BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) --- It seems that not getting to know your neighbors happens in other places other than local communities. Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow worked on the same Hollywood lot – only a few feet away from each other – when filming “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Friends.” Despite being studio neighbors, they never took time to visit each other. Romano explains that even though they were so close, he and his castmates looked at the “Friends” cast like the “Beatles” of network television. The actors have finally met as Romano is getting to work with the “Friends” cast members he held in such high regard with the new Netflix series “No Good Deed” set to debut Dec. 12 on the streaming service. Paul (Ray Romano) and Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) decide it is time to move on from their empty nest to forge a new life. That’s when they list their 1920s Spanish-style villa located in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This sets off a real estate frenzy as multiple families race to buy what they believe to be their dream house, convinced it will fix all of their very different problems. What the buyers don’t know is a dream home can be a nightmare. Lydia and Paul must hide the dark and dangerous secrets that linger inside their home. Romano and Kudrow were brought together by “No Good Deed” creator Liz Feldman. She had just completed work on the series “Dead to Me” that focused primarily on two characters and Feldman wanted her next project to be an ensemble comedy. “We were sort of in the thick of the pandemic, where we were really locked down into our homes. So, our homes took on this sort of supernatural kind of power for us,” Feldman says. “Our homes were everything. “I just started thinking about that and at night, I’d be doom surfing through Zillow, thinking about any other house I could potentially live in.” That search took her inside numerous homes and that’s where Feldman realized that behind each door she entered was a different story full of family secrets. That became “No Good Deed” that examines the highs and lows of searching for a safe, happy home and just how far a person is willing to go to protect their family. Joining Romano and Kudrow to tell these stories are Linda Cardellini, O-T Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson, Denis Leary, Poppy Liu, Teyonah Parris and Luke Wilson. Feldman has filled the cast with veteran performers because they tend to be able to play the broad range of emotions she needs. That is especially true with “No Good Deed” because while it is classified a comedy, there are plenty of deep dramatic moments. How she maintains the balance between the light and dark material comes down to a feeling for Feldman. “It is a sort of a wave that I ride as I’m writing it, as we’re shooting it, and then as I’m editing it,” Feldman says. “I write the way that I experience life, which is that on any given day, you can have something hilarious happen, and then something absolutely crazy happen. “That’s life in this day and age. And probably in every age. And so, just when you get the worst news of your life, something ridiculous can happen. And that is the way that I experience life, and it’s also the way I get through life.” Romano is certain viewers will connect with the drama and humor because of the association so many have with a house whether it is where they grew up or their first purchase. In Romano’s case, he sold his mother’s home three years ago after she died. Since then, he has had dreams about his parents and that home. Cardellini knows from working with Feldman on “Dead to Me” that the series creator knows how to build a variety of emotions into a scene. That was a big reason she was happy to go from starring in Feldman’s “Dead to Me” to “No Good Deed.” “I like to play more than a few things at once if I can. Like, that's what's so fun about playing Liz's stuff. There are so many layers. The comedy can work on different levels. You know, the drama works on different levels. And there's always these little surprises,” Cardellini says. “So even like coming in and knowing sort of what the trajectory of my character was, there's always like these little mini-surprises and twists. “You're like, ‘Oh, I didn't see that coming. Okay, how am I going to work that in there?’ It's just really fun. It gives you so much of an inner life. You get to do so many different things on any given day. It's really challenging. And that, I love.”