I Could Give You 100 Reasons to Watch Good Girls, but Here Are My Top 3
8 years ago Lily Garner
It's safe to assume that whoever said money can't buy happiness never had three crushing mortgages to pay, a looming custody battle to fund, or a little girl with an expensive, life-threatening respiratory illness. The mothers in Good Girls — Ruby, Annie, and Beth, played respectively by Retta, Mae Whitman, and Christina Hendricks — have all of those problems . . . and then some.
The pilot for NBC's crime dramedy, which aired on Feb. 26, follows the trio of suburban, cash-strapped moms as they joke around with each other about how much easier life would be if they could just rob their local grocery store. The $30,000 inside the vault in the back is just sitting there, right? And the store is insured. Who would they be hurting if they took it? Those jokes turn into a very real plan once all three of their lives take unfortunate turns — cheating spouses, insurmountable medical bills — and Annie, Beth, and Ruby make off with the money.
In a perfect world, they'd rid..