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'Good Girls' Can't Live Up To Its Very Good Cast

The NBC series Good Girls, which follows three moms who turn to crime to support their families, has a terrific cast. Unfortunately, it can't master a consistent tone.
Mae Whitman as Annie, Christina Hendricks as Beth, and Retta as Ruby in the NBC comedy <em>Good Girls</em>.

It's no exaggeration to say the new NBC series has one of the most promising casts a network show has sported in a while. It has Retta, one of the indispensable members of the ensemble. It has Mae Whitman, who's been a terrific actress . It has Christina Hendricks, who gave. It even has Zach Gilford, who played the still-waters-run-deep quarterback Matt Saracen on .

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