User Reviews

Anyone who reads this and has seen both seasons would undoubtably agree that season 1 was much better. It had purpose, direction, a strong narrative and the characters to drive the story at a gripping and exciting pace.

However most people will surely make a decision on whether they liked this season or not, I'm still unsure. It certainly tried its best and at times was very entertaining as we clawed to know more and more, but at the mid point I found myself losing interest for the big conclusion as I knew it wouldn't live up to my expectations. They tried their best to make Ambrose open up and be somewhat relatable with the story about his mother but it all felt a little too forced and became somewhat of a distraction and mild annoyance as the season progressed.

The person I could relate to most was Julian because I felt the same way he did every episode, confusion. The reason for that was the story wasn't well rounded enough to fill all episodes completely so we found ourselves sidetracked with flashbacks and substories that was of little interest or just a bit pointless to the overall story arc.

The ending left me with quite a few unanswered questions and I have to agree that justice wasn't served and it all felt a little false which takes away from the immersive show The Sinner tries to be. I have to say that season 2 is definitely worth a watch but just don't expect it to be the same show Season 1 was.

Overall a fairly decent watch that tries to keep you immersed and on the edge of your seat but is better served as a late night binge while in bed.

I agree with the Top Review. I feel it was very well acted and the plot twists defined. The only critique I do have is there were not any character development of Heather's biological Mother and father's relation outside of what was finally revealed in the finale (Marin's relation with her biological father??. Only her father would not talk about it??

Spoiler alert

The ending would have been better if the ginsom weed was used by Vera to make Julian hallucinate and think he killed the couple but in fact it was Vera all the time. One last twist at the end

This episode was an anticlimax. Why was the 'mom' not being prosecuted? She brainwashed a kid, claimed to be the mother of someone while she was not, was a leader of a cult where rape and physical abuse happened on a daily basis. How is this possible? She even got to keep Julian! Unbievable.

Am I the only one who noticed that it is genetically impossible that two people with blue eyes would have a brown eyed kid? It makes no sense that Jack Novack is the father.

It is also a nonsense that Vera didn't get any consequences.

Seriously, they failed AGAIN on convincing me I didn't lose my time wathing all these episodes.

I find this a lot with TV shows where characters never experience any real consequences. The shows where they do, even when you have sympathy are the ones that are the most gripping. Shows like this where we are given a fairytale happy ending are just disappointing.

I've got a couple of points I want to make and there will be spoilers ahead.

1. Whilst I can see the kid really felt guilt and shame for his actions, especially once he realised his victims were actually trying to help him, that still doesn't make up for their murders. I feel like most children wouldn't immediately react to being kidnapped by people he loved and trusted with murder. Not before trying to run away or call home. I know there was this idea of a new beginning after death, plus the seriously messed up upbringing but he still knew what he was doing and could still be a danger in the future. There was nothing to show he wouldn't have this reaction again. His punishment felt too light considering he was a 13 year old who not only killed two people but did it in such a planned and meticulous way (he had to find the leaves and make the tea, this wasn't an instinctive reaction or self defence, he thought it through).

2. The 'mother' Vera also received no consequences. She is the person who deserved them the most surely. She raised this child in an abusive household which she was in charge of. She was present for and sanctioned a lot of violence. She stole a child from his mother. And then kidnapped him again after he was arrested. I feel like there needs to be some kind of repercussions here?

3. Who was that body that was found in the car in the lake? Did we ever find out? I feel like I missed that bit. They thought it was Marin, but then she was alive so then they just moved on and never addressed it. Also did they kill off that evil cult leader guy? Was he the one in the car. Because I think they said they believed it to be a woman. I dunno, I was left confused there.

Mostly this show was just very anti-climactic and left me with a lot of questions. The first season was brilliant. This season kept me gripped the whole way through then left me disappointed by the end. I wanted more from it.

Also the two protagonists, Harry and Heather (?) were so blah - their characters were not interesting and the juxtaposition with Harry's mother left me with more questions and was frankly just distracting. It wasn't necessary.

This season wasn't awful, I found the story interesting the whole way through, I just felt let down by the ending as I feel like it was just too easy, too happily ever after and that doesn't feel right for a show as dark as this.

The first season I liked so much, when this season popped up on Netflix I was happy to see it. But with with episode to episode I got disappointed. The kid annoyed me, oh wait not just the kid all the characters. I really struggled to watch it to the end. It doesn't makes any sense, the motives are poor...NO justice served in the end... The raping father was to much. They just could go with maybe the kid was really a murderer that would made better sense...Or his fake mother could be the villan...but no they decided to go with a cliche. And sorry but who cares for Ambrose childhood? Whats the point with that?

So who was the body in the car? What happened to 'The Beacon'? Sigh

Review By Kamal K

None of it made any sense in the end. The acting and production were pretty good but the show just kept throwing out twists that were never explained and relied way too much on red herrings. Why was there even a cult? Why did the kid kill those pleasant folks who were taking him to Niagara Falls? Yeah maybe he thinks that they kidnapped him, if he thinks that they kidnapped him, he can tell motel owner about this why he killed them.

The kid is portrayed to be dumb or suffering from some kind of disability didn't turn out to have some sort a dark ending in the end although this was teased.

Why did the judge just let the kid go at the end? Why did the detective want to protect the kid? There is zero answers to any of these questions.