Big Little Lies (HBO) TV Show • Page 11

look she went through a traumatic experience and was going through shit and thought a haircut would fix it

 

A huge part of what made S1 fun was the element of mystery and all the waspy fighting between the ladies. Without those elements, show definitely wasn't the same.

Enjoyed the Celeste/Mary Louise stuff, and but beyond that I felt like I was just left with more questions than answers and left me wanting more (not in a "can't wait to see what they do next" way but in a "really wish this had been better")



What happened to Tom and Jane? Even if it didn't work out, seemed odd that they basically pretended like the two of them weren't setup together at the end of S1. And why did they make her new love interest look like a highschooler?

Doesn't Renata still have a big tech job? She has to be making good six figures if not seven. More than enough to still live the life she wants. Get a lawyer, show even passing evidence that she wasn't aware of her husband's crimes, and seems like she should've been able to easily land on her feet.

Not having Madeline finally be honest with Ed about what happened that night definitely left an unsatisfying mark on their story. Feels like Madeline didn't actually learn anything or grow at all...

Stuff with Bonnie and her mom just didn't land at all for me. Was just boring

 

Sad this wasn't great. I haven't watched any of season 2 yet and not sure if it's worth it.

 

I agree with everyone here. Definitely felt like a 6/10 when the first season was either a 9 or 10. Enjoyable but felt a bit hollow. I wonder often how it’d be if we got the original Andrea Arnold version.

 

hmm this is from the same author as Big Little Lies as well as same showrunner

 

VERY interesting

 

was very worried this thread was getting bumped to announce a third season lol

 

Starring Judi Dench as Celeste’s even worse grandmother

 

Alright I'm back in.

 

So I just finished season 1 and was throughly entertained throughout. Thought it was very good but how can there be more seasons? Without any spoilers, like ,how? I get that the detectice thinks something is up but I don't wanna watch a season of a cop trying to figure out that that a bunch of women were defending themselves against an awful human rapist.

Everything ended no?

 

You’re spot on. The show should have ended after the first season, which was really good and felt complete. The second season introduces new characters and attempts to explore generational trauma and the cyclical nature of violence. It’s mostly a failure and upends a lot of the great character work of season one. Also leaves a few characters stranded without much space/motivation for narrative and ends up feeling like a waste of great acting talent. Also all the directorial stylings were edited out, so there’s less to enjoy aesthetically than the first season. Basically, it felt super forced where the first season felt inspired.

 

Worth watching at all?

The entire first season/show was built on "who died" "who did it" and well...we got our answers. And while the characters are great, they're not great in the vain of "whats next for this rag tag crew".

 

IMO the second season was an absolute disaster story-wise but has some very, very good performances from Dern, Kidman, & Streep. I don't even remember how S2 ended it was that mostly forgettable.

 

I mean, personally I don't need to get all deep and "tv writer"-y about it, Season Two was still good tv. Sure it wasn't as good as Season One, but so what, still is better than a lot of shit out there and well worth watching

 

I disagree. It was bad and not worth watching.

 

i mean, it absolutely was not good and the writing is the reason why haha. they completely abandoned characters that they actually wrote well in season one and the conflicting motives and traits of the other characters shifted episode to episode. it was bizarre.

 

I’d say it’s not worth watching. The quality drops a lot. There are good performances but to see the quality of the character writing drop and all the nuance go out the window is upsetting, ruins the legacy of the first season. I like to pretend the second season isnt even canon.

 

You miss out on nothing by skipping season 2. Not worth your time.