Warning: This article contains spoilers from episode two ofBig Little Lies,‘Tell-Tale Hearts.’
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Elsewhere, other secrets continue to seep toxicity into the lives of the Monterey Five.
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Mary Louise rejects this claim and instead accuses Celeste of leaving details out of her story.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Ed tells Madeline, “I think we’re done.”
On a scale of 1-10, how worried should we be about their marriage?
ADAM SCOTT:As worried as you could be.
Between seasons, Ed has been forging a bit of his own identity.
Since the end of season 1, I feel like he’s been bracing himself a little bit.
When there’s a betrayal that is this unequivocal, for someone like Ed, there’s nothing worse.
I don’t think there could be a bigger betrayal.
Ed overhears the truth, but do you think there was any part of him that remotely suspected it?
If he hadn’t overheard it now, would something have pushed it to a breaking point?
You want to live with the possibility that the answer is yes for a few minutes.
I guess you could call it denial or just survival.
But there have been a few signs.
But there was information or at least a hint of information.
He more than likely just didn’t want to investigate further.
You said this is the worst possible betrayal.
We know Madeline has worse secrets, and he doesn’t like secrets.
If he reacted this way now, is there something worse down the line?
What reaction might he have to the bigger secret he still potentially has to discover?
What secret are you referring to?
I have no idea what you might mean [Laughs].
Ed is all in on his marriage.
In a way, it’s his life’s work.
He loves Madeline so much.
I’m yours, take it, take it all."
He’s finding out that it’s not 100 percent mutual.
Disillusionment is a fair word to use along with betrayal.
Anyone would feel betrayal here, but, for Ed, it’s particularly world-crumbling.
It’s that sort of re-assessment for someone like this.
Oh man, I don’t know.
Ed also still has a lot of tension with Nathan.
Will this road bump with Madeline be a bonding point for them?
Or cause further conflict?
It has the potential to go in the bonding direction.
But they’re both dead set on misreading each other.
These guys are on a collision course no matter what.
It’s just never going to work out with these two.
Or maybe it will.
I don’t know.
There is potential for these two to be friends.
Again, the events of the end of season 1 wiped the slate clean.
It was like a kiln that just burned everything, burned the most essential elements away.
This big lie is setting them on some sort of collision course.
Or it’s not.
Madeline and Mary Louise clearly do not like each other, and Ed has always defended Madeline’s honor.
That’s incredible, I wonder who they’re going to get for this."
And then hearing that it was Meryl, it’s like, “Oh s, of course.”
The impact of that was felt throughout everyone involved.
It’s such a huge, incredible deal to have her around.
What can you say about Meryl Streep?
Have we just scratched the surface with her and the threat she might pose to the Monterey Five?
She is extremely dangerous if you’re someone that is holding a secret.
Especially a secret that has such higher implications attached to it like this one.
She is clearly retired, she is there to stay, and she has a lot of questions.
Ed and Bonnie have always had a good, cordial relationship.
She’s sort of coming apart at the seams.
If the house of cards collapses, is there a possibility Ed could be a good comfort to her?
Those two are genuinely friends.
It’s similarly annoying to Ed and Bonnie, [and] they’re friends.
But they are stuck in a similar situation.
So, can we assume there’s some previous time, possibly of a dark variety?
In the trailer, we see there is another costume party this season.
Do you get to be involved, and if so, what’s it like?
I will say that I think it tops the Elvis outfit.
Not theBlue Hawaiione, but the big white one you surprised Madeline with?
Blow the doors off, as they say?
To say it blew the doors off is an understatement.
What can you tease about episode 3?
People are very concerned about Ed and Madeline.
That concern is legitimate and very real.
I don’t know if it’s recoverable.
I think they’re in a tough spot.
But everyone on the show is in a tough spot.
