in the first episode, when Camille meets Amma and her friends for the first time, Amma says "this town is dead" while she looks at her friends and repeats "dead", and they all giggle. Amma and her friends hinted the murders so many times and we were so fooled by her! the show is brilliant!
I love that they teased Led Zep's" In the evening" nearly all season without that opening guitar riff, but it was always coming. Always a great review with you.
I was really pissed because they used it at least twice during different episodes without the riff...and then a HUGE smile on my face when it started the end credits!
The director uses this technique a lot. If you watch “Wild” he uses a Simon and Garfunkel song in a similar fashion and make such a HUGE impact when it finally plays.
I was wholly into it as well : When that doorbell rang, I wanted Camille to: Punch Out the Window. I was seriously disturbed that Camille might DIE to save Amma. I just loved the tooth floor, and of course Adora’s floor made out of Elephant’s teeth! ( Tusks/Ivory)
The milk was poisoned just FYI. But I also loved the part where Adora talked about her mother. It just shows generations of abuse and mental issues. Wow.
The scene where Camille is lying on the bathroom floor limp and the detective finally sees her scars exposed... I wanted him to stay by her side in the hospital but he bailed, like she knew he would once he saw her pain.
Anyone else notice that in the first half of the series they constantly showed Camille drinking, almost to the point of annoyance from the viewer. Then it just tailed off and eventually stopped?
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I read the book few years ago and I loved it, I didn't feel sad because I knew the show was coming, now that the show ended I don't know what to do with my life. A complete MASTERPICE, I will miss it :(
I actually dont think Camille was faking at first just to fall in line with the munchausen. I feel like the milk was poisoned that she drank at the dinner table. (Afterall the episode is called Milk) What an intense show !!! Did Adora have ANY clue what was going on with Amma ? What about Gayla the maid, surely she knew something (I think that was her name)
Also the empty milk carton is what lead camille to find the fabric (same design as natalie keens bike seat I think, a trophy perhaps?) that leads her to Ammas dollhouse.
And Amma’s black friend had “MILK” written on her right hand (I think). Her left hand had “call mom”. The other words were to small for me to identify.
karen mccabe The maid is portrayed much differently in the book. She wouldn’t have been smart enough to pick up on anything. Adora had no clue about Amma. She was too sick with attention seeking that killing her kids was an obsession for her. Reading the book answers all the questions you are left with after that incomplete ending.
Sharp Objects was an amazing ride, but another show, on USA, "The Sinner" is fantastic, too. I'm watching both seasons, and I'm very impressed with it. Bill Pullman is great.
Its layed out so well, amma becomes possessive over camille and her new friend admires her, threatened by that. She kills her. Just like the girls her mother was teaching. Jealousy and possession. Two killers. The girl who acted as amma did a amazing job. Still stunned by this show.
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but a slight detail I picked up on is that the blanket for the doll house bed looks as though it was made by Mae. She shows it to Camille, who looks happy with the addition to the home, which of course would infuriate Amma. It changed her perfect doll house, and Camille seemed proud of Mae for her creation, making Amma extremely jealous. That's why Amma would have thrown it in the garbage later on, and who knows, maybe that was the final straw that got her to kill Mae, just as Ann and Natalie were killed because they had taken too much of Adora's attention.
I just feel like no one has brought up the point that the sheriff had said to Adora "one of your daughter's dangerous, and the other is in danger" at the time I thought that Amma was the one in danger and Camile the dangerous one, but looking back is seems these roles were reversed.
Please answer this for me...When Camille first looks at the dollhouse in the final scene there is a figurine that looks like someone climbing in the window...Upon further review, it looks like a little girl set up like the dead kid in the windowsill of Wind Gap with her teeth removed...Am I wrong here???
Hi! I don’t think your wrong about that at all. There are so many little clues in the show that you kind of have to go back and watch it a couple times to see everything...
Camille recognizes the figurine. You don't see it but we can tell by her expression thats she's shooked. That props her to investigate the dollhouse future and we can tell she sees the tooth through the window. Such a wild show
It looks like Amma’s friends helped her kill the two girls wearing white jumpsuits, maybe from the pig place? Also, I think Amma says she is sorry when she visits Adora in prison. The blood under the bed is because that is where they killed John’s sister.
Fantastic summary/review. I love your enthusiasm and excitement on how this show wrapped up. My personal history is in theatre and television, everything you said was so spot on. Loved this series. Reading the book now (just started).
I loved Elizabeth Perkins in this!!! Best supporting role Ive seen in a LONG time.... and am I weird for wanting this house? Omg it was gorgeous!!!!! The house itself was a character to me...
How odd. Neither I nor the 3 friends I watched it with noticed that! Wonder why they’d make it that discreet when we can’t even really figure out what she’d even do with it.
i just re watched it, and its sure not in focus, so its for the subtle eye to catch. on the other hand, i'm not sure if its a knife, could it be the Fork? im left handet so that might confuse me, but i can't tell if its a knife or a fork. it probably makes no difference. I'm just curios.
Thanks for the Reviews, James! When HBO gets it right, they're the best! This was True Detectives season 1, good! Jesus Christ, is all i gotta say. I have'nt read the book, but i think the sheriff was bangin' Adora, thus the scene in the barber shop. I was never so happy to see cherry's, but when i seen the fucking doll house with the floor made of teeth... My jaw dropped! How many Emmy nom's?!1 +20? Amy for best actress, she was absolutely amazing in this show! The cycle of hurt was flooring! Soooooo Real!
Are yall stoked about S3 true detective? It blew my mind when I saw the title card in the trailer coz I thought it’d never get renewed after season 2. So fuckin hyped!
I think the fabric Camille found in the trash was the same design as natalie's bike seat. Not positive though. Also it looks like the same as the front of Ammas diary. Anyone else catch that? Maybe Amma keeps trophy like alot of killers do? Grant finale imo! Edit: was that person in the dollhouse window representing natalie propped up in the alley window???
Howie Feltersnatch And that tiny figure propped on the window of the upper floor room with the teeth was positioned exactly like the girl in the alley was positioned. Freaky AF This episode gave me chills.
The fabric was something Amma's new freind Mae, made with her for the doll house (she shows it to Cammile in a previous scene) but I have just read that in the book it's a small rug made of victims hair that Amma made. So... you are part right.
@@caseyspaos448 you just blew my mind because I just remembered the brother said his sister's nails were painted and she never painted her nails. I wonder if it was the same color on Mae!
Amma's new friend Mae made the dollhouse bedsheet in the likeness of Amma's bedsheet in her new room at Camille's place (you can see it in that very scene where Mae was showing it to Camille). And you are right, the teeth Amma pulled from her victims could be interpreted as a trophy.
It's rare for me to actually get spooked from scary movies. Torture, blood & gore movies don't scare me, but the ending of the episode spooked the hell out of me. It was so intense! Yet all she said was "Don't tell mama." I can't believe Amma was using the collection for her Dollhouse! That's so sick and dark. No wonder Amma was obsessed with that dollhouse..
Thanks for mentioning the end credit scene because I totally stopped watching when the credits rolled. If I saw it right SPOILER it showed the killing in progression 1 the friends helped 2 she hit girl over the head first in sneak attack 3 flat out comes up from behind and chokes her out.
