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On the TNT series Good Behavior, which returns with season two on Oct. 15, Michelle Dockery -- best known for playing the coolly aristocratic Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey -- returns as Letty Raines, an American con artist sprung from prison with the intent of applying her relatively limited resources, chief among them her wits, to a fresh start.

It’s a 180-degree turn from her Downton character, says Dockery, who in fact was offered the part just as Downton was coming to an end in 2015. “But what I love about Letty and Mary is that they’re both complex, deeply flawed women,” she says.

And like Lady Mary, who thawed substantially over six seasons, Letty is evolving. In this new season, having regained custody of her young son, Jacob (played by Nyles Steele), Letty aims to establish at least a semblance of domestic stability with her hired-assassin lover, Javier (Juan Diego Botto).

But shunning crime and settling...

While most TV has wrapped up for the year, TNT’s new drama “Good Behavior” has episodes lined up through the end of the year. The series follows Letty Raines (Michelle Dockery), a thief and con artist who’s recently released from prison and desperate to take custody of her son Jacob (Nyles Julian Steele). But when she’s saved by hit man Javier (Juan Diego Botto), they soon team up together, all the while contending with her parole officer Christian (Terry Kinney) and her mother (Lusia Strus).

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In tonight’s episode, Letty returns to her hometown with a new plan to take custody of her soon, but the plan soon goes awry and could send her back to prison. Watch an exclusive clip from the episode below.

The series is co-created by Blake Crouch, author...