Sisters

I would not call this a drama but rather a dark comedy. The subject matter itself is definitely not something one would find funny, and some of the situations are quite serious, but it is smart, creative and, yes, comedic.

Congratulations to the creators, directors and superb cast for a series definitely worth watching!

Knowing literally nothing about this series, I came across it on Netflix and the trailer made me smile so I started watching. I ended up bingeing the whole thing and really enjoyed it. Not knowing any of the actors, I had no preconceptions. It deals with a young woman, Julia, who finds out her ailing doctor father used his own sperm in IVF treatments and she has potentially hundreds of siblings. However, it largely focuses on the lives of just two others - children's tv presenter with a thing for pills, Roxy and uptight lawyer Edie, a former friend of Julia's going through some bumps in her marriage - along with Julia herself, who is amiably but slightly aimlessly drifting through life What makes this work for me are the characters, who I really came to care about. The tone is a nice mix of comedy and drama and it's nice to see a quality show from down under getting some exposure. OK so some of the twists and turns are pretty daft but the show is a lot of fun, the acting good and I definitely want Edie's apartment!

BUT... the ending felt rushed and it left a lot of loose ends that really could've been resolved. Despite that, the acting was great and most of the characters' dramas were well rounded and good. It does have a lot of situations that just felt like excuses to cause more drama - things that could easily have been avoided and don't feel that... real. But in the end you get over it as it's an enjoyable experience overall.

I really enjoyed season 1 of Sisters. Plenty of twists and lots of funny moments. I'm looking forward to seeing where the sisters go from where things were left at the end of the season. Thanks, Netflix!

Best depiction I have seen to date to even begin to address a complex subject. And I'd describe it as a Dark Comedy. Hats off to the writers for their insight.

Entertainment value was an aside for me because of the subject matter, but there is no other way to present the topic and I found it riveting. For those who know who their biological parents are the term MPE means Misattributed Parent Event, and with the advent of direct to consumer DNA testing the numbers of these discoveries are growing exponentially. And, the discovery is traumatic and life altering to myriads of degree.

I had 62 years of living before I found out that I was adopted, plus I never had siblings, so there's no doubt that my perspective differs from most everyone else. I actually missed the 1st episode and intend to watch it and the others again, but in each episode there were facets of emotions and situations I could relate to as well as getting a perspective on what it could be like having hundreds of 'disconnected' siblings. I feel like watching the individual personalities and 'stories' unfold is as close to a 'universal' feel for our situations as one can get, and it certainly can't cover them all.

I don't think it would be possible to do justice to all of the traumatic experiences in even a second (or third) series of shows but I would think it surely makes inroads of awareness for anyone who has no doubt where they came from, and that's progress imo.

My biggest takeaway is that we're all unique and simply held together by small threads of commonality, some threads superficial & some very emotionally deep.

Not actually a Spoiler- while the last episode certainly left an opening for a second season (which I had hoped for), I felt very satisfied that it was an appropriate way to end the entire series.