Mike Appleget no it just shows the murders . Amma just kills the black girl against a metal fence. If it did show that it happened to fast for me. They should have showed that slower.
I completely agree with you! This was probably the best show on TV this year, better than Westworld (this year anyway) and since no Game of Thrones, not much to compete with there. That being said Big Little Lies was great too, I think we will see another season of this soon. While I really thought the mom was the killer of all the girls, it totally makes sense that Amma killed the girls. She is exactly like her mother in a more complex way. If anyone takes attention away from herself, she views them as a threat and kills them. She does this so she is always the most important to whatever 'mother' figure she latches on to. Camille will be surrounded by death if she doesn't turn Amma in.
I think there is quite a bit of competition. The Americans was very strong in its final season. There is also Handmaid’s Tale and a few strong limited series. Killing Eve was also fantastic. That doesn’t take into account comedies. GoT hasn’t been the best show on tv for a while now for me. In my opinion that last season in particular was atrocious. Nonetheless, Sharp Objects may def end up getting my vote for best of the year in the end. I need to think on it for a bit. I’ve been catching up on shows I didn’t get a chance to watch when on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, so I’m not clear in my head what is from last year and what was released in 2018.
Agreed - Americans has always been and was wonderful, highly recommend. I don't watch comedies or Netflix, Hulu . However, I did rent Handmaids Tale, I have a friend working on it and last season was excellent cannot wait to rent the next season.
I loved Big Little Lies. That director is the same one for Sharp Objects. Both finales had great endings but Sharp Objects was rushed. You also must see the closing credits to actually see the final ending. Read vanityfair.com online article for closure and to tie up loose ends in a clear, precise way!
You've both just made me realise that the way the director edited the two shows at the end of both finales was so similar!!! Both times he made the big reveal through flashbacks without any further explanation right at the end of the show. Although, the editing and flashbacks in Big Little Lies was done better and revealed so much more. Everyone was very satisfied; whereas most fans were left confused/disappointed by the way the big reveal was done in Sharp Objects.
Lucy Lamazares Yes, BLL' editing was fantastic. For Sharp Objects I was confused by the editing. I read the book then rewatched the first few episodes. It was easier to recognize the memories
it was explained bit better in the book but basically the kid was a biter ( don't remember was it ann or natalie) most of the people that were around her had bite marks (including adora and amma ) and one night when Ashley was over she woke up to the kid just biting her earlobe off. I think that was the extent of the explanation but it was to make a point to why the teeth were pulled off, to make sure they couldn't disrespect the killer like that anymore
OK, here is the shot breakdown for the credits montage: #1 Black skin, bright pink nails, grabbing,chain link fence #2 Another attractive girl - not Mae - with a rope around her neck, 2 or 3 people in white suits helping to restrain. (throwback ten minutes to joking around with Mae - her new friend - about strangling someone with a rope) #3 More restraining white-sleeved hands, in a forest setting, with a grabbing hand on the elbow of the girl being killed, who could be someone who was in the hospital with Amma. #4 Same; but seeing rage on Amma’s face, and distress on a fellow assailant in a lab coat. #5 Shadowy shot of struggle #6 Another shot of the struggle in the forest, at least 3 girls #7 A shot which appears to portray a struggling (previously murdered) Natalie Keene #8 Indistinct shadowy shot #9 We see a struggling soon to be dead girl who appears to be surrounded by more white lab coats. #10 New dead girl, this time in a shot originating from under a bed #11 Rage on the face of Amma, evidently getting what she came for; girl in white lab coat adjacent #12 Collapsing shot of newly-murdered girl, evidently in her bedroom, perhaps where she will be found (although there would be a heap of forensic evidence to account for, presuming we just saw she was done in in a forest setting; Marti Noxon, we are watching) #13 NOW we see a shot of Mae, at it looks like she is reacting to the murder, with an onlooker, perhaps Amma #14 We see a the same hand as in the first shot of the sequence, at last letting go of the chain link fence Jed Gould #15 Amma, through a different metal fence, joyous rage on her face
Shannon Jones Thats exact moment I realized it was her... I “knew”’she had two sides but then thought later on it was bc she was victim of moms abuse/poisoning... Im shook.
I only figured it out when she knew the sentence Camille quoted was Machiavelli when they are in the garden after the party - no way a normal girl knows Machiavelli, i had to pause the video for a few minutes in a holy f*** she’s the killer moment
I have a question, what was the significance of the long sequence of detective Richard observing all the paraphernalia in the bar? I thought it was him having some epiphany...he did show up at Adora's house afterwards, right? But, he left without any insight.
I really didn’t like the ending. I understood the ending but had to look up the books ending after it ended for clarity. If you haven’t, you should read the books ending it is much better. The pacing felt very off throughout the episode. There were scenes unneeded (ex: Alan and the sheriff) and then scenes that were very drawn out (the dinner table). Then the ending and other scenes were just way to rushed (last scene, friend being missing/killed, and adoras arrest/Marian’s cause of death revealedh. I wish that they followed the ending a little more. Ammas new friend is found dead (killed a similar way) and THEN Camille find the teeth In the dollhouse and a rug made of the new friends hair. I just was.. disappointed. I thought that the finale could’ve been an hour and half instead of just 50 minutes, I think it really could’ve helped this ending. I’ve even looked up what some people are saying on twitter and almost everything I’ve read is people who haven’t read the ending being confused about the killings/disappointed at how rushed the ending was.
Monte Crisco I agree! The first half was very slow and then the second half of the episode was so rushed! But I could say the same about the series as a whole. The first few episodes of the series were pretty slow with not that much happening and then the last few had so much in them and not enough time to unpack anything
I agree. There were so many questions that needed answering and this finale didn't di it for me. The pace started out like previous episodes, but it almost seems like a part got cut out when Adura was to return with more medicine and instead Curry and Richard rush in. I felt disappointed after waiting fir the finale. It just felt disconnected ant there are still many unanswered questions.
Def agree, I think its laughable to think its one of the best shows of the year lol but it wasnt bad it was just too boring and way too predictable. Only reason I stuck with it is Amy Adams and the other great actors
The scene with the Sheriff basically let us know that the Sheriff was on to Adora’s fetish of making her daughters sick. That may be (one of the reasons) why he’s always coming over, to keep an eye on the Camille & Amma. The sheriff’s like “how’s Amma” and Adora’s husband is like “she good” and the sheriffs says “I saw her friends roller skating and they said Amma’s **”Sick”**....” and puts a lot of emphasis on the word “sick” like he knows it’s Adora’s fetish. And the “bad pacing” has its purpose. The “slow & unneeded” parts are loaded with meaningful information and it really puts you into the characters’ minds and makes you relate to them more. This show wasn’t so much about “the action” as it was about the psychology of the characters. So then when the action does happen it seems to “strike to the bone marrow”. Just little things like Adora quickly & forcefully shaking the bottle in a stabbing motion to get out that last drop of poison onto the spoon & making that snarled face. If the “boring scenes” were rushed I really don’t think those little moments like that would’ve gave my whole body goose bumps.
i thought it was amma. but the nail polish kinda made me think the adora red herring wasn't it. but when she got arrested halfway through i knew it was amma again lol. amma was by far the creepiest part of the show for me.
I still (even though it’s obvious) want someone to say out loud that Adora purposely killed Camille’s first sister, and that’s why she refused the autopsy.
