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Reviewing "Big Little Lies" Seasons 1 to 2: An excellent drama series about lies, secrets, and interpersonal struggles

Big Little Lies  is an HBO drama-comedy series, starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard, Zoe Kravitz, and Laura Dern, with Meryl Streep joining in Season 2. The series focuses on the lives of several women in the Monterey, California area. Every one of them have their own issues. Madeline (Witherspoon) is dealing with a distant teenage daughter Abigail (Kathryn Newton) and her resentment towards Bonnie (Kravitz), the new wife of Madeline's ex-husband Nathan (James Tupper). Celeste (Kidman) is a former lawyer, now a stay-at-home mom of two sons. Unfortunately, her home life is turbulent, due to her abusive husband Perry (Skarsgard). Jane (Woodley) is a new arrival to Monterey, with a young son, Ziggy (Iain Armitage), in tow and a traumatic event haunting her. Renata (Dern) is the local alpha, so to speak, as someone with a lot of influence, using it to her advantage and throwing her weight around. The story revolves around the friendships bet...

Reviewing "Westworld" Seasons 1 to 3: These violent delights have violent (and delightful) ends

Westworld is an HBO science-fiction drama series centered initially on the eponymous park, an amusement park based on the Wild West with android "hosts" who can be interacted with and "killed" at guests' leisure. When a host is killed, their memory is wiped and they are put back in the park to live out their loops, which are basically  It stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, and Anthony Hopkins, with Tessa Thompson joining later in Season 1, and Aaron Paul and Vincent Cassel joining in Season 3. The series revolves around the emerging consciousness of several hosts. Dolores Abernathy (Evan Rachel Wood), who plays the role of a farmer's mild-mannered daughter, and Maeve Milay (Thandie Newton), who plays the role of the madame at a brothel/bar. Beyond the hosts, Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) is a senior programmer with a chip on his shoulder from his young son's death, the mysterious Man in Black (Ed Harris) is a recurring and bru...