We've Been Here Before

The mile-a-minute series DEAD TO ME returns and it's again a mile-a-minute, it's again and a hit-and-run, deliberately going back to basics, hence the title of the episode, but it's a bit too fast for the viewer to catch onto all that's... coming at them...

The characters are all speaking in the same way that only Linda Cardellini's character did naturally:...

Speedy cadence, quirky delivery, sarcastic yet genuine optimism and basically all over the place, including the female cop, who was headstrong and by-the-book before: Making both Cardellini's Judy and Christina Applegate's Jen have to lie their way out of trouble... And she's just not very natural at being whimsically cute and offbeat...

Alas the series now seems not only familiar but redundant; yet this is only the first episode. Hope it improves, and gets less complicated.