It starts, naturally, with a body in the boot of a car. There’s no other way that Season 2 of the Irish tragicomedy Bad Sisters could begin, really, especially after a sharp first season that turned a seemingly cut and dry whodunnit into a sisterly drama as blackly funny as it was bleak. Things are less focused this time around, with new and expanded characters and a few loose ends, but the series still stands out as utterly entertaining and deeply poignant.

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Picking up two years after the untimely death of John Paul Williams—but before the body in the trunk that opens the first episode—the second season of Bad Sisters finds the Garvey girls in a surprisingly good place. Eldest Eva (Sharon Horgan, also credited for the story of Season 2) is taking her menopausal years in stride, more comfortably independent than ever. Ursula (Eva Birthistle) is living with her now, her marriage inevitably dissolved after her affair. Bibi (Sarah Greene) and her wife are trying to get pregnant, and Becka (Eve Hewson) actually has a stable boyfriend for once. And, thankfully, Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) has moved on from........

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