses that she killed Ted, she becomes outright cruel and mean to her and sees her as a sociopath, not caring about knowing the real reason why. She gets better by the end though, as her killing shooting of Steve causes her to forgive Judy and come to terms with her own hypocrisy.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jen shoots him in the Season 1 finale.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Following getting lost in a joy ride with Steve's car, Charlie starts realizing there's something going on in his family and that his mom and Judy might be in danger, he also shows he can be a loving, trustworthy brother to his little sibling, and is more open to show affection and worry to his mother as he understands the big stress she's under.
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* FreudianExcuse: In the season 2 finale, Jen realizes that her rage is partly due to never wholly processing her mother's death and the multiple times she was mad during that sickness.
* FreudianExcuse: In the season 2 finale, Jen realizes that her rage is partly due to never wholly processing her mother's death and the multiple times she was mad during that sickness.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: At her most angered in season 2, she rudely calls Judy out on the fact that she gets unhealthy attached to anyone willing to give her the time of day, no matter how abusive or toxic they are to her, which explains why she dedicated so much time to DomesticAbuser Steve and her AbusiveParent. Eventually, Judy herself has to agree with it.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Calls her mom out when they talk in the season 2 finale. When her mom says that Judy was a really needy baby and that she was very young herself to be a mom, she started using drugs.
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!!Detective Ana Perez
->'''Played by:''' Diana-Maria Riva
The detective in charge of the case of Ted's death, and subsequently, Jen and Judy's connection to the police.
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* FreudianExcuse: Having spent time in the system and having lost her mother in a tragic way, she has multiple issues with abandonment which leaves her very hung up on her ex-girlfriend Michelle. Her time as a cop worsened her issues as she now is lost on her job and can't seem to stop treating everyone as a possible criminal and acting as a cop towards everyone.
* FriendInTheForce: [[spoiler:In the final episode of season 2, she becomes this for Jen.]]
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!!Detective Ana Perez
->'''Played by:''' Diana-Maria Riva
The detective in charge of the case of Ted's death, and subsequently, Jen and Judy's connection to the police.
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* FreudianExcuse: Having spent time in the system and having lost her mother in a tragic way, she has multiple issues with abandonment which leaves her very hung up on her ex-girlfriend Michelle. Her time as a cop worsened her issues as she now is lost on her job and can't seem to stop treating everyone as a possible criminal and acting as a cop towards everyone.
* FriendInTheForce: [[spoiler:In the final episode of season 2, she becomes this for Jen.]]
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* HairTriggerTemper: She gets riled-up easily. As Chris points out, this has been a trait of hers since even before her husband's death.
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* HairTriggerTemper: She gets riled-up easily. As Chris points out, this has been a trait of hers since even before her husband's death.death and puts a strain on her relationship with everyone, be it co-workers or family, and this only worsens with the stress of the grief. [[spoiler:Chris eventually breaks their work relationship once she becomes too much for him to handle, and remembers times where this hampered their work.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Judy wanted to stop and help Ted; Steve was the one to make her keep driving, therefore making him the central antagonist of season 1.]]
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* TheGhost: Uh... [[{{Pun}} not in that way]]. We've never even seen him in a flashback.
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* TheGhost: Uh... [[{{Pun}} not in that way]]. We've His appearance is never shown, even seen him in a flashback.flashbacks he is usually out of the scene, or impossible to be seen.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: Without his death, we'd have no story.The hit and run that killed him sets off the plot: both Jen's grief and [[spoiler:Judy's guilt]] stem from it.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jen doesn't like her at all, and it's hard to blame her.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jen doesn't like her at all, and it's hard to blame her. She looks down on Jen's career choices and his son's marriage to her.
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!!Charlie Harding
->'''Played By:''' Sam McCarthy
Ted and Jen's oldest son, who starts acting out after his father dies.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: He gets progressively worse and worse in behavior following his father's death. He sells his dad's pills, jokes about getting hit by a car in front of his traumatized mother, and even leaves house, all while his mother is still grieving.
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!!Charlie Harding
->'''Played By:''' Sam McCarthy
Ted and Jen's oldest son, who starts acting out after his father dies.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: He gets progressively worse and worse in behavior following his father's death. He sells his dad's pills, jokes about getting hit by a car in front of his traumatized mother, and even leaves house, all while his mother is still grieving.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jen doesn't like her at all, and it's hard to blame her.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jen doesn't like her at all, and it's hard to blame her.
