“The one thing about Judy is you never know if she’s totally telling the truth.”
Warning: this post contains spoilers forDead to Me’s final season.
Dead to MestarLinda Cardellinibelieves Judy’s heartbreaking fate is very much up for interpretation.
Linda Cardellini on season 3 of ‘Dead to Me’.Saeed Adyani / Netflix
In the finale, while on a brief getaway in Mexico with Jen, Judy dies.
“I was excited, but I was also sad about it,” Cardellini tells EW.
We kept joking about this time capsule idea so that Judy could sort of live forever."
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini in ‘Dead to Me’ season 3.Saeed Adyani/Netflix
Still, there’s an ambiguity to the ending.
The actress likens her fate to a choose-your-own adventure.
“It’s up for grabs,” Cardellini says.
“They really leave it open-ended.
I do think that there are different versions of how the story ends for people.”
And with Judy, Cardellini notes, “you never know if she’s totally telling the truth.”
She says, “Her mother [played byKatey Sagal] always alludes to that.
“Is she gonna be in San Francisco?
You know what I mean?
“We relied on each other quite a bit throughout the end there.
“I feel very lucky that I’ve made lifelong friends.
All of the kids, watching them grow up.
We got to have lots of good years together.”
Dead to Meseason 3 is streaming on Netflix.
