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‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 Is a Lesser Redux, if Still a Fun Ride: TV Review


Season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama is a lesser redux of the intricately structured original, if still a fun ride.

Adapted by Horgan, Dave Finkel and Brett Baer from the Belgian series “Clan,” the first iteration of “Bad Sisters” was split into two parallel timelines: the first in the lead-up to John Paul’s death, as each Garvey gained good reasons to wish their brother-in-law dead, and the second in its wake, as insurance inspectors poked holes in the defensive siblings’ cover stories. Finally, Thaddea Graham joins the cast as Detective Houlihan, an overeager police woman whose dogged determination makes her a worthy foe for the Garveys, and an inconvenience for her checked-out partner Inspector Loftus (Barry Ward). The characters themselves can get caught up in the fun; the police seem to lose interest in the suitcase-bound body that incites all the action, and when Bibi’s wife accuses her of not caring about their attempts to conceive, it’s hard to disagree based on allotted screen time.

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