I absolutely fell in love with this show and that doesn't happen very often. It is well written, funny, has great acting, an original storyline. What's wrong here? I guess marketing? It is such a shame to see something this good being cancelled, because it didn't get the platform other series got. I'm very happy with the two seasons that have been released, but I have to say I'm sad, I was so looking forward to season 3.
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treborquest26 November 2018
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RockyMtnVideo16 November 2016I was not familiar with the books, on which this was based, so I was a bit stunned, early on, when this took a hard, right turn, into territory that you might not typically expect for TNT. I was stunned, not in a bad way, but simply because it was more like something I'd expect to see on HBO, where they can get away with sex, murder, and just about anything goes (all of which seems to be on the menu here, as well).
Suffice it to say that the main characters are a "bit flawed" (understatement, intended), but, of course, that's what makes it all so interesting. It didn't take more than about 10 or 15 minutes for Michelle to shatter her Downton Abbey image, and chart a completely different course in the acting universe, all of which she handles just as smoothly as she did the role that put her on our radar in the first place.
I'm only two episodes in (the two-hour pilot) at this point, so it is hard to fully judge the motive behind some of the character's actions, but at this point, all I know for sure is that I "really want to see more", and find out where this is all going.
Sorry, but in the effort to avoid any spoilers, I'm being intentionally vague, and leaving out any salient plot details. I'll simply say that this program, although having nothing similar in plot, seems to be in the vein of a program such as "Breaking Bad". You know that you ought not to like the main characters, but you just can't help yourself. Bottom line... I'm already hooked. -
jonmccann7 December 2016We have an enormous amount of choice, especially the last 5 or so years, we have goodies, baddies, bikers, zombies, serial killers, drug manufacturers/sellers, Kings, Queens, Vikings....Oh my the list goes on...So writers finding a part of the spectrum not exhausted is getting tougher...(in the voice of Jeremy Clarkson) Until now!
It is hard to describe this show, it is gritty, it is a bit wooahhh when you least expect, it turns from slow moving to racy in an instant, and turns normal scenarios to shocking as quick, I suppose it is similar to Weeds as a TV show, but it has it. The acting, aside from the odd moment, is extremely good, the story line is understandable, but sometimes slightly misleading/confusing till a turn reveals all, it has drugs, alcohol, the demons of and sex, a little too much sex at times, but then, I can live with that! Most importantly, it has a new twist on the story telling, with the viewer left with an urge for the next episode. That's not easy these days, we have our faves, breaking into that mould is quite tough...But Good Behaviour might just do it!
Well worth a watch, albeit be prepared for it being not what you expect, in a good way! -
beyoutfullgirl25 February 2019It's very very sad that Good Behavior is no longer airing. This was the most amazing series I have watched in a very long time. Michelle and Juan are amazing people and I had the best time filming with them. Chad, please bring GB back.
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phd_travel27 November 2016Not since Breaking Bad has a series caught my attention from the beginning. It's amazing how scary and tense and funny it has been in 3 episodes. The story is unpredictable and original and the lead character gets sympathy from the outset.
Michelle Dockery plays and ex con kleptomaniac on parole who gets caught up in an Argentinian assassin's schemes. It's a totally different role to Lady Mary on Downton Abbey. She displays a wide range of acting skills and emotions with different disguises. At first I didn't think her porcelain white skin and slim figure could be convincing in North Carolina but she is just so good it doesn't matter.
This is the best new drama of 2016 period. -
drjgardner17 November 2016I'm not sure that another TV series or film about low life psychopaths is really needed. In just the first episode we've seen killing, shooting, stabbing, vomiting, robbery, prostitution, and drug taking. We've got a husband who wants to kill his clueless wife, a mother who lost all visitation rights to her child, a mother who hates her daughter, and a well-meaning but incompetent parole officer. Through it all the self-help tapes of the main character ask her to be all she can be.
