‘Dead to Me’ Creator Explains Why We Never See Jen’s Dead Husband

“I still feel strongly that we did the right thing,” creator Liz Feldman tells TheWrap

Dead To Me
Dead To Me

(Warning: This post contains spoilers from Netflix’s “Dead to Me”). 

If you’ve binge-watched “Dead to Me” on Netflix, you may be wondering: Why don’t we ever see the face of Jen Harding’s husband?

Throughout the first season, the closest look we get at Jen’s late spouse, Ted Harding, is a glimpse at a framed photo — even though his death sets the whole story in motion. We also see his corpse’s bloodied legs and Vans-clad feet in a crime-scene photo from the hit-and-run that killed him.

Make no mistake — the decision not to show us any flashbacks of Ted while he was alive was “very purposeful,” creator Liz Feldman tells TheWrap.

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