Big Little Lies
Push Comes to Shove
Season 1, Episode 4 · Aired 2017-03-12
Synopsis
Nathan invites Madeline and Ed to a couples' dinner to discuss a "parenting paradigm" for Abigail. Celeste prepares for a city-council meeting about Madeline's play, and bristles at Perry's concerns about her returning to work. Jane meets with Ms. Barnes, Ziggy's teacher, who suggests her son be medically evaluated in light of further evidence of classroom bullying. While Madeline is confronted by a skeleton from her past, her internet sleuthing reveals a key player from Jane's past instead.
In the series
This episode is part of Big Little Lies (2017–2019) on HBO.
Monterey moms, movie-star cast, and murder under the fundraiser smile.
Key cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Madeline Martha Mackenzie
- Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright
- Shailene Woodley as Jane Chapman
- Laura Dern as Renata Klein
- Zoë Kravitz as Bonnie Carlson
- Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright