Big Little Lies Recap: The End of the World

We about to find our groove on this one, let’s get straight into it. If you need a “Previously on Big Little Lies,” peep the season 2 episode 2 recap for a refresher ’cause it’s full speed ahead from here like Bonnie when she hit the truck stick on Celeste’s dead husband. Celeste out here reliving that shit in her dreams ’cause Perry out here haunting everyone — Celeste, Bonnie, Jane, you, me, Kirk Franklin, I don’t fucking know, Perry’s ghost gets around. We see the birth of the Monterey 5 as Bonnie replays that night in her head before going back inside with the sullen eyes of somebody about to give up hope. Her mom and daughter are playing together inside, and Bonnie flashes back to her own childhood memory of Mama Bonnie tryna teach her to swim. Mama Bonnie’s big on strong metaphors and tough love, ’cause she tells Kid Bonnie that she has to learn to hold her breath in case anything ever happens to her so she won’t drown. When Kid Bonnie said she doesn’t want to swim…well…her ass about to be Queen Mera whether she like it or not.

Over at Monterey Psychological, we in the office of your favorite therapist, but it’s not Celeste on the patient’s couch. It’s Ed and Madeline! Madeline tryna backpedal like Ali and take back what she’s done (cheating on Ed, in case you forgot) sitting beside a sentient lump of resentment shaped like her husband. Ed at least got the high ground, the moral authority of knowing he’s not the one who did anything wrong — that is, until Dr. Rei…