The Sinner Trivia | 30 facts about the anthology crime series

“The Sinner” is a popular anthology crime series, that has gained a lot of popularity worldwide, since it began broadcasted.

Let’s find out more about “The Sinner”.

1. The Sinner is an American anthology crime drama mystery TV series.
2. The anthology means that every season has its own plot, characters, and actors/actresses.
3. It was developed by Derek Simonds for USA Network.
4. The series is named after Petra Hammesfahr’s 1999 novel.
5. This novel serves as the basis for the first season.
6. Bill Pullman stars as a police detective who investigates crimes committed by unlikely culprits and attempts to uncover the culprits’ motivations.
7. Only Pullman appears in each season, with the rest of the cast alternating for the standalone stories of the seasons.
8. Originally intended as an eight-part miniseries.
9. The Sinner premiered on August 2, 2017, to critical acclaim and high ratings.
10. The show’s success led to USA Network turning it into an anthology series.
11. In March 2018, the series was renewed for a second season, also of eight episodes.
12. The second season aired in 2018.
13. The third season aired in 2020.
14. A fourth season has also been ordered.
15. The first season of The Sinner received two nominations at the 75th Golden Globe Awards: Best Miniseries or Television Film and Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Jessica Biel.
16. Jessica Biel was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
17. In the first season, Detective Harry Ambrose delves into the past of Cora Tannetti, a troubled woman, to determine why she stabbed a man to death.
18. In the second season, Ambrose returns to his hometown after a young boy named Julian Walker confesses to poisoning a couple and learns secrets that the inhabitants are determined to keep buried.
19. In the third season, Ambrose investigates a fatal car accident in Upstate New York and uncovers a much larger and disturbing case behind it.
20. Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts, who appeared in season 2, are married in real life.
21. This is Jessica Biel’s first leading role in a TV series.
22. Eight episodes of the program, originally conceived of as a “close-ended series”, were ordered in January 2017 and premiered on air on USA Network on August 2, 2017.
23. The pilot episode premiered during the TriBeCa Film Festival on April 24, 2017.
24. Tracy Letts and series director Antonio Campos previously worked together on Christine(2016).
25. The song “Hugging & Kissing” by Big Black Delta features heavily throughout the first season.
26. This happens because it’s vital to the plot.
27. First season’s tagline is: Everyone knows she did it. No one knows why.
28. The Sinner gained even more populari, when it was aired on Netflix.
29. Matt Zoller Seitz wrote for the Vulture that “The Sinner” as a superbly executed murder mystery
30. The first season so far has gained the best reviews.