Good to be bad

from The Brainerd Dispatch TV Week March 22nd 2020

by Brainerd Dispatch and Echo Journal

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NBC’s ‘Good Girls’ are wrong for all the right reasons

By Kyla Brewer TV Media

They say good things come in threes, and that’s certainly true in one of prime time’s most intriguing comedy-infused dramas. Rife with moral conundrums and criminal characters, the series has earned critical praise and has become a must-watch on Netflix.

Tired of struggling to make lemonade every time life handed 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 beginning of the series, suburban moms Beth (Christina Hendricks, “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. However, they had no idea that the grocery store in question had ties to organized crime and a dangerous thug named Rio (Manny Montana, “Graceland”). Thus began an unfortunate series of events that led them farther down a dark path.

“Good Girls” is a bit of a departure from the tamer fare that is usual ly seen on broadcast 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 indicated 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 inaugural season, some critics compared the series to a gentler or feminist version of AMC’s hit

(Matthew Lillard, “Scooby Doo,” 2002) poor financial decisions. Ru by’s daughter is ill and needs expen sive medical treatment. Meanwhile, Annie, who’s also Beth’s sister, needs money to hire a lawyer because her ex, Gregg (Zach Gilford, “Friday Night Lights”), is taking her to court for custody of their child.

The first two seasons had some thrilling moments as the women tangled with both criminal under world figures and law enforce ment, but the heart of the series is rooted in their relationships with each other and their family lives, - ers. Beth and Dean’s marriage has its ups and downs as she becomes the de facto leader of the group.

Late Laughs

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A Little Late With Lilly Singh

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lowing the friendship and adven tures of these three incredible women while also exploring relatable issues in both funny and surprising ways,” NBC executives Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta said when “Good

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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

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By Jessica Gosse TV Media

WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX “Ozark” Season 3

Jason Bateman (“Arrested Development”) and Laura Linney (“The Big C”) return as Marty and Wendy Byrde in the Season 3 premiere of “Ozark” on Friday, March 27. When we met Marty in Season 1, he was a financial adviser who got himself into trouble skimming profits from the Mexican drug cartel. He uprooted his family and moved to the Ozarks, but he wasn’t able to outrun all of his problems. He began laundering money for the cartel and working to keep them happy, while also trying to keep his family together. In Season 2, Wendy became increasingly involved with the cartel, and Marty came up with a plan to launder money by opening a casino. Season 3 opens six months after the Season 2 finale, with the casino now fully operational. Loving the power that comes with working with the cartel, Wendy begins planning for expansion with the help of the cartel’s leader, Omar Navarro (Felix Solis, “The Family”), and their lawyer, Helen Pierce (Janet McTeer, “Jessica Jones”).

“Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution”

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with the premiere of this heartwarming documentary on Wednesday, March 25. Directed by Emmy winner Nicole Newnham (“Collisions,” 2016) and film mixer Jim LeBrecht, “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” looks at the struggles faced by America’s largest minority and the camp that helped to change the lives of millions. Camp Jened opened in the 1970s as a rundown camp for the handicapped, but it quickly became a paradise for its campers, giving them a place where they felt a sense of belonging and starting a movement that would impact the disabled for years to come. Don’t miss this fascinating documentary that is executive produced by former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

“Unorthodox”

Based on the bestselling memoir by Deborah Feldman, don’t miss the premiere of this powerful series on Thursday, March 26. Shira Haas (“The Conductor”) stars as Esther Shapiro, a young woman who has been raised by an ultra-orthodox Jewish family in New York. On the day of her arranged marriage, she suddenly runs away, abandoning her religious community and heading to Berlin to live her life as she sees fit.

WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME

“Luther” Season 5

After a four-year hiatus, this popular crime drama returned to air its fifth and final season last year on BBC One, and it debuts on Prime on Monday, March 23. Idris Elba (“Molly’s Game,” 2017) stars as the eponymous Det. John Luther. With only four hour-long episodes, Season 5 jumps right into the action, picking up with Luther being kidnapped by gang boss George Cornelius’ (Patrick Malahide, “Indian Summers”) cronies and interrogated for information about the criminal’s son, who has been kidnapped. Also, vicious killer Jeremy Lake (Enzo Cilenti, “Jekyll & Hyde”) has been on a killing spree since his lair was discovered, and Luther must work with Det. Catherine Halliday (Wunmi Mosaku, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” 2016) to track him down.

“Making the Cut”

Fashionistas of the world unite on the runway in the premiere of this new reality series on Friday, March 27. “Project Runway” hosts Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum lead the way in this series, which is a competition between 12 designers from around the world who are looking to make a name for themselves in the fashion industry. While the show is similar in concept to “Project Runway,” it takes things to the next level for these designers, pushing them to turn their work into a universal brand, and focusing not solely on design skills but also entrepreneurial skills. The contestants are fighting for both a $1-million investment in their brand and the chance to create an exclusive line for Amazon Fashion. Each episode features challenges that have the contestants traveling all over the world, with stops in Paris, Tokyo and New York, and which are designed to be inclusive, catering to all ages and sizes so that, while their designs are unique, they are still wearable. In a fun twist for all fashionistas watching at home, the winning design from each episode will be made available to purchase on Amazon for less than $100.

WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY PLUS

“A Wrinkle in Time” 2018

On Wednesday, March 25, catch this film adaptation of the classic novel by Madeleine L’Engle. Alex Murry (Chris Pine, “Wonder Woman,” 2017) is a brilliant scientist, but when he mysteriously disappears while working on a new type of space travel called “the Terract,” his family is left devastated, especially his daughter, Meg (Storm Reid, “Euphoria”). It’s been four years since Alex’s disappearance, and Meg is still struggling with him being gone, despite the rumors she believes that his work was successful and he was transported to another world. When her little brother, Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe, “Hold On,” 2019), brings the peculiar Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon, “Little Fires Everywhere”) home, she informs Meg and her mother (Gugu Mbatha-Raw, “The Morning Show”) that Meg’s belief is correct. Now, with the help of her brother, her friend Calvin (Levi Miller, “Pan,” 2015) and the celestial beings Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling, “The Mindy Project”), Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey, “Selma,” 2014) and Mrs. Whatsist, Meg sets out on an adventure through the universe to find her father.

1917

On April 6, 1917, a German army retreat on France’s Western Front is actually an ambush waiting to happen. With communications disabled and no way to quickly relay the information, lance corporals William Schofield (MacKay) and Thomas Blake (Chapman) are asked to carry the message of the imminent attack to the targeted