Not Dead Yet review: A worthy return to network TV for Gina Rodriguez
For starters, Nell is forced to move in with a slightly passive-aggressive roommate she found on Craigslist, who asks her to walk his dog every morning as part of their lease agreement. Her best friend, Sam , is now a mother of two and the lifestyle editor—and she’s even befriended their former nemesis, Lexi , an aloof nepo baby who now runs the paper owned by her demanding father. Nell’s other close friend, Dennis , is now the metro editor and the one who puts her on the obits beat.
Each of these supporting players in Nell’s life is relatively well-defined in the jam-packed pilot, which finds the once-successful journalist struggling to balance the changes in her friends’ personal lives with her seemingly newfound ability to see dead people.