Sisters (2023 TV series)

Sisters (stylized SisterS) is an Irish-Canadian comedy drama television series, created by Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley, and produced by Imogen Banks and Nicole O'Donahue. Sisters premiered on RTÉ One on 30 March 2023, and streaming on the RTÉ Player.

Sisters
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Sarah Goldberg Susan Stanley
Written by	Sarah Goldberg Susan Stanley
Directed by	Declan Lowney Alicia McDonald
Starring	Sarah Goldberg Susan Stanley Sophie Thompson Harki Bhambra Pat Shortt
Country of origin	Ireland Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Ruth Coady Richard Cook Declan Lowney Angela Squire Sarah Goldberg
Producer	Mary McCarthy
Production location	Dublin
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Peer Pressure Productions Shaftesbury Films
Original release
Network	RTÉ One
Release	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30) – present

The show was greenlit on 10 June 2022 by RTÉ in Ireland, Crave in Canada, and IFC in the U.S., with international distribution handled by Fremantle, following a six year gestation period.

The series had its Canadian premiere on Crave on May 17, 2022. In 2024, Bell Media 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
• Sarah Goldberg as Sare
• Sophie Thompson as Sheryl
• Pat Shortt as Deryl
• Donal Logue as Jimmy

Episodes

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers
1	"They F*** You Up"	Declan Lowney	Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30)	N/A
Following her mother's death, Sare decides to travel to Ireland to find the father she has newly learned about.
2	"Mind That Child"	Declan Lowney	Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30)	N/A
Recognising that she is out of choices, Suze unwillingly consents to assist Sare in locating their father. Sare takes a dump.
3	"This Too Shall Pass"	Declan Lowney	Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30)	N/A
4	"Every Time The Sun Comes Up I'm In Trouble"	Alicia McDonald	Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30)	N/A
5	"I Can Change"	Alicia McDonald	Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30)	N/A
6	"Happy Ever After"	Alicia McDonald	Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley	30 March 2023 (2023-03-30)	N/A

Reception

Critical response

Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter 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."

External links

• RTÉ Player
• Sisters at IMDb