TV Review: Dead to Me, season 3

TV #58 of 2022:

Dead to Me, season 3

The first year of this show started off relatively grounded and serious before escalating wildly into a succession of ridiculous soap-opera twists, which then took center stage in season 2. This final run seems aimed to split the difference, with more of the identical twin / murder / Greek mafia / lying-to-the-police hijinks placed alongside a major cancer diagnosis, but I’ve found myself largely checked out throughout — unable to either enjoy the wacky comedy in such a somber context or invest again emotionally in characters who have so thoroughly established themselves as clowns.

I might feel differently if I could have seen these last ten episodes closer to when the previous batch aired, but the two-and-a-half-year delay — brought on by COVID filming difficulties and star Christina Applegate’s own health concerns — really sunk how much I both cared and remembered about the series, and there’s not enough effort in these final scripts to ever get me back on-board. Watching this in the end became something of a chore, and that’s not the note you want any story to go out on.

[Content warning for gore and alcohol abuse including drunk driving.]

This season: ★★☆☆☆

Overall series: ★★★☆☆

Seasons ranked: 2 > 1 > 3

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