The most significant discovery in Big Little Lies 2.2 is that the late Perry's twins - Max and Josh - know that Ziggy is also his son. All of which is capped off by the three children meeting, at the end, in the way that Big Little Lies always does things.
Also apt for the way Big Little Lies tells its stories is how the twins found about this. That would be via Madeline's younger daughter, Chloe, who heard her mother talking about this on the phone. It was a big night for Madeline's daughters letting out secrets. Her older daughter Abigail blurts out that Madeline slept with the theater director, thinking her adoptive father and Madeline's husband Ed wasn't home. The ramifications of that second sharing are Ed says he's "done" with Madeline.
That might well be the less toxic of the ramifications of what Madeline's daughters said. There's no telling what the psycho Max will do to Ziggy, knowing that Jane's son is his likely-unwanted half brother. Big Little Lies has always been and continues to be an ensemble narrative with an abundance of grievance and a vengeance.
Meanwhile, we're beginning to learn a little more about Bonnie. Her mother practices some kind of voodoo. We already knew that Bonnie was afflicted with some kind of demons - why else would she push Perry down the stairs - but now we know that these must be longstanding, inhabiting Bonnie long enough that her mother would know. Her mother, by the way, seems pretty formidable, and a potentially good match for Perry's mother and her single-minded vision to find out what happened to her beloved son.
Last but not least we have Renata's husband arrested tonight. There's not connection yet to the rest of the story, but let's just wait and see. And the arrest brought out some primo acting by Laura Dern.
See also Big Lies 2.1: Grandma On a Mission
And see also Big Little Lies: Big Good, Truly ... Big Little Lies 1.5: Multivalent Whodunnit ... Big Little Lies: Elvis and Answers
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