Good Girls is so much better than being called “Breaking Bad, but for women"

Slate

"Before NBC’s Good Girls began in 2018, its promotion made it seem like it would be nothing more than 'Breaking Bad, but for women, says Nichole Perkins. "As someone who could barely make it through the first season of the hit AMC series, that kind of sell didn’t do much for me. Breaking Bad is a highly acclaimed show, but it’s also an incredibly anxiety-inducing one. At the same time, I was skeptical that a network prime-time show about three suburban moms could capture the same kind of escalating, often graphic, tension Breaking Bad was renowned for. Luckily, the marketing was misleading. Now on its fourth season, Good Girls is less Breaking Bad, more Guy Ritchie–style heist–meets–The Good Wife; it is rich with farcical comedy while also exposing some of the dark realities of American motherhood. It was also the perfect vehicle to see its leads in roles unlike what they were best known for." Perkins adds: "It’s a dark comedy with an emotional core, and its sexual tension brings plenty of heat. Maybe that’s why NBC thought the Breaking Bad comparison made sense; Good Girls just replaces the tense crime drama with some obsession-worthy romance instead."