Bad Sisters · Season 1 · Apple TV+
Bad Sisters Season 1
Bad Sisters Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 9.0/10. 10 episodes on Apple TV+ from 19 August 2022.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Bad Sisters premiered August 19, 2022, adapted from the Belgian series Clan by creator and star Sharon Horgan. The premise - four sisters plotting to kill their sister Eva's abusive husband John Paul (Claes Bang) - sounds grim, but the execution is a controlled riot: the show alternates between the failed assassination attempts in the past and a present-day insurance investigation after John Paul is actually found dead. Critics awarded 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 61 reviews, won BAFTA Best Drama Series 2023, and earned a Peabody Award. The cast chemistry among Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson is the engine of every scene. Claes Bang's villain is the show's cold structural centre.
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The Room
“Dark secrets are a family affair in Bad Sisters, a riotously funny murder mystery that makes fine use of its gifted ensemble.”
Rotten Tomatoes (consensus)
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E10Finale9.2
The season finale resolves the insurance investigation timeline and the past timeline simultaneously, delivering the payoff the series has been earning across nine episodes. The balance of comedy and grief holds until the final frame.
The moment: The reveal of what actually happened to John Paul - and who did what - lands with the weight of ten episodes behind it.
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