In episode 2 of Bad Sisters, Tom and Matt pay Eva a visit to question her about the night John Paul died. She admits to not having gotten along with JP, but she does corroborate Grace's story about the sisters being together that night. Tom thinks Eva is deflecting. Despite Matt's opinion that they should be looking for fraud, not murder, he wants the coroner to exhume John Paul's body. In a flashback, John Paul puts his name in for the same promotion Eva is going for. Eva further notices how he sucks the joy out of his daughter Blánaid's life. For instance, he tells the teenager it looks like she's "asking for it" when she dances around the house. Ursula also has an unpleasant run-in with John Paul. She's cheating on her husband Donal with a man named Ben, and JP sees the two of them on a stroll. He likely doesn't believe her story that Ben is her photography teacher. At least-even in just a few scenes-we have ample reason to know why Bibi and Eva want the man dead. The show's set-up, rather than portray the two as misguided and crazy, manages to make the sisters antiheroines to root for. The episode's bringing Blánaid in only helps, by providing a catalyst for Eva getting in on Bibi's plan. I think she just needed a more "selfless" reason to proceed. The episode ends in a pretty extraordinary twist. Why did John Paul call Eva? Did he see their car? Did she leave something behind? Or was he simply mad about the concert tickets? Either the sisters are in trouble-or this was simply a hitch on the road to an even bigger plan. Later, Bibi tells Eva she can't stop thinking about their earlier conversation. She wasn't joking when she said she wanted John Paul dead. He's killing Grace, so shouldn't they kill him first? Eva is outraged at the thought, so Bibi outlines her plan to cause a house fire while JP is staying alone in his cabin. Eva still disagrees, if for one reason only-he's their niece's father.
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