Putting aside the dreary and depressing portrait being created here, there are a lot of things to recommend it. The main asset is Michelle Dockery who played Lady Mary Crawley in "Downtown Abbey". She is simply marvelous, playing a host of emotions like she was playing a fiddle. She gets good support from Terry Kinney as her parole officer, Juan Diego Botto as a hit-man, and Lusia Strus as her unforgiving mother.
The photography is excellent as is the direction. The story line is aggressive, bringing us in and out of all kinds of different environments, but it is effective.
This series reminds me a lot of "Rogue" the 2013 TV series about an undercover female detective starring Thandie Newton. It also has character elements of "Saving Grace" (2007-2010) starring Holly Hunter. If you're attracted to these types of series, this one will appeal to you. -
cerberusbaby3 December 2016I have been waiting to see a thriller like this on TV for a long time. Quite bored with most of the things shown today, I was pleasantly surprised when I watched the 1st episode by chance. The characters are so real, emotionally. I found myself waiting for the next episode with anticipation, and watching the previous ones again, which I never do. Rarely with movies as well. Both of the characters are so flawed and instead of hiding and making them tough, you can see the hurt and damage. And the obvious chemistry between them is very rarely seen on TV. The directing is amazing in the scenes where the two of them are together. Every moment when they are near each other evokes sparks! Good job guys!
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gradyharp30 December 2016Chad Hodge and Blake Crouch have created what is becoming one of the finest series on television. Exceptional sensitivity to good vs. evil and attempting to define which is which, and the manner in which two bright and talented people who have tainted pasts work out their lives in crime is unnervingly well acted by a brilliant cast.
Letty Raines (Michelle Dockery) is a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision, from implosion. Which is just how she likes it. Fresh out of prison, she's attempting to stay afloat. But when she overhears Javier, a hit man (Juan Diego Botto) being hired to kill a man's wife, she sets out to derail the job, sending her on a wild collision course with the charming killer, and entangling them in a dangerous, seductive relationship. Add to this Letty's need to see her son Jacob (Nyles Steele) who is being held by Letty's sot of a mother (Lusia Strus) and her live-in boyfriend (Joey Kern), Letty's parole officer Christian (Terry Kinney), and a host of other fascinating characters and the ensemble casting is excellent.
This is one of the finest series new to television this year. Hopefully it will be continued into next year. -
figg_shannon26 July 2018Why have they not renewed this series? This is one of the best series that's been on TV since Breaking Bad! I love it!
TNT - RENEW THIS SERIES! YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS IF YOU DON'T!
I'm just gonna say; if you don't renew this series, I personally will not ever watch anything on TNT ever again! Period! -
zekeblack28 October 2017WTF?? Sean touches her--- and she goes along with it? She doesn't deserve to be a parent . She is far too selfish.
i am tired of this plot line that just because Lettie "wants" to serve as his mother--- she deserves it. She clearly doesn't.
Lettie has NO restraint, no boundaries. She is no Mother. -
oasisdream-alt5 October 2019Loved the first season. Engaging storyline, clever and funny dialogues. Letty was very entertaining.
The second season was diabolical. Boring, ridiculous, no humour. What were the writers thinking??? -
webber-3173017 September 2018I don't get TNT with my basic cable and found this show on HULU. I was happy I clicked on the title and started watching! This show keeps you on the edge of your seat. I am routing for Letty and Javier to have their happy ending. This show can be hard to watch at times because of the choices the lead characters make but you keep on watching because you care about them. I sure hope they have a Season 3 so we can see a conclusion to this story.
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nelson_sarah7322 September 2022While I can understand why people were upset the show was canceled, the second season was derivative of itself. The first season was better than the second and felt more new.
The second season was the same thing over and over. Letty was being dumb, Javier couldn't see how dumb Letty was being until it was too late, and then there was some situation they needed to get out of due to Letty. It reminded me of Outlander and how Claire always made it difficult for Jamie.
