TV Review: Big Little Lies S02E07 “I Want to Know” 🚔

Big Little Lies Season 2, sadly, does not end with a bang.

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Nicole Kidman stars as Celeste Wright in Big Little Lies. CREDIT: HBO

This post for Big Little Lies “I Want to Know” contains spoilers.

Big Little Lies is and will always be one of the greatest television shows ever made, especially in the #MeToo and #TimesUp era; but I would have preferred for the series to end in Season 1, had I known how the writers intended to end Season 2.

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TV Review: Big Little Lies S02E05 “Kill Me” 🛶

It seems like at least one of the Monterey Five is headed to an undesirable end no matter what.

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Shailene Woodley stars as Jane in Big Little Lies. CREDIT: HBO

This post for Big Little Lies “Kill Me” contains spoilers.

Is “Kill Me” (2019, directed by Andrea Arnold) a metaphor for how the Monterey Five are feeling in this week’s episode of Big Little Lies? Because it certainly seems like it.

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TV Review: Big Little Lies S02E04 “She Knows” 🤫

The Monterey Five all have one thing in common now apart from the lies—they’re all powerless.

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Reese Witherspoon stars as Madeline in Big Little Lies. CREDIT: HBO

This post for Big Little Lies “She Knows” contains spoilers.

Who would have thought that one man’s death would cause so much trouble for the Monterey Five? Celeste (Nicole Kidman), Madeline (Reese Witherspoon), Jane (Shailene Woodley), Renata (Laura Dern) and Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) all come face-to-face with major issues in their lives in “She Knows” (2019, directed by Andrea Arnold).

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