TV review - "Big Little Lies Season 2" (2019) **

The acting is fantastic. The set design, costumes, etc is to die for. There are some good moments. But there's no overriding story. None of the leads have decent secrets or are in conflict with each other for extended periods of time. Laura Dern's part feels especially padded. The whole show is "fall out" of what happened in season 1. There's nothing new except Meryl Streep as the dead guy's mother but even then not much is done with her. Scenes feel choppy, written at the last minute, edited about. It doesn't feel like a cohesive goal. There's no strong narrative. They should have had Meryl kidnap the kids or something. A mess.