Set in the neon-drenched underworld of 1978 New York City, a washed-up showgirl (Margaret Qualley) and a ruthless mob accountant (Aubrey Plaza) collide over a missing million-dollar stash. Their deadly cat-and-mouse game drags in a corrupt televangelist (Chris Evans), a fading disco queen (Lera Abova), and a low-level enforcer (Jacnier) with dreams of Broadway. As bodies pile up in piano bars and confession booths, each player discovers the hard truth: in this town, redemption costs more than blood.

Director Adam McKay (Vice, Succession) crafts a darkly comedic thriller where sequins hide switchblades and pulpits conceal laundered cash. With a killer disco soundtrack and morally bankrupt characters dancing on the edge of damnation, the series exposes the thin line between salvation and slaughter in America’s most sinful city.

Meet the cast Honey Don’t!

1. Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue

Honey’s glittery comeback tour implodes when her mobbed-up investors vanish with her money. Qualley channels desperate glamour – tap-dancing for tips in dive bars while secretly blackmailing politicians with incriminating love letters. Her sharpest weapon? A rhinestone-encrusted derringer hidden in her garter. Honey’s defining moment: belting “New York, New York” atop a moving subway car as assassins close in.

Qualley (b. 1994, Montana) trained with Broadway choreographers for Honey’s complex tap-brawl sequences. Her character’s tragic backstory – orphaned by the 1964 Harlem riots – fuels her knife-edge survival instincts.

2. Aubrey Plaza as MG Falcone

MG isn’t your typical mobster – she’s a CPA who launders money through strip-club ATMs and kills with actuarial precision. Plaza’s deadpan menace chills when she threatens a rival using IRS jargon (“Your amortized suffering begins now”). Her obsession? Finding her father’s skeleton key – which unlocks every safe in the city.

Plaza (b. 1984, Delaware) shadowed forensic accountants to master money-tracing techniques. MG’s signature oxblood lipstick? Plaza’s own choice to contrast with Honey’s glitter.

3. Chris Evans as Reverend Drew Devlin

Devlin preaches prosperity gospel by day but runs a prostitution ring from his mega-church basement. Evans radiates smarmy charm – selling “miracle water” to widows while negotiating heroin deals mid-sermon. His downfall begins when Honey steals his encrypted ledger of city officials’ sins.

Evans (b. 1981, Boston) studied 1970s televangelists for Devlin’s physicality. His character’s private jet – dubbed “The Salvation Express” – features a gold-plated bidet.

4. Lera Abova as Cher

Cher, the Soviet-defector disco diva, protects Honey in exchange for help smuggling her nephew out of Odessa. Abova blends icy elegance with raw survivalism – poisoning a hitman with strychnine-laced caviar during a champagne toast.

Abova (Russian prima ballerina) performed her own stunts in 6-inch disco platforms. Cher’s back tattoo hides microfilm coordinates – a detail Abova suggested.

5. Jacnier as Hector

Hector, MG’s conflicted enforcer, writes Broadway lyrics between hits. Jacnier layers poetic sensitivity with brutal violence – reciting Sondheim while dismembering bodies. His dream role? Playing Che in Evita – a fantasy crushed when MG burns his audition sheet.

Jacnier (Puerto Rican rapper-turned-actor) wrote Hector’s original song “Bullet Ballet,” performed over a montage of arson.

6. Gabby Beans as Spider

Spider, Honey’s tech-savvy assistant, hacks NYPD databases using a prototype Apple II. Beans delivers nerdy wit while building EMP devices from Walkman parts. Her loyalty is tested when Devlin offers her MIT tuition in exchange for Honey’s location.

Beans (b. 1995, NYC) learned 1970s coding languages for the role. Spider’s signature look – one red lensless eyeglass frame – symbolizes her “half-blind loyalty.”

7. Talia Ryder as Corinne

Corinne, Devlin’s “miraculously healed” daughter, exposes his scams through coded radio broadcasts. Ryder crafts ethereal menace – floating through scenes like a ghost while planting evidence. Her shock twist? She’s not paralyzed because of “faith” – she faked it to escape Devlin’s abuse.

Ryder (b. 2002, Buffalo) trained with contortionists to master Corinne’s disjointed movements. Her character’s wheelchair contains hidden weapons compartments.

8. Charlie Day as Marty Metakawitch

Marty, a sweaty club owner with ties to MKUltra, brainwashes performers into assassins. Day’s frantic energy peaks when he tries to hypnotize Honey using a disco ball and LSD-laced glitter.

Day (b. 1976, NYC) based Marty on real 70s club impresarios. His character’s “Starlight Lounge” features a trapdoor leading to the Hudson River morgue.

9. Kristen Connolly as Heidi O’Donahue

Heidi, Honey’s jaded ex-showgirl mother, pimps out Devlin’s secrets for vodka money. Connolly radiates ruined glamour – applying makeup over black eyes while trading snuff films for smack.

Connolly (b. 1980, Montclair) studied John Waters’ archives for Heidi’s trash-glam aesthetic. Her character’s chihuahua “Princess” eats caviar stolen from Cher’s dressing room.

10. Josh Pafchek as Shuggie

Shuggie, MG’s mute bodyguard, communicates through violent tap-dance sequences. Pafchek’s physicality stuns in a climactic fight where he kills a rival using steel-toed Capezios.

Pafchek (Broadway’s Newsies) choreographed all tap-battles. Shuggie’s shoes conceal razor blades – Pafchek’s tribute to Singin’ in the Rain’s hidden-knife urban legend.

11. Don Swayze as Gary

Gary, the piano bar philosopher, observes the chaos while playing vodka-soaked ragtime. Swayze delivers world-weary wisdom, subtly steering characters toward destruction with song choices like “Gloomy Sunday.”

Swayze (b. 1962, Texas) improvised Gary’s melancholic melodies. His character recognizes every corpse wheeled past his bar – but never calls the cops.