Should 'Big Little Lies' Get a Second Season?
by EG
Big Little Lies ended its run in triumphant fashion Sunday night, wrapping up with a seventh episode that was deeply satisfying. It diverted just enough from Liane Moriarty's source material while remaining true to the heart of the book. It was the kind of finale that inspires calls for the series to earn scores of Emmys come September.
Yet of course, because this is the age of Peak TV, there are already cries for a second season; this despite the fact that the source material is depleted. For what it's worth, director Jean-Marc Vallée seems pretty uninterested in a second season, and stars Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern have only mentioned the possibility in passing. If they're smart, HBO will listen to Vallée and stay far away from season two, no matter how great the ratings for the limited series have been.
Big Little Lies was a triumph. But sometimes, you have to let truly great things — even just some very good things, frankly — end.
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