No Good Deed (2024)
Netflix | Release Date: December 12, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
11
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
iRachael SigeeDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: With the show’s energy diverted to so many characters, its final big reveal just blends in to all the rest of the chaos going on. As we enter the season of excess, No Good Deed is no turkey – but it is certainly overstuffed. Read full review
60
DeciderJoel KellerDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: What we’re hoping is that the one good story out of the four in No Good Deed can carry the series’ first season, at least until the others improve. The show’s excellent ensemble deserves that kind of patience. Read full review
60
VarietyAlison HermanDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: “No Good Deed” features such a solid setup — and such a stacked cast, led by Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow as a couple looking to sell their Los Angeles villa — that its overreliance on twists can be counterproductive. In the parlance of its central industry, once the eight-episode season settles into its story, one can appreciate the good bones beneath all the unnecessary fixtures. Read full review
60
Radio TimesAbby RobinsonDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: While No Good Deed is no Dead to Me, its curiosity gap is tantalising enough, and there isn't a bauble in sight if you're looking for a frivolous, undemanding non-festive watch over the holidays. Read full review
60
The GuardianRebecca NicholsonDec 11, 2024
Season 1 Review: It doesn’t exactly go for the subtle approach, preferring to hammer the puzzle pieces together with a clumsy fist. It may be so light as to make me wonder whether the idea or the punny title came first, but it is enjoyable, nevertheless. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneNina MetzDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: There are hijinks and it has the kind of insistently plinky score that says, “This is lighthearted!” But it also wants to take grief and guilt seriously. Tonally, it’s too disjointed to nail either style or find a way for them to work together. It is also yet another movie-length premise stretched into an eight-episode series. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: The violence and central mystery (which we will not spoil) fueling “No Good Deed” seem inorganic throughout. Although the show mostly delivers on its comedic promise, it never sells the “dark” aspect. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: The series has the quality of being written on the whole from the outside in, its characters created to accommodate a plot, rather than plot emerging from the characters. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubSaloni GajjarDec 11, 2024
Season 1 Review: No Good Deed has flashes of success when it dwells on how Paul and Lydia are coping. But the show gets distracted often with brief flashbacks and meandering twists. Read full review
45
The Daily BeastNick SchagerDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: Piles a raft of implausible elements on top of a preposterous premise to create a condemnable edifice of bad jokes, lame mysteries, and strained performances. Read full review
42
TVLineDave NemetzDec 12, 2024
Season 1 Review: Despite an all-star cast and a promising premise, Netflix’s No Good Deed falls victim to thin characterization and an inconsistent tone. Read full review
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