Great energy & love your enthusiasm - I disagree with your point about Adora’s enthusiasm Re Camille’s feigned illness to save Amma: to me, that isn’t a simple/regular kicking in of her MBP .. it’s far more than that - it’s Adora finally triumphing over Camille .. the following scene/s of Adora ‘caring for’ Camille is like watching a predator devour a whole beast in just one sitting .. there was never going to be a long game here, Camille was akin to a guzzled meal that Adora thought she would never have ..
Yes enjoy your review after seeing a few that asked questions I thought were obvious and not ask ones that I’m still asking. In the flashbacks it looks like Camille is dying and her sister is in better shape. But she ends up getting away. Do we ever know how and why ... we know she mutilates her own body to punish herself for surviving but what got her up and out and is that why her sister dies ..because Adora moves into her in full force having lost Camille ? I guess that’s possibly obvious too. What I loved about this series was its authenticity that made dialogues unexpected because they didn’t revert back to Hollywood junk. They stayed subtle too. The look Camille gives Amma when she says ‘I could eat you up’. To me that’s brilliant acting. It was precisely the speed and tone that a comment seemingly affectionate could feel just wrong and perfectly reflected on Camille’s face. Whoa. That’s when I knew sister is as evil as she is a opportunistic phony. The fluctuation between the little tart on roller blades and the soft voice playing with her dollhouse but sadistic ! Remember she’s the one who stole Camille’s clothes in the bathroom forcing the revelation of her self destructive cutting .... that character was evil incarnate
It was these reviews of Sharp Objects that got me Addicted to James Hancock. Sharp Objects was a Perfect Miniseries ... Absolutely Transporting... Amy Adams is the most Gifted Actress of her Generation... She was cruelly robbed at the Golden Globes and the Emmys. Thank you for the Introduction, Sir. I'll be watching your reviews until you decide to retire.
Loving the review and comments. I didn’t read the book so there are some loose ends like who put the bike in the pig pond? Was it John or Amma? Wasn’t there a witness who claimed to see John dispose of the bike?
Thankyou James for your amazing reactions & comments on TV and Movies ! Question for anybody.... How would you have made this final episode better ? If you were the writers and producers, what would have “ punched up “ the script? My changes would have been as follows: When Camille is getting “dosed” in tub, I would have added a few more lines with Adora denying the accusations of killing Marian. The part with the blue lights of the police cars reflecting on the ceiling,.... Alan has music blasting in the background, we hear a painful “needle scraping” across the album ... then music stopped! Cut to the cops cuffing Adora and Alan with him squirming away from cops and his cute “sweater cape” falls to the ground. Lastly, we were slighted by not getting a powerful dialogue between Amma & Adora in jail . The video shown was cool , but why not have written 2 more minutes of that powerful moment? Fell short with that moment in my opinion! Anyone have some other ideas ?
something i wanted to happen when Camille decided to let Adora "take care" of her, is that they show Camille doing it to save Amma, but also to feel loved by her mother for the first time, even though she knew Adora was poisoning her, she would willingly let her do it just to feel loved and cared by her. i really wanted to see that happen, it would have been so emotional, seeing Camille let her mother posion her just to feel loved (in a twisted way) by her for the first time
First off I would like to say James I've subscribed to your videos and I really love how you get into detail about things in the way you talk about the shows outstanding job!! The show is incredible I love the actors but I from the jump knew something was up with the mother Adora and Amma! I realized Adora was doing something shady and covering up things and just so grimey and beneath the surface I can't stand her and the way she treats Camille. But Amma I never trusted can't stand her always thought she was killing and doing something or help the killer but I knew she had something to do with those murders and she always had a f*****-up comment to say about whoever. What really made everything that I thought be true was when Camille was talking with the guy that everybody was accusing of being the murderer when his sister died and they were accusing him of killing his sister and whoever else I knew that Amma had something to do with it.. because he said that she would get in the middle of the girls arguing and she was always a part of their BS and throughout all those episodes nobody never said anything Emma never said anything about knowing those girls or hanging out with them or getting in arguments so for Camille to have John tell her that that set off so many questions and fireworks and everything. From the jump I was only looking at Emma and Adora as killers there was no one else that gave me the sense or the feeling that they would be. Everything everything that she said all those stupid smart ass rude snarky weird comments that Emma would always have four things let me know that she was definitely the Killer also the end credits when she was killing the black girl Mae and the mom was looking for her.. there were just way too many red flags and things that did not sit well with me with Emma
I believe the the episode being titled "Milk" had two reason. First, and this is just a theory, when Camille drank the milk at the dinner table, it genuinely made her sick. Secondly, when Camille finishes her milk and throws the carton away, she noticed the dollhouse blanket had been thrown away which intern, led her to find the teeth. Just a theory.
Some people watching Sharp Objects were old enough to remember "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and although it doesn't rise to that level Sharp Objects ran in that vein. It moved really slow but then again small towns are like that. Amy Adams is a pleasure to watch and is quite talented. Would anyone else like to put Henry Czerny in a headlock? He just irritated me especially when he yelled at Camille to "SITDOWN" like he was God instead of her stepfather.
Love, Love this series! Missed the sequence in the credits and was left confused! But went back watched again and saw the sequence by my mistake. Amazing!!
In some scenes, the father, Alan is shown listening to music and he is also shown...biting his hand? I'm not too sure about what those scenes mean. What's up with that guy? He is an accessory to Marian's death, so is it guilt or something?
I like you dude. I love your enthusiasm for this show and I can imagine you shadow boxing in your home watching SO. 😂 This show was superb especially as you mentioned the camera work and directing. The acting was good but I’m not a huge fan of Amy Adams, I’ve always found her a bit overrated but she was good here. The stand outs for me were the girl who played Amma, Patrica Clarkson and especially Elizabeth Perkins who was phenomenal and stole the show acting wise. I just wish that they stretched it out to a few more episodes, maybe explaining why she did what she did and seeing the consequences. Also there are a few things you mentioned that I didn’t notice like the writing on the black girls hand. Also did you notice how the black girl had the same color nail polish (painted on I’m assuming by Amma) as Natalie did when they found her body. Also did you notice that the opening of each show had a different song up until the ending where they played the same song as the first episode? Like coming full circle ⭕️!
You missed something after Camille found the little blanket for the bed that she got out the dollhouse she sat on the bed that's when she noticed the doll sitting in the window seal like Ann Nash was found at that moment Camille knew and decided to look through the windows in the house and discovered the tooth under Amma bed inside the dollhouse. All the evidence lead to Amma but I thought it wasn't possible for her to pull those teeth out.
the way camille tricked adora so easily, made me actually feel sorry for adora, she is like a little girl who starts doing sth annoying and her mama gives her an ice cream to distract her. she doesnt seem to be realizing for a second that camille is faking it, or maybe she knows but wants to believe her only to finally get the satisfaction she never got of nursing camille when she was a kid.
You you still read comments from here and if you still remember 😅: how did Ashley wheeler know about the blood to frame john? His sister was killed at her house and she knew exactly where the blood was! She tried to frame john with that info! Please reply if you read this
While I'm obviously not the person you were asking, I recently watched the show and if I remember correctly Ashley found the blood after the scene where she's giving John a hand, so to say (haha -- well, kind of an awkward way to put it, but I don't want my answer possible getting eaten by filters). He abruptly leaves and Ashley is still kneeling at the bed and I think that's when she spots it. Then you see her trying to clean carpet of the blood with bleach.
