Big Little Lies was back on HBO last night, with Meryl Streep as Perry's mother Mary, staying with Celeste and the twins, and understandably determined to find out what happened to her son. You couldn't ask for a better actress than Meryl Streep to convey the suspicion that Mary has that Perry's death was not as everyone is telling her, and it will fun to see those suspicions develop to the point of certainty, which will no doubt lead to Mary plotting some kind of retribution.
Now, in case you didn't see the first season and its stunning ending, we know what happened to Perry. Bonnie accidentally killed him, deliberately pushing him down the stairs, as she sees Madeline, Jane, and Renata unable to pull him off Celeste. Every one of those women are justifiably glad to see him dead. The last thing they'll do is even tell police that Bonnie didn't intend to kill him. So this sets up the new season with five powerful women lying to the police, and resisting Mary's attempt to learn the truth.
Did Mary know her son was a rapist? Probably not. Did she know that he was physically abusive to women, including his wife. Probably. Will Mary learning the truth about her son's treatment of women affect her determination to find out what happened to him? Probably not. And that has the makings of a pretty good story.
Of the two, I'd give Mary has better odds of finding out the truth than the police. But Detective Quinlan, also a woman, is no slouch. Chances are Mary and Quinlan, working for the same thing - to find out what happened to Perry - won't get too much in each other's way. But once Mary begins planning her retribution, well ... all bets are off.
Big Little Lies in its first season was a unique detective story. It promises to be the same in its second season, with a much different story featuring almost the very same people.
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