Hit Netflix series Dead To Me, left fans on the edge of their seats with its inaugural season, out last May.
And now stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini are returning to the small screen in their hit roles as Jen and Judy.
The trailer for season two, released Friday, catches up with the unlikely friends as another death lingers over their heads.
New season alert: Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini are returning to the small screen in their hit roles as Jen and Judy in Netflix’s Dead to Me, season two releasing May 8
The season one finale ended on a cliffhanger with Judy’s (Cardellini) ex-fiance Steve, played by James Marsden, seemingly being shot by Jen (Applegate).
And it seems Steve is toast in season two, which premieres on May 8, as the women struggle with more grief, secrets and try to avoid being caught for murder.
The trailer opens with Steve dead and floating in Jen’s pool as Jen and Judy look on.
‘We have to call the police,’ Judy is heard saying as Jen responds ‘How’s it going to look if I go to the cops, Steve killed my husband. My boys can’t lose me.’
Another season another death: The trailer opens with Judy’s (Cardellini) ex-Steve dead and floating in Jen’s pool as Jen and Judy (Applegate) look on
Struggle: ‘We have to call the police,’ Judy is heard saying as Jen responds ‘How’s it going to look if I go to the cops, Steve killed my husband. My boys can’t lose me’
Back to normal: ‘No one can ever know what happened,’ Jen says as they attempt to go back to life as normal with Judy back living with Jen and her two sons
What to do: It’s unclear what happened to Steve’s body as Judy says ‘what are we supposed to do with a dead body’
Ideas: Jen suggests a wood chipper or dissolving his body in acid as she looks at chemicals on a shelf
‘No one can ever know what happened,’ Jen says as they attempt to go back to life as normal with Judy back living with Jen and her two sons.
It’s unclear what happened to Steve’s body as Judy says ‘what are we supposed to do with a dead body.’
Jen scrubs blood away from tile near her pool and suggests a wood chipper or dissolving his body in acid as she looks at chemicals on a shelf.
‘That’s the man I was gonna marry,’ Judy says. ‘He deserves some dignity.’
Getting rid of evidence: Jen scrubs blood away from tile near her pool
Dots: ‘The FBI are good at connecting dots,’ Jen says. ‘And we are the f*****g dots’
On the case: Detectives seem to be hot on their heels as police head to Jen’s house
On to them: It seems someone may be out to expose them as Jen and her oldest son come home to see ‘I know what you did,’ scrolled on her garage in large red letters
Losing it: Jen and Judy struggle to keep it together and scream and cry on camera
A good scream: Judy is seen behind the wheel letting out a big scream
‘The FBI are good at connecting dots,’ Jen says. ‘And we are the f*****g dots.’
Detectives seem to be hot on their heels as police head to Jen’s house and even pull the ladies over.
It seems someone may be out to expose them as Jen and her oldest son come home to see ‘I know what you did,’ scrolled on her garage in large red letters.
Jen and Judy struggle to keep it together and scream and cry on camera.
Drunk up: They attack the dark subject matter together, comforting each other, laughing and sharing plenty of drinks
Tagline: ‘Ride or die no matter the lie,’ flashes throughout the trailer as the season’s tagline
Background: The first season followed Jen who struggled with grief and regret after the shocking death of her husband in a hit-and-run accident. She became quick friends with free-spirit Judy, after meeting in a support group
They attack the dark subject matter together, comforting each other, laughing and sharing plenty of drinks.
‘Ride or die no matter the lie,’ flashes throughout the trailer as the season’s tagline.
The first season followed Jen who struggled with grief and regret after the shocking death of her husband in a hit-and-run accident.
She became quick friends with free-spirit Judy, after meeting in a support group.
Another secret: But as their friendship blossomed Judy struggled to keep a big secret and often came to odds with her ex Steve
Dead: Steve was in the car and desperately wanted to keep their crime a secret, it appears Jen shot in in the season one finale
But as their friendship blossomed Judy struggled to keep a big secret and often came to odds with her ex Steve, who was in the car and desperately wanted to keep their crime a secret.
Jen went on a relentless mission to find the person responsible for her husband’s death, only to discover it was her new friend Judy who was behind the wheel.
Judy empties her joint bank account with Steve and turns him in to the cops for money laundering, it is Steve who comes looking for her at Jen’s house, only to be faced with a gun after revealing he was in the car.
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.
Hit: After releasing all episodes of season one on May 3, 2019, the streaming giant Netflix announced that the season was on track to reach 30 million viewers in just one month
Although Jen looked in shock and was holding a gun as the season ended, viewers never witnessed the moment she pulled the trigger.
After releasing all episodes of season one on May 3, 2019, the streaming giant Netflix announced that the season was on track to reach 30 million viewers in just one month.
Applegate was nominated for a Screen Actor’s Guild Award, an Emmy, and a Golden Globe for her role in the show.
The show’s creator Liz Feldman recently told the Hollywood Reporter last year that all may not be as it seems, saying: ‘I’ll just say that you don’t know that she shot him.’
Nominee: Applegate was nominated for a Screen Actor’s Guild Award, an Emmy, and a Golden Globe for her role in the show
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’.
Dead to Me is described as an, ‘addictive dark comedy that dives into the painfully unfiltered, weirdly funny waters of grief, loss and forgiveness.’
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.