Love Amy Adam, did read some bad reviews, sorry it was well done, everyone in the cast was excellent. Thank goodness I listen to your review I missed the montage at the end had to go back.
Before the mid-credit montage, I thought that the little sister (Amma) had just pulled the teeth of the dead girls, without her mother (the actual killer) knowing.
Going to rewatch the show..I really enjoyed it. The only thing I would have liked to have seen was some dialogue between Amma and Camille as to why she did all of this, and how she got her friends to go along with it and stay quiet. We can piece it together, but I would loved to hear it from her..
ny_kia31 - Asking "why" isn't going to get you anywhere except into the sickness of Amma. "What's going on here" is an old story of a small local culture gone dark. Everyone is complicit, not through any single act (except Amma & "momma" - just noticed they rhyme) but through small contributions, even just turning a blind eye, that add up to a large evil.
She was obsessed with control and attention, especially when it comes to her mom. The girls were close to her mom and Amma saw them as a threat . She's also beautiful and tends to make people do what she wants...which is why the girls helped her, they didn't want to be next . Did anyone see Ashley(johns gf) in the ending credits? I was sure she had a part in it. I still can't figure out how the blood got under the bed but maybe I missed something .
I think any conversation re ‘why’ would undermine the entire series .. every episode is an insight into ‘why’ .. not an explanation - there isn’t one - but an illumination of space/s and psyche/s
I loved this show so much.. HBO doesn't exist anymore in The Netherlands and some other company took over its film rights, but they didn't do any advertising for Sharp Objects. I started watching it by coincidence after the 2nd episode was aired and thought that it was finished without giving any answers hahaha, thank god it wasn't
I personally enjoy that the ending didn’t end up resolved. I liked that I am left wondering if Camille would turn her sister in or would she remain silent. How safe would Camille feel with Amma living under the same roof as her, how much did Adora and Alan know about Amma and her friends. I’ve heard about the book ending where things are resolved ( kinda) and I think that’s anticlimactic. The good guys don’t always win, every crime isn’t solved, etc. I wish the series hadn’t spent as much time with Camille’s drinking, flashbacks and inability to assert herself ( I mean, she was allowing her mom to poison her to death!) but I guess she’s an imperfect hero? The acting was superb from everyone.
James I know you just do reviews, but man would I like to see a breakdown on the killings scene after the credits. I tried to repeatedly press pause but my stupid tv brings up a play bad that takes up half the damn screen
@@pat6601 yea I do- that's what I was doing but the service provider I use their graphics when you try and press pause play pause play to get to the right frame takes up 1/3 of the screen from the bottom up its super annoying
Yvette Vera Yes, but you really didn’t see the true ending, according to the book. They should have spent some more time to portray that. It’s sad they didn’t. Friends who knew I read the book were calling me to find out what happened to Camille and Amma at the very end.
Patricia Bilinkas I don’t care about the book ending, considering this is a show adaptation. Being that it’s an adaptation I didn’t expect the ending to be the same. Plus if they were the same endings it would have been all too predictable to the readers.
but i'm still wondering about who killed thoses little girls, i mean yes Adorra killed her girl but i think these two killings are Amma's (after watching the clips at the end) and that Adorra is wrongly accused anyone ?!
Stellar critique. I'm surprised ppl. have some affection for Amma. I find her to be the most vile, contemptuous figure I've seen in decades. Y'know typical youngest sister. 😏
in the first episode, when Camille meets Amma and her friends for the first time, Amma says "this town is dead" while she looks at her friends and repeats "dead", and they all giggle.
Amma and her friends hinted the murders so many times and we were so fooled by her!
the show is brilliant!
I love that they teased Led Zep's" In the evening" nearly all season without that opening guitar riff, but it was always coming. Always a great review with you.
Episode 2 teased it without the riff and then bam!....we got it to close the series. Awesome!
I was really pissed because they used it at least twice during different episodes without the riff...and then a HUGE smile on my face when it started the end credits!
The director uses this technique a lot. If you watch “Wild” he uses a Simon and Garfunkel song in a similar fashion and make such a HUGE impact when it finally plays.
Mary - If you are suggesting that I re-watch the whole series, sorry, but...ok, who am I kidding, I will! : )
Her roller skating friends were the accomplices. Im shook
dgdfyhd They were dropping Ecstasy like crazy!!!
mike...I know! I thought it was supposed to make you more empathetic...of course, we're dealing with some effed-up girls...
It explains why the girls were never afraid to go out at night after the murders. Turns out they were the monsters.
I'm sure they probably didn't want to ....Amma was controlling so I'm sure it was you do this or else...
@Stella Gibson I think he meant 👉👌
I was wholly into it as well :
When that doorbell rang, I wanted Camille to: Punch Out the Window.
I was seriously disturbed that Camille might DIE to save Amma.
I just loved the tooth floor, and of course Adora’s floor made out of Elephant’s teeth! ( Tusks/Ivory)
The milk was poisoned just FYI. But I also loved the part where Adora talked about her mother. It just shows generations of abuse and mental issues. Wow.
The scene where Camille is lying on the bathroom floor limp and the detective finally sees her scars exposed...
I wanted him to stay by her side in the hospital but he bailed, like she knew he would once he saw her pain.
It's ivory... that's not elephant teeth lol it's the tusk
His reaction is why I think Amma says "What a dick" and Camille laughs.
Anyone else notice that in the first half of the series they constantly showed Camille drinking, almost to the point of annoyance from the viewer. Then it just tailed off and eventually stopped?
In the book she eases up on the drinking to help her better investigate the case.
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I stupidly lost the login password. I would love any help you can offer me
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I read the book few years ago and I loved it, I didn't feel sad because I knew the show was coming, now that the show ended I don't know what to do with my life. A complete MASTERPICE, I will miss it :(
I actually dont think Camille was faking at first just to fall in line with the munchausen. I feel like the milk was poisoned that she drank at the dinner table. (Afterall the episode is called Milk)
What an intense show !!!
Did Adora have ANY clue what was going on with Amma ? What about Gayla the maid, surely she knew something (I think that was her name)
karen mccabe good catch
Also the empty milk carton is what lead camille to find the fabric (same design as natalie keens bike seat I think, a trophy perhaps?) that leads her to Ammas dollhouse.
@@nickmanns1950 Right, the flowers
And Amma’s black friend had “MILK” written on her right hand (I think). Her left hand had “call mom”. The other words were to small for me to identify.
karen mccabe The maid is portrayed much differently in the book. She wouldn’t have been smart enough to pick up on anything. Adora had no clue about Amma. She was too sick with attention seeking that killing her kids was an obsession for her. Reading the book answers all the questions you are left with after that incomplete ending.
I WILL say that MY reactions were JUST like yours, I was SOOO YELLING at the TV for Camille to NOT drink the poison!!! LOL
Sharp Objects was an amazing ride, but another show, on USA, "The Sinner" is fantastic, too. I'm watching both seasons, and I'm very impressed with it. Bill Pullman is great.
I enjoyed The Sinner also. I didn't know there was a second season, yay!
kitano0 The Sinner has two seasons? I only saw one!!
