Good Trouble is an American drama television series. It is a spin-off of the Freeform show The Fosters. Good Trouble began in January 2019 with a thirteen-episode first season and follows Callie Adams Foster (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana Adams Foster (Cierra Ramirez), conceptually a few years after the earlier series, “as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives working in Los Angeles.” Freeform renewed the series for a second season, which premiered in June 2019. The series was renewed for a third season which premiered in February 2021.
Plot
Taking place a few years after the events of The Fosters, Adams Foster siblings Callie and Mariana relocate to Los Angeles to begin the next phase of their lives. As they move into a communal living apartment building called The Coterie, Callie becomes a law clerk working for Judge Wilson while Mariana becomes a software engineer. The two of them navigate their young adult lives while interacting with their neighbors and the people they befriend.
Cast
Main
- Maia Mitchell as Callie Adams Foster, a recent graduate of UCSD Law School and Mariana’s adopted sister who works as a law clerk for Judge Wilson
- Cierra Ramirez as Mariana Adams Foster, a software engineer and Callie’s adopted sister who recently graduated from MIT
- Zuri Adele as Malika Williams, a bartender and political activist who lives with Callie and Mariana
- Sherry Cola as Alice Kwan, the manager of The Coterie apartment building
- Tommy Martinez as Gael Martinez, a graphic designer and artist who falls for Callie
- Roger Bart as Judge Curtis Wilson, a conservative judge for whom Callie works as a clerk (season 1-2)
- Emma Hunton as Davia Moss, A body positive influencer and teacher (season 2-present; recurring season 1)
- Josh Pence as Dennis Cooper (season 2-present; recurring season 1)
- Beau Mirchoff as Jamie Hunter, a lawyer and Callie’s on-again-off-again boyfriend (season 3; recurring season 1-2)
Recurring
- TJ Linnard as Evan Speck, Mariana’s boss and the CEO of Speckulate
- Ken Kirby as Benjamin, another clerk for Judge Wilson
- Molly McCook as Rebecca, another clerk for Judge Wilson
- Hailie Sahar as Jazmin Martinez, Gael’s sister
- Dhruv Udayh as Raj Patil, Mariana’s co-worker at Speckulate, and later boyfriend
- Dustin Ingram as Alex Wood, Mariana’s co-worker at Speckulate
- Max Cutler as Sam Higgins, Mariana’s co-worker at Speckulate
- Michael Galante as Bryan
- Anastasia Leddick as Kelly
- Sarunas J. Jackson as Isaac Hall, a former professional basketball player and Malika’s boyfriend
- Heather Mazur as Angela Miller, the head of HR at Speckulate
- Kara Wang as Sumi, Alice’s ex-girlfriend and now best friend
- Briana Venskus as Meera Mattei, Sumi’s fiancée
- Daisy Eagan as Joey Riverton, Alice’s love interest
- J. Mallory McCree as Dom Williams, Malika’s brother
- Denim Richards as Elijah Adrieux, Gael’s first love (season 2)
- Rhea Butcher as Lindsay Brady, Sumi’s love interest (season 2–present)
- Juan Antonio as Marcus (season 2)
- Shawntay Dalton as Lisa (season 2)
- Shannon Chan-Kent as Ruby (season 2)
- Priscilla Quintana as Isabella (season 2)
- Marcus Emanuel Mitchell as Dyonte (season 3), a fellow intern at the non-profit that Malika works at
- Jayson Blair as Tony (season 3)
- Craig Parker as Yuri Elwin (season 3)
- Erik Stocklin as Matt (season 3), a fellow teacher and friend of Davia
- Catherine Haena Kim as Nicolette Baptiste (season 3)
Notable guest stars
All actors reprise their role from The Fosters.
- Teri Polo as Stef Adams Foster, the adoptive mother of Callie and Mariana
- Sherri Saum as Lena Adams Foster, the adoptive mother of Callie and Mariana
- Hayden Byerly as Jude Adams Foster, Callie’s half-brother and the youngest adopted sibling of Mariana
- Noah Centineo as Jesus Adams Foster, Mariana’s twin brother and adopted brother of Callie
- David Lambert as Brandon Foster, the adoptive sibling of Mariana and Callie
- Amanda Leighton as Emma Kurtzman, Jesus’ girlfriend
- Megan West as Eliza Foster, Brandon’s wife and Jamie’s sister
- Robert Gant and Susan Walters as Jim and Diane Hunter, Jamie and Eliza’s parents and Brandon’s in-laws
- Gavin MacIntosh as Connor Stevens, Jude’s childhood boyfriend
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 13 | January 8, 2019 | April 2, 2019 | ||
| 2 | 18 | 8 | June 18, 2019 | August 6, 2019 | |
| 2 | December 16, 2019 | ||||
| 8 | January 15, 2020 | March 4, 2020 | |||
| 3 | TBA | February 17, 2021 | TBA | ||
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | “DTLA” | Jon M. Chu | Joanna Johnson and Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg | January 8, 2019 | 0.41 |
| 2 | 2 | “The Coterie” | Peter Paige | Joanna Johnson | January 15, 2019 | 0.33 |
| 3 | 3 | “Allies” | Laura Nisbet Peters | Kris Q. Rehl | January 22, 2019 | 0.33 |
| 4 | 4 | “Playing the Game” | Michael Medico | Cristian Martinez | January 29, 2019 | 0.31 |
| 5 | 5 | “Parental Guidance Suggested” | Bradley Bredeweg | Joanna Johnson | February 5, 2019 | 0.36 |
| 6 | 6 | “Imposter” | Geoff Haley | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | February 12, 2019 | 0.35 |
| 7 | 7 | “Swipe Right” | Troian Bellisario | Ally Musika | February 19, 2019 | 0.33 |
| 8 | 8 | “Byte Club” | Peter Paige | Nicole Paulhus | February 26, 2019 | 0.39 |
| 9 | 9 | “Willful Blindness” | Kelli Williams | Lauren Moon | March 5, 2019 | 0.41 |
| 10 | 10 | “Re-Birthday” | Aprill Winney | Claudia Forestieri & Dan Richter | March 12, 2019 | 0.31 |
| 11 | 11 | “Less Than” | Bradley Bredeweg | Kimberly Ndombe | March 19, 2019 | 0.33 |
| 12 | 12 | “Broken Arted” | Peter Paige | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | March 26, 2019 | 0.34 |
| 13 | 13 | “Vitamin C” | Joanna Johnson | Joanna Johnson | April 2, 2019 | 0.36 |
- ^ Jump up to:a b The episode was first released online on December 31, 2018.
Season 2 (2019–20)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | “Percussions” | Peter Paige | Joanna Johnson | June 18, 2019 | 0.31 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | “Torn” | Peter Paige | Joanna Johnson | June 25, 2019 | 0.32 | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | “Doble Quince” | Bradley Bredeweg | Joanna Johnson & Ashly Perez | July 2, 2019 | 0.36 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | “Unfiltered” | Laura Nisbet Peters | Resheida Brady | July 9, 2019 | 0.29 | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | “Happy Heckling” | Erica Dunton | Adam Starks | July 16, 2019 | 0.31 | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | “Twenty-Fine” | Chandra Wilson | Joanna Johnson & Ashly Perez | July 23, 2019 | 0.30 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | “In The Middle” | Jay Chandrasekhar | Nicole Paulhus | July 30, 2019 | 0.23 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | “Disruptions” | Peter Paige | Joanna Johnson | August 6, 2019 | 0.29 | ||||||
| Specials | ||||||||||||
