In the sixth episode of “No Good Deed,” J.D., a washed-out soap opera actor, and his trophy wife Margo, begin discussing the house across the street that everyone seems to be bidding on. J.D. wants to downsize, but Margo has already put in a hefty offer. It’s a disagreement whose every line seems to either start or end with a “honey,” an artificial sweetener that can’t even begin to conceal the friction within their rickety relationship.
It’s a snapshot of what’s going on in this Netflix comedy where a murder mystery looms over a real estate war: the real horror here is not so much in suburban neighbors as cold-blooded killers, but rather the fissures in marriages, the hidden betrayals, the quiet resentments.