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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Feb 26, 2018 3:26 PM UTC  (l-r) Christina Hendrick as Beth, Retta as Ruby, Mae Whitman as Annie in Good Girls (l-r) Christina Hendrick as Beth, Retta as Ruby, Mae Whitman as Annie in Good GirlsNBC—Josh Stringer/NBC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Feb 26, 2018 3:26 PM UTC In the first scene of NBC’s [_Good Girls_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B2XPK8S/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07B2XPK8S&linkId=a22f369807a56cdcdce3244499517ef0), three suburban moms charge into a grocery store, toy guns blazing, faces covered in ski masks that resemble the iconic [Pussy Riot headwear](http://time.com/tag/pussy-riot/). The women—played by television vets Christina Hendricks (_Mad Men_), Retta (_Parks and Recreation_) and Mae Whitman (_Parenthood_)—need quick cash to pay for their cheating husband’s debt, child’s life-saving medication and custody case, respectively. They’re broke, dismissed by the men in their lives, and want to take back their power. Everything goes smoothly until it doesn’t: The grocery store they rob turns out to be a front for a criminal organization, and some heavily armed men want their cash back. Chaos ensues. But it turns out these women thrive in chaos. After years of baking last-minute cupcakes for bake sales and navigating unruly, misogynist customers at work, they have a knack for solving difficult problems—and long to break the rules. For years, [difficult men](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143125699/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143125699&linkId=ad6f5d96e459bd1cf37a583617102b33) have dominated the small screen. In 2018, it’s refreshing to consider how difficult women could reinvigorate that tired trope. Inevitable parallels will be drawn between _Good Girls_ and [_Breaking Bad_](http://time.com/5094038/breaking-bad-walter-white-transformation/), another show about a mild-mannered suburbanite who needs cash and eventually finds strength in criminality. But Walter White never had to worry that if a woman found out his secret identity she would try to blackmail him for sex or, failing that, rape him. Despite a [cutesy promotional campaign](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6474378/mediaviewer/rm3303559936) with the three women soaking their feet in a kiddie pool full of cash, _Good Girls_ does not shy away from the realities of being a woman in the criminal underworld—or just a woman in the world in general. The characters have to rely on their wits to outsmart the firepower and social power of the men around them. To quote [Margaret Atwood](http://time.com/collection/influencers-2017/4934668/margaret-atwood-and-elisabeth-moss-2/), “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” The closer television parallel to _Good Girls_ would actually be [_Weeds_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JOCRSK/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B000JOCRSK&linkId=cda4449b53e30b5c28d0c21a2bea0a96), a series about a widowed housewife who begins a small marijuana business. Just a few season in, she’s manipulating cartel bosses. Like _Weeds’_ Nancy Botwin, the women of _Good Girls_ often find themselves in over their heads but always figure out a way to get out of a scrape. Unlike Nancy, they do not seduce their enemies to survive. That’s a happy development: Television writers long assumed that a woman’s sexuality was her best—and sometimes only—asset. Since _Weeds_, few female anti-heroes have graced the small screen. Often evil women play supporting roles—the [wives of murderous presidents](http://time.com/4234461/claire-underwood-house-of-cards-history/) or [antagonists](http://time.com/4880109/game-of-thrones-cersei-lannister-lena-headey/) to would-be rulers of Westeros. Sometimes they get to be the main character, as with [_How to Get Away With Murder_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NUKS3OM/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00NUKS3OM&linkId=3febe6f6f4019e1b0f114f92b6675219) or [_Scandal_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RVPW1C/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B007RVPW1C&linkId=bdf43c43f4e65e1a65be417ae360425e)_._ But they are lonely leads with male love interests by their sides and female friends at the periphery. _Good Girls_ has three female protagonists, possibly a first on network television since [_Desperate Housewives_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003THEY58/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B003THEY58&linkId=bec3971cd8202ba4f1f894386b609758). Shows where multiple women get top billing, like [_Broad_ _City_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HNEC0HC/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00HNEC0HC&linkId=4ee19f5218e67593fa3514ff73e52404),[ _Big Little Lies_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WGSJS2V/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B06WGSJS2V&linkId=36d6135925e25c8659b519ee921431c9) or [_Orange Is the New Black_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XVQSKXE/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00XVQSKXE&linkId=24a1c699e680a202c2035809dde78a7e), tend to land on cable networks or streaming platforms. The Time’s Up movement has promised more women’s stories, told by women, in film and television. We won’t see the fruits of that campaign for some time. But _Good Girls_ is a first taste. 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