![]() Jade leaves her daughter with her sister and fake her own death because the hitman is still after her. Jade goes to the police for help, but Ed’s best friend is the police sergeant. Ed also hires a hitman to take Jade out in a parking lot in the middle of the day. Jade gets a new place but is continually on edge because Ed is stalking her. She tells him that she would rather be dead than take him back. Ed stalks Jade outside her work parking lot and threatens her. She shares custody with Ed and denies him when he shows up at her work with flowers. The facade has been shattered.Ī workout montage happens to show Jade has gotten her strength back. He calls her repeatedly and smashes things in the kitchen, including a few family photos. She moves in with her sisterĮd comes home and realizes that his wife has left. Jade packs a bag full of cash and plans on making a run for it while Ed is out. Kayla, the daughter, begins to notice that her mother is not happy and cries herself to sleep. The next morning, Ed tells Jade to work from home or quit her job. Then he apologizes for his actions and goes back to pretending his life is picture-perfect. Ed is EXTREMELY abusive and makes jealous accusations. Things are not so good behind closed doors. He cuts the dress (Like the evil stepsisters in Cinderella.) and calls Jade a whore. Leigh brings a dress, and Ed disapproves. Jade’s sister Leigh moves to town and is thrilled to get to spend time with her niece. Jade appears to be living the dream with a handsome surgeon husband, Ed, and an adorable daughter. A husband is on the phone with 911 freaking out.Ĭut to six weeks earlier. The movie starts with a bloody home invasion. However, behind closed doors, her life is far from perfect. Based on the experience of Jane in Death Saved My Life, Greenwood discusses the main reason why women fake their deaths, and why disappearing woman in books and movies is so popular. She also presents real life cases of faked deaths that have captured the public eye, and why people resort to such lengths to disappear.On the surface, it seems Jade (Meagan Good) has it all, a successful marketing career, a husband admired and respected in the community, and a young daughter, they both dote on. In the special, Greenwood discusses her research on the phenomenon of “pseudocide,” or faking one’s own death. ![]() The film will air as part of Lifetime’s popular Ripped from the Headlines slate.įollowing the movie is Beyond the Headlines: Faking Death with writer Elizabeth Greenwood. Seth Jarrett directs from a script written by Barbara Kymlicka. Executive producers are Julie Insogna Jarrett, Seth Jarrett and Meagan Good. ?The movie is produced by Jarrett Creative. ![]() La’Myia Good plays Jade’s sister Leigh.ĭeath Saved My Life is produced by Jarrett Creative. Knowing no one will believe her, Jade realizes the only way to escape Ed is to make him believe the hitman completed the job and that she is dead. When Jade decides to leave Ed, he tells her "If I can't have you, nobody will," a threat which becomes very real when she discovers he has hired someone to kill her. But behind closed doors, her life is far from idyllic. Her husband Ed (Chiké Okonkwo) is a controlling man who is physically and psychologically abusive. ![]() On the surface it seems Jade (Good) has it all, a successful marketing career, a husband admired and respected in the community, and a young daughter they both dote on. Watch the trailer for Meagan Good’s dramatic thriller Death Saved My Life debuting on Saturday, February 13 at 8 p.m. ![]()
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