Bad Sisters is back with a second season. It resumes the complicated journey of the Garvey sisters to sustain themselves in difficult times. However, the latest episode brought a shocking twist surrounding the character of Grace.

In the first season of this Apple TV+ black comedy, the Garveys plotted to kill their sister's abusive husband. And, yes, he ended up dead. But in the second season, things get even more complicated.

The first thing Sharon Horgan does when I bring up the heartbreak I felt watching the new season of Bad Sisters is to apologize. No, one of my favorite shows of 2022 hasn’t gone down the toilet in terms of quality in Season 2,

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the first two episodes of Bad Sisters Season 2.]

There is a sense, however, that the most important events in this offbeat Apple TV+ drama happened in Season 1.

The first season of Bad Sisters was a near-perfect whodunnit set across two timelines where the Garvey sisters plotted revenge against an abusive husband. Almost entirely self-contained, this BAFTA-winning first run resolved the story with a euphoric sense of justice and hard-won liberation.

The Garvey sisters are back for season 2 of Bad Sisters. The series returned with its first two episodes on Apple TV+ Wednesday, kicking off the season with a death nobody saw coming. The