Netflix hit Dead To Me has been renewed for a second season after leaving viewers on tenterhooks at the end of series one
- WARNING: CONTAINS SEASON ONE SPOILERS
Hit Netflix series Dead To Me has been renewed for a second series.
Netflix bosses announced that the show, which stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, would return during an FYSee panel for the series in Los Angeles.
In Dead To Me, now available on Netflix, Christina stars with Linda in the dark comedy about two women dealing in different ways with grief and loss.
Good news: Hit Netflix series Dead To Me has been renewed for a second series (pictured Linda Cardellini as Judy in Dead To Me)
Christina plays a free-spirited woman named Jen who crosses paths with Linda's Judy, a widow who lost her husband in a hit-and-run accident.
The two women meet at a support group, and despite having completely different personalities, they become fast friends.
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The official synopsis also reveals that, 'Judy desperately tries to shield Jen from a shocking secret that could destroy her life as she knows it.'
Fans were left with a huge cliffhanger at the end of season one, as the credits rolled just before Jen appeared to shoot Judy's ex-fiancé Steve (James Marsden).
Making a return! Netflix bosses announced that the show, which stars Christina Applegate (pictured) and Linda Cardellini, would return during an FYSee panel for the series in Los Angeles
The show's creator Liz Feldman recently told the Hollywood Reporter that all may not be as it seems, saying: 'I'll just say that you don't know that she shot him.'
'Netflix will have to order a season two for us all to find out. Just like the rest of the show, it's not exactly what you think it's going to be.'
The producers didn't expect to kill off Steve however as the writing process evolved Liz claimed that they felt like it 'needed to happen' and it 'made so much sense'.
Just before Steve's death it is revealed that it was Judy who killed Jen's husband in the hit-and-run and attempted to cover it up by forcing her way into Jen's life.
Powerful: In Dead To Me, now available on Netflix, Christina stars with Linda in the dark comedy about two women dealing in different ways with grief and loss
Firm friends: Christina plays a free-spirited woman named Jen who crosses paths with Linda's Judy, a widow who lost her husband in a hit-and-run accident
When she hears the revelation Jen immediately cuts her off and is at home when Judy's ex turns up looking for her and becomes hostile.
Meanwhile, Judy is attempting to get herself run over by a car as a way of evening the playing field after she killed Jen's husband.
Moments after Judy's life is spared by a driver who narrowly avoids her, she receives a phone call from Jen to come to her house straight away.
Plot: The two women meet at a support group, and despite having completely different personalities, they become fast friends
Shocking: The official synopsis also reveals that, 'Judy desperately tries to shield Jen from a shocking secret that could destroy her life as she knows it' (pictured Linda Cardellini at Netflix FYSEE Dead To Me)
Leaving viewers on tenterhooks as to what went down between the trio, the two women were left starring over his lifeless body lying in a swimming pool.
Although Jen looked in shock and was holding a gun as the season ended, viewers never witnessed the moment she pulled the trigger.
Dead to Me is described as an, 'addictive dark comedy that dives into the painfully unfiltered, weirdly funny waters of grief, loss and forgiveness.'
Cliffhanger: Fans were left with a huge cliffhanger at the end of season one, as the credits rolled just before Jen appeared to shoot Judy's ex-fiancé Steve (James Marsden)
Mysterious: The show's creator Liz Feldman recently told the Hollywood Reporter that all may not be as it seems, saying: 'I'll just say that you don't know that she shot him'
The cast of Dead to Me also includes Ed Asner, Luke Roessler, Max Jenkins and Sam McCarthy.
The show's creator, Liz Feldman who also produced 2 Broke Girls, will serve as the executive producer on the show's second second which is produced by CBS Television Studios for Netflix.
Will Ferrell serves as an executive producer along with his Gary Sanchez Productions partners Adam McKay and Jessica Ebaum.
She said: 'Netflix will have to order a season two for us all to find out. Just like the rest of the show, it's not exactly what you think it's going to be'
