Hulu is pulling back the curtain on Good American Family, the eight-episode limited series led by and executive produced by Ellen Pompeo. Inspired by the jaw-dropping true story of Natalia Grace, the show dives into the unsettling saga of a Midwestern couple who adopted a young girl with dwarfism—only to suspect she wasn’t who she claimed to be.
Set to premiere March 19 with two episodes before shifting to a weekly release, the series also stars Mark Duplass and Imogen Faith Reid, with Dulé Hill, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue, and Jenny O’Hara in recurring roles.
Pompeo, best known for her long-running role as Meredith Grey on Grey’s Anatomy, opens the trailer with an eerie voiceover:
“I’ve always considered myself blessed. I’ve known I was put on this Earth to build a world where all kids can feel safe.”
But as the footage unfolds, it’s clear that safety is the last thing on anyone’s mind.
The series, previously titled Orphan, is a dramatization of a case that has fascinated (and horrified) true crime audiences for years. Natalia Grace’s story has already been the subject of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, a three-season docuseries on Investigation Discovery. Now, Good American Family is set to explore the case from multiple perspectives—highlighting the blurred lines between truth, bias, and trauma.
The show follows the Barnett family—played by Pompeo and Duplass—who adopt Natalia, thinking she’s a young girl with a rare form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita. But as time passes, they begin to suspect something sinister: Is Natalia really a child, or is she an adult woman deceiving them?
The official logline describes it as:
“Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias, and trauma, this compelling drama is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is. As they defend their family from the daughter they’ve grown to believe is a threat, she fights her own battle to confront her past and what her future holds, in a showdown that ultimately plays out in the tabloids and the courtroom.”
Created by Katie Robbins (The Affair), the series is co-showrun by Robbins and Sarah Sutherland. Pompeo produces through her banner Calamity Jane alongside Laura Holstein, Andrew Stearn, Dan Spilo, Niles Kirchner, and Mike Epps. Liz Garbus, the acclaimed director behind Lost Girls and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, directed and executive produced the pilot.
Hulu drops Good American Family on March 19, debuting with two episodes before rolling out new ones weekly. And with a cast like this and a real-life case that’s stranger than fiction, it’s safe to say Good American Family is about to have people questioning everything they thought they knew.