Season 3 – The Sinner

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Robert L @Huflungpu Jan 13 I hung in there because I like the show (first two seasons), but this isn't the direction I would have went. The first two seasons had a mystery to it and you learned as you went. Plus, they didn't dabble in annoying culture topics. I would prefer not to watch 8 episodes of someone battling their sexuality. Hopefully season 4 goes back to it's roots thematically. See more Brady R. @BRICE24 Dec 15 Matt Bomer was phenomenal as Jamie, but this season was utter dog shite. It felt like it was being dragged out; this season could've been 4 episodes shorter. It was very boring and predictable at times. See more Kele J Sep 1 the plotline for this season is like if a middleschool boy discovered Nietzsche, came to the conclusion he was God, and then moved through life with the assumption he is the only one allowed to decide who lives and who dies, what the right thing to believe is, all while holding "free thought" close to his heart. like truly, i could not imagine a worse plotline if i tried - it screams "man experiences adversity for first time in his life, decides to kill about it". truly astounding and made the whole family mad so definitely helped heal some bonds through sheer accumulated anger we all felt towards both harry ambrose (who we've now decided should take his sciatica AND his collective brain cell count of 1 to the retirement home ASAP) and towards jamie. even the dogs were mad. overall though, nobody's actions in this season made sense, ambrose acted like he lost all critical thought after his little hypnosis moment in the previous season and spent pretty much the whole season impeding the investigation he wanted to solve so bad and tailing behind his main suspect like a dog on a leash (which - granted - he might be into that). like seriously harry??? your grandson gets kidnapped and threatened with a gun and then runs away into the forest when you get into a scuffle with said kidnapper that ends in you being SHOT and when you go and finally manage to shoot the kidnapper, your first thought isn't to..... go after your grandson?? who is now in the woods??? and is apparently quite far away from any civilization?? but instead you choose to..... comfort the kidnapper while he dies because the guy's "scared" and "doesn't want to die" and "doesn't want to be alone" (even though his ass didn't gaf when it came to any of the victims he killed who all a) didn't want to die b) were scared and c) were alone) like..... it gets to a point man not to mention the ENDLESS repetition of this stupid philosophy bs that only makes sense if you've conveniently never attended a philosophy lecture in your life See more Laurence S @Lazza Aug 31 Awesome TV. Pullman is twisted and brilliant. See more Yvonne R Aug 16 I think the 1 and 2 star reviews criticising the storyline and aspects like Bomers portrayal of Jamies downfall, are just an example of these watchers misunderstanding the character development and are people who have never met true narcissists, or have not experienced or encountered people crumbling psychologically alongside some of the heavier complexities to human behaviour. However to the season, it was still compelling and beautifully done, from script to the casted actors to production and design. Only major flaw that unraveled the series a bit by the last few episodes was the writing for Harry Ambrose's behaviour. A lot of the actions he took appear quite out of character compared to how we have gotten to know him up until this point. Sure, he is reckless, but he's not stupid. By the last two episodes, there were several alternative moves Ambrose could have chosen, and the director chose the most ridiculous option that an experienced near-retired detective would likely not have selected. At least not repeatedly. They just felt contradictory to his main objective of keeping people safe (e.g., seeing the paper at the chiefs crime scene with three victims and not immediately sending police to those three places, going to confront Jamie alone when his grandsons safety is on the line when he could easily have told his colleagues and had hidden back up in a massive dark forest). Yes, Ambrose is famously reckless and works as a lone soldier, but even he has regularly utilised the teams resources more effectively up to this point in the series. Also, Ambrose is obviously also repressing his own emotions and traumas, casting a shadow on his person, but the attempt to linearly match it to an incredibly narcissistic unstable sociopath who starts serially attacking and killing people, like Jamie, was reaching. All in all, still enjoyable, just appeared as if Ambrose was written by someone who chose to ignore the finer details of his psychological state (up to this point in the series), and took the template of: Psychologically conflicted detective who is super smart but reckless; and then wrote a part without concern for what has happened to date in the series. See more Dan B Jul 13 Seasons 1 and 2 were very good. Season 3 is weird and implausible. See more Read all reviews

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