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When Does Good Girls Season 5 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

Done playing nice.

Good Girls was cancelled — there is no Season 5.

IMDb

7.7/10

Seasons

4

Episodes

50

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Diagnostics

Network
NBC
Genres
Drama, Crime
First aired
2018-02-26
Last aired
2021-07-22
Runtime
42 min
Rated
TV-14

Awards 1 win & 2 nominations total

Predictive Logic Analysis

Good Girls has been cancelled. The series will not continue, and Season 5 is not in development.

What is Good Girls about?

Good Girls follows three suburban mothers who rob a supermarket on impulse and then get tangled up with a local crime boss, Rio, who turns out to be far more dangerous than anyone anticipated. What begins as a one-time desperation grab spirals into seasons of increasingly complex criminal entanglements. The show works best when it leans into the dark comedy of ordinary people trying to maintain their cover stories while committing actual felonies. If you want to watch smart, capable women navigate situations where every solution creates two new problems, this is exactly your show.

The tone is deliberately difficult to pin down. Good Girls wants to be both a character study about how people rationalize transgression and a crime procedural with genuine stakes, and it doesn't always balance those things cleanly. Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman have real chemistry, and their scenes together crackle with the easy shorthand of actual friendship. The show is most compelling when it sits with the consequences of their choices rather than rushing past them, though it sometimes struggles with pacing across a season. Rio, played by Manny Montana, functions as both a love interest and an existential threat, which creates an interesting dynamic but also muddies the show's moral clarity at times.

Audiences connected with the premise more than critics did. The show found a loyal viewership on NBC, particularly among people who appreciated its willingness to let the main characters be selfish and morally compromised rather than reformed. Critics tended to find the plotting uneven and the show's relationship with its own violence inconsistent, especially as the seasons progressed. By the final season, some viewers felt the show had lost its narrative momentum and was retreading ground. Still, the cast's commitment to the material kept people watching until NBC cancelled it after four seasons.

What separates Good Girls from other crime dramas is its insistence on seeing these women as ordinary. There's no glamorization of the criminal life, just three people who made one choice and then had to keep making worse ones. The show is most itself in quiet scenes between heists, when Annie, Beth, and Ruby have to look at what they've become.

Created by Jenna Bans

Themes

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Is Good Girls renewed or cancelled?

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The series is listed as cancelled

Why was Good Girls cancelled?

Good Girls was a solid mid-tier performer for NBC, but it never quite became the breakout hit the network needed it to be. The show pulled respectable numbers in its first season, drawing viewers with its premise of suburban mothers turning to crime, but the ratings declined steadily as it continued. By season four, viewership had dropped significantly from the pilot, and the cost of production outweighed what NBC could justify spending on a show that wasn't consistently winning its time slot or generating the kind of cultural conversation that might have sustained it through weak ratings.

The show's cancellation in 2021 also reflected broader changes in how networks evaluate their lineups. Streaming and competition from other platforms were fragmenting the traditional broadcast audience, and NBC had less patience for shows on a downward trajectory. Good Girls had also run into creative challenges, with plot threads becoming increasingly convoluted as the criminal schemes escalated. Four seasons and fifty episodes gave the creators a reasonable run to tell their story, but once the audience began leaving and the network's patience wore thin, there was little reason to continue.

Good Girls Season 5 Release Date

No release is expected. Good Girls was cancelled, ending the series.

