Dead to Me Season 2, Episode 2 recap: Where is Steve’s body?
By Mads Lennon
Jen considers changing her will
Part of Jen sincerely believes she will eventually be imprisoned for Steve’s murder. Concerned for what could happen to her boys, if she is sent away, Jen begins making plans to change her will. She doesn’t want to leave Judy in charge of her sons, despite her willingness.
The only other person Jen could make their legal guardian is her dead husband’s mother, Lorna (Valerie Mahaffey). Lorna and Jen don’t like each other much, but she is family. Lorna even says she would consider it an “honor” to raise the boys, although she starts to get suspicious of why Jen is changing her will. Luckily, Lorna is Lorna, and she assumes Jen is dying of some secret illness rather than the truth.
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At a Holy Harmonies rehearsal, Henry appears to be having the time of his life singing the choir. Jen gets a little emotional watching him perform. She wonders if this might all be taken away from her soon.
Director Chris Doyle spots Jen and keeps her company while the kids rehearse. He even lets her hold his new corgi puppy, Adele. Speaking of puppies, this episode really highlights Jen’s vulnerability.
We’re used to seeing her snarky and aggressive side, but in “Where Have You Been,” Jen snuggles puppies and reunites a nest of baby birds with their mother, (turns out the “Dad Bird” is a “Mom Bird”).
The idea of potentially losing custody of her children has rattled Jen in a way that even her husband’s death didn’t.
In the final moments of the episode, we finally learn what Jen and Judy did with Steve’s body. He is currently stuffed inside the freezer in Jen’s garage. What if the kids went out to get a popsicle?! I’m assuming it is padlocked, or not in use. But it isn’t a sustainable long-term solution. Jen is going to have to dispose of the body soon one way or another.