The sale of Paul and Lydia's picture-perfect LA home forces them to face painful family secrets — and hide them from prying eyes and cutthroat buyers.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.2/10
IMDb: 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 63
TMDB: 6.4/10
Production
Gloria Sanchez Productions
Cast
Ray Romano, Lisa Kudrow, Linda Cardellini, Abbi Jacobson, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Poppy Liu, Denis Leary, O-T Fagbenle
Where to watch
Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A breezy, starry dark-comedy dramedy with an appealing ensemble and a strong central premise, but it plays more like a pleasant one-season diversion than a must-see. The mystery and family-drama hooks are engaging, though the tonal blend is uneven and the payoff is modest.
Best for
Fans of character-driven ensemble dramedies
Viewers who like suburban secrets and property-sale pressure-cooker stories
People who enjoy light dark comedy with emotional undercurrents
Fans of Liz Feldman’s mix of wit and melancholy
Skip if
You want a tightly plotted thriller
You prefer sharper, more consistently biting comedy
You need a big narrative payoff or a long-running series
You dislike tonal shifts between farce and family drama
Overview
No Good Deed has an easy appeal: a great cast, a juicy premise, and the kind of Los Angeles real-estate setting that naturally invites secrets, status anxiety, and social performance. Liz Feldman leans into the awkwardness and emotional damage beneath the polished surfaces, and the show is often most effective when it lets the ensemble bounce off one another in small, revealing ways.
Worth noting
The series works best as a character study disguised as a mystery. It’s funny, but not relentlessly so; dramatic, but not heavy enough to become a true tearjerker. That middle ground gives it a relaxed bingeability, though it also means some viewers may find it underpowered compared with sharper prestige dramedies or more propulsive mystery shows.
Bottom line
As a limited series, it feels complete and easy to sample without a long commitment. If you like polished, star-driven TV that mixes family dysfunction, secrets, and a little noir-ish unease, it’s worth a look. If you want either bigger laughs or deeper suspense, it may leave you wanting more.
2018 · Curator 9.9/10 (354.6K ratings) · Where to watch: Max
For the cutting family dysfunction and status games, even though it is far more savage and corporate.
Topics
dramedy, dark comedy, ensemble cast, family secrets, Los Angeles, limited series, suburban satire, relationship drama, mystery-adjacent, streaming original