I flipped over a chair
Its layed out so well, amma becomes possessive over camille and her new friend admires her, threatened by that. She kills her. Just like the girls her mother was teaching. Jealousy and possession. Two killers. The girl who acted as amma did a amazing job. Still stunned by this show.
Thank you. I will miss this show!!
Almost two years later and I am still talking to people who have not seen the credit scenes!
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but a slight detail I picked up on is that the blanket for the doll house bed looks as though it was made by Mae. She shows it to Camille, who looks happy with the addition to the home, which of course would infuriate Amma. It changed her perfect doll house, and Camille seemed proud of Mae for her creation, making Amma extremely jealous. That's why Amma would have thrown it in the garbage later on, and who knows, maybe that was the final straw that got her to kill Mae, just as Ann and Natalie were killed because they had taken too much of Adora's attention.
I just feel like no one has brought up the point that the sheriff had said to Adora "one of your daughter's dangerous, and the other is in danger" at the time I thought that Amma was the one in danger and Camile the dangerous one, but looking back is seems these roles were reversed.
Amma was tiling the dollhouse's bedroom floor with ivory so it could be just like Adora's bedroom floor.
Please answer this for me...When Camille first looks at the dollhouse in the final scene there is a figurine that looks like someone climbing in the window...Upon further review, it looks like a little girl set up like the dead kid in the windowsill of Wind Gap with her teeth removed...Am I wrong here???
You're right. It's shown in the Behind The Scenes video as well on the HBO RUclips channel.
ron kolinie You’re right. Amma’s soul was that dollhouse. Read the book though for clarification on what ultimately happened to both Amma and Camille.
ron kolinie it looks like the dead girl to me.
Hi! I don’t think your wrong about that at all. There are so many little clues in the show that you kind of have to go back and watch it a couple times to see everything...
Camille recognizes the figurine. You don't see it but we can tell by her expression thats she's shooked. That props her to investigate the dollhouse future and we can tell she sees the tooth through the window. Such a wild show
It looks like Amma’s friends helped her kill the two girls wearing white jumpsuits, maybe from the pig place? Also, I think Amma says she is sorry when she visits Adora in prison. The blood under the bed is because that is where they killed John’s sister.
And Ashley's sister was one of the accomplices...never John!
Fantastic summary/review. I love your enthusiasm and excitement on how this show wrapped up. My personal history is in theatre and television, everything you said was so spot on. Loved this series. Reading the book now (just started).
Amma creeped me out the entire time, I wasn't surprised at all.
Remember when Amma stick a gum into Camille hair in the middle of the season. You could tell something was wrong with that girl. She's evil AF.
It was a lollipop
I loved Elizabeth Perkins in this!!! Best supporting role Ive seen in a LONG time.... and am I weird for wanting this house? Omg it was gorgeous!!!!! The house itself was a character to me...
During the dinner scene, if you look carefully amma stealthily grabs a knife and it wasn’t to use on her dinner
Billeh What was that about? Was Amma gonna attack Camille or something?
@@mikeappleget482 I don't know, but if you go back and watch you'll notice it. I'm sure it was meant just to add to the already huge amount of tension
How odd. Neither I nor the 3 friends I watched it with noticed that! Wonder why they’d make it that discreet when we can’t even really figure out what she’d even do with it.
i just re watched it, and its sure not in focus, so its for the subtle eye to catch.
on the other hand, i'm not sure if its a knife, could it be the Fork? im left handet so that might confuse me, but i can't tell if its a knife or a fork. it probably makes no difference. I'm just curios.
I definitely noticed!
Thanks for the great job you've done. Loved watching every review for each episode
Yes! I was awaiting your reaction eagerly. I know you'll love the book!!!
Thanks for the Reviews, James! When HBO gets it right, they're the best! This was True Detectives season 1, good! Jesus Christ, is all i gotta say. I have'nt read the book, but i think the sheriff was bangin' Adora, thus the scene in the barber shop. I was never so happy to see cherry's, but when i seen the fucking doll house with the floor made of teeth... My jaw dropped! How many Emmy nom's?!1 +20? Amy for best actress, she was absolutely amazing in this show! The cycle of hurt was flooring! Soooooo Real!
IT was good, but not even close to True Detective season 1 IMO.
CARCOSA
Are yall stoked about S3 true detective? It blew my mind when I saw the title card in the trailer coz I thought it’d never get renewed after season 2. So fuckin hyped!
It was amazing!
I loved Jean Marc Vallée’s : Freestyle directing!
You nailed the ending: It was Rock and Roll!
I think the fabric Camille found in the trash was the same design as natalie's bike seat. Not positive though.
Also it looks like the same as the front of Ammas diary.
Anyone else catch that? Maybe Amma keeps trophy like alot of killers do?
Grant finale imo!
Edit: was that person in the dollhouse window representing natalie propped up in the alley window???
Howie Feltersnatch And that tiny figure propped on the window of the upper floor room with the teeth was positioned exactly like the girl in the alley was positioned. Freaky AF This episode gave me chills.
The fabric was something Amma's new freind Mae, made with her for the doll house (she shows it to Cammile in a previous scene) but I have just read that in the book it's a small rug made of victims hair that Amma made. So... you are part right.
Well yeah...like TEETH. Also she uses a specific color nail polish on her victims.
@@caseyspaos448 you just blew my mind because I just remembered the brother said his sister's nails were painted and she never painted her nails. I wonder if it was the same color on Mae!
Amma's new friend Mae made the dollhouse bedsheet in the likeness of Amma's bedsheet in her new room at Camille's place (you can see it in that very scene where Mae was showing it to Camille). And you are right, the teeth Amma pulled from her victims could be interpreted as a trophy.
The woman in white is also discovered after the logo of Blumhouse Television.in the credits.
It's rare for me to actually get spooked from scary movies. Torture, blood & gore movies don't scare me, but the ending of the episode spooked the hell out of me. It was so intense! Yet all she said was "Don't tell mama." I can't believe Amma was using the collection for her Dollhouse! That's so sick and dark. No wonder Amma was obsessed with that dollhouse..
Glad you watched the ENTIRE episode!! Thanks!!!!
Starts at 4:00
I still want to know the significance of the maid and the old black man at the gas station. ??? Was there any??
Thanks for mentioning the end credit scene because I totally stopped watching when the credits rolled. If I saw it right SPOILER it showed the killing in progression 1 the friends helped 2 she hit girl over the head first in sneak attack 3 flat out comes up from behind and chokes her out.
dux bellorum Did that scene also show Amma in jail and lunging at her black friend’s mom??
Mike Appleget no it just shows the murders . Amma just kills the black girl against a metal fence. If it did show that it happened to fast for me. They should have showed that slower.
dux bellorum have you seen the second scene in the credits???
Rafaeli Vanelli no what is it?
dux bellorum yes, at the very end of the credits :-)
Sharp objects is such a cool show and the ending was so unexpected for me. Also Amy was truly fantastic in it. I wish they made season 2.
I completely agree with you! This was probably the best show on TV this year, better than Westworld (this year anyway) and since no Game of Thrones, not much to compete with there. That being said Big Little Lies was great too, I think we will see another season of this soon. While I really thought the mom was the killer of all the girls, it totally makes sense that Amma killed the girls. She is exactly like her mother in a more complex way. If anyone takes attention away from herself, she views them as a threat and kills them. She does this so she is always the most important to whatever 'mother' figure she latches on to. Camille will be surrounded by death if she doesn't turn Amma in.