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* TragicDream: [[spoiler:What she really wants, more than anything, is to be a mother... and, as she finds out late in Season One, she can never bear children. Given her financial instability and questionable mental health, adoption likely isn't a viable option for her, either.]]
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* TragicDream: [[spoiler:What she really wants, more than anything, is to be a mother... and, as she finds out late in Season One, 1, she can never bear children. Given her financial instability and questionable mental health, adoption likely isn't a viable option for her, either.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Her last name, Hale -- as in, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", a phrase which sums up Judy's character quite well.
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Judy's ex-finace. Also, a tool.
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Judy's ex-finace.ex-fiancee. Also, a tool.
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* SexlessMarriage: [[spoiler:Hers and Ted's was this by the end. According to Jen, he hadn't touched her since she got a breast reduction, even though she'd gotten it to ''prevent cancer''. She's understandably very hurt by this.]]
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* SexlessMarriage: [[spoiler:Hers and Ted's was this by the end. According to Jen, he hadn't touched her since she got a breast reduction, double mastectomy, even though she'd gotten she only got it to ''prevent cancer''.prevent breast cancer, which killer her mother. She's understandably very hurt by this.]]
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* SexlessMarriage: [[spoiler:He and Jen stopped having sex after she got a breast reduction.]]
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* SexlessMarriage: [[spoiler:He and Jen stopped having sex after she got a breast reduction.preventative mastectomy.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He was cheating with a ''much'' younger woman he met online. To make matters worse, her name is ''Bambi''. And he told her his wife has dead. Bambi was horrified when she found out the truth.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He was cheating with a ''much'' younger woman he met online. To make matters worse, her name is ''Bambi''. And he told her his wife has was dead. Bambi was horrified when she found out the truth.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: In a different way than Steve. Lorna is the narcissistic mother-in-law straight from your nightmares. Belittling, condescending, self-superior, and self-centered to the point where she tries to make Ted's funeral and memorial all about her own grief.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Perfectly capable of being pleasant, if extremely yuppie and a bit douchey. Ultimately a total sociopath when push comes to shove.
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* TookALevekInJerkass: [[spoiler: In episode 10, after Judy confesses that she killed Ted, she becomes outright cruel and mean to her and sees her as a sociopath, not caring about knowing the real reason why. She gets better by the end though, as her killing of Steve causes her to forgive Judy and come to terms with her own hypocrisy.]]
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* TookALevekInJerkass: TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: In episode 10, after Judy confesses that she killed Ted, she becomes outright cruel and mean to her and sees her as a sociopath, not caring about knowing the real reason why. She gets better by the end though, as her killing of Steve causes her to forgive Judy and come to terms with her own hypocrisy.]]
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* MissingMom: Her mother got cancer and died when Jen was only nineteen.
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* SexlessMarriage: [[spoiler:Hers and Ted's was this by the end. According to Jen, he hadn't touched her since she got a breast reduction, even though she'd gotten it to ''prevent cancer''. She's understandably very hurt by this.]]
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* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: Sort of. [[spoiler:He told Bambi about his wife and children, but said that his wife had died years ago.]]
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* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:Her last interaction with Ted was an awful, ''awful'' fight. Even after finding out that Ted was really kind of a slimebag, she still deeply regrets this.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He repeatedly sleeps with Judy despite having a girlfriend -- that he didn't tell Judy about.]]]]
!!Ted Harding
Jen's deceased husband.
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* TheGhost: Uh... [[{{Pun}} not in that way]]. We've never even seen him in a flashback.
* ParentsAsPeople: He was far from a perfect husband [[spoiler:and was in fact pretty terrible in a lot of ways]], but he was apparently an affectionate father, and his sons really miss him.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Without his death, we'd have no story.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He was cheating with a ''much'' younger woman he met online. To make matters worse, her name is ''Bambi''. And he told her his wife has dead. Bambi was horrified when she found out the truth.]]
!!Lorna Harding
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Ted's mother.
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* {{Jerkass}}: While Jen can be difficult, Lorna is just plain ''mean''.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jen doesn't like her at all, and it's hard to blame her.
!!Ted Harding
Jen's deceased husband.
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* TheGhost: Uh... [[{{Pun}} not in that way]]. We've never even seen him in a flashback.