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Best & worst episodes

Good Girls seasons

Season 12018 · 10 ep
  • 1. Pilot2018-02-26 · ★ 7.6
  • 2. Mo Money, Mo Problems2018-03-05 · ★ 7.7
  • 3. Borderline2018-03-12 · ★ 7.7
  • 4. Atom Bomb2018-03-19 · ★ 7.8
  • 5. Taking Care of Business2018-03-26 · ★ 7.8
  • 6. A View from the Top2018-04-02 · ★ 8.0
  • 7. Special Sauce2018-04-09 · ★ 7.8
  • 8. Shutdown2018-04-16 · ★ 7.8
  • 9. Summer of the Shark2018-04-23 · ★ 7.7
  • 10. Remix2018-04-30 · ★ 8.1
Season 22019 · 13 ep
  • 1. I'd Rather Be Crafting2019-03-03 · ★ 7.9
  • 2. Slow Down, Children at Play2019-03-10 · ★ 7.8
  • 3. You Have Reached the Voicemail of Leslie Peterson2019-03-17 · ★ 7.9
  • 4. Pick Your Poison2019-03-24 · ★ 8.0
  • 5. Everything Must Go2019-03-31 · ★ 7.9
  • 6. Take Off Your Pants2019-04-07 · ★ 7.7
  • 7. The Dubby2019-04-14 · ★ 7.8
  • 8. Thelma and Louise2019-04-21 · ★ 7.8
  • 9. One Last Time2019-04-28 · ★ 7.8
  • 10. This Land Is Your Land2019-05-05 · ★ 7.9
  • 11. Hunting Season2019-05-12 · ★ 7.8
  • 12. Jeff2019-05-19 · ★ 7.9
  • 13. King2019-05-26 · ★ 8.2
Season 32020 · 11 ep
  • 1. Find Your Beach2020-02-16 · ★ 7.6
  • 2. Not Just Cards2020-02-23 · ★ 7.8
  • 3. Egg Roll2020-03-01 · ★ 7.7
  • 4. The Eye in Survivor2020-03-08 · ★ 7.7
  • 5. Au Jus2020-03-15 · ★ 7.7
  • 6. Frere Jaques2020-03-22 · ★ 7.7
  • 7. Vegas, Baby2020-03-29 · ★ 7.7
  • 8. Nana2020-04-05 · ★ 7.6
  • 9. Incentive2020-04-19 · ★ 7.6
  • 10. Opportunity2020-04-26 · ★ 7.6
  • 11. Synergy2020-05-03 · ★ 7.5
Season 42021 · 16 ep
  • 1. One Night in Bangkok2021-03-07 · ★ 7.6
  • 2. Big Kahuna2021-03-14 · ★ 7.6
  • 3. Fall Guy2021-03-21 · ★ 7.5
  • 4. Dave2021-03-28 · ★ 7.5
  • 5. The Banker2021-04-11 · ★ 7.5
  • 6. Grandma Loves Grisham2021-04-18 · ★ 7.5
  • 7. Carolyn with a Y2021-05-02 · ★ 7.6
  • 8. Broken Toys2021-05-09 · ★ 7.8
  • 9. Chef Boyardee2021-05-16 · ★ 7.6
  • 10. Strong Hearts, Strong Sales2021-06-24 · ★ 7.6
  • 11. Put It All on Two2021-06-24 · ★ 7.6
  • 12. Family First2021-07-01 · ★ 7.5
  • 13. You2021-07-08 · ★ 7.5
  • 14. Thank You for Your Support2021-07-15 · ★ 7.6
  • 15. We're Even2021-07-22 · ★ 7.5
  • 16. Nevada2021-07-22 · ★ 7.1

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Good Girls cast

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Christina Hendricks

Christina Hendricks

Beth Boland

Retta

Retta

Ruby Hill

Mae Whitman

Mae Whitman

Annie Marks

Reno Wilson

Reno Wilson

Stan Hill

Manny Montana

Manny Montana

Rio

Lidya Jewett

Lidya Jewett

Sara Hill

Isaiah Stannard

Isaiah Stannard

Ben Marks

Matthew Lillard

Matthew Lillard

Dean Boland

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    Frequently asked

    When does Good Girls Season 5 come out?
    Good Girls was cancelled — there is no Season 5.
    Is Good Girls renewed or cancelled?
    Good Girls has been cancelled. No further seasons are planned.
    Why was Good Girls cancelled?
    Good Girls was a solid mid-tier performer for NBC, but it never quite became the breakout hit the network needed it to be. The show pulled respectable numbers in its first season, drawing viewers with its premise of suburban mothers turning to crime, but the ratings declined steadily as it continued. By season four, viewership had dropped significantly from the pilot, and the cost of production outweighed what NBC could justify spending on a show that wasn't consistently winning its time slot or generating the kind of cultural conversation that might have sustained it through weak ratings.
    How many seasons of Good Girls are there?
    Good Girls has aired 4 seasons so far.
    How many episodes of Good Girls are there?
    There are 50 episodes of Good Girls across 4 seasons.
    Who created Good Girls?
    Good Girls was created by Jenna Bans.
    Where can I watch Good Girls?
    Good Girls is available to stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and Fandango At Home.
    What is Good Girls's IMDb rating?
    Good Girls holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 66,512 votes.