It’s hard for me to say if the second season of Bad Sisters is as dark and twisted as the first season, but it sure did make my jaw drop. Another valiantly successful season in my book!
About a year after the events of the first season, Grace is getting married again to a nice, goofy seeming guy named Ian Riley. Though they don’t seem to be married for long at all until things go gravely awry. Roger is being eaten with guilt at his part in John Paul’s death and let’s Grace know that he wants to go to the police. His sister, Angelica showing up doesn’t ease matter, either. On top of that, John Paul’s father’s remains are found in a suitcase in a pond, so it’s got the police to start looking into John Paul’s death again. The final straw is when Grace admits to Ian what she did, he leaves her. In a state for weeks, we see Grace kiss Blanaid goodbye before dying in a car accident.
I know that that seems like a major spoiler, and maybe it is. I surely thought that she wouldn’t be getting killed off in the second episode! I thought to myself, “nah, surely they wouldn’t kill this sister off.” I was WRONG! Of course, the rest of the season is filled with grief, but both the sisters and the police want to know what happened. Well, the latter are still trying to prove that all of the Garvey sisters had something to do with John Paul’s death, but the sisters just find her death so odd – especially leaving her daughter behind.
At first, it seems like Roger’s sister, Angelica, is a real nut bag who could have had something to do with Grace’s death. Because of Roger, she was also privy to John Paul’s death, and she really wasn’t afraid to hold some blackmail over people’s head in order to “do good for the church.” But as the pieces start coming together and Ian shows back up in the picture flirting pretty damn hard with Eva, it’s hard to know who to point the finger at. Plus, the rest of the Garvey sisters have their own personal plights to deal with, though I’m impressed with how much they shove to the wayside in order to make even just a little bit of progress on Grace’s mysterious death.
That’s all I really want to say about the second season for fear of ruining any more fun surprises. I’ll tell you what, I don’t think many will see what’s coming until it’s basically in your lap, because I know that’s what happened for me. What I can say is that the series ended in a way, much like the first, where it reaches a satisfying conclusion. I have know clue if more is in store from either Apple or the writers, but I’ll be fine whatever the outcome. This series is still one of the most fabulous things I’ve watched in recent years, so please, please give it a chance yourself.