* ParentsAsPeople: He was far from a perfect husband [[spoiler:and was in fact pretty terrible in a lot of ways]], but he was apparently an affectionate father, and his sons really miss him.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Without his death, we'd have no story.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He was cheating with a ''much'' younger woman he met online. To make matters worse, her name is ''Bambi''. And he told her his wife has dead. Bambi was horrified when she found out the truth.]]
!!Lorna Harding
-->'''Played By:''' Valerie Mahaffey
Ted's mother.
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* {{Jerkass}}: While Jen can be difficult, Lorna is just plain ''mean''.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jen doesn't like her at all, and it's hard to blame her.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Her extreme self-destructiveness, lack of self-esteem, bouts of extreme depression and (more rarely) extreme glee, and difficulty letting go of the people (and ideas) she's attached to give the impression that she might have some sort of mental illness, possibly manic depressive disorder.
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* TragicDream: [[spoiler:What she really wants, more than anything, is to be a mother... and, as she finds out late in Season One, she can never bear children. Given her financial instability and questionable mental health, adoption likely isn't a viable option for her, either.]]
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A real estate agent and mother whose husband recently died in an unsolved hit-and-run.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's ill-tempered, sarcastic, crude... and not that bad, once you get to know her. She quickly grows to care deeply about Judy, and loves her children dearly.
* ParentsAsPeople: She sincerely loves her kids, but she's not always the most functional or stable mother. But she tries. Oh, how she tries.
* ParentsAsPeople: She sincerely loves her kids, but she's not always the most functional or stable mother. But she tries. Oh, how she tries.
An artist with a dark secret that Jen meets at a grief support group.
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* DeathByIrony: Purposely evoked when [[spoiler:she tries to commit suicide by being hit by a car, wracked with guilt over accidentally killing Ted this way. Fortunately, she doesn't succeed.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In the first season finale, she tries to kill herself by walking into traffic. She fails.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In the first season finale, she tries to kill herself by walking into traffic. She fails.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Ted's death ''really'' eats at her.]]
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Judy's ex-finace. Also, a tool.
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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He takes absolutely zero responsibility for any of his amoral actions. When suspicion starts to fall on him, he insists on pinning the blame solely on Judy after previously assuring her they were in it together.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He repeatedly sleeps with Judy despite having a girlfriend -- that he didn't tell Judy about.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:He repeatedly sleeps with Judy despite having a girlfriend -- that he didn't tell Judy about.]]
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* NiceGirl: Deconstructed. Judy is a friendly, well-meaning person who tries to look on the bright side of things and makes a genuine effort to get along with everyone. That said, poor judgement and a tendency to throw herself into self-destructive behavior often leads to negative consequences for not only herself but everyone around her.
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* NiceGirl: Deconstructed. Judy is a friendly, well-meaning person who tries to look on the bright side of things and makes a genuine effort to get along with everyone. That said, poor judgement and a tendency to throw herself into self-destructive behavior often leads to negative consequences for not only for herself but everyone around her.
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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He takes absolutely zero responsibility for any of his amoral actions. When suspicion starts to fall on him, he insists on pinning the blame solely on Judy after previously stating that assuring her they were in it together.]]
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* TheAtoner: Deconstructed. Judy tries to sincerely make up for the fact that she accidentally killed Jen's husband by befriending her, but only ends up compounding the already tragic and complicated situation, causing even more grief and [spoiler: another death.]
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* TheAtoner: Deconstructed. Judy tries to sincerely make up for the fact that she accidentally killed Jen's husband by befriending her, but only her naïve and frivolous nature ends up compounding the already tragic and complicated situation, causing even more grief and [spoiler: [[spoiler: another death.]]]
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* TheAtoner: Deconstructed. Judy tries to sincerely make up for the fact that she accidentally killed Jen's husband by befriending her, but only ends up compounding the already tragic and complicated situation, causing even more grief and [spoiler: another death.]
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* EvilAllAlong: After spending most of the first season being rather morally ambiguous, he shows his true colors in the last two episodes.
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* BrooklynRage: Jen used to live in New York, and while she's since lost the accent, she still definitely has the attitude.
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* BrooklynRage: Jen used to live in New York, and while she's since lost shed the accent, she still definitely has the attitude.
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Between multiple miscarriages, her fiancee leaving her, and accidentally killing a man in a hit-and-run, Judy was this even before the events of the show, and it only gets worse from there.]]