I do have to say though the last episode of the second season was left on a bit of a cliffhanger. They were good at doing that. Seemed like most episodes were left on cliffhangers, making you want more, but then each episode seemed familiar. -
drydessert15 February 2017I found the first episode initially promising. The way the story develops however is completely nonsense. A hit man who uses the dark net and Bitcoin to stay anonymous, but then meets his clients in person? This is silly. Then she meets his family. His dad is a war criminal. This war criminal discredits his son by exposing he is a contract killer. Question: Why would the family have a problem with the son/brother being a killer if they have no problem with the father? Add to that that at this occasion his brother threatens him with a gun.
My impression is that this may initially have been a promising story but then a 14 year old rewrote parts of it. -
mrc30311 January 2017I have enjoyed season 1 of this show immensely. As I look back, there have only been a few shows that I missed during the off-season, and even after cancellation, such as Buffy, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, Entourage, Dexter, and Breaking Bad. For me, Good Behavior is right there with the best shows on TV.
Michelle Dockery's performances are amazing. I say performances in the sense of every scene she does. I can't take my eyes off her, as I have never seen a character like Letty, and trying to unravel the nuances and multiple layers of her character in, literally, every single scene in the show makes for a refreshingly joyful TV watching experience.
Letty's mother is played by Lusia Strus who is also absolutely fantastic. I started out the season thoroughly disliking her character, but as she revealed her motivations and inner emotional landscape throughout the season, I grew to love her character more with every episode. By episode 10 I looked forward to her appearances on the screen. Her chemistry with Michelle Dockery is excellent.
Juan Diego Botto turns in a solid performance in every episode as Letty's Stoic, hit-man, boyfriend. His character seems less dimensional than the women, but he is the rock of the story-line - the foundation which keeps Letty from imploding and taking everything down with her, - so it actually works just fine, given his character's role in season 1.
I, really, hope this show gets renewed for a second season and that the network gets behind it. I remember when I was the only person I knew watching Breaking Bad every week for about the first 4 years it was on, then suddenly the whole world caught on to how great the show was. Good Behavior is the same quality of show, and I hope it gets a chance to earn the following it deserves. I hope to see more of Letty and personal journey toward becoming a better person. -
dianne0019 December 2017Michelle Dockery can act. The range she has and the way she has nailed down her character. Not talking about delivery of one liners, but her out of control behavior in Season 2 episodes 7 through 10 were downright cringeworthy, she looked almost insane and was so believable as a hung out, strung out, guilt-ridden lost cause she really deserves some recognition for it.
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KathleenK2211 December 2017I have watched right up to December, 2017, and the series just keeps getting better. It is hard not to invest a lot of emotional feeling into viewing this series. You want so much for Lettie to succeed and be happy, but it always seems to be a struggle for her. She deserves a family and happiness but she seems to self destruct at every turn. Her mother seems hard but has softened from the last series. Javier is a constant and she even tries to wreck that at times. They are good for each other and they really need the protection they afford each other. I believe her child should be with her because he needs to be and she is his mother. The acting is superb especially from Lettie played by the much loved character Lady Mary but this time in a much different role. The scripts are constantly refreshing and taking us down new paths which are the edge of the seat kind of ways. This is probably one of the best series in 2016 and 2017.
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badgirl_chikidy28 November 2017I have been hooked on this show since the very first episode! Michelle Dockery and Juan Diego Botto are FANTASTIC together. Their on screen chemistry heats more than just the your TV screen! Their performance is impeccable and oh so delicious. Their characters Letty Raines and Javier Pereira are sure to take you through an emotional roller-coaster full of knock your socks off highs and drowning in the pain lows. If you haven't given this show a watch, please check it out. I promise, you'll be begging for more!
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Todd1952-SF16 November 2016SPOILER ALERT – some plot details are mentioned below.
