The Garvey sisters break bad in Ireland in Apple TV Plus series Bad Sisters
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Comedy is not the natural bedfellow of a series about domestic abuse – and murder for that matter – but, true to her word, that’s the ethos behind Horgan’s newest project, Bad Sisters, which arrives onRemarkably, she makes it work. Setting the story – adapted by Horgan from the original Belgian series, Clan, written by Malin-Sarah Gozin – in Ireland was a smart touch, as the Irish sense of humour is naturally driven by a delicious darkness.
And he gets it, too. Full spoiler warning, but viewers find out he’s kicked the bucket in the opening minutes of the show. Episode by episode, by flashing backwards and forwards through time, the series builds up the case for any one of the women offing their vile brother-in-law, with each outing focusing on one of the Garvey women and how JP's monstrous ways emotionally and psychologically broke them in turn.
He’s joined by his half-brother Matt in crashing wakes and questioning the Garvey sisters unnecessarily, but it's this sort of slapstick subplot that actually falls a bit flat. We’re told we need to invest in Thomas’s character because he has a pregnant wife at home on bed rest, and his business is in trouble, but it’s just not as engaging as the sisters’ predicament.
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