In the show, her motivations aren't entirely clear - marking one of several changes between the book and the show. He charges the women, attacking Celeste in an unbridled frenzy, and then Bonnie sprints forward, pushing Perry to his death. In a rapid avalanche of events, Renata, Madeline, Celeste, and Jane all gather at the top of the stairs, where Jane suddenly realizes that Perry is the man who raped her. It's there that things finally descend into the chaotic, fatal confrontation that's been flickering throughout the season. She initially manages to slip away unscathed, but he eventually tracks her down at Trivia Night in a desperate rage. In the book, it's still Bonnie who pushes Perry though it's over a balcony ledge, not down a flight of stairs but, she later explains that she grew up with an abusive father of her own, which. Later, Perry inadvertently learns of Celeste's plans to leave him. Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal. First, it's revealed that Celeste's son, Max, is actually the one who's been bullying Amabella - implying that Perry's violent behavior has trickled down to his sons. Caution: Major spoilers for the Big Little Lies finale ahead.įor the most part, the show's final moments stayed faithful to its source material. The killer shouldn't have come as a surprise to those who read the Liane Moriarty novel the series is based on, but there were plenty of other differences between the Big Little Lies ending and the book. After a season packed with palatial views, heartbreaking realism, and plenty of high-stakes drama, the HBO series finally unmasked the mysterious murderer of Monterey. Maybe it was for every rape, every brutal backhanded slap, every other. Maybe it was an involuntary, atavistic response to thousands of years of violence against women.

On Sunday night, Big Little Lies capped off its limited seven episode run with a big little finale. Madeline muses, 'Maybe it was actually an unspoken instant agreement between four women on the balcony: No woman should pay for the accidental death of that particular man.

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