I need some closure.......that girl is pure evil.
I think there is quite a bit of competition. The Americans was very strong in its final season. There is also Handmaid’s Tale and a few strong limited series. Killing Eve was also fantastic. That doesn’t take into account comedies. GoT hasn’t been the best show on tv for a while now for me. In my opinion that last season in particular was atrocious.
Nonetheless, Sharp Objects may def end up getting my vote for best of the year in the end. I need to think on it for a bit. I’ve been catching up on shows I didn’t get a chance to watch when on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, so I’m not clear in my head what is from last year and what was released in 2018.
Agreed - Americans has always been and was wonderful, highly recommend. I don't watch comedies or Netflix, Hulu . However, I did rent Handmaids Tale, I have a friend working on it and last season was excellent cannot wait to rent the next season.
westworld was trash this year and sharp objects is much better than the first season. this is some high level television right here
Did you watch Big Little Lies? Would love to see your reaction on that
I loved Big Little Lies. That director is the same one for Sharp Objects. Both finales had great endings but Sharp Objects was rushed. You also must see the closing credits to actually see the final ending. Read vanityfair.com online article for closure and to tie up loose ends in a clear, precise way!
You've both just made me realise that the way the director edited the two shows at the end of both finales was so similar!!! Both times he made the big reveal through flashbacks without any further explanation right at the end of the show. Although, the editing and flashbacks in Big Little Lies was done better and revealed so much more. Everyone was very satisfied; whereas most fans were left confused/disappointed by the way the big reveal was done in Sharp Objects.
Beverly Straus It was rushed in the book too. That's what I like about both; the the tooth reveal was so dark that it needed to go quickly
Lucy Lamazares Yes, BLL' editing was fantastic. For Sharp Objects I was confused by the editing. I read the book then rewatched the first few episodes. It was easier to recognize the memories
I’m just trying to find out what happened to Ashley Wheelers ear!!!
ilovejosh nixon in episode 7 or 6 there’s quick Camilles flashback where Adora bites kid. I think this kid was Ashley
it was explained bit better in the book but basically the kid was a biter ( don't remember was it ann or natalie) most of the people that were around her had bite marks (including adora and amma ) and one night when Ashley was over she woke up to the kid just biting her earlobe off. I think that was the extent of the explanation but it was to make a point to why the teeth were pulled off, to make sure they couldn't disrespect the killer like that anymore
@@MrFikus8 no thats Amma..thats why her mum says god has given me another sick child
According to John, Natalie and Ann were biters. Natalie also shoved a pencil in a girls eye, my money’s on her.
It is Natalie. John tells Camille that Natalie bites and showed the bite mark on his arm
I was standing and sitting too so anxiety provoking!
OK, here is the shot breakdown for the credits montage:
#1
Black skin, bright pink nails, grabbing,chain link fence
#2
Another attractive girl - not Mae - with a rope around her neck, 2 or 3 people in white suits helping to restrain.
(throwback ten minutes to joking around with Mae - her new friend - about strangling someone with a rope)
#3
More restraining white-sleeved hands, in a forest setting, with a grabbing hand on the elbow of the girl being killed, who could be someone who was in the hospital with Amma.
#4
Same; but seeing rage on Amma’s face, and distress on a fellow assailant in a lab coat.
#5
Shadowy shot of struggle
#6
Another shot of the struggle in the forest, at least 3 girls
#7
A shot which appears to portray a struggling (previously murdered) Natalie Keene
#8
Indistinct shadowy shot
#9
We see a struggling soon to be dead girl who appears to be surrounded by more white lab coats.
#10
New dead girl, this time in a shot originating from under a bed
#11
Rage on the face of Amma, evidently getting what she came for; girl in white lab coat adjacent
#12
Collapsing shot of newly-murdered girl, evidently in her bedroom, perhaps where she will be found (although there would be a heap of forensic evidence to account for, presuming we just saw she was done in in a forest setting; Marti Noxon, we are watching)
#13
NOW we see a shot of Mae, at it looks like she is reacting to the murder, with an onlooker, perhaps Amma
#14
We see a the same hand as in the first shot of the sequence, at last letting go of the chain link fence
Jed Gould
#15
Amma, through a different metal fence, joyous rage on her face
Love your reviews!
I really enjoyed all of your reviews!! Will you be reviewing season 3 of True Detective this coming January??
This show was brilliant and left me wanting more. I loved it because it didn’t spoon feed us the information. You had to read between the lines.
Just Me If you want more, definitely read the book because it will give you more.
That floor made of ivory makes a lot of fucking sense now. God, what a crazy finale.
Ozark starts this week.
greeneyed bandit79 YASSS!
Thanks for the heads up!
Great analysis, thank you.
I knew it was Amma since episode 3...
What made you think she was the killer? I never liked her character, but only suspected her when she started being rude to Mae for no reason.
Shannon Jones Thats exact moment I realized it was her... I “knew”’she had two sides but then thought later on it was bc she was victim of moms abuse/poisoning... Im shook.
I only figured it out when she knew the sentence Camille quoted was Machiavelli when they are in the garden after the party - no way a normal girl knows Machiavelli, i had to pause the video for a few minutes in a holy f*** she’s the killer moment
what were the shed flash backs about , did that get explained ?
Wow, thanks for the heads up on the mid-credit scene!! I completely missed it.
I’m so relatable with your review! What an amazing show!
Just saw the finale. What a ride!
I've read the book too and I wasn't at all disappointed!
I have a question, what was the significance of the long sequence of detective Richard observing all the paraphernalia in the bar? I thought it was him having some epiphany...he did show up at Adora's house afterwards, right? But, he left without any insight.
I really didn’t like the ending. I understood the ending but had to look up the books ending after it ended for clarity. If you haven’t, you should read the books ending it is much better. The pacing felt very off throughout the episode. There were scenes unneeded (ex: Alan and the sheriff) and then scenes that were very drawn out (the dinner table). Then the ending and other scenes were just way to rushed (last scene, friend being missing/killed, and adoras arrest/Marian’s cause of death revealedh. I wish that they followed the ending a little more. Ammas new friend is found dead (killed a similar way) and THEN Camille find the teeth In the dollhouse and a rug made of the new friends hair. I just was.. disappointed. I thought that the finale could’ve been an hour and half instead of just 50 minutes, I think it really could’ve helped this ending. I’ve even looked up what some people are saying on twitter and almost everything I’ve read is people who haven’t read the ending being confused about the killings/disappointed at how rushed the ending was.
Sophia G I definitely felt the payoff was a little rushed for how slow the episode was
Monte Crisco I agree! The first half was very slow and then the second half of the episode was so rushed! But I could say the same about the series as a whole. The first few episodes of the series were pretty slow with not that much happening and then the last few had so much in them and not enough time to unpack anything
I agree. There were so many questions that needed answering and this finale didn't di it for me. The pace started out like previous episodes, but it almost seems like a part got cut out when Adura was to return with more medicine and instead Curry and Richard rush in. I felt disappointed after waiting fir the finale. It just felt disconnected ant there are still many unanswered questions.
