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Premiers August 19 with two episodes.

I assumed this is created by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) but IMDB lists her just as one of the writers and in only 1 of the 10 episodes of this first season.

But the trailer features her a lot and she seems to be the best-known cast member.  Or at least I don't recognize the others.

I'd normally give anything from Horgan a try but Apple TV + shows have been uneven.

Will probably still watch it though.  Trailer features some gorgeous scenery, no doubt shot in 4K HDR.

But as with Trying, it seems they manage to film a lot of bright, brilliant sunlight in gray London so they probably are going to do the same for Dublin and Ireland.

BTW, reviews are starting to roll in, mostly good but not rave reviews, it appears.

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AngieBee1

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IMDB isn't great with crediting. It is indeed created by Horgan and she is one of the leads. 

I am looking forward to it as I am a fan of a lot of the cast like Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless (UK), Eve Hewson (The Knick, Behind Her Eyes), Brian Gleeson and Claes Bang.

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Thing is though, what would they do in second or future seasons?  Presumably the actors and the cast would want to do several seasons, get a good payday.  Unless I missed that this is suppose to be a limited series, one season and done?

If they show how JP died by the season finale, what happens in future seasons.  Are they going to commit other bad acts?

Or will they be constantly evading people questioning how JP died, even if the Claffins give up on trying to find out that JP may have been murdered?

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AngieBee1

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1 hour ago, lovinbob said:

haven't seen the actress elsewhere -- is she always so gaunt with such fine/straggly hair? She looks very unhealthy to me but it's very fitting for the character.

Yes, she always looks like that. Which is why, sadly, people couldn't understand why James McAvoy married her.

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Interview with Sharon Horgan.

Someone at Apple TV +, with whom she worked on Catastrophe, sent her an episode of the Belgian series Out-laws, on which Bad Sisters is based.

Normally she's not interested in doing adaption, has had pitches to do a lot of them after Catastrophe but she looked at this one and decided it could be done.

She talks about how in the world of streaming, it instantly goes out to a global TV audience whereas in the Catastrophe days, she worried about references which Americans might not get but would be obvious to Londoners.

Read in Vogue: https://apple.news/AjzqolrxYTpG_wU9uBBa0eQ

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On 8/22/2022 at 1:17 AM, Clawdette said:

I remember Sarah Greene (Bibi) from Penny Dreadful and Ransom. 

Dublin Murders also.

2 hours ago, lovinbob said:

Anne Marie Duff really sells it as the weak, gaslit wife. I haven't seen the actress elsewhere -- is she always so gaunt with such fine/straggly hair?

She's the original Fiona Gallagher on the British (and best) Shameless.  She also played Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen.  She's good at playing strong characters as well.  

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chocolatine

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1 minute ago, Ceindreadh said:

Property taxes wouldn't be all that expensive.  The Local Property Tax on a place like Eva's probably wouldn't be more than €1,000 a year which she could easily pay monthly through her employment. 

That's fantastic! In the US the annual property tax in some states can be as high as 2.49% of the assessed property value. In my state it's "only"  0.98%, but the property values in my city are so high that most homeowners are paying well over $10k a year. Some of it is deductible from income taxes, but it's still a lot of money.

BTW, do you know where in Ireland the show is set? I'm not very familiar with Irish geography, but it seems like they're in a smaller city, not a large urban area like Dublin.

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Ceindreadh

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11 minutes ago, chocolatine said:

That's fantastic! In the US the annual property tax in some states can be as high as 2.49% of the assessed property value. In my state it's "only"  0.98%, but the property values in my city are so high that most homeowners are paying well over $10k a year. Some of it is deductible from income taxes, but it's still a lot of money.

BTW, do you know where in Ireland the show is set? I'm not very familiar with Irish geography, but it seems like they're in a smaller city, not a large urban area like Dublin.

It's set in or around Dublin.  The 'Forty Foot' where the sisters go swimming is on the South end of Dublin Bay.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Foot  So they're all within driving distance of it. 

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20 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

And the attempted (fictional) murder pales in comparison to the successful (fictional) murder (or at least manslaughter [petslaughter?]) of the poor dog and cat.  But maybe that's just me 🙂

And I always think the fictional murder of a person is worse than the fictional murder of an animal.

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3 minutes ago, anniebird said:

And I always think the fictional murder of a person is worse that the fictional murder of an animal.

