The Sinner: The Complete Series

The Sinner: Season One (2017)

It was during a lakeside family outing that ordinary Upstate New York housewife Cora Tannetti (Jessica Biel) went up to a complete stranger and brutally stabbed him to death. As her reeling family and the community struggle to comprehend what happened, determined investigating cop Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) patiently tries to extract the inexplicable why from his captive. Gripping miniseries take on the Petra Hammesfahr novel co-stars Christopher Abbott, Abby Miller, Patti D’Arbanville, Kathryn Erbe. 5 2/3 hrs. C

The Sinner: Season Two (2018)

Bill Pullman returns as police detective Harry Ambrose for this second mystery miniseries inspired by Petra Hammesfahr’s prose. Summoned to his upstate New York hometown, Ambrose is asked to help investigate the matter of a 13-year-old boy (Elisha Henig) who admitted to poisoning his Niagara Falls-bound parents...and finds disturbing truths about both the youngster and the local authorities. Carrie Coon, Natalie Paul, Hannah Gross, Tracy Letts, Jay O. Sanders also star. 5 2/3 hrs. C

The Sinner: Season Three (2020)

It looked like it would be a routine intake when Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) questioned high school teacher and car crash survivor Jamie Burns (Matt Bomer) about the accident that claimed the driver, Burns’ college buddy Nick Haas (Chris Messina). The investigation, though, revealed something unhealthy about the old schoolmates’ bond...and that Burns was sizing Harry up as a replacement. Third arc inspired by the Petra Hammesfahr novel co-stars Jessica Hecht, Parisa Fitz-Henley. 6 1/4 hrs. C

The Sinner: Season Four (2021)

After the trauma of the Jamie Burns case, Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) looked to decompress with a vacation to a Maine fishing community. It wasn't to be, as he witnessed the coastal suicide leap of the fragile Percy Muldoon (Alice Kremelberg)...and as her prominent family asked him to look into the matter, he finds a blood vendetta with a rival trawling clan. Final arc for the Petra Hammesfahr-inspired series co-stars Jennifer Hecht, Frances Fisher, Michael Mosley, Ronin Wong. 6 1/3 hrs. C

Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1.