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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He takes absolutely zero responsibility for any of his amoral actions. When suspicion starts to fall on him and Judy, he pins the blame solely on her even after previously stating they were in it together.]]
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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He takes absolutely zero responsibility for any of his amoral actions. When suspicion starts to fall onhim and Judy, him, he pins insists on pinning the blame solely on her even Judy after previously stating that they were in it together.]]
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!! Jennifer "Jen" Harding
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/ChristinaApplegate
* BrooklynRage: Jen used to live in New York, and while she's since lost the accent, she still definitely has the attitude.
* HairTriggerTemper: She gets riled-up easily. As Chris points out, this has been a trait of hers since even before her husband's death.
* WidowWoman: The show begins with her husband Ted having been killed in a hit-and-run.
!! Judy Hale
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/LindaCardellini
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Her relationship with Steve definitely has shades of this. Even after forming a relationship with [[NiceGuy Nick]], she finds herself drawn back to her ex-fiancee.
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Between multiple miscarriages, her fiancee leaving her, and accidentally killing a man in a hit-and-run, Judy was this even before the events of the show, and it only gets worse from there.]]
* DoomMagnet: Steve claims that wherever Judy goes, chaos follows. He's right.
* EasilyForgiven: Judy is ''very'' quick to forgive other people, even when she really shouldn't.
* FatalFlaw: In a weird way, her optimism. [[spoiler:Judy becomes friends with Jen in an effort to atone for accidentally killing her husband and thoroughly expects to be forgiven once she apologizes.]]
* NiceGirl: Deconstructed. Judy is a friendly, well-meaning person who tries to look on the bright side of things and makes a genuine effort to get along with everyone. That said, poor judgement and a tendency to throw herself into self-destructive behavior often leads to negative consequences for not only herself but everyone around her.
!! Steve Wood
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/JamesMarsden
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jen shoots him in the Season 1 finale.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Not physically, but he is implied to be emotionally abusive to Judy, to the point that she becomes extremely subservient around him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His primary character trait.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:He really doesn't seem to feel much remorse at all for his part in the accident. The fact that his first instinct is to tell Judy to keep driving and not go back to check on the person they hit speaks volumes.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He takes absolutely zero responsibility for any of his amoral actions. When suspicion starts to fall on him and Judy, he pins the blame solely on her even after previously stating they were in it together.]]
!! Jennifer "Jen" Harding
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/ChristinaApplegate
* BrooklynRage: Jen used to live in New York, and while she's since lost the accent, she still definitely has the attitude.
* HairTriggerTemper: She gets riled-up easily. As Chris points out, this has been a trait of hers since even before her husband's death.
* WidowWoman: The show begins with her husband Ted having been killed in a hit-and-run.
!! Judy Hale
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/LindaCardellini
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Her relationship with Steve definitely has shades of this. Even after forming a relationship with [[NiceGuy Nick]], she finds herself drawn back to her ex-fiancee.
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Between multiple miscarriages, her fiancee leaving her, and accidentally killing a man in a hit-and-run, Judy was this even before the events of the show, and it only gets worse from there.]]
* DoomMagnet: Steve claims that wherever Judy goes, chaos follows. He's right.
* EasilyForgiven: Judy is ''very'' quick to forgive other people, even when she really shouldn't.
* FatalFlaw: In a weird way, her optimism. [[spoiler:Judy becomes friends with Jen in an effort to atone for accidentally killing her husband and thoroughly expects to be forgiven once she apologizes.]]
* NiceGirl: Deconstructed. Judy is a friendly, well-meaning person who tries to look on the bright side of things and makes a genuine effort to get along with everyone. That said, poor judgement and a tendency to throw herself into self-destructive behavior often leads to negative consequences for not only herself but everyone around her.
!! Steve Wood
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/JamesMarsden
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jen shoots him in the Season 1 finale.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Not physically, but he is implied to be emotionally abusive to Judy, to the point that she becomes extremely subservient around him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His primary character trait.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:He really doesn't seem to feel much remorse at all for his part in the accident. The fact that his first instinct is to tell Judy to keep driving and not go back to check on the person they hit speaks volumes.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He takes absolutely zero responsibility for any of his amoral actions. When suspicion starts to fall on him and Judy, he pins the blame solely on her even after previously stating they were in it together.]]
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!! Characters from the Netflix series ''Series/DeadToMe'' include:
