Adam grows concerned about this and tells Sarah to stop spending so much time with Gordon, prompting her to quit in anger.

Julia (Erika Christensen) has trouble dealing with the surprising complexities of her six-year-old daughter Sydney's (Savannah Paige Rae) relationships.

Impressed by her direct approach, Julia accepts, but is later told by Joel (Sam Jaeger) they will have to cancel because Amy was mean to the sister of Sydney's best friend.

[1][2] The episode also included guest appearances by Amanda Foreman, Phil Abrams and Nicholas Lobue as the Lessing family, all of whom had appeared in the first season as a family acquainted with Adam and Kristina based on their similar experiences raising a child with Asperger syndrome.

Tina Lifford, who guest stars in "No Good Deed" as Jasmine's mother Renee, also made previous appearances in the first season.

[4] Adam listens in the car to singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne, which causes disputes when Sarah tries to turn it off during their morning commute.

[5][6] In its original American broadcast, "No Good Deed" was seen by an average of 5.85 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Club felt the episode did a good job providing all four of the Braverman siblings with adequate screentime for their subplots.

[4] CNN writer Camille Wright Felton praised the episode, and said she particularly admired how Crosby's character had developed from an immature man afraid of commitment at the series premiere into a father dedicated to his son.