Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman is returning with the new series No Good Deed, starring Emmy Award–winning actors Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano and a long list of other talented actors.
Like her Emmy-nominated breakthrough, Feldman’s new series also concerns the sunny locations and shadowy secrets of Southern California. No Good Deed will follow the lives of three families vying for the same Los Angeles house — before realizing that their dream home might actually be the stuff of nightmares.
Here’s everything you need to know about the dark comedy.
No Good Deed is a dark comedy series that, over eight half-hour episodes, follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
According to Feldman, No Good Deed was inspired by her “many late nights during the early pandemic maniacally searching Zillow listings for a way out of my house.” And anyone who has fallen into a Zillow black hole knows how bleak that can be. Feldman will also serve as the series’ executive producer, alongside Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum, whose production company Gloria Sanchez Productions has blessed us with movies including May December, Booksmart, and Hustlers; Christie Smith; and Silver Tree (You, Dead to Me), who will direct the pilot and additional episodes.
Romano is set to star as Paul Morgan, a stressed and flat-broke contractor desperate to retire, pay off his debts, and escape LA. He thinks selling his beautiful Los Feliz home is the solution to all his and his wife Lydia’s problems, but his past mistakes will continue to haunt him.
Kudrow will play Paul’s wife, Lydia Morgan, a highly talented (and highly strung) former concert pianist. Lydia is devoted to Paul, and she’s a loving, though flawed, mother to their two children. She is distraught by the idea of selling their Los Feliz home, a place filled with happy memories and dark secrets.
Dead to Me star Linda Cardellini plays Margo Starling, a perfectly coiffed status seeker with buried secrets to spare. Margo knows how to get what she wants –—and what she wants is the in-demand Morgan house so she can flip it for profit with her lover, a high-end developer.
Luke Wilson plays JD Campbell, a depressed, out-of-work soap opera star desperate to land his next job. JD is looking to downsize from his modern McMansion while still maintaining both his lavish lifestyle and his marriage to a demanding wife.
They Cloned Tyrone star Teyonah Parris is Carla, a high-achieving and somewhat sardonic architect and expectant mother. She and her new husband are on the hunt for the perfect home for their expanding family and fall hard for the Morgan house, but the impending financial stress reveals some cracks in their new marriage.
Speaking of Carla’s husband… Emmy Award nominee O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) will play Carla’s other half, Dennis. A tirelessly upbeat, deeply anxious, and overly appeasing struggling writer, Dennis is in the market for a new family home for Carla and their forthcoming baby. He’s eager to play the role of supportive husband and father, but he’s caught in the middle of a tense relationship between his new wife and his overly enmeshed mother.
Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson plays Leslie Fisher, a clever, curious woman thrilled to discover that the Los Feliz home she and her wife have long admired from afar has finally come on the market.
Hacks standout Poppy Liu will play Sarah, Leslie’s soulful and grounded wife, who often serves as a much-needed moral compass to her partner but has some secrets of her own. She’s intrigued when the Morgan house listing appears but has some deep reservations.
Denis Leary has been cast as Mikey, an intense ex-con whose debts have driven him to desperate measures. He finds himself in a dark hole after a terrible accident derailed his sobriety and pulled him away from his family.
The latest actors cast include Fire Island’s Matt Rogers as Greg, the gregarious, charming, and slightly smug realtor handling the sale of the Morgan home. Greg is acutely aware of the gem he has on his hands and knows how to keep prospective buyers interested in this highly sought-after piece of real estate.
Anna Maria Horsford (Pose, B Positive, Friday) plays Dennis’ mother, Denise, a loving but highly critical woman who’s a little too involved in her son and daughter-in-law’s house-hunting journey.
The L Word’s Kate Moennig plays the beautiful, sharp, and aloof Gwen, a high-end developer and Margo’s potential business partner. Both are intrigued by the Morgan home, which could prove to be a very lucrative investment.
Theater veteran Linda Lavin (Being the Ricardos, Naked Singularity, Alice) plays Phyllis, Paul and Lydia’s overly involved neighbor who’s always a little too aware of the goings-on in the community.
And finally, Wyatt Aubrey plays Paul and Lydia’s teenage son Jacob, who’s dealt with some difficulties navigating adolescence.
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