The Sinner is an American police procedural anthology television series developed by Derek Simonds for USA Network. It is named after Petra Hammesfahr's 1999 novel, which served as the basis for the first season. Bill Pullman stars as a police detective who investigates crimes committed by unlikely culprits and attempts to uncover their motivations. Only Pullman appears in every season, while the rest of the cast mostly changes for each season's story. As I sit here and wipe the tears out of my eyes at 2am I can readily admit that Emma Scott destroyed me. The Sinner was absolutely breathtaking. A love story that transcends everything and spans lifetimes. This story was truly brilliant, raw, poignant and just so touching. Casziel and Lucy were beyond incredible and I know their story will stay with me forever. Otterson, Joe (2017-08-14). "Jessica Biel USA Series The Sinner Is 2017's No. 1 New Cable Series in Delayed Viewing". Variety. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05 . Retrieved 2017-09-05. I honestly don't know what to say right now, because this book honestly consumed me. I no joke waited up all night for this to come out, and just absolutely devoured it all in one sitting. I'm so mad that it's over, because this amazing, book took me on such a sweet adventure. This story was just what I needed at the moment, and was filled with so many of my favorite tropes- ugh I'm actually in love.

I say disbelief because the storyline revolved around an undercover officer (Tom Killgannon) going into prison on the pretence of trying to get information out of a child-murderer (where he hid their bodies) but there was much more to this than Tom initially thinks. He is reunited (not in a good sense) with a high-grade gangster, Dean Foley, who Tom ultimately sent to prison for a life sentence. Dean was aware that Tom was undercover and vowed to take his revenge, so imagine his delight to find him incarcerated in the same prison. A prison I might add that Foley 'runs' and this is where I found the storyline unbelievable as everyone, from the prison officers right up to the governor, were under Foley's thumb. Cora isn’t mean or abusive to her child in the book, but because of her psychological issues, it’s hard for her to really engage with any person genuinely and deeply. This is particularly telling in the novel because her son is never referred to by name, but only referred to as “the boy.” In addition, the novel switches from omniscient third person to first person narration, but the first-person perspective is even more disturbing because Cora’s feelings – such as being supremely happy and relieved that she killed Frankie – are not explained. Without context, Cora’s actions seem psychotic. On the TV show, Cora’s stunned and remorseful reactions are far more humane and relatable.Mason and J. D. are arrested and questioned. Mason tells Dan that J. D. is a drug dealer. J. D. tells Harry he has never met Cora, even though Harry says Cora remembers meeting him in a bar on July 3, 2012. J. D.'s lawyer, Mr. Herting, whom Dan recognizes as an affluent hedge fund lawyer, ends the interview. Dan and Harry wonder why J. D. has such a high-powered lawyer. Harry questions Cora and realizes she does not remember anything between July 3, 2012, and waking up in an alley in Poughkeepsie two months later. Harry convinces Dr. Chang, one of Cora's competency evaluators, to try memory recovery with Cora. Harry looks for J. D.'s ex-girlfriend, Madeline Beecham, and Mason tries to get J. D. arrested for drug-dealing. Cora begins to remember pieces of the missing two months, including a room with strange wallpaper and a man in a balaclava. Harry reunites with his estranged wife, Faye. They go on a hike to survey the woods he believes Cora was remembering and he discovers an abandoned school bus Cora mentioned in therapy, along with what appears to be a grave. The series, described as a "close-ended series" [50] by the network, was adapted from the novel of the same name by Petra Hammesfahr; however, the book's darker outlook was toned down and the location shifted from Germany to Upstate New York in the United States. [51] It is the first time that Biel has served as an executive producer on a series, a role she said was "gold". [52] Biel stated that she moved into production so that she could develop projects with challenging and interesting roles rather than wait for them to happen. [53] What surprised me is that even tho for the most part I still consider Caziel a teddy bear and put him under my "soft-boi" shelf for a reason, he is still rough around the edges and for a Emma Scott Hero, I would almost consider him an anti-hero after he said this 👀 The show used Maddie (Danielle Burgess) as a red herring, a way for Cora to conflate painful memories of her sister with someone she cared about less. She also became the character who became pregnant and jumped in front of a car. In the book, Cora’s memories are just hazy and she recalls a “blonde” was present, but it was only her sister all along. There is not Maddie and certainly not anyone who named their baby Winter. On the Show, the Lead Detective Is Addicted to His Sexual Kink After the folktale horror of The Old Religion I wasn’t sure what The Sinner would be like. Would a supernatural oddness remain part of the series? Were we heading down the road of a supernatural/crime crossover series like John Connolly’s Charlie Parker books?

a b c Metcalf, Mitch (October 14, 2021). "ShowbuzzDaily's Wednesday 10.13.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021 . Retrieved October 15, 2021. This book just simultaneously made me feel so single, yet so hopeful at the same time. Like I honestly saw myself in Lucy, it was kind of scary- she had no right being that relatable (but what can I say, I just love myself another romance lover).I don’t know what the pandemic did to the reading part of my brain, but for the past year and a half, I’ve only listened to audiobooks, and the majority were non-fiction. Any fiction listens were works I’d read before. Old faves. So I literally haven’t sat down and read a novel with my eyes in a long, long time.

a b Metcalf, Mitch (October 28, 2021). "ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.27.2021 Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021 . Retrieved October 28, 2021. Oh, and yes, although Cora’s dad said he didn’t personally believe in Nazi ideology, he served under Hitler and “did what he was told,” which, honestly, tells you everything you need to know about this guy. a b Metcalf, Mitch (September 15, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.13.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017 . Retrieved September 15, 2017. The Sinner season 2 location: Where is The Sinner filmed? Where's it set?". Cinemaholic. August 2, 2019. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021 . Retrieved February 8, 2021. a b c Petski, Denise (October 31, 2016). " The Sinner: Chris Abbott, Abby Miller & Dohn Norwood Join USA Network Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017 . Retrieved October 31, 2016.

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a b Metcalf, Mitch (March 20, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.19.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020 . Retrieved March 20, 2020.