![]() ![]() Youngest sister Becka ( Eve Hewson) is carefree and irresponsible, but shares a close bond with an unexpected person who doesn’t see JP the way the sisters do: his mother. Bibi ( Sarah Greene) is effortlessly vindictive, conveying a great deal of sass in every conversation made more emphatic by the eyepatch she wears (JP had a role in that too). Ursula ( Eva Birthisle) is fiercely defensive of her private life, engaging in an affair that becomes known to the last person she would want to be aware of her darkest secrets. SEE Sharon Horgan (‘Bad Sisters’) on walking ‘tightrope’ between comedy and drama Įach of the other three sisters comes with their own fiery passion. Lucy Mangan ( The Guardian) writes Horgan is in “top form as both writer and actor, surrounded by a cast who don’t put a foot wrong” and casts it as “a fine addition to the growing collection of stories told unapologetically for, by and about women on mainstream television.” Horgan is a past Emmy nominee for her writing on “Catastrophe,” and may again earn a bid for penning the pilot of her latest series. She may be the most adult and functional of the sisters, but she also gives in too freely to the antagonistic energy JP throws her way as a coworker, where he does everything he can to knock her down and publicly embarrass her. The easy answer might be Horgan, who is also the show’s creator, who portrays eldest sister Eva. Picking the best performance from among the ensemble is a near-impossible task. ![]() al., and we marvel at Claes Bang’s ability to play one of the most memorably despicable, love-to-hate-him characters in recent memory.” We love spending time with the Garvey sisters and enjoying the exquisite work by Horgan, et. Richard Roeper ( Chicago Sun-Times) is effusive in his praise: “From the get-go, this brilliantly executed, seamlessly edited, extremely well-acted and darkly hilarious series from showrunner and star Sharon Horgan (the Brit TV sitcom ‘Catastrophe,’ the HBO comedy series ‘Divorce’), has an addictively wicked appeal” and terms it “a beautifully produced and directed series. SEE ‘Bad Sisters’ submits 9 actors for Emmy consideration, including the entire Garvey clan It’s a riveting way to tell this story, one that adds pieces of information that never amount to a fully cohesive whole, leaving just enough to be uncovered at every turn. This show moves seamlessly between multiple timelines, chronicling the inciting incident for each of the sisters that made them hate JP, their multiple efforts to concoct a way to cleverly dispose of him, and the aftermath when a pair of insurance investigator brothers works to beat audiences to the punch and discover what – and who – it was that actually killed him. ![]()
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