| 22 | 9 | “Nochebuena” | Bradley Bredeweg | Joanna Johnson | December 16, 2019 | 0.33 | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | “A Very Coterie Christmas” | Peter Paige | Joanna Johnson | December 16, 2019 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | 11 | “Clapback” | Michael Medico | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | January 15, 2020 | 0.25 | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | “Gumboot Becky” | Marco Fargnoli | Cristian Martinez | January 22, 2020 | 0.16 | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | “Daylight” | Finola Hughes | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | January 29, 2020 | 0.18 | ||||||
| 27 | 14 | “In Good Conscience” | Aprill Winney | Cristian Martinez & Nicole Paulhus | February 5, 2020 | 0.22 | ||||||
| 28 | 15 | “Palentine’s Day” | Heather Tom | Teleplay by : Madeline Hendricks Story by : Chelsea Maccani |
February 12, 2020 | 0.18 | ||||||
| 29 | 16 | “Fragility” | Troian Bellisario | Cristian Martinez | February 19, 2020 | 0.16 | ||||||
| 30 | 17 | “Truths and Dares” | Aprill Winney | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | February 26, 2020 | 0.12 | ||||||
| 31 | 18 | “Trap Heals” | Jeff Byrd | Teleplay by : Joanna Johnson Story by : Patrisse Cullors |
March 4, 2020 | 0.10 | ||||||
Season 3 (2021)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 1 | “Capoeira” | Peter Paige | Joanna Johnson | February 17, 2021 | 0.17 |
| 33 | 2 | “Arraignment Day” | Jeff Byrd | Megan Lynn & Wade Solomon | February 24, 2021 | 0.19 |
| 34 | 3 | “Whoosh, Pow, Bang” | Troian Bellisario | Nicole Paulhus | March 3, 2021 | 0.22 |
| 35 | 4 | “Klompendansen” | Bradley Bredeweg | Joanna Johnson | March 10, 2021 | 0.15 |
| 36 | 5 | “Because, Men” | Heather Tom | Albert Torres | March 17, 2021 | 0.17 |
| 37 | 6 | “Help” | Yoko Okumura | Thomas Wong | March 24, 2021 | 0.18 |
| 38 | 7 | “New Moon” | Jay Chandrasekhar | Chelsea Maccani | March 31, 2021 | 0.18 |
| 39 | 8 | “Trust” | TBA | TBA | April 7, 2021 | TBD |
| 40 | 9 | “Driver’s Seat” | TBA | TBA | April 14, 2021 | TBD |
| 41 | 10 | “She’s Back” | TBA | TBA | April 21, 2021 | TBD |
Production
Development
After announcing the ending of The Fosters, Freeform ordered a spin-off series of the show, starring Callie Adams Foster and Mariana Adams Foster living in Los Angeles five years after the series finale of the parent show. It was given a 13-episode order. On December 10, 2018, it was reported that the California Film Commission had approved $6.6 million of tax credits for a potential second season should Freeform decide to renew the series. On February 5, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on June 18, 2019. On January 17, 2020, Freeform renewed the series for a third season which premiered on February 17, 2021.
Casting
On June 11, 2018, Tommy Martinez, Zuri Adele, Sherry Cola, and Roger Bart were cast in regular roles as Gael, Malika, Alice, Judge Wilson respectively. Additionally, Emma Hunton and Ken Kirby were cast in recurring roles as Davia and Benjamin. On November 6, 2019, Shannon Chan-Kent was cast in a recurring role for the second season. On January 24, 2020, Priscilla Quintana joined the cast in a recurring capacity for the second season. On January 28, 2021, Marcus Emanuel Mitchell and Jayson Blair were cast in recurring roles for the third season. On March 3, 2021, Catherine Haena Kim and Craig Parker joined the cast in recurring capacities for the third season.
Filming
Principal production on season 1 commenced on June 11, 2018.
Reception
Critical reception
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 100% with an average rating of 8.93/10, based on 13 reviews. The website’s critical consensus reads, “Good Trouble is a spinoff that leaves the nest and takes graceful flight, bringing a deft comedic touch to the trials and tribulations facing Generation Z.” Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 83 out of 100 based on 4 critics.
