HBO's all-star drama Big Little Lies returns for a sophomore season to explore the tragic aftermath of the first season's pivotal murder.
Although right from the very first episode of Big Little Lies' first season, the non-linear flash-forward storytelling informs us of a cataclysmic event - a murder at a school trivia night - the actual victim is not confirmed until late on. Hardly a surprise after a few episodes, it would be still advisable not to jump straight into the second season and thus not to read a review of the second season without having seen the first. You have been warned.
Created and written by David E. Kelley (whose heritage goes back to the days of The Practice, but more recently helmed Amazon Studios' excellent Billy Bob Thornton vehicle Goliath), and based upon the bestselling novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty (whose story was not completed in the first season), Big Little Lies focusses on a group of disparate parents - headlined by the trio of Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley - who initially only have their kid's school in common, although, by the end of the first season, it becomes clear that they end up with a murder in common too.
The second season changes pace - having already justified the actions of its protagonists, it now seeks to undo them through their own lies - which makes for compelling viewing
Created and written by David E. Kelley (whose heritage goes back to the days of The Practice, but more recently helmed Amazon Studios' excellent Billy Bob Thornton vehicle Goliath), and based upon the bestselling novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty (whose story was not completed in the first season), Big Little Lies focusses on a group of disparate parents - headlined by the trio of Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley - who initially only have their kid's school in common, although, by the end of the first season, it becomes clear that they end up with a murder in common too.
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