Def agree, I think its laughable to think its one of the best shows of the year lol but it wasnt bad it was just too boring and way too predictable. Only reason I stuck with it is Amy Adams and the other great actors
The scene with the Sheriff basically let us know that the Sheriff was on to Adora’s fetish of making her daughters sick. That may be (one of the reasons) why he’s always coming over, to keep an eye on the Camille & Amma. The sheriff’s like “how’s Amma” and Adora’s husband is like “she good” and the sheriffs says “I saw her friends roller skating and they said Amma’s **”Sick”**....” and puts a lot of emphasis on the word “sick” like he knows it’s Adora’s fetish. And the “bad pacing” has its purpose. The “slow & unneeded” parts are loaded with meaningful information and it really puts you into the characters’ minds and makes you relate to them more. This show wasn’t so much about “the action” as it was about the psychology of the characters. So then when the action does happen it seems to “strike to the bone marrow”. Just little things like Adora quickly & forcefully shaking the bottle in a stabbing motion to get out that last drop of poison onto the spoon & making that snarled face.
If the “boring scenes” were rushed I really don’t think those little moments like that would’ve gave my whole body goose bumps.
Will you be covering Nightflyers this fall??
i thought it was amma. but the nail polish kinda made me think the adora red herring wasn't it. but when she got arrested halfway through i knew it was amma again lol. amma was by far the creepiest part of the show for me.
I still (even though it’s obvious) want someone to say out loud that Adora purposely killed Camille’s first sister, and that’s why she refused the autopsy.
Great energy & love your enthusiasm - I disagree with your point about Adora’s enthusiasm Re Camille’s feigned illness to save Amma: to me, that isn’t a simple/regular kicking in of her MBP .. it’s far more than that - it’s Adora finally triumphing over Camille .. the following scene/s of Adora ‘caring for’ Camille is like watching a predator devour a whole beast in just one sitting .. there was never going to be a long game here, Camille was akin to a guzzled meal that Adora thought she would never have ..
Yes enjoy your review after seeing a few that asked questions I thought were obvious and not ask ones that I’m still asking. In the flashbacks it looks like Camille is dying and her sister is in better shape. But she ends up getting away. Do we ever know how and why ... we know she mutilates her own body to punish herself for surviving but what got her up and out and is that why her sister dies ..because Adora moves into her in full force having lost Camille ? I guess that’s possibly obvious too. What I loved about this series was its authenticity that made dialogues unexpected because they didn’t revert back to Hollywood junk. They stayed subtle too. The look Camille gives Amma when she says ‘I could eat you up’. To me that’s brilliant acting. It was precisely the speed and tone that a comment seemingly affectionate could feel just wrong and perfectly reflected on Camille’s face. Whoa. That’s when I knew sister is as evil as she is a opportunistic phony. The fluctuation between the little tart on roller blades and the soft voice playing with her dollhouse but sadistic ! Remember she’s the one who stole Camille’s clothes in the bathroom forcing the revelation of her self destructive cutting .... that character was evil incarnate
“The last few episodes don’t feel like a slow-burn whatsoever” *that’s what makes it a slow-burn*
It was these reviews of Sharp Objects that got me Addicted to James Hancock.
Sharp Objects was a Perfect Miniseries ... Absolutely Transporting... Amy Adams is the most Gifted Actress of her Generation... She was cruelly robbed at the Golden Globes and the Emmys.
Thank you for the Introduction, Sir.
I'll be watching your reviews until you decide to retire.
I loved this show, it's the best show I've seen in a long time, thnx for reviewing everything episode, u gained a new fan and subscriber! 😃
Many thanks for the subscribe! It was a pleasure and a privilege covering this show.
Loving the review and comments. I didn’t read the book so there are some loose ends like who put the bike in the pig pond? Was it John or Amma? Wasn’t there a witness who claimed to see John dispose of the bike?
Thankyou James for your amazing reactions & comments on TV and Movies ! Question for anybody.... How would you have made this final episode
better ? If you were the writers and producers, what would have “ punched up “ the script? My changes would have been as follows:
When Camille is getting “dosed” in tub, I would have added a few more lines with Adora denying the accusations of killing Marian. The part with the blue lights of the police cars reflecting on the ceiling,....
Alan has music blasting in the background, we hear a painful “needle scraping” across the album ... then music stopped! Cut to the cops cuffing Adora and Alan with him squirming away from cops and his cute “sweater cape” falls to the ground. Lastly, we were slighted by not getting a powerful dialogue between Amma & Adora in jail . The video shown was cool , but why not have written 2 more minutes of that powerful moment? Fell short with that moment in my opinion!
Anyone have some other ideas ?
something i wanted to happen when Camille decided to let Adora "take care" of her, is that they show Camille doing it to save Amma, but also to feel loved by her mother for the first time, even though she knew Adora was poisoning her, she would willingly let her do it just to feel loved and cared by her.
i really wanted to see that happen, it would have been so emotional, seeing Camille let her mother posion her just to feel loved (in a twisted way) by her for the first time
I wish to see what happed after ending with Amma and her friends from Wind Gap. Did Camille in book told to Police that Amma is killer?
The writing on the part of the friend's hand that was presented covertly to Camille read, *CALL MOM*
First off I would like to say James I've subscribed to your videos and I really love how you get into detail about things in the way you talk about the shows outstanding job!!
The show is incredible I love the actors but I from the jump knew something was up with the mother Adora and Amma!
I realized Adora was doing something shady and covering up things and just so grimey and beneath the surface I can't stand her and the way she treats Camille. But Amma I never trusted can't stand her always thought she was killing and doing something or help the killer but I knew she had something to do with those murders and she always had a f*****-up comment to say about whoever.
What really made everything that I thought be true was when Camille was talking with the guy that everybody was accusing of being the murderer when his sister died and they were accusing him of killing his sister and whoever else I knew that Amma had something to do with it.. because he said that she would get in the middle of the girls arguing and she was always a part of their BS and throughout all those episodes nobody never said anything Emma never said anything about knowing those girls or hanging out with them or getting in arguments so for Camille to have John tell her that that set off so many questions and fireworks and everything.
From the jump I was only looking at Emma and Adora as killers there was no one else that gave me the sense or the feeling that they would be.
Everything everything that she said all those stupid smart ass rude snarky weird comments that Emma would always have four things let me know that she was definitely the Killer also the end credits when she was killing the black girl Mae and the mom was looking for her..
there were just way too many red flags and things that did not sit well with me with Emma
Sick review
I believe the the episode being titled "Milk" had two reason. First, and this is just a theory, when Camille drank the milk at the dinner table, it genuinely made her sick. Secondly, when Camille finishes her milk and throws the carton away, she noticed the dollhouse blanket had been thrown away which intern, led her to find the teeth. Just a theory.
Did you notice that there is a second scene during the credits??
What a great show!
If you slow motion the killing scene in the credits you can see Camille being choked too 😧
Dodo Foto really?
Bryson Ryenn ruclips.net/video/XO6tYBcfS8s/видео.html in this video at 1:49 I believe I see Camille in that quick moment.
What about the bite mark on Alan’s hand? They showed a quick glimpse of it in an early episode but never revisited it
Some people watching Sharp Objects were old enough to remember "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and although it doesn't rise to that level Sharp Objects ran in that vein. It moved really slow but then again small towns are like that. Amy Adams is a pleasure to watch and is quite talented. Would anyone else like to put Henry Czerny in a headlock? He just irritated me especially when he yelled at Camille to "SITDOWN" like he was God instead of her stepfather.