I'd been waiting for quite some time for Good Behavior's premiere last night, and I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed. In fact, there were two one-hour episodes that were aired back-to-back, making for a two-hour premiere. I think the second episode really did need to be aired with the first one, because there wasn't a really good stopping point between the two and a goodly amount of suspense was involved. One reason I was waiting with bated breath was Michelle Dockery. I'm an enthusiastic fan of Downton Abbey and I very much liked the character of Lady Mary Crawley as portrayed by Ms. Dockery. I suspected that Michelle Dockery was an extremely good actress from the way she played Lady Mary, and I looked forward to seeing her do something very different from that role. The TV advertisements for Good Behavior promised a very different character for her in the new series, and different it is.
Letty Dobesh is out on parole for good behavior, working at a waitress in a diner or coffee shop for a jerk of a boss when the series begins. At that point, we haven't seen her doing anything wrong, but her boss fires her when she has, in fact, done nothing wrong. We soon learn that she's a brazen thief with sobriety issues. She not only drinks, but uses drugs as well. She's also capable of conning people. And those are all reasons for Michelle Dockery to show us that she can act and then some. Not only does she speak with an American accent, she uses more than one type of American accent. Letty, for example, can affect a southern accent when she's wearing a wig and pretending to be someone other than herself.
In the course of her robbing hotel rooms while in cahoots with the front desk clerk, one man returns to his room with another man. Letty hides behind louvered closet doors and overhears a plot involving murder for hire. She does her best to keep the intended murder victim from being murdered – when it comes to crime, she is unwilling to step over the line between herself and killing other people. In the process of trying to prevent the crime, she is discovered by the murderer and ends up becoming his unwilling accomplice in a further murder. People who don't like "bad" language will not appreciate the language used in Good Behavior. Since it's on a cable channel, they use every vulgar word found in American English, though they do blank out all forms of the "f" word from the soundtrack and the closed captions. (It's easy enough to figure out what they've blanked out, since they don't blank out any other "dirty" words, and context provides all you need to know that a certain present participle used as an adjective is what's missing, for example.
So the story line itself is gritty, to say the least, and the character of Letty Dobesh is not wholly admirable – far from it. However, she makes for a very attractive anti-hero. The writing here is very convincing, as to both the story and the dialogue, and the characters are always interesting. The murderous bad guy, Javier, is played by Juan Diego Botto, a handsome Argentine man of slight build who appears to be much younger than his actual 41 years – and he's a perfect foil to the 35-year-old Michelle Dockery. So far, there has been a hint that Javier only undertakes to murder people who deserve it. Add that to his attractive appearance, and it's hard to hate him completely, just as it's hard to like Letty completely. Sill, Javier is on the bad side of the mark, and Letty is doing her best to keep him from doing what he does, though so far, she has managed to fail in two separate incidents.
I note that Letty has a particularly nasty mother who is doing her best to make Letty's life as miserable as she can, primarily by preventing her from seeing her son. Letty's mother is a piece of work herself, a chain-smoking harridan with a low voice my mother would have called a "whiskey tenor".
There is an occasion in the second episode for Michelle Dockery to sing a song, which is not a bad thing. She sings very nicely, with a lovely alto voice that is never shrill. If she came out with an album of vocals, I'd buy it.
I was enrolled in the goings on by the third minute of watching the first episode and, after that, I was riveted to my TV screen. I didn't want to miss a single word of the dialogue, a single frame of the visuals, or a single detail of the plot. Me, I would have liked it a lot less if the story and the dialogue weren't as gritty as they are.
I can see why Michelle Dockery went forward with Good Behavior. I believe she wanted the chance to show an audience what she could do, acting wise, and she certainly is doing that and then some. Here is an actress who is willing to get her hands dirty and her elbows scraped, who must believe that a really practitioner of her profession is one who can take on any role and make the audience forget any past roles she's played.
Great show, not just a good one – and all the better because Michelle Dockery is so convincing as a woman who isn't completely bad, but certainly not what you'd call virtuous. Letty Dobesh wouldn't be half as interesting if she were. -
alisonmiller-7450517 November 2016This is a rare gem of a show. The premier reminds me of the way I felt the first time I saw an episode of Aaron Sorkin's West Wing or heard the opening number of Hamilton--the feeling of having just witnessed real genius. It's that good.
