Season 2 of the critically acclaimed series The Sinner premieres on Netflix on 9 November.

The second season has already been met Stateside with critical acclaim. It has 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.54/10 based on 26 reviews.

The critical consensus for season two on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "In its second season, The Sinner establishes itself as an engrossing why-dunnit thriller series with staying power". Metacritic assigned a score of 75 out of 100 based on 16 critics for the second season, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club wrote a rave review of the first few episodes. He stated: "Two things keep it from feeling like a rehash of season one: the excellent choices in new narrative twists made by writer-creator Derek Simonds, and the caliber of talent involved in bringing it to life. Chief among the latter group is Carrie Coon, who... brings a wonderful fusion of frazzled humanism and sinister duplicity to the part, another magnetic performance by the actor that elevates the material and lends gravitas to some of the more daffily implausible turns."

Ben Travers of indieWire wrote about season two: "Derek Simonds assembled a helluva team for an intriguing follow-up season. The first three episodes of Season 2 match the tone and intensity of the writer's gripping debut, while new cast members Tracy Letts, Natalie Paul, and Carrie Coon more than make up for any holes left by the original cast. ... Season 2 has enough going on it could spin off the rails, but the mere fact it has so much working for it thus far is a big win for everyone involved. The Sinner is no one-hit wonder."

In the second second, Detective Harry Ambrose (Pullman) is lured back to his hometown in rural New York to assess an unsettling and heart wrenching crime — parents murdered by their 11-year-old son, with no apparent motive.

As Ambrose realizes there’s nothing ordinary about the boy or where he came from, the investigation pulls him into the hidden darkness of his hometown.

He’s pitted against those who’ll stop at nothing to protect its secrets — and a mysterious woman who proves to be a complicated, enigmatic piece to this haunting puzzle.

In the first season, Detective Harry Ambrose delved into the past of a troubled young mother (Jessica Biel), in order to determine why she fatally stabbed a man during a beach outing but has no memory of why she committed the crime.

In August 2017, The Sinner was announced as the number one new cable series of 2017, according to Nielsen delayed viewing data.

Here's the trailer for season two...