Dead to Me

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Anonymous wrote:New poster. No spoilers!
Didn’t read the posts.

Can anyone tell me if it’s “girly”? Ala Gilmore Girls or Maisel?

What an odd question.

No, it's not girly. My husband and teenage son sat down and watched it with me.

Not an odd question...ignore the first PP. it's not girly, at all. But I also don't think Maisel is girly. My DH watches both with me.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it the other day and I can't wait for Season 2 (hope there is one!).

Also, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but this show is what finally taught me what money laundering is. I mean, I knew what it was in theory before, but now I really get it. So thanks Dead to Me.

If you want to further your education, Ozark goes deep into it.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it the other day and I can't wait for Season 2 (hope there is one!).

Also, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but this show is what finally taught me what money laundering is. I mean, I knew what it was in theory before, but now I really get it. So thanks Dead to Me.

If you want to further your education, Ozark goes deep into it.

I think Ozark is the best example of the concept of money laundering. such a great show!

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it the other day and I can't wait for Season 2 (hope there is one!).

Also, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but this show is what finally taught me what money laundering is. I mean, I knew what it was in theory before, but now I really get it. So thanks Dead to Me.

Haha same!!! Even “Office Space” didn’t explain it that well...and they read the definition from a dictionary!!!

Breaking Bad is where I finally figured it out, and how difficult it would actually be unless you were connected with a large crime network to do it for you.

I hope they have a second season of Dead to Me, but I also think it could end as it did. Maybe it should, because there is so much potential to descend into new coverup ridiculousness.

Same for me (Breaking Bad)! The carwash was a brilliant idea and so clearly illustrated how to launder money. Before I saw that, I was pretty clueless about the concept. Also, Ozark, as another PP mentioned. Two of my faves, btw.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it the other day and I can't wait for Season 2 (hope there is one!).

Also, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but this show is what finally taught me what money laundering is. I mean, I knew what it was in theory before, but now I really get it. So thanks Dead to Me.

If you want to further your education, Ozark goes deep into it.

I think Ozark is the best example of the concept of money laundering. such a great show!

I agree, but I was still confused about it. For instance, in Ozark, Marty has to do lots of repairs on the restaurant/inn in order to launder his money. But he's still spending actual money to complete the repairs, so how is he able to keep the money? Isn't he spending a lot of it?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think it's weird that neither Judy nor Jen have other friends in their lives?

Not really. But I don’t have friends either so...

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it the other day and I can't wait for Season 2 (hope there is one!).

Also, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but this show is what finally taught me what money laundering is. I mean, I knew what it was in theory before, but now I really get it. So thanks Dead to Me.

If you want to further your education, Ozark goes deep into it.

I think Ozark is the best example of the concept of money laundering. such a great show!

I agree, but I was still confused about it. For instance, in Ozark, Marty has to do lots of repairs on the restaurant/inn in order to launder his money. But he's still spending actual money to complete the repairs, so how is he able to keep the money? Isn't he spending a lot of it?

I’ve never seen Ozark, but I can take a guess. Let’s say the restaurant needs to replenish its dishware stock. Whatever organization he’s laundering for owns the restaurant supply company. Marty buys 1000 plates, which would normally be $2/plate, but the restaurant supply company charges him $5/plate. He pays the $5,000 with $2,000 of legitimate restaurant revenue and $3,000 of dirty money (which has been put into the restaurant’s books by recording phones cash transactions). The result is the restaurant is paying out what it would have spent anyway on the expense from its legit revenues, and the dirty money gets passed through to the organization clean.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished it the other day and I can't wait for Season 2 (hope there is one!).

Also, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but this show is what finally taught me what money laundering is. I mean, I knew what it was in theory before, but now I really get it. So thanks Dead to Me.

If you want to further your education, Ozark goes deep into it.

I think Ozark is the best example of the concept of money laundering. such a great show!

I agree, but I was still confused about it. For instance, in Ozark, Marty has to do lots of repairs on the restaurant/inn in order to launder his money. But he's still spending actual money to complete the repairs, so how is he able to keep the money? Isn't he spending a lot of it?

I’ve never seen Ozark, but I can take a guess. Let’s say the restaurant needs to replenish its dishware stock. Whatever organization he’s laundering for owns the restaurant supply company. Marty buys 1000 plates, which would normally be $2/plate, but the restaurant supply company charges him $5/plate. He pays the $5,000 with $2,000 of legitimate restaurant revenue and $3,000 of dirty money (which has been put into the restaurant’s books by recording phones cash transactions). The result is the restaurant is paying out what it would have spent anyway on the expense from its legit revenues, and the dirty money gets passed through to the organization clean.

Meant to add that is why organized crime syndicates often own a variety of legitimate businesses through shell companies, to give themslves a wide variety of ways to launder money,

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think it's weird that neither Judy nor Jen have other friends in their lives?

Not really. But I don’t have friends either so...

It’s implied that their behavior would alienate other people. Jenny is friends with her real estate partner but he dumps her.. Jen is abrasive and abusive and Judy makes mind numbingly horrible choices. Steve probably isolated her as well due to his criminal activity.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think it's weird that neither Judy nor Jen have other friends in their lives?

Not really. But I don’t have friends either so...

It’s implied that their behavior would alienate other people. Jenny is friends with her real estate partner but he dumps her.. Jen is abrasive and abusive and Judy makes mind numbingly horrible choices. Steve probably isolated her as well due to his criminal activity.

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Its not a naturalist show folks, its exaggerated and almost cartoon like, with moments of more down-to-earth pathos. In fact the writing is really inconsistent, like the producers couldn't quite decide how far to push the naturalism versus the whacked out reality.

Nit picking about the characters' obvious lack of "other friends" really is missing the point.

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Applegate and Cardellini are impressive. The last two episodes were entertaining and captivating. The other characters are meh and most episodes are a slog.

Will probably watch the 2nd season.

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty good so far, but I'm distracted a little by the amount of botox and fillers CA has had, but way more distracted that they literally blur her face in some scenes when her wrinkles show. I mean, WTF. Our society is screwed up if we can't see a middle aged women as herself.

I noticed the blurring too and thought to myself did they really do that?!

You are imagining that blur. CA looked 100% her age in this and every wrinkle showed and she was still beautiful. I liked her even more for being willing to be shown so naturally.

I also didn't notice blurring, in fact found it striking that her imperfections were clearly visible and she doesn't seem to have had any work done. No work, plus super fit, she's my new aspiration!

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Anonymous wrote:Just watched the last episode. After the twist at the end of the 1st episode i thought it was gonna be really good. It was good but not outstanding. And a horrible ending. Definitely seen better.

+1

+2 the actresses give it their all and have great chemistry, which kept me (half) watching but the dialogue is not very strong or interesting.

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Loved this series! Glad season 2 is in the works.