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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, August 05, 2017 - 9:52 pm 
Hubby and I just watched this tonight. Starring Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman. Super compelling. It's a "limited series," so it may only be a few episodes, but I loved it. Can't wait till next week.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, August 05, 2017 - 10:01 pm
We were talking about it in the premieres thread. I really enjoyed it, too.
I know it seems like it's predictable, but I really think it won't be taking the obvious route.
For anybody that hasn't heard about it yet, "The Sinner" is about a young woman, that out of nowhere, violently kills a man she doesn't know. The show tries to figure out why she did it, because apparently she doesn't even know why herself. It flashbacks to her youth, goes through the investigation, etc.
Bill Pullman plays a very weird cop.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 12:57 pm
Since it's been a few days since the premiere, I am going to talk openly about it.
I think one of the big clues is after she killed the the guy, she said to the woman something like "He can't hurt you anymore". So I think what happened in her past is she witnessed someone else being abused, possibly for an ongoing basis. Maybe her sickly baby sister?
This is all just speculation, and I am almost never right.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 1:54 pm
Naja, once the show has aired in the US, you're safe to talk about it. I think you're right with your theories. I'm thinking along the same lines. Unless it's just too obvious and they're misdirecting us . . .
It's been known to happen.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 2:34 pm
Maybe she witnessed her dad abusing her mother? The reason I suggest that is because if they want to throw us off, that could be one way. Because they made her mom seem so mean and her dad seem so nice in the flash backs. But maybe her mom was mean because her dad was an abuser.
Just throwing more ideas out there....LOL
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 2:39 pm
I'm enjoying your theories (although I haven't seen it yet). I just hope it's not too predictable.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 2:48 pm
I got the definite feeling in the flashbacks that Cora's mom had lost a lot of babies after having Cora, and before having the baby girl she was holding. So there is that question of "why".
And that baby was so sickly looking. Almost scary.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 3:02 pm
I was thinking that some of the flashback memories may be distorted. I'm thinking that baby in the flashback never lived. I do tend to overthink things though (lol). Mama sure seems crazy.
And then there is the whole religious angle with the title of the show and that moment in jail when she started praying during her panic attack.
I do think things will start going in unexpected directions.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 3:10 pm
The most confusing part that throws a wrench into everything is how the witness said the murdered guy seemed to recognize Cora and he let her murder him. This first ep has my brain spinning.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, August 06, 2017 - 3:38 pm
Another idea that popped into my head after you mentioned praying, is maybe she went away to religious school or camp. The ideas are endless for horrible things could have happened there. The murdered guy could fit into that story.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, August 07, 2017 - 10:44 am
That baby was definitely scary-looking. If that was supposed to be a real baby, it looked like it should still be in the hospital.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 12:31 pm
I didn't take into account that Cora would be lying to us. Guessing the story is almost impossible when you are being fed lies.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, August 11, 2017 - 10:12 am
Still intrigued. It's only 8 episodes, so we're gonna hang in there.
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Rhodarobin
Member
06-25-2014
| Friday, August 11, 2017 - 11:30 am
I want to read the book.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, August 11, 2017 - 11:47 am
There's a book?!?!? That sounds interesting.
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Sunday, August 13, 2017 - 1:34 am
I was not commenting because I could tell that nobody in this thread had read the book - ha. Will still not comment other to say I'm watching to compare the show to the book. Jessica Biel is playing Cora well.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 12:06 am
I was just thinking, as I watched the latest episode, that this series is like reading a book with an unreliable narrator. I come here immediately after and you tell me there is a book! Oh no!! It's now 12am and you know I'm going to go read it. LOL
It is like 'Big Little Lies'... I started the mini-series and then went and read the book immediately. I have no self control.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 12:34 pm
I think I'll wait to read the book till after, too. I like being surprised.
Hubby read Big Little Lies long before it was on TV. It was really hard for me not to ask him what was going to happen. He'd just smile and say, "Wait and see."
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 11:14 pm
I suppose I will give it another episode or two but it is a bit plodding and disjointed IMO.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 7:28 pm
Rieann, I think the same thing that the baby didnt live. I also think the dad is molesting her.
wonder why the song triggers her, it cant be from her childhood since it was from the victims band.
it is very slow moving but since it is only 8 eps Im going to stay with it
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Friday, August 18, 2017 - 8:09 am
Good stuff!
I love a good summer mystery... of course in this case it's not a who done it, but a why done it? But I'm still totally intrigued, and wish I could binge all the episodes!... but I'm glad I can't b/c I'd have finished it the first day. 
Her mother is evil, her sister was evil... at the very least her father didn't protect her frm her the evil... even her aunt seems suspicious to me... not sure I believed what she told the detective. Poor Cora.
Thanks for the tip about a book. I'm sure I'll be reading it as soon as the show finishes.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Saturday, August 19, 2017 - 11:19 pm
I would not say her sister was evil, mischievous maybe. It is nice that they had moments together. and the mother was not evil so much as nuts.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Sunday, August 20, 2017 - 12:07 pm
I knew I commented on this somewhere! (It was in the Premiers post)
I am hoping it is something other than sexual abuse from home, even though it seems to be in other aspects.
I just think the whole detective/mistress thing is bizarre!
I'll be watching until the end because now I need to know! I also like a Summer mysterious show like this.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, August 20, 2017 - 12:35 pm
I find the show to be odd more than interesting. I'll finish it and hope for the best but doubt it will end up being a good show.
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Monday, August 21, 2017 - 6:05 am
The detective's masochistic issues are the one part of the show that I could do without. It just seems gratuitous to me. I suppose it does add to the uncomfortable vibe of the show, but even there it's unnecessary as Cora's mystery is already uncomfortable enough.
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