No Good Deed (2024)

Matt Roush says...

From Liz Feldman, creator of Dead to Me, comes another twisted tale of upscale suburban malaise, although the blend of dark comedy and raw emotion rarely gels in this well-cast if unwieldy melodrama. Comedy masters Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow emote effectively as Paul and Lydia Morgan, a damaged couple who are putting their desirable L.A. home in the Los Feliz neighborhood on the market, an inherited family residence haunted by a tragedy three years earlier. Complications arise as they reckon with secrets from the past, while the eight-part series also tracks their prospective buyers: Abbi Jacobson and Poppy Liu as Leslie and Sarah, a prosecutor and doctor hoping to start a family, and newlyweds Dennis (O-T Fagbenle) and the pregnant Carla (Teyonah Parris), whose bliss is overshadowed by his clinging mother (Anna Maria Horsford). Across the street lurks a washed-up soap actor (Luke Wilson) and his spoiled wife (Linda Cardellini), who’ve also got designs on the house. Underused: Linda Lavin as their nosy neighbor, who rightly senses something’s not quite right on their fancy block.

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