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BY JOY DOONAN TV Media S howrunner Jenna Bans has been praised for her forthright portray- al of fed up, angry women in "Good Girls." Bans came up with the idea for the NBC dramedy during the 2016 U.S. election, and she wanted to capture the pervasive sense of injustice that many people seemed to be feeling. The pro- ducer and writer, whose pre- vious credits include "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal" and "The Family," recalls in an in- terview with The Lily that she told her mother she "wanted to write something that was fun and entertaining, but also empowering, and speak to those women out there who feel like they've been backed into a corner." With three lead actresses who deliver both a tight-knit on-screen relationship and the steely determination nec- essary for their characters, Bans has accomplished just that. An unapologetic comedy about three downtrodden mothers who take their fates into their own hands, the show has been declared time- ly and authentic by many crit- ics. A year after "Good Girls" first premiered, its anxiously anticipated second arrives this week, picking up where season 1 left us hanging. The first episode of season 2 airs Sunday, March 3, on NBC. The titular "good girls" are three earnest working moms who are at the ends of their ropes, struggling with financial strain and a host of personal troubles. Beth Boland (Christi- na Hendricks, "Mad Men") has mentally checked out of her marriage to cheating husband Dean (Matthew Lillard, "Scream," 1996). Dean, mean- while, has led their family into debt that leaves them on the verge of losing their house. Beth's sister, Annie (Mae Whit- man, "Parenthood"), is a single mom struggling to make ends meet for her 11-year-old daugh- ter, while being sued for custo- dy by her ex. Their close friend, Ruby (Retta, "Parks and Recreation"), is a chronically mistreated waitress desperate for the funds to treat her young daughter's kidney disease. At their wits' end, the wom- en decide that being law-abid- ing suburban moms is not working out for them, and re- alize that no one can dig them out of their respective holes but themselves. They plot to rob the supermarket where Annie works, but when they end up with far more money than they anticipated, they find themselves in the middle of a money-laundering opera- tion run by local gangsters. CR O SS W O R D S S UDO KU W O R D SE A RC H T V & M O V I ES A/Filler 5 x 3 Cleaning cash, taking names IT'S EASY! Just go to nwaonline.com, click on "Photos" in the top menu bar and use the search to fi nd the photo you want. Then just click "Purchase" for sizing options. You can also have the image put on a coff ee mug, mouse pad, key tag, holiday ornament and more! Check it out! Do you know someone featured in a photo in our newspaper or on our website? DID YOU KNOW those images are available for purchase?