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Big Little Lies – Season 2, Episode 4 She Knows

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Big Little Lies – Season 2, Episode 4

She Knows

Aired Jun 30, 2019

Drama

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Celeste accuses Mary Louise of overstepping boundaries with Jane; Renata endures a prying court hearing with Gordon; Jane opens up to Corey at Amabella's birthday party; Madeline continues to try to make things right with Ed.

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Momentum builds as the Monterey Five's big little deceit becomes unbearable in the immensely tense, "She Knows."

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Shailene Woodley

Jane Chapman

Laura Dern

Renata Klein

Zoë Kravitz

Bonnie Carlson

Meryl Streep

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Hannah Giorgis

The Atlantic

07/01/2019

This season, with Perry Wright's shadowy death serving as a catalyst for the other characters' erratic behavior, the show has smartly dedicated much of its run time to exploring the Monterey Five's strained relationships.

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Aja Romano

Vox

07/01/2019

One of the great things about Big Little Lies' second season is how Meryl Streep's character, Mary Louise, plows through the intricate web of shared secrets and lies around her.

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Alan Sepinwall

Rolling Stone

07/01/2019

More is working than isn't, but there's also a degree to which the season itself is just as much an illusion as that birthday party -- fun in the moment, but perhaps not the best use of available resources.

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Swetha Ramakrishnan

Firstpost

10/09/2023

Big Little Lies knows how to confuse you as a viewer; it is perhaps one of their ways to ensure you keep coming back, episode after episode.

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Christopher Hooton

NME (New Musical Express)

07/14/2021

Amabella's birthday was a great excuse to dress the show's gorgeous cast in disco/hippie clothing, everyone looking incredibly chic...

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Fiona Flynn

entertainment.ie

12/13/2019

Either way, we are here for it until the end, because let's face it, it will have been worth it alone for Meryl Streep's Mary Louise.

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Synopsis

Celeste accuses Mary Louise of overstepping boundaries with Jane; Renata endures a prying court hearing with Gordon; Jane opens up to Corey at Amabella's birthday party; Madeline continues to try to make things right with Ed.

Director: Andrea Arnold
Executive Producer: Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, David E. Kelley, Jean-Marc Vallée, Nathan Ross, Gregg Fienberg, Andrea Arnold, Liane Moriarty
Screenwriter: David E. Kelley
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jun 30, 2019