The Sinner

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Season 2
  • Network: USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 2, 2017
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Aug 1, 2018
    60
    Too much of what Season 2 presents feels dully familiar, less playing with genre tropes than serving them back up, reheated. ... But the show is anchored by performers who engage even when the enterprise threatens to fall apart. Bill Pullman returns as Harry Ambrose, a detective whose deep wells of angst help him to read situations other cops can't fathom. His saltiness and Coon's smug disregard make for a potent combination, one that deserved a richer premise. [24 Jul 2018, p.65]
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Jul 31, 2018
    60
    While this new batch of episodes isn’t exactly a laugh riot, it’s weirder than its predecessor, and not just because Henig has an unnerving, wide-eyed stillness that serves the early episodes well.

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#59 Best TV Season of 2018
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#90 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
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#96 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 55
  3. Negative: 9 out of 55
  1. OlivierPiel
    Sep 22, 2018
    3
    Season 1 was at least compelling to watch because it toyed rather adroitly with our mind in its first episodes. The acting was also very good.Season 1 was at least compelling to watch because it toyed rather adroitly with our mind in its first episodes. The acting was also very good.
    Season 2 is way too slow...and predictable after episode 3. The usual tropes of the community hiding a big secret, the new-age sect etc etc... are nothing new.
    And Bill Pullman seems to need a dentist in every episode.    … Full Review »
  2. s33c33
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    Not as good as the first season. But not as bad as the third season. Still kept me trying to figure out what the heck happened while watching.
  3. MazeWisher
    Jan 27, 2022
    8
    Not that strong as season 1 but still very good and also with some great twists. Pullman had found his fitting place with this show
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