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T2 WHATS UP! March 22 - 28, 2020 BY KYLA BREWER TV Media T hey say good things come in threes, and that's certainly true in one of prime time's most intriguing comedy-in- fused dramas. Rife with moral conundrums and criminal characters, the series has earned critical praise and has become a must-watch on Netf- lix. Tired of struggling to make lemonade every time life hand- ed them lemons, three women take matters into their own hands in the third season of "Good Girls," airing Sunday, March 22, on NBC. In the be- ginning of the series, suburban moms Beth (Christina Hen- dricks, "Mad Men"), Ruby (Retta, "Parks and Recreation") and Annie (Mae Whitman, "Parenthood") turned to crime to make ends meet when they robbed a grocery store. How- ever, they had no idea that the grocery store in question had ties to organized crime and a dangerous thug named Rio (Manny Montana, "Grace- land"). Thus began an unfortu- nate series of events that led them farther down a dark path. "Good Girls" is a bit of a de- parture from the tamer fare that is usually seen on broad- cast television. This kind of grit is more often at home on cable channels such as HBO, AMC or FX, not one of the big four networks. That's one of the reasons Hendricks wasn't so sure about the show when she first read the script. A May article on theatlantic.com indi- cated that Hendricks explained why during a press tour panel. "My big fear was that it was on network television," she said. "I was terrified that they were just not going to allow the real rawness of it." Fortunately for fans, NBC has allowed the series to flourish, with plenty of action to go around. During the show's in- augural season, some critics compared the series to a gen- tler or feminist version of AMC's hit "Breaking Bad." The comparison made sense given that the women were doing the wrong things for the right rea- sons. They were trying to im- Mae Whitman, Retta and Christina Hendricks star in "Good Girls" Triple threat continued on page T10 TV FEATURE