''Sisters'' (stylized ''SisterS'') is an Irish-Canadian

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television series, created by

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and Susan Stanley, and produced by Imogen Banks and Nicole O'Donahue. Sisters premiered on

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on 30 March 2023, and streaming on the RTÉ Player. The show was greenlit on 10 June 2022 by

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in Ireland, Crave in Canada, and IFC in the U.S., with international distribution handled by

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, following a six year gestation period. The series had its Canadian premiere on Crave on May 17, 2022. In 2024,

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announced that Sisters has been renewed for a second season.

Synopsis

''SisterS'' follows two women, one from Canada and the other from Ireland, who discover they are half-sisters. They embark on a road trip to find their alcoholic father.

Cast

* Susan Stanley as Suze *

as Sare *

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as Sheryl *

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as Deryl *

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as Jimmy

Episodes

Reception

Critical response

Daniel Fienberg of ''

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'' wrote that "There are several points at which you can imagine SisterS wanting to say something about actual modern life in Ireland, but only landing at a halfway point between “old” and “new” and therefore not saying anything at all — like how the series treats a funny and slightly disturbing subplot involving abortion. The show knows that there’s a cultural conversation to be had, but not how it wants to participate...Might there be a version of SisterS in which more of the stereotypes were turned on their heads, that found an angle on contemporary religion in Ireland that could have given nuance to the abortion subplot and would have made Sheryl’s innocuous antisemitism have substance? Probably, and it might have been better. But the show that’s here isn’t bad, in large part because longtime friends and collaborators Goldberg and Stanley build the relationship between these strangers in a way that is likably warm and yet uneasy, without going quite as dark as the show’s clear inspirations — Fleabag and, especially, Catastrophe are central to the DNA — might have gone. SisterS has undercurrents exploring alcoholism, abuse and the impact of absentee parents, but it’s more likely to settle for broad humor over meaning in its murkier terrain."Daniel Fienberg
"‘SisterS’ Review: Sarah Goldberg Makes Ireland-Set IFC Comedy a Sibling Journey Worth Taking"
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'', May 16, 2023.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 20887486 2020s Irish television series 2020s Canadian comedy-drama television series 2023 Irish television series debuts 2023 Canadian television series debuts Irish comedy television shows Television series by Shaftesbury Films