
Scripted series · TNT
Good Behavior
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Good Behavior actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Good Behavior reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the job, launching her on a collision course with the killer, entangling them in a dangerous and seductive relationship.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E07
The Ballad of Little Santino
Letty and Javier attend the mysterious and explosive reunion of Javier's immediate family. Letty does her best to play the role of Javier's girlfriend while trying to find out as much as she can about Javier's past. But a tragic history unfolds right before her eyes as a newly protective Letty learns Javier's most closely-guarded secret.
- Directed by Phil Abraham
- Written by Brett Johnson

S01E05
Beautiful Things Deserve Beautiful Things
Desperate to escape the mess she made, Letty rejoins Javier on the road. He's going to see his sister about the phone calls he's been getting from his family. Christian tracks Letty down, but Letty pulls him into a scheme of her own making.
- Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard
- Written by Chad Hodge

S01E04
Your Mama Had a Hard Night
Letty attempts legitimate "good behavior" when she goes back to her hometown to be close to her son. Meanwhile, while trying to protect her friend from the truth about her husband, Letty's attempt at being good explodes in her face.
- Directed by Mark Piznarski
- Written by Blake Crouch

S01E01
So You're Not an English Teacher
Out of prison early for good behavior, Letty Raines is trying to be a better person. But after she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man's wife, Letty sets out to derail the job while entangling herself in a dangerous relationship.
- Directed by Charlotte Sieling
- Written by Blake Crouch, Chad Hodge

S01E02
Only the Best for Mrs. Diaz
Javier forces Letty to help carry out his next job by posing as his wife at an upscale resort. Letty befriends the target's wife as instructed, but when she tries to escape with the woman, her plan backfires, digging her into a much deeper hole.
- Directed by Carl Franklin
- Written by Chad Hodge

S01E06
We Pretend We're Stuck
Letty returns to her hometown armed with a new plan to take custody of her son, Jacob, with Javier's help. But Letty is confronted with the stark realities of motherhood when a day with her son turns into a crisis that could send her back to prison.
- Directed by Jonas Pate
- Written by Chitra Elizabeth Sampath
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S02E10
Letty Raines, in the Mansion, with the Gun
- Directed by Magnus Martens

S02E09
And I Am a Violent Criminal
- Directed by Doc Crotzer
- Written by Sarah Berry, Lenore Zion


S02E07
Don’t Thank God, Thank Me
- Directed by Louise Friedberg
- Written by Aaron Fullerton

S02E06
It's No Fun If It's Easy
- Directed by Coky Giedroyc
- Written by Dana Baratta

S02E05
You Could Discover Me
- Directed by Jessica Lowrey
- Written by Chitra Elizabeth Sampath
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Blake CrouchExecutive Producer
Writing
- Blake CrouchWriter
- Chitra Elizabeth SampathWriter
- Aaron FullertonWriter
- Sarah BerryWriter
- Chad HodgeWriter
- Dana BarattaWriter
Direction
- Mikkel NørgaardDirector
- Clare KilnerDirector
- Carl FranklinDirector
- Louise FriedbergDirector
- Phil AbrahamDirector
- Charlotte SielingDirector
Cinematography
- Elie SmolkinDirector of Photography
- Derek E. TindallDirector of Photography
- Alejandro MartínezDirector of Photography
- Brendan GalvinDirector of Photography
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