I originally started this show because of Sharon Horgan, as I've liked her acting in other shows I've watched, and I'm glad I did. She's a definite stand out in this series and her acting in this episode is superb, it even made me tear up as I felt she showed her characters pain so realistically. This show got better with each episode and with each made you understand why the Garvey sisters have such hatred for "the prick." I would say he has a place as one of my top 10 hated characters. Definitely worth another watch. I'm wondering if this a limited series or if they may delve into the backstories more.
7 Reviews
Solid finale
aboalhyjaa17 October 2022
Watching this episode was a blessing, and it's a great thing that this show wasn't aired all at once. Because it felt like doses, and we all know what happens when you overdose.
After finishing it, i ask myself again does end justifies the means? Niccolò Machiavelli Said that but to accept that kind of ethical reasoning in your life means your a narcissistic and a danger to society. Well, maybe not in this show.
You see, in the first, i didn't have these ideas and didn't really care about the characters enough to justify anything. But after the first half of the show everything changed.
The only bad thing about this episode that it's kinda predictable, they always say expect the unexpected and here if you follow that rule you'll figure everything out.
After finishing it, i ask myself again does end justifies the means? Niccolò Machiavelli Said that but to accept that kind of ethical reasoning in your life means your a narcissistic and a danger to society. Well, maybe not in this show.
You see, in the first, i didn't have these ideas and didn't really care about the characters enough to justify anything. But after the first half of the show everything changed.
The only bad thing about this episode that it's kinda predictable, they always say expect the unexpected and here if you follow that rule you'll figure everything out.
Victoms of a bad relationship and lies
moviesfilmsreviewsinc20 October 2022
In episode 10 of Bad Sisters, the police inspect John Paul Williams' dead body. He sits on his dirt bike, which seems to have crashed against a tree. Grace says they had her birthday dinner. When she wanted to turn in early, he got angry with her and left to go to the pub to watch a football match. Matt is still on the case. He already knows the Garvey sisters lied about where they were that night. Next, he interviews Roger, who confesses what John Paul did to him, how he tore apart his life for his own amusement. He tells Matt he was at the cabin the night John Paul died. He went there so he could forgive him. Matt then goes across the street to speak to Grace as she's going inside. He tells her all the things he's found out. "He wasn't a proper man was he?" He asks of John Paul. Grace ignores him, nervously making her way inside. She goes up to John Paul's study and logs onto his laptop, discovering his history of pretending to be Oscar. Still at the cabin, Matt plays the disc that's in the DVD player. He watches a clip from the movie that shows a woman being strangled. He then realizes that Grace used the film as inspiration. She used the yarn in the trash bag he stole as part of her murder plan. Meanwhile, the sisters are comforting her. Grace says she was knitting and watching a movie that night, which helped her know what to do with JP's body. She dressed him in a red scarf, then tucked the scarf into the wheel-just like in the movie. Later, she buried him in her murder weapon-his pajamas. Matt calls Becka to tell her he's been to the cabin and knows what happened to John Paul. Becka insists to her sisters on meeting Matt alone. Isn't it funny that all the effort the Garvey sisters put into saving Grace, only ended up implicating her in a murder she herself committed? I think if the other sisters had never done anything, Grace could have covered her own tracks well. A clumsy trail of murder attempts wouldn't have led to her. Luckily for her, however, sometimes the law doesn't need to win. Sometimes compassion can.
Bad Sisters concludes its threads with a believable ending that ties all its pieces together. Pointing back to some of Grace's actions in the first episode was a nice touch-such as how she buried John Paul in pajamas, and how she lied about being with her sisters. It would have been easy to read Grace's nervous actions throughout the series as a timid personality-but the finale reframes everything.
Bad Sisters concludes its threads with a believable ending that ties all its pieces together. Pointing back to some of Grace's actions in the first episode was a nice touch-such as how she buried John Paul in pajamas, and how she lied about being with her sisters. It would have been easy to read Grace's nervous actions throughout the series as a timid personality-but the finale reframes everything.
Victims
tizaki15 October 2022
A man is shown as a victim in a relationship with a woman. Since more women than men are victims in interactions between the two genders, I see that as fulfillment of the male fantasy as victim and therefore sexist.
The Garvey sisters plotted to kill their brother-in-law. Had they been black this would have reinforced the negative stereotype of they're being of low character etc but there is no negative whyte stereotype.
JP treats his wife so badly. Yet this is hardly shown in such detail in dramatisations, which is another failing of men. More men need to see this and take responsibility for what their fellow men have done currently and historically.
The Garvey sisters plotted to kill their brother-in-law. Had they been black this would have reinforced the negative stereotype of they're being of low character etc but there is no negative whyte stereotype.
JP treats his wife so badly. Yet this is hardly shown in such detail in dramatisations, which is another failing of men. More men need to see this and take responsibility for what their fellow men have done currently and historically.
Murder scene needs redo!
fferriolo17 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Loved the series but they should have done a better job on the murder scene. Just unbelievable that she could choke her husband. He logically could have easily overpowered her.
With that said the motorcycle and scarf was genius!
The neighbor showing up at the cabin to forgive him is a bit of a stretch as well. The thing that needed to be handled, rather than implied as it was, is his exoneration and return to his church!
But again, I loved the series overall. It is a definite 8.2!
But he was definitely a character you loved to hate. The viewer related to every sister's experience!
Here's to their winning many awards!
With that said the motorcycle and scarf was genius!
The neighbor showing up at the cabin to forgive him is a bit of a stretch as well. The thing that needed to be handled, rather than implied as it was, is his exoneration and return to his church!
But again, I loved the series overall. It is a definite 8.2!
But he was definitely a character you loved to hate. The viewer related to every sister's experience!
Here's to their winning many awards!
Predictable ending
vannaspierings26 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I was really hoping for an amazing plot twist that would make your head spin but ended up really disappointed. The writers gave away that it was Grace who was the murderer in the first episode when she lied about where she was the night JP died, and it couldn't have been the sisters because that was the obvious answer which they wanted you to think from the very start. It was all a bit too much of a happy ending wrapped up in a nice little bow for my taste. Nobody lost in the end.
And why did none of them think about withdrawing the insurance claim from the very start to be rid of all problems?
And why did none of them think about withdrawing the insurance claim from the very start to be rid of all problems?
S01: Fun, bingeable, but nothing outstanding
TheSpiritOfTheTimes24 January 2023
It's enjoyable as you'd expect from a fun premise (4 sisters decide to kill the sociopathic husband of the 5th sister) in capable hands.
In the beginning, the patriarch is too improbable in how insufferable he is and his scenes are sometimes insufferable as a result, but then it veers into the absurdly enjoyable and by then you're already along for the ride.
The performances are fine: the sisters are all okay (Horgan, Birthistle, Duff) to tolerable (Greene), Bono's daughter is quite engaging and good (who recently had a multi-day breakdown on Twitter because she was called a nepo baby), as is her love interest, and the lesser Gleeson. Claes Bang has a role that was surely fun for him and he acquits himself very well.
Does not merit a second season at all though.
In the beginning, the patriarch is too improbable in how insufferable he is and his scenes are sometimes insufferable as a result, but then it veers into the absurdly enjoyable and by then you're already along for the ride.
The performances are fine: the sisters are all okay (Horgan, Birthistle, Duff) to tolerable (Greene), Bono's daughter is quite engaging and good (who recently had a multi-day breakdown on Twitter because she was called a nepo baby), as is her love interest, and the lesser Gleeson. Claes Bang has a role that was surely fun for him and he acquits himself very well.
Does not merit a second season at all though.
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