Renata yelling at Mary Louise in 'Big Little Lies' finale will go down in TV rage history

Truly mesmerising.
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Renata yelling at Mary Louise in 'Big Little Lies' finale will go down in TV rage history
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If you've not yet watched the Big Little Lies Season Two finale, avert your eyes now. Spoilers abound.

Renata Klein isn't afraid to tell it like it is.

So when she bumps into Mary Louise (Meryl Streep) in Starbucks in the Season 2 finale of Big Little Lies, Renata (Laura Dern) says what some of us can but dream of saying to our worst enemies.

When Mary Louise says that nannies are "more trouble than they're worth sometimes," a moment of sheer unadulterated rage ensues. It's honestly mesmerising.

"What did you just say? What did you just say?" Renata replies before launching into a monologue.

"Stay at home moms who make me feel like I should be locked up, what, for neglect because I have a fucking career," yells Renata. "I have spent every day of my goddamn life putting my family and my child first so don't go there, don't go there, judgy judger."

"Keep your eyes on your own fucking paper, Mary Louise," she adds.

Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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