Big Little Lies HBO

[Anonymous]

I was in & out recovering from the flu, Reese admitted an affair with community theatre guy, right?

I can only imagine the DCUM thread if a teacher went out to lunch with a parent to tell her that a girl's eyes told of her son bullying the girl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scenes to make the Emmy tape:
1. Nicole Kidman in first therapy session
2. Nicole/Reese in the car
This series is so well acted. And I just love how the Monterey setting plays its part as well.

The Monterey scenery is too die for. I love the opening credits with that fabulous bridge. We are Easterners, but have vacationed a lot out West.

I finally got DH to watch the show last night...and first thing he says is 'maybe we should move there'. We both love that climate and scenery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scenes to make the Emmy tape:
1. Nicole Kidman in first therapy session
2. Nicole/Reese in the car
This series is so well acted. And I just love how the Monterey setting plays its part as well.

The Monterey scenery is too die for. I love the opening credits with that fabulous bridge. We are Easterners, but have vacationed a lot out West.

I finally got DH to watch the show last night...and first thing he says is 'maybe we should move there'. We both love that climate and scenery.

It's put California on my list. We do a lot of international travel and DH has done a fair amount of California business travel but never when it was convenient for me to go. This scenery and climate (open doors from house to balconies and decks?!) really has me intrigued.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scenes to make the Emmy tape:
1. Nicole Kidman in first therapy session
2. Nicole/Reese in the car
This series is so well acted. And I just love how the Monterey setting plays its part as well.

The Monterey scenery is too die for. I love the opening credits with that fabulous bridge. We are Easterners, but have vacationed a lot out West.

I finally got DH to watch the show last night...and first thing he says is 'maybe we should move there'. We both love that climate and scenery.

It's put California on my list. We do a lot of international travel and DH has done a fair amount of California business travel but never when it was convenient for me to go. This scenery and climate (open doors from house to balconies and decks?!) really has me intrigued.

We do La Jolla every summer to escape the heat, humidity and bugs on most of the Eastern seaboard---but this show has me wanted to explore farther North.

You can have open doors because you don't have the bug problem like you do around here.

[Anonymous]

I mean, the show's worth it just for the house and scenery porn.

I think Shailene Woodley is a really good actress as well.

[Anonymous]

I have really enjoyed this series and I thought last nights episode particularly good as it dropped so many crumbs about who may have been killed and why. I have not read the book so have really enjoyed the suspense. The Monterey setting and homes are to die for and I really like the cast. NK can sure rock a suit - I think she gets better every week.

[Anonymous]

Celeste gets stronger as the book goes on so hope the same is true for the series.

[Anonymous]

Is there any way of watching it without having HBO?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really enjoying the way all the characters are three dimensional. No one is uniformly awful or good. Even Renata, who I thought was going to be the villain after the first episode, has a warm, nurturing side as well as a cutthroat side. And I felt so bad for Madeline when her daughter decided to go live with Nathan. Her vulnerability was palpable. As for Nathan, I can't stand the actor who plays him. He mumbles everything he says.

I'm wondering if Bonnie, who so far appears to be angelic, will be shown to have a darker side? Perhaps she's the killer?!

Interesting observation. I thought her darker side came out in last night's episode. Her interaction with Madeline's husband was some thinly-veiled nasty. It seems she set up the meeting to discuss parenting not because she's concerned for Abigail but because she wants to further drive a wedge between Madeline and her daughter.

Not that she cares about Abigail in the slightest. I think she just wants to dig at Madeline as much as possible.

[Anonymous]

Why was Nicole wearing a 1979 Dress For Success grey flannel suit with prim bow tie blouse???? So absurd.

[Anonymous]

Lots of questions about what the costume director was thinking when he outfitted Celeste/NK. Maybe that was her power suit from 7 years ago before she got pregnant with the twins and had to quit work. I think Nicole Kidman can be so much more beautiful than how they've done Celeste. I get the understated elegance, but even still, I think they've shot a little too low for Celeste and NK is totally capable of bringing more. Wardrobe aside, I've never enjoyed Nicole more.

[Anonymous]

That was so not a power suit. Look at what the female attorneys wear on Goliath.

That was the suit of a repressed virgin middle school principal in Columbus Ohio.

[Anonymous]

I think it was supposed to be a brand new suit. Perry opened the garment bag and there was a suit in there with tags on.

[Anonymous]

Maybe she wanted to cover up her bruises.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why was Nicole wearing a 1979 Dress For Success grey flannel suit with prim bow tie blouse???? So absurd.

It was brand new and cost four figures. Showed she was taking the meeting more seriously than she let on but also showed how long she'd been out of the game.