Netflix announces season two date for The Sinner

ASK around, people were obsessed with this twisty crime drama. Australians who have been waiting for news of season two can finally breathe easy.

Jessica Biel won’t be in season two (Photo by: Peter Kramer/USA Network)

THE Sinner was the sleeper hit of the last 12 months. People were obsessed with that show.

And Australians have watched on with envy as our American counterparts started watching season two, asking, when’s the next chapter coming out on Netflix?

Well, it’s finally been confirmed: The second season will drop on Netflix in Australia on November 9.

The first season was centred on a woman named Cora (Jessica Biel), who inexplicably stabbed someone to death in a trance during a family outing to the beach. The eight episodes were all about finding out why she snapped and what traumas lay in her past.

Less than two months to go.

The detective assigned to the case was named Harry (Bill Pullman), a grizzled sort with his own dark secrets and predilections.

Because The Sinner was originally designed as a one-shot limited series, Cora’s story was wrapped up by the end of the first season. But because of its popularity, it’s now an anthology series, which means it’ll take on a new case each season.

Biel will not return for the second series, serving as an executive producer instead.

The only carry-over actor will be Pullman, who’s returning as Harry. In season two, Harry is lured back to his hometown for an even more puzzling case — an 11-year-old child who killed his parents with no apparent motive.

The reason why Australians are getting the second season later than the Americans is because even though it’s marketed as a “Netflix Original”, it’s actually not in the US. The season is currently airing on US cable channel USA on a weekly basis.

If you can’t wait until November 9, you can buy a season pass now on iTunes for $22.99.

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