Becka is a bit late to the funeral, having gotten side-tracked by causing a motorcyclist to crash. She cries in the middle of JP’s service, but Bibi nudges her to stop, saying they don’t have to pretend anymore.
Meanwhile, Matt, the motorcyclist who Becka slowed down, makes his way to Claffin and Sons Insurance. His brother Tom has been running the company ever since their dad died. Tom informs him they must do whatever they can to make sure they don’t have to pay Grace any of John Paul’s claim.
John Paul was alive and enjoying Christmas dinner with the Garvey sisters six months earlier.
At the dinner, he made a series of racist comments, insensitive remarks about Eva’s infertility, and put a damper on Becka’s announcement that she was opening up her own massage business. ..
The Garvey sisters are all against John Paul–except for Grace, who begs them to let her be happy with the man she loves. But Grace doesn’t seem so happy when John Paul keeps her from going to an annual outing with her sisters. ..
Grace has become quieter and smaller recently, all due to John Paul. The sisters joke about wanting him dead, citing different ways they would kill him.
In the present day, they throw flowers on John Paul’s coffin. “It’s over,” Eva says.
Tom and Matt drive to the funeral reception in hopes of finding evidence that will void John Paul’s policy. Matt tells Tom that their dad would not have tried something so insensitive. “How would you know what he would’ve done?” Tom barks at him. Matt leaves the reception feeling frustrated. ..
Tom questions several of the Garvey sisters at the reception, and asks Grace where she was the night her husband died. Grace says she was with her sisters.
Matt comes across Becka at a bar, and they recognize each other from when Becka caused him to crash. Matt doesn’t know she’s one of the Garveys; nor does she know he’s a snoopy insurance agent. She leaves him with her number.
Tom admits to Matt that their company is nearly bankrupt and if they have to pay Grace, they will lose everything. ..
Grace shows up at Eva’s later to tell her she did something stupid. Tom made her uncomfortable with his questions, so she lied to him that she was with her sisters the night JP died.
Eva assures the other sisters that they’ll back up Grace when she leaves. When Grace leaves, she calls the other sisters to meet her. They all commit to standing behind Grace, but they’re worried about the police getting involved. They also note that Grace can’t find out about what they did.
Eva reassures me that she and the others will look out for me. ..
The Episode Review
Bad Sisters is a dark comedy/thriller based on the 2012 Belgian series Clan. The show is streaming on Apple TV Plus.
Episode 1 is a slow-moving introduction to John Paul Garvey and the Garvey sisters. It establishes that John Paul is an odious man and that the sisters are loyal to each other. The episode teases an intriguing mystery involving at least four of the Garvey sisters. ..
But how, exactly, are the sisters connected to the death of their brother-in-law? Given the split-timeline storytelling device, I think we’ll be getting a deep dive into just how the sisters are connected to the death of their brother-in-law. ..
