‘Good American Family’: Christina Hendricks Reflects on Playing the Complex Savior for Natalia Grace

[Warning: The following post contains Major spoilers for Good American Family Episode 6, “Not Today Satan.”] Good American Family was filmed before the real-life Natalia Grace had such an abrupt departure from the life of Cynthia Mans, which was captured in The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter. However, the show still presciently — albeit, subtly — raises a question about the true intention of the woman who appears to be a hero for the suffering child: Was she truly an angel who swooped in and saved the day for this girl out of the goodness of her heart, or did she have an ulterior financial motive for helping Natalia? Episode 6 begins with Natalia (Imogen Faith Reid) struggling in the Ged class Kristine (Ellen Pompeo) is forcing her to take so she can become financially independent of the Barnetts. In part, she falls behind because the assignment is for Natalia to write about herself, and Kristine has threatened her...
- 4/16/2025
- TV Insider
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