Bad Sisters is back and it’s no “fairy tale” like season 1, according to star Sharon Horgan. The 54-year-old actor, who is also a co-developer on the Apple TV+ original series, says Bad Sisters Season 2 has the Garvey girls facing the “reality” of what’s happened, which was her motivation behind new episodes.
‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 shows ‘reality’ after ‘happily ever after’
Speaking to Page Six at the Bad Sisters Season 2 premiere, Horgan shared why she wanted the series to return. “As much as I loved the first season and how it ended, it was a bit of a fairy tale,” she said. “You know, like, woman lives happily ever after, [after] offing her other half.”
Set in Dublin, Ireland, the first season followed Garvey sisters Eva (Horgan), Bibi (Sarah Greene), Becka (Eve Hewson), and Ursula (Eva Burthistle) as they tried and failed again and again to kill their controlling and abusive brother-in-law, John Paul (Claes Bang), their sister, Grace’s (Anne-Marie Duff) husband.
Season 1 ended with Eva, Bibi, Becka, and Ursula getting what they so desperately wanted, John Paul gone. But they weren’t responsible, Grace was. She killed her husband. Now, in Bad Sisters Season 2 the “happily ever after” gives way to “reality,” which is why Horgan wanted the story to continue.
She said the motivation behind Bad Sisters Season 2 stemmed from the “reality of what happens when you’ve been in an abusive relationship. When you’ve been isolated from your family and how difficult it is to ask for help, when you’ve been in that situation.”
Horgan also shared that thoughts of a second season started “about midway through filming season one. Like a germ of an idea, we didn’t even know if it would happen or not.”
Dark humor is still a mainstay on ‘Bad Sisters’
The Catastrophe alum also revealed that the dark humor fans know from Bad Sisters Season 1 hasn’t gone away. Viewers are reminded when the trunk pops open in the series premiere. “We all go through terrible things,” Horgan said. “But there’s always a moment where we crack up or someone says something terrible and it lightens the mood.”
So, how does Bad Sisters do it? Making viewers laugh despite the heavy subject matter is a balancing act, according to Horgan. The show’s tone, she explained, is about “treading the line” and “never laughing at the situation.”
“I mean the whole thing has to just be truthful and believable,” she added. “I think then you can kind of get away with anything.”
A new episode of ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2 drops weekly on Apple TV+
See what’s in store for the Garvey girls as the aftermath of John Paul’s death plays out in Bad Sisters Season 2. Following the initial two-episode premiere on Nov. 13, 2024, a new episode drops every Wednesday on Apple TV+.
Expect the eighth and final episode of the season to air just before Christmas. Meanwhile, Bad Sisters Season 1 is streaming, in full, on Apple TV+.
