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THE CHICKEN SISTERS: Episode 2.1

“The Chicken Sisters’ Secrets Come Out”

Family Content: -1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.

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What You Need To Know:

The second season of THE CHICKEN SISTERS on Hallmark+ opens with two half-sisters, Amanda and Mae, preparing for the premiere episode of “Kitchen Clash,” a Reality TV series pitting two chicken restaurants competing. The two rivals have since formed a restaurant, called Chicken Sisters. Meanwhile, Amanda urges her husband to sign papers finalizing their divorce. Also, Mae prepares for her upcoming wedding. She’s hopeful she’ll find her father in time to invite him. However, as they and the whole town gather to watch the episode, Mae finds out the crew was using hidden cameras. Major secrets are bound to be revealed. 

 THE CHICKEN SISTERS is a fun series with lots of humor and heart. The Season 2 premiere does a good job setting up the conflicts for future episodes. It features a great ensemble cast. THE CHICKEN SISTERS has a strong moral worldview. It stresses family, community and free enterprise. However, some dysfunctional family dynamics occur. One couple is going through a divorce, a daughter struggles with her father’s remarriage, and a light scene of infidelity occurs. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children. 

Content:

(BB, CapCap, L, S, M): 

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

  Strong moral, pro-family worldview featuring strong family relationships, strong mother-daughter bonds between many characters, strong sibling relationships, two sisters have repaired their relationship with their mother, episode also stresses community, and there are strong pro-capitalist elements where the whole town is excited to watch a TV competition program about two rival chicken restaurants run by two half-sisters, who’ve reconciled since the program finished taping (the new restaurant they’ve formed faces business competition from one half-sisters’ husband, with whom she’s separated and trying to finalize a divorce);

Foul Language:

  No obscenities but there’s one OG profanity;

Violence:

  No violence;

Sex:

  Characters watch footage that shows a woman kissing a man while she’s still married to her husband, with whom she’s finalizing a divorce:

Nudity:

  No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

  No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

  No smoking or drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

  Woman tells restaurant employees not to worry about being portrayed poorly on a TV program even though her history working in television tells her there’s cause for concern, woman’s half-sister accuses her of lying about this, a married couple struggles to finalize their divorce, and a daughter struggles with her father’s attempt to remarry because he told her the marriage is a “second chance” to have a family and be a good father (the daughter is 17, but feels this doesn’t mean she doesn’t need her father as much as his new stepchildren do). 

 

More Detail:

In the Season 2 premiere of THE CHICKEN SISTERS, streaming on Hallmark+, two half-sisters, Amanda and Mae are preparing for the premiere of their Reality TV series, “Kitchen Clash,” where their two-family chicken restaurants competed for a $100,000 cash prize. The last episode of Season 1 ended with a bunch of plot twists. In the biggest twist, Amanda, Mae, their biological mother, Augusta, and Amanda’s mother-in-law, Nancy, decided to unite their two restaurants into a new one called “Chicken Sisters.” 

 As the new season opens, the people of Merinac are excited for the premiere of “Kitchen Clash.” Everyone is excited to see the episode and hopes the program doesn’t portray them in a negative light. 

 Meanwhile, Amanda is still trying to get her husband, Frank, Jr., to sign their divorce papers. However, Frank doesn’t want to give up on their marriage and is dragging his feet. Other people, especially their biggest and richest investor, Shawna, urge Amamda to get back into the dating world. Amanda’s adamant, though, that she’s not ready for that yet. This news disappoints Sergio, the new restaurant’s chef, with whom Amanda shared a kiss last season. 

 Elsewhere, Amanada’s half-sister, Mae, is focused on her upcoming wedding. Everything is going off without a hitch, except for one thing. She wants to invite her father but doesn’t know who he is. However, her mother, Augusta, or “Gus” for short, refuses to discuss him, much less reveal his identity. When Mae finds a photo of her mother when she was pregnant, she thinks she might have solved the mystery. Could the man in the photo really be her father? 

 The day of the episode’s premiere, the town gathers at the Chicken Sisters diner, ready to watch the big showdown on TV. However, they don’t know that the “Kitchen Clash” crew used hidden cameras to film additional footage. The cameras captured some secrets that the sisters, their friends and family, and the town don’t want anyone to see. 

 The Season 2 premiere of THE CHICKEN SISTERS does a good job of setting up the coming season’s drama, from the fallout from the “Kitchen Clash” episode, to Amanda and Frank Jr.’s divorce, to Mae’s search for her father. The show features a great ensemble cast. Every character gets a chance to shine. The Season 2 premier also has some wonderful soundtrack interludes. 

 The first episode of THE CHICKEN SISTERS:  Season 2 has a strong moral worldview. It stresses family, community and free enterprise. Amanda and Mae have rebuilt their relationship with each other and their mother. They’re also close with Amanda’s mother-in-law, Nancy. 

 However, the episode contains some dysfunctional family dynamics. For example, Frank Jr. is unhappy about his pending divorce from Amanda. Meanwhile, the daughter of the former host of the Reality TV program, Linzey, is upset about her father’s upcoming second marriage. He sees his new family as a “second chance” to be a good father, but this hurts Linzey’s feelings. She may be 17, but she still needs her father just as much as his new stepchildren will. Finally, there’s also a scene showing Amanda kissing another man before her divorce has been finalized. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children.