Ratings
Season 1
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “DTLA” | January 8, 2019 | 0.2 | 0.41 | 0.1 | 0.24 | 0.3 | 0.65 |
| 2 | “The Coterie” | January 15, 2019 | 0.2 | 0.33 | N/A | 0.30 | N/A | 0.64 |
| 3 | “Allies” | January 22, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.2 | 0.36 | 0.3 | 0.69 |
| 4 | “Playing The Game” | January 29, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.31 | 0.2 | 0.37 | 0.3 | 0.68 |
| 5 | “Parental Guidance Suggested” | February 5, 2019 | 0.2 | 0.36 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.3 | 0.63 |
| 6 | “Imposter” | February 12, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.35 | 0.2 | 0.31 | 0.3 | 0.66 |
| 7 | “Swipe Right” | February 19, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.2 | 0.36 | 0.3 | 0.69 |
| 8 | “Byte Club” | February 26, 2019 | 0.2 | 0.39 | 0.1 | 0.19 | 0.3 | 0.58 |
| 9 | “Willful Blindness” | March 5, 2019 | 0.2 | 0.41 | 0.1 | 0.25 | 0.3 | 0.66 |
| 10 | “Re-Birthday” | March 12, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.31 | 0.2 | 0.35 | 0.3 | 0.66 |
| 11 | “Less Than” | March 19, 2019 | 0.2 | 0.33 | 0.1 | 0.34 | 0.3 | 0.67 |
| 12 | “Broken Arted” | March 26, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.34 | 0.2 | 0.35 | 0.3 | 0.70 |
| 13 | “Vitamin C” | April 2, 2019 | 0.2 | 0.36 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.3 | 0.63 |
Season 2
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Percussions” | June 18, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.31 | N/A | 0.27 | N/A | 0.58 |
| 2 | “Torn” | June 25, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.32 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | “Doble Quince” | July 2, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.36 | 0.2 | 0.28 | 0.3 | 0.64 |
| 4 | “Unfiltered” | July 9, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.29 | 0.2 | 0.25 | 0.3 | 0.54 |
| 5 | “Happy Heckling” | July 16, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.31 | 0.2 | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0.57 |
| 6 | “Twenty-Fine” | July 23, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.31 | N/A | 0.28 | N/A | 0.59 |
| 7 | “In The Middle” | July 30, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.23 | N/A | 0.31 | N/A | 0.54 |
| 8 | “Disruptions” | August 6, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.29 | N/A | 0.26 | N/A | 0.55 |
| 9 | “Nochebuena” | December 16, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.2 | N/A |
| 10 | “A Very Coterie Christmas” | December 16, 2019 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.2 | N/A |
| 11 | “Clapback” | January 15, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.25 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.2 | 0.52 |
| 12 | “Gumboot Becky” | January 22, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.31 | 0.2 | 0.47 |
| 13 | “Daylight” | January 29, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.18 | 0.1 | 0.29 | 0.2 | 0.47 |
| 14 | “In Good Conscience” | February 5, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.22 | 0.1 | 0.28 | 0.2 | 0.50 |
| 15 | “Palentine’s Day” | February 12, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.18 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.2 | N/A |
| 16 | “Fragility” | February 19, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.2 | 0.43 |
| 17 | “Truths and Dares” | February 26, 2020 | 0.1 | 0.12 | 0.1 | 0.29 | 0.2 | 0.41 |
| 18 | “Trap Heals” | March 4, 2020 | 0.0 | 0.10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Season 3
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Capoeira” | February 17, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.17 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | “Arraignment Day” | February 24, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.19 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3 | “Whoosh, Pow, Bang” | March 3, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.22 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | “Klompendansen” | March 10, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.15 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 5 | “Because, Men” | March 17, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.17 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | “Help” | March 24, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.18 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | “New Moon” | March 31, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.18 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Drama TV Show | Good Trouble | Nominated | |
| Choice Drama TV Actress | Cierra Ramirez | Nominated | |||
| Maia Mitchell | Nominated |