‘Big Little Lies': Who’s Dead and Who’s the Murderer? (Photos)
Putting aside Liane Moriarty’s novel on which the HBO show is based, let’s engage in some wild speculation
The central plot of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” revolves around someone’s murder, but the show plays coy with the details, including the identities of both the murder and their victim.
The series is a fairly straightforward adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s novel, but for those who haven’t read the book, here’s a rundown of the possible scenarios.
The incident with Renata’s daughter seems to be setting up a rivalry between the moms, but Renata doesn’t seem like the type to get her hands dirty.
Witherspoon brilliantly plays Madeline like a rubber band ready to snap at any minute, it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if she were pushed to murder.
Celeste and her husband are portrayed as the perfect couple, but what happens behind closed doors tells a different story.
Bottled resentment seems to be a recurring theme here.
Why he might be the killer: A good rule of thumb for TV watching is if the show has a Skarsgard, he will most likely turn out to be a murderer.
Why he might be dead: “Revenge” fans will remember Tupper as David Clarke, the father who died not once, but twice, on the ABC primetime soap.
[...] there’s precedent for his death serving as the inciting incident on a show about rich white people.
Renata’s rightfully upset about her daughter’s injury, but she refuses to let the incident go by without making someone pay for it, and all of the mothers seem willing to go to extreme lengths to protect their kids.
Jane, or the mother of whichever kid actually tried to strangler her daughter.
The circumstances of Jane’s move to Monterey are shrouded in mystery, but sleeping with a gun under her pillow seems more murder victim than murderer.
If the person she’s hiding from were to show up, we already know Jane’s prepared to deal with that threat.
The yoga teacher who objects to foul language turning out to be a murderer would be a pretty good twist.