Letty has recently been released from prison and she really does try to do better. But Lady Mary always had a subversive streak-remember her brief affair-though nowhere near as felonious as Letty. Letty is anything but the buttoned-up, posh upperclass Lady Mary. Letty Raines is about as far from Lady Mary, the character whom Dockery played on Downton Abbey, as you can get. What Good Behavior does have going for it is Michelle Dockery, who dons an American accent and various wigs to play con artist and ex-con Letty Raines. Nor do I think it has the staying power of Major Crimes-my favorite-or The Closer. One thing for sure, Good Behavior is no Rizzoli & Isles. Good Behavior debuts November 15, with a two-hour premiere at 9 p.m. This, of course, doesn’t count the numerous successful movies based on solid crime fiction.īut sometimes that magic just doesn’t work, even for TNT, which has a good record of delivering involving series and movies with a mystery approach.Īfter watching twice the first three episodes of Good Behavior, based on Blake Crouch’s novels, I am still on the fence as to whether this new TNT series will be able to make viewers care about these characters, or the plots. Michael Connelly’s Bosch, Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli & Isles, Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse ( True Blood), and Elmore Leonard’s Justified instantly come to mind.Īs do the light mysteries on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel, including the Aurora Teagarden films-again from Charlaine Harris Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swenson series Suzi Weinert’s garage sale series and Kate Collins’ flower shop series. Some mystery novels make a fairly smooth transition to television.

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