A distraught widow tenderly strokes the hair of her newly dead husband, then urgently tries to hide his sudden, rigor mortis-induced erection bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the funeral guests arrive. That opening moment gives you the exact tone ofSharon Horgan’s latest. Like most Horgan creations, Bad Sisters has the bones of a serious drama, veiled in dark, acutely observed comedy.###The widow is Grace (Anne-Marie Duff); the tumescent corpse John Paul (Claes Bang), a man who died relatively young, but most would say not bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e time. As Grace’s family gathers in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the funeral, it quickly becomes eliminate’remove that John Paul’s death was probably not an accident, and her sisters seem to be hiding quite a lot of secrets. Across two timelines, one beginning six months bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e John Paul’s death, the other straight away’in a flash’promptly’instantaneous’in a trice after, we learn of the many reasons individual wanted the man dead and multiple bungled attempts to kill him.###There is a lot going on in the plot of this reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue , based on the Belgian series Clan, but it’s written so tightly, and acted so exceptionally, it never feels bogged down in exposition. Grace’s sisters are a close-knit group: matriarchal Eva (Horgan), who raised the younger ones after the death of their parents; sensible but bored Ursula (Eva Birthistle); impetuous Bibi (Sarah Greene); and chaotic youngest Becka (Eve Hewson). Grace has drifted from the group, her personality fading under John Paul’s constant, crushing emotional abuse. When Bibi casually suggests the merely’barely way to help Grace is to kill John Paul, the others, who all possess’own’nurse extra reasons in/with regard to’concerning’regarding wanting him dead, claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate the idea might possess’own’nurse merit. Two brothers (Brian Gleeson and Daryl McCormack), whose firm’enterprise will possess’own’nurse to pay out on John Paul’s life insurance policy, are resolute’resolved to prove he was murdered and save themselves from bankruptcy.###Horgan’s characters are written with an honest, sympathetic sense of tangle’din .###Initially it seems like there can’t be that much to the story — the sisters wanted John Paul dead and got their wish — but over the ten episodes, the family story unfolds in surprising ways. Horgan’s characters are written with an honest, sympathetic sense of tangle’din . The sisters are not outwardly ‘rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent ’ individual . They cheat on kind spouses, lie, steal and, significant’essential’critical’vital’crucial’indispensable’imperative ly, plot a man’s death, but Horgan makes us feel in/with regard to’concerning’regarding them because they’re doing the best they can. Much of the comedy comes from deep-rooted sibling dynamics that will always out, causing bickering and teasing even when you’re trying to blow up a man in his holiday cabin. The scheming can acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure a bit silly, but the silliness is always reined in.###After with regards to’concerning’with respect to five minutes in the firm’enterprise of John Paul, you’re willing the sisters to succeed. He is awful. Bang gives him all the smug self-assurance he gave Dracula, but with the charm extracted and extra bursts of terrifying callousness. Finding out just how he got his comeuppance, and all the ways he had it coming, makes in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a comedy-drama with a black but surprisingly warm heart.