‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Trailer: Meryl Streep Wants The Truth
The first season of HBO’sBig Little Lieswas an adaptation of author Liane Moriarty’s best-selling novel, and it was originally envisioned as a one-season-and-done miniseries. But after the show became a big hit, everyone involved changed their minds and decided to bring it back for more.
But you’d never guess that from this brand newBig Little Liesseason 2 trailer, which continues the story after the shocking events of the finale and looks just as thrilling as ever. Check it out below.
Big Little Lies Season 2 Trailer
“There’s no reason to make a season two. That was meant to be a one-time deal, and it’s finishing in a way where it’s for the audience to imagine what can happen. If we do a season two, we’ll break that beautiful thing and spoil it.”
That was a quote from season one director Jean-Marc Vallée, who mirrored my thoughts about a potential follow-up in this interview withVultureafter season one wrapped up. I was totally against a second season, but damn it, now I can see why all of the key creatives changed their tune: this is a great trailer.
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, andZoe Kravitz’s characters have earned the moniker “The Monterey Five” (giving me flashbacks toLost’s “Oceanic Six”), and as we know, gossip travels quickly in this tight-knit community. They’re going to have to deal with the fallout of their actions from the season one finale, and nowMeryl Streepis in town as a concerned mother trying to find out the truth behind Alexander Skarsgard’s character’s death. It looks like this season is all about consequences and how the Monterey Five will ultimately handle the lie they’ve collectively decided to tell. Will it eat them up until one of them explodes, or will they be able to keep it all together long enough to preserve their way of life?
(Vallée, who was busy helmingSharp Objectsfor HBO asBig Little Liesseason 2 was under way, serves as an executive producer this season whileAmerican HoneyfilmmakerAndrea Arnoldhandles the directing duties.)
Here’s the official description:
The second season of this subversive, darkly comedic drama will explore the malignancy oflies, the durability of friendships, the fragility of marriage and the vicious ferocity of sound parenting. Relationships will fray, loyalties will erode…the potential for emotional and bodily injury shall loom.
