Dead to Me Season 3: Filming Underway, Netflix Release Date & What We Know So Far

Dead to Me on Netflix is returning for a 3rd season, which can also sadly be its last. Here’s the newest news, and everything we all know thus far about what we will expect going into the ultimate season. We’ll also cover what new content Dead to Me’s showrunner are going to be producing after the series wraps.

Dead to Me may be a Netflix Original black-comedy series created by Liz Feldman. The series has fast become one among the most-watched comedy series on Netflix, having amassed an audience of over 30 million worldwide within the first season.

The soul of the series belongs to the chemistry between Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini. On-screen together they need been electric, making for a few truly hilarious comedy, and heart-wrenching drama.

Has Netflix renewed Dead to Me for the third season?

Official Netflix Renewal Status: Renewed (Last Updated: 19/05/2020)

It took a touch longer than expected, but Netflix finally announced the news that Dead to Me is returning for a 3rd and final season!

There should be no surprise that Dead to Me has been renewed again, the series featured heavily within the hottest tv series lists on Netflix. especially , it sat at the highest of the US charts the day of release.

On the renewal, Christina Applegate took to social media to share her thoughts on the ultimate season announcement saying “I will miss these ladies. But we felt this was the simplest thanks to traffic jam the story of those women. many thanks to all or any the fans. we’ll be getting back to figure when it’s safe to try to to so.”

Fans thinking the show faced the dreaded Netflix cancelation curse should know the show was always intended to be bound up early and not continue for seasons and seasons. Liz Feldman in an interview said she always envisioned that it wouldn’t be “a long long-running show”.

The good news is that Liz Feldman are going to be sticking with Netflix once Dead to Me has concluded. She signed an overall deal which suggests any new projects the creator has will come to Netflix. No other new projects have yet to be announced, however.

Dead to Me season 3 production status & potential release window
Current production status: Filming (last updated: 04/19/2021)

In September 2020 the series third season was still within the writing phase.

On September 18th, 2020 Liz Feldman took to Twitter to share that she pitched the third season “to my partners” and it’s all been approved.

In October 2020, we learned that CBS Studios is currently eyeing to start filming season 3 in January 2021. It had been stated in previous interviews that production wouldn’t start until December 2020 at the earliest.

In January 2021 it had been reported by ProductionWeekly that filming was scheduled to start out in January 2021. But once more because of the uncertainty of the worldwide pandemic, the dates were. pushed back further.

Filming has now officially started, and has been ongoing since May 10th, 2021, and is predicted to conclude on August 2nd, 2021. Lead actress Christina Applegate shared on her Instagram, an image of 1 of the Dead to Me chairs onset to all or any but confirm that filming was underway.

dead to me season 3 set photo
Dead to Me Season 3 Set – Picture: 1capplegate / Instagram

What to expect from Dead to Me season 3
*Dead to Me Season 2 Spoiler Warning*

The Crash Aftermath
Ben, presumedly on his thanks to identify the body of his dead brother Steve, hit the car that Jen and Judy were in at the intersection. The struggling alcoholic had been drinking whiskey and ran through a stop sign.

It’s unclear if Ben even realized it had been Jen and Judy he hit, and whether or not the pair got a glimpse of Ben before he drove away.

This will weigh heavily on Ben, who’s likely to show to a different bottle, especially if he thought he killed whoever was within the car, to not mention being on the thanks to identify his dead brother’s body.

Jen and Judy are conscious, but it’s unclear what injuries the pair may have sustained. If the pair learn that Ben was the one driving, we will expect a clumsy confrontation between them.

Ben crashed his car into Jen and Judy

Charlie finds Judy’s Letter
After searching Judy’s room for a few weed, Charlie finds the letter that his mother, Jen, had written for Judy.

It’s not revealed if Charlie actually read the letter, but if he has, then he will have learned of Judy’s involvement in his father’s hit-and-run death. to not mention, his mother’s guilt in killing Steve.

With such evidence, it might make him innocent as he’s still a suspect in Steve’s disappearance.

Charlie has shown to be extremely rebellious, so he could either find yourself blackmailing Judy and Jen, or he’ll make their life hell due to the death of his father.

Charlie found Judy’s letter from his mother

Will Jen be caught?

Jen was prepared to face the results of Steve’s murder and had confessed to Detective Perez. But after the pair were unable to seek out the body, and had a heart-to-heart, Perez let her go free.

Nick, who’s been hot on the case, was given a bag of evidence by Judy to incriminate Steve and Steve’s father. She hoped that Nick could use the evidence to guard Jen, but upon realizing that Jen hadn’t formally confessed yet, she had to backtrack.

Charlie has the letter, Jen confessed to Perez, and therefore the body of Steve has been found, there many threads of the online that would lead all the way back to Jen being arrested.

Perez was hot on the case until Jen confessed