Santa Clarita Diet Season 2 Recap

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Abby finally tells Sheila and Joel about Ramona being undead which really thrusts forward the narrative of the second season. Not only is there someone else like Sheila out there, but there must be a connecting factor that caused them to become undead. They begin investigating to find any links between Sheila and Ramona but fail to do so.

However, do you recall the tiny red ball that Sheila violently vomited out in season one? It appears Ramona has one too except hers is “alive” and has legs. Meeting Ramona also sheds light on all the recent murders taking place in Santa Clarita–she has been chomping away at the early morning joggers.

Ramona clings onto Eric tightly after her encounter with the Hammonds and forces him to be with her, or else. A badass fight breaks out between Abby and Ramona because Abby is willing to do anything to protect Eric.

Abby’s frustration with her life translates into a rage but in a more productive way–saving Eric or saving a girl at school from being ridiculed by hitting a bully with a lunch tray. This pushes Joel and Sheila to realize that their focus needs to be on Abby.

Things start to simmer down with Ramona after she expresses her loneliness with being a zombie. While Sheila and Joel have prospered with a long marriage, Ramona can’t have the same expectations from Eric.

In all of this hot mess, Joel manages to somehow keep it together, courtesy of Gary. Gary tells Joel that he has two options: begin to carry resentment towards Sheila for their lives changing or embrace the badass Sheila is.

Ramona decides to leave Santa Clarita and head off to Seattle, but not before Joel discovers that she also ate clams a restaurant called Japopo’s the same night Sheila did. Could this be the missing link and the answer to why they are both undead?

And before the episode ends, Gary decides that he no longer wants to be killed and wants to stay “alive” to make sure his niece lives a good life. Oh, Gary you softie.