Love, Love this series! Missed the sequence in the credits and was left confused! But went back watched again and saw the sequence by my mistake. Amazing!!
Thank you for your reviews. By the way, I just love your accent.
Did you notice the doll in the house having being placed on the window sill?. Just like the last murdered girl was discovered!
In some scenes, the father, Alan is shown listening to music and he is also shown...biting his hand? I'm not too sure about what those scenes mean. What's up with that guy? He is an accessory to Marian's death, so is it guilt or something?
I like you dude. I love your enthusiasm for this show and I can imagine you shadow boxing in your home watching SO. 😂 This show was superb especially as you mentioned the camera work and directing. The acting was good but I’m not a huge fan of Amy Adams, I’ve always found her a bit overrated but she was good here. The stand outs for me were the girl who played Amma, Patrica Clarkson and especially Elizabeth Perkins who was phenomenal and stole the show acting wise. I just wish that they stretched it out to a few more episodes, maybe explaining why she did what she did and seeing the consequences. Also there are a few things you mentioned that I didn’t notice like the writing on the black girls hand. Also did you notice how the black girl had the same color nail polish (painted on I’m assuming by Amma) as Natalie did when they found her body. Also did you notice that the opening of each show had a different song up until the ending where they played the same song as the first episode? Like coming full circle ⭕️!
You missed something after Camille found the little blanket for the bed that she got out the dollhouse she sat on the bed that's when she noticed the doll sitting in the window seal like Ann Nash was found at that moment Camille knew and decided to look through the windows in the house and discovered the tooth under Amma bed inside the dollhouse. All the evidence lead to Amma but I thought it wasn't possible for her to pull those teeth out.
My god, no doubt the best show I've seen since True Detective Season 1.
Good job on ur review
Get the audible book. It's AMAZING!!
Did anyone stay until the end of the credits to see the scene of Amma as the Lady in White at the park?
shows that give the gift of ptsd
the way camille tricked adora so easily, made me actually feel sorry for adora, she is like a little girl who starts doing sth annoying and her mama gives her an ice cream to distract her. she doesnt seem to be realizing for a second that camille is faking it, or maybe she knows but wants to believe her only to finally get the satisfaction she never got of nursing camille when she was a kid.
You you still read comments from here and if you still remember 😅: how did Ashley wheeler know about the blood to frame john? His sister was killed at her house and she knew exactly where the blood was! She tried to frame john with that info! Please reply if you read this
While I'm obviously not the person you were asking, I recently watched the show and if I remember correctly Ashley found the blood after the scene where she's giving John a hand, so to say (haha -- well, kind of an awkward way to put it, but I don't want my answer possible getting eaten by filters). He abruptly leaves and Ashley is still kneeling at the bed and I think that's when she spots it. Then you see her trying to clean carpet of the blood with bleach.
Love Amy Adam, did read some bad reviews, sorry it was well done, everyone in the cast was excellent. Thank goodness I listen to your review I missed the montage at the end had to go back.
I too thought the milk was poisoned, especially because of the way the camera focused on it when she took a drink.
Before the mid-credit montage, I thought that the little sister (Amma) had just pulled the teeth of the dead girls, without her mother (the actual killer) knowing.
I LOVED THIS SHOW😩I’m definitely gonna watch it again
Going to rewatch the show..I really enjoyed it. The only thing I would have liked to have seen was some dialogue between Amma and Camille as to why she did all of this, and how she got her friends to go along with it and stay quiet. We can piece it together, but I would loved to hear it from her..
ny_kia31 - Asking "why" isn't going to get you anywhere except into the sickness of Amma. "What's going on here" is an old story of a small local culture gone dark. Everyone is complicit, not through any single act (except Amma & "momma" - just noticed they rhyme) but through small contributions, even just turning a blind eye, that add up to a large evil.
She was obsessed with control and attention, especially when it comes to her mom. The girls were close to her mom and Amma saw them as a threat . She's also beautiful and tends to make people do what she wants...which is why the girls helped her, they didn't want to be next . Did anyone see Ashley(johns gf) in the ending credits? I was sure she had a part in it. I still can't figure out how the blood got under the bed but maybe I missed something .
No, I missed Ashley. Can't have any attention lapses with this show :)
I think any conversation re ‘why’ would undermine the entire series .. every episode is an insight into ‘why’ .. not an explanation - there isn’t one - but an illumination of space/s and psyche/s
I loved this show so much.. HBO doesn't exist anymore in The Netherlands and some other company took over its film rights, but they didn't do any advertising for Sharp Objects. I started watching it by coincidence after the 2nd episode was aired and thought that it was finished without giving any answers hahaha, thank god it wasn't
I personally enjoy that the ending didn’t end up resolved. I liked that I am left wondering if Camille would turn her sister in or would she remain silent. How safe would Camille feel with Amma living under the same roof as her, how much did Adora and Alan know about Amma and her friends. I’ve heard about the book ending where things are resolved ( kinda) and I think that’s anticlimactic. The good guys don’t always win, every crime isn’t solved, etc. I wish the series hadn’t spent as much time with Camille’s drinking, flashbacks and inability to assert herself ( I mean, she was allowing her mom to poison her to death!) but I guess she’s an imperfect hero? The acting was superb from everyone.
Overall fantastic show...I would love your take on Big Little Lies but I'd be surprised if you haven't watched it already...
I lost the mid credits scenes. I hope they'll do a rerun so I can watch them
James I know you just do reviews, but man would I like to see a breakdown on the killings scene after the credits. I tried to repeatedly press pause but my stupid tv brings up a play bad that takes up half the damn screen
Check it...
www.vox.com/2018/8/26/17780592/sharp-objects-mid-credits-scene-killer
Ro G thank you
Ro G incredibly chilling thank you
If you have HBO, don’t you have HBO on demand? You can watch it there and rewind, pause, FF, etc.
@@pat6601 yea I do- that's what I was doing but the service provider I use their graphics when you try and press pause play pause play to get to the right frame takes up 1/3 of the screen from the bottom up its super annoying
literally also had to "shadow punch" away my anxiety after this show lol so good
Great finale but a bit rushed near the end. Sad to see it end.
Yvette Vera there is its called season ONE. There are more lol
Hasan Actually it is a limited series meaning that THIS is the only season there will be. 🙄
Yvette Vera Yes, but you really didn’t see the true ending, according to the book. They should have spent some more time to portray that. It’s sad they didn’t. Friends who knew I read the book were calling me to find out what happened to Camille and Amma at the very end.
Patricia Bilinkas I don’t care about the book ending, considering this is a show adaptation. Being that it’s an adaptation I didn’t expect the ending to be the same. Plus if they were the same endings it would have been all too predictable to the readers.
No kidding, Nothing happens in episodes 3,4,5, and 6. A little happens in 7, and then everything happens in the post credit scene of the finale!
but i'm still wondering about who killed thoses little girls, i mean yes Adorra killed her girl but i think these two killings are Amma's (after watching the clips at the end) and that Adorra is wrongly accused
anyone ?!
Stellar critique. I'm surprised ppl. have some affection for Amma. I find her to be the most vile, contemptuous figure I've seen in decades. Y'know typical youngest sister. 😏