I first met Christina Applegate in 2007 when I worked on
the pilot and two seasons of Samantha Who? To this day,
I consider it my best all-around experience I have ever had
on a job. If you ask the majority of the crew, they will tell
you the same, it was something special. When the show
was cancelled, I was extremely lucky to move across the
CBS Radford lot to mix five amazing seasons of Parks
and Recreation which turned out to be my second-best
experience.
I kept in touch with Christina through the years, and we
worked together again on the Up All Night pilot and later,
the Los Angeles portion of the feature film Vacation.
I worked with Jessica Elbaum the first time on the feature
The House. She came over to us and said, "I'm Jessica and I
am good friends with Christina. She speaks the world about
you and your team." Since then, I have done four projects
with Jessica.
Dead to Me centers on 'Jen' (Christina Applegate), a recently
widowed mother of two, whose husband was killed in a hit-
and-run accident. In a grief counseling group, she meets
a free spirit named 'Judy' (Linda Cardellini), who recently
lost her fiancé. They bond and have many late-night phone
calls helping each other cope through their difficult times.
Judy is not who she seems, as her dead fiancé, 'Steve' (James
Marsden), is actually very much alive, and eventually it
