

There’s the burner phone in there that ties Steve to the Greek Mafia and to Hastings. Meanwhile, Charlie gives the case from Steve’s car to Judy, and it turns everything upside down. They run into someone while they’re there - which feels like it could matter next season if the writers choose, given that there’s a witness who spotted what will become a suspect and a detective near the body - but Jen is not giving Perez the whole story. While Judy squeezes oranges and makes chocolate chip pancakes - she’s a great mom already! - Jen and Perez are walking through the Angeles National Forest trying to find Steve’s body. There’s one each for Charlie and Henry, too. Jen finally blurts out that she’s the one who killed Steve Wood while Judy Hale wakes up and reads about Jen’s plan in a letter. To start, Jen wants to confess, but Perez is in an emotional state because Michelle moved out. Judy Hale shouldn’t have tortured herself or had her own grief denied because of the actions of the awful Steve Wood, who ended up getting a form of justice of his own, right? And has justice now worked out for the death of Steve because it led to the downfall of the corrupt Chief Hastings? It would appear that question remains unanswered, as a couple of scenes near the end of this season make it look like the death of Steve Wood (and therefore the death of Ted Harding) isn’t going to go away narratively. Is that the theme of Dead to Me? It’s certainly one of them. “Sometimes justice just works itself out.” - Detective Perez
