The job of a season finale is to conclude the story arcs of the season and open up new story arcs for the next season (if there is one). I felt like this finale only achieved half of this. The episode kicks off with Sarah and the kids visiting Anton in jail, who’s back in there as he breached his
Read moreThe penultimate episode of a murder mystery should be starting to tie up loose ends and make the perpetrator almost clear to the viewer. I feel like this episode only partially achieved this. Instead of fully focusing on the murder mystery, attention was turned to Anton’s release and Bindy taking London to meet JJ, who it turns out, is London’s
Read moreThis episode steered away from the murder and focused more on Maddie and Bindy’s parental issues. Maddie and Jesse end up having a fight in the playground, which results in Jesse falling to the ground after Maddie grabs her arm. Even though Jesse admits to Sarah it was an accident, she uses it as leverage to get her way in
Read moreUnlike the previous episode, this one gets back on track to focusing on the murder. The episode kicks off with Bindy being pulled over for speeding by Sam. Whilst she gets away without a ticket, the episode then moves on to Bindy declaring she wants to help Maddie with her love life, before she has sex with Sam in the
Read moreThis episode shifted from being about the murder to Maddie-centric. The episode kicks off with Maddie seeing Jesse at the playground as the school called her to pick Max up as Maddie wasn’t there on time. After school, Max runs away to Jesse and Phoebe’s place and tells Maddie he wants to stay, she agrees just for the night, and
Read moreWhile the last episode focused on Anton being remanded and more pieces to the murder puzzle being provided, this episode focused on the ramifications of Anton’s arrest and Sarah’s efforts to find evidence against Kyle. The episode kicks off with Bindy, Danielle and Maddie running in the morning and coming across graffiti on Anton’s restaurant. It then cuts to Sarah
Read moreNow that the pilot has aired and the premise and characters of the show have been established, the real fun begins with developing the story arc and subplots. The episode kicks off with Sarah trying to take the kids to school, only for detectives to show up at the door to inform her they are taking Anton’s car and have
Read moreWhen I published my blog post on the TV Week 2019 Previews issue, I said that one of many shows I am looking forward to seeing and reviewing is Bad Mothers—and the pilot certainly didn’t disappoint. The purpose of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. In the Previews Issue, the premise of Bad Mothers was described
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