8 Shows Like Good Girls to Watch Now That the Final Season Is on Netflix

The arrival of Good Women’ fourth and remaining season on Netflix is bittersweet. On one hand, it is nice to lastly have each episode of the NBC crime dramedy; on the opposite, it is a reminder that the present was canceled too quickly. The collection starred Retta, Christina Hendricks, and Mae Whitman as financially troubled moms who go on against the law spree to get cash, and whereas it is doable that nothing else will ever evaluate, there are many exhibits on the market with the identical components that made Good Women such a gem.

Whether or not you are in search of extra exhibits about regular (or, effectively, comparatively regular) individuals doing crime, morally conflicted protagonists, or difficult mothers, you are certain to seek out your subsequent watch in right here.

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Three girls on the run from harmful criminals. A story of ladies taking management of their very own company. A lot of intercourse and nudity. OK, so Netflix’s Sky Rojo has two issues in widespread with Good Women, however they’re two actually large issues! The collection comes from Cash Heist‘s Álex Pina, who is aware of precisely what individuals need out of a TV present: violence, sexiness, continuous motion, simply sufficient plot, and a fantastic soundtrack. For his newest journey, he follows a trio of ladies — together with Argentine famous person Lali Espósito — who escape their pimp after being trafficked to Spain to work at his brothel. It is onerous R-rated motion with three robust feminine leads that additionally revels in spinning a ridiculous yarn that’s immensely watchable. You may energy by this in a day. –Tim Surette

Whereas I, personally, can be entertained watching Niecy Nash make a grocery checklist, it is good that she additionally stars in a fantastic TV present. Very like Good Women, Claws is a few group of working girls attempting to make ends meet — manicurists, to be particular — who determine to begin laundering cash. Beneath the impeccable pedicures and the brightly coloured, loudly patterned attire are girls who will do absolutely anything to reach the historically male-dominated discipline of organized crime. Claws is not afraid of indulging in excessive drama — significantly, it has all the pieces from mob bosses to intercourse slavery to homicide — and if that seems like lots, it is also hilarious. And anyway, all of the craziness is simply a part of the entire Claws package deal.

Useless to Me is about grief — Jen (Christina Applegate), a widowed mom of two whose husband was killed in a hit-and-run, spends many episodes grappling with hers — nevertheless it’s additionally a twisty, bizarre dramedy about what occurs when odd individuals get entangled in crime. Working by her loss, Jen decides to affix a help group, the place she meets Judy (Linda Cardellini), who claims her fiancé has additionally just lately died. As their friendship deepens, secrets and techniques are uncovered, and Jen and Judy discover themselves getting in over their heads attempting to cowl up and justify their actions. It will remind you of these early Good Women days, when the largest drawback Beth (Christina Hendricks), Ruby (Retta), and Annie (Mae Whitman) had was attempting to maintain Boomer (David Hornsby) quiet.

Whereas Good Women (like lots of the exhibits on this checklist) is all about individuals willingly plotting out and executing crimes, Search Occasion is about individuals who grow to be unwittingly concerned in crime — at first, anyway. The black comedy stars Alia Shawkat as Dory, an aimless twenty-something dwelling in Brooklyn who decides to assign function to her life by monitoring down an previous school classmate who has just lately gone lacking. Having seen each episode (thus far) of Search Occasion, and understanding the daring, darkish locations the present has since gone to, it feels just a little weird for me to even write these phrases — the best way it begins is such a far throw from the place the present presently is. It is a lot weirder than Good Women, and it revels extra within the satirization of millennial tradition, however Search Occasion is commonly laugh-out-loud humorous, and it is effectively price your time if you happen to’re keen to go alongside for the trip.

After her husband is eaten by an alligator (it is a present set in Florida, and it actually leans into that), Krystal Stubbs (Kirsten Dunst) is left with a child, a mountain of debt, and bins of unsellable merchandise from the multi-level advertising enterprise he believed would make them wealthy. Her job at an area water park would not pay her sufficient for the life she desires to be dwelling, and so she decides to take issues into her personal palms by working her approach up within the pyramid scheme that financially ruined her. Identical to how Good Women explores Beth sinking deeper into the darkish world of criminality, On Turning into a God goes deep into Krystal’s starvation for energy and cash.

In case your favourite a part of Good Women is its willingness to finish episodes on a high-stakes cliffhanger, meet Why Girls Kill, a present that’s much more audacious about its love for soapy drama. The dramedy weaves collectively the tales of three girls from three totally different generations, performed by Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste, all of whom are caught in marriages plagued with infidelity. And ultimately, because the title suggests, there’s homicide, however I will not spoil that for you. It was created by Marc Cherry, most well-known for giving us Determined Housewives, which ought to let you know all it is advisable know in regards to the tone of this present.

Maddie (Inbar Lavi) is a con artist with a really particular specialty: She ropes individuals into marriage after which robs them blind. However when she discovers that she would possibly even have actual emotions for her newest mark, and three of her former husbands present as much as take again what’s theirs after realizing they’ve all been scammed by the identical lady, all the pieces is thrown into query. Imposters is fast-paced and enthralling, and evens out plenty of the darkness with witty humor.

Who hasn’t, not less than as soon as, wished to reinvent themselves, to maneuver someplace new and utterly begin over? That is what Barry is all about, following the titular Barry (Invoice Hader), a hitman who would not truly wish to be a hitman anymore, as he makes an attempt to begin anew as an actor dwelling in Los Angeles. However, simply as Beth finds out after assembly Rio (Manny Montana), it is not really easy to tug your self away from a lifetime of crime, and Barry spends a lot of the present struggling to go away his previous behind him, often unsuccessfully. He simply can not seem to flip off that a part of his mind, irrespective of how a lot he desires to, and Barry has plenty of fascinating issues to say about whether or not or not individuals even have the capability to alter. It is fascinating, humorous, and devastating.