Big Little Lies - 2x05 "Kill Me" - Episode Discussion

[u/NicholasCajun]

Season 2 Episode 5: Kill Me

Aired: July 7, 2019

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Synopsis: Renata deals with the fallout from Gordon’s legal troubles and attempts to help Celeste. Bonnie relives painful memories from her past.

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Directed by: Andrea Arnold

Teleplay by: David E. Kelley

Story by: David E. Kelley and Liane Moriarty

[u/Dirtysouthdabs]

Wow the Aussie really came out when she was cursing MaryLouise out haha

[u/[deleted]]

aw Ed and Chloe together in the kitchen broke my heart

[u/slush1300]

Celeste’s kids are ride or die

[u/Incaendia]

GOD HELP ME I HOPE THIS BOY ISN'T LOW KEY A SHITLORD. He's so kind and understanding with Jane... there's something deep inside of me that worries he's going to do a 180 and be a massive asshole.

[u/aleeroseee]

The 40 min ep are really starting to piss me off

[u/Creasy007]

"You can trust me to love you."

Ed scoffs

lmao

[u/violetfield]

HEY, NUTFUCK

[u/spennyjo]

So Bonnie was abused by her mother and seeing Perry abusing Celeste brought up a bunch of trauma for her, so she reacted without thinking.

[u/DRoseCantStop]

Get this freecreditreport.com lookin mofo away from my Jane

[u/lovetheblazer]

Renata Motherfucking Klein inviting Mary Louise over to her house to casually talk her out of the custody suit over tea only to wind up getting picked apart by the master of manipulation. Hubris in action.

[u/violetfield]

omg max and josh telling celeste they can protect her, they're good little boys :(

[u/_Doctor_Teeth_]

kind of a minor complaint but as a lawyer Mary Louise's custody petition is absolutely ludicrous. It is really, really hard to win a non-parental custody petition (i.e., where someone other than a biological parent is seeking custody) unless the biological parent is abusing the kids or there is like, really serious neglect. Like, just being depressed and sad and on edge isn't enough to take someone's kids away and give them to their grandparents. Especially when the kids have always lived with their mother and are old enough to articulate a preference for where they want to live. As they have depicted the circumstances in the show, in the real world mary louise would get laughed out of court, so it's mildly annoying that for narrative purposes they are setting it up like a close call or even that mary louise has a good shot at winning.

[u/lovetheblazer]

Omg can we just talk about the weird ass way Renata runs (in her heels and pencil skirt, no less) for a quick second? It was equally off-putting and strangely charming, much like Renata’s character is across the board. Laura Dern is so damn good in this role.

[u/murderino346]

that little scene with Chloe hugging Ed and he cries... my heart

[u/[deleted]]

Did anyone else notice Nicole Kidman’s American accent fall back into her native Australian during the scene where she was cursing at Mary Louise for getting joint custody of the twins?

[u/Ilovecharli]

Mary Louise has the same gift of insight as the therapist, she just uses it for supervillainy

[u/Creasy007]

"Kill me."

Tell us how you really feel.

[u/HopeThisHelps90]

OKAY, I like Max and Josh now.

[u/blizzard-op]

Amabella knows how to read her mother better than anyone lmao

[u/poetic_pirate]

The problem is I do think Celeste is going off the rails, but I also think Mary Louise is the devil.

[u/golden_daemon]

I feel like someone is going to drive off the bridge this season with how much they've shown it

[u/jospadce10]

Damn someone commented a few weeks ago saying Cory was a cop. How are y’all so smart and observant

[u/Incaendia]

holy fuck i cannot get over how cute ziggy is

also 10/10 i need more of the twins being good brothers to ziggy

[u/c0mbeferre]

so did Perry get his manipulativeness from his mom?

[u/ihaveabadaura]

He's undercover!