There is a scene in the first episode of this brilliant new show that is not only exquisitely acted (how can any review do Michelle Dockery's work justice?) but shot and directed with the skill and precision of a feature film. I realized about 8 minutes into this scene that I was so caught up in it, I had stopped moving and stopped breathing. Television can rarely keep my attention, much less pull me all the way in like that.
The whole show is deliciously dangerous and achingly touching. Offering two episodes back to back, the way dealers offer up free crack to the uninitiated, ensured absolutely our coming back for more. -
jaynzsarah-561-35973721 June 2022Shame it dropped off towards the end of the first series.... Unbelievable plot and annoying scenarios that leave you rolling your eyes... it was a shame because it had so much potential instead it turned into a touchy feely family drama.... Javier is the most unconvincing hit man in the history of hitmen. I shan't be watching season 2 as the reviews sounds bad .
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strawberrydow8 January 2017I never read the books, but being an Abbey fan I had to check this out. Dockery is as far away from Lady Mary as she could get. Once I got over the shock of seeing her smoke crack, the similarities are only in the face. Dockery expertly arrives in the Now with a bang up performance.
Letty and Javier are an interesting pairing who you can't help but root for. These two characters are broken, but together they not only banter, they create a tension that is human as they try to do the right thing.
The entire cast is great. If you like dark drama with a sexy twist and characters who make you so mad you want to slap em then this is for you.
Each episode feels like you are watching a movie and each episode gives us a deeper look inside this group of misfits. -
rosgembrun22 January 2023What attracted me to this series was Michele Dockery. I am glad I did. I was familiar only with her performance in Downton Abbey.
She is a very good actress.
I liked the series as a whole but was bothered by the basic story: thieving female overhears plot to kill a woman and tries to prevent it, and becomes involved with the contract killer.
My problem, as the story unfolded was with the contract killer. That character does not seem credible. I went along with the story, but was never able to believe in him after the first killing.
Someone who kills for money , I do not think, is not a nice guy, beloved by (some) members of his family, and who wants to help Letty get her son back.
Also, Letty's son Jacob, who is played by a very dark skinned boy actor presented a credibility problem for me. Why was not the part given to a biracial actor.
I have never seen a child who was the offspring of a White and Black couple who did not look biracial but looked only Black. I am going only on my experience, on what I have seen and known.
The casting did not make sense to me. They could not find a biracial child actor?
To be fully enjoyable a story has to be believable, otherwise we are dealing with a fantasy. This story has several holes.
Letty and Javier are in a restaurant after the confrontation with Javier's father. Letty gets a call from her mother, who is in jail and needs to be bailed out. Letty springs into action. Suddenly she's a waitress in the restaurant, wearing a waitress T-shirt. She is now dressed as a waitress and serving tables and dipping into the cash box. Where, how did she get that T-shirt? Did I miss something?
The story is a but of a fantasy type of tale. Sometimes Letty seems like some type of Wonder Woman, with how quickly she is able to resolve a problem by quick thinking helped by disguises.
A lot is forgivable in this sometimes unbelievable story because of the pleasure of watching Michelle Dockery. She is marvelous. She deserves better material. -
lwmswm1 September 2019Strong first episode & good first season. Story is about about a female thief & a male hit man. They develop a relationship which drives the first season. Not being satisfied with this basic premise (or simply having run out of ideas) for the second season the writers felt compelled to introduce the female's kid & have the plot center around her desire for custody. So, of course, she wants to be a better person & stop being a thief & wants her hitman boyfriend to stop being a hitman. It's like the old Smallville Superboy TV show where every episode Superboy (for whatever reason) lost his powers and essentially was just an average kid dealing with some adversary. Here, when the focus is on the kid & the main characters are trying to be good parents instead of being a good thief & a good hitman it becomes boring & unwatchable. 7 stars for first season & 1 star for the second season do 3 stars overall.
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damien-ofarrell31 March 2018Amazing show with excellent writing and acting talent - worth watching only for Michelle Dockery who does a great job!