In real life, you’d get no argument from me. But in a work of fiction where murder (of people) is the main theme, I hate to see the pets being collateral damage. But I do like the occasional dark comedy, so I guess I shouldn’t complain. 

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9 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

In real life, you’d get no argument from me. But in a work of fiction where murder (of people) is the main theme, I hate to see the pets being collateral damage. But I do like the occasional dark comedy, so I guess I shouldn’t complain. 

It seems like killing pets is Sharon Horgan's thing. I remember on Catastrophe the family dog was hit by a car in a very dark-comedic manner, and a lot of the PTV commenters were very upset.

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1 hour ago, Enigma X said:

The person I suspected was the one who killed JP. I am glad. 

I have seen Eve Hewson (Becka) in a few other things. She is Bono's daughter. I think she, Sarah Greene (Bibi), and Daryl McCormack (Matt) are outrageously attractive people.

Eve Hewson reminds me of one of my other  girl crushes, Imogen Poots. They could and should play sisters in something. 

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Horgan said she wouldn't rule out a second season.

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It makes sense that Bad Sisters would end after just one season, but when asked if she’d consider continuing the series, Horgan didn’t shut down the idea entirely.

“Well, it’s a really tricky thing. Because like you said, that’s the story. It began as a limited series, and that’s how I approached it. But everyone keeps telling me how much they love it, including our overlords,” Horgan told Decider. “So I don’t know. I guess if a really great idea came along. At the same time I’m really satisfied, really satisfied, with the way it turned out.”

https://decider.com/2022/10/14/will-there-be-bad-sisters-season-2-apple-tv-sharon-horgan-interview/

If Apple threw her a lot of money, she might be tempted.  It would be a Big Little Lies situation, it seems, if she and the cast wanted a big payday.

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Another season could be justified if enough people grew to like the sisters and their interactions. [I just don't feel it.] It would have to be about something other than them scheming to murder someone - that would make them seem like psychopaths.

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Horgan was being canny.

Probably she had a certain figure in mind and Apple met it.

Thinking more about this, they probably wouldn't go back to some other odious character that they'd want to kill.

So they could maybe create plot arcs based on the personal failings of each of the sisters.

They feel bad about the guy losing his eye or Minna being killed.

But "bad sisters" could now mean these personal foibles, not their homicidal plotting of season 1.

It might be hard to create and sustain momentum through a season though, without a murder plot or mystery which probably helped keep up viewer interest.

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Anyone watch Flora and Son movie?  It stars Joseph Gordon Hewitt and Eve Hewson, Becca on Bad Sisters.

good reviews but curious if anyone who watched Bad Sisters saw it.

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On 8/16/2022 at 2:29 AM, AngieBee1 said:

IMDB isn't great with crediting. It is indeed created by Horgan and she is one of the leads. 

It wasn't created by Horgan. It's an adaptation of a Finnish series called Clan (or The Out-Laws in English translation) that was made in 2012. The first few episodes are practically identical though it diverges a bit once it goes on.

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So are they going to retain a season-long mystery plot?

Guess we'll have to wait for the show or at least the trailer.

 

 

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Logline for season 2:

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“Bad Sisters” season two returns to follow the lives of the Garvey sisters played by Sharon Horgan as Eva, Anne-Marie Duff as Grace, Eva Birthistle as Ursula, Sarah Greene as Bibi and Eve Hewson as Becka. Two years after the “accidental death” of Grace’s abusive husband, the close-knit Garvey sisters may have moved on, but when past truths resurface, the ladies are thrust back into the spotlight, suspicions are at an all-time high, lies are told, secrets revealed and the sisters are forced to work out who they can trust.

 

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3 hours ago, Snazzy Daisy said:

Logline for season 2:

 

I loved this show and in general adore Sharon Horgan (if you've never watched Catastrophe, do it!!) but this is giving me season two of Big Little Lies vibes. I hope I'm wrong.

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24 minutes ago, TakomaSnark said:

I loved this show and in general adore Sharon Horgan (if you've never watched Catastrophe, do it!!) but this is giving me season two of Big Little Lies vibes. I hope I'm wrong.

John Paul — the prick has left some big shoes to fill.

And no more Matthew Claffin, the eye candy.

 

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Ceindreadh

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59 minutes ago, aghst said:

Garda is Italian so they're in Italy?

Garda is short for 'Garda Síochána' which is the Irish police force.  Also known as the Gardaí or The Guards.  It means 'Guardians of the Peace'

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