Ever since Big Little Lies became the standout series of 2017, showrunners have been desperately trying to distil whatever it was that made it so good and bottle it.
It’s inspired a slew of TV shows with complex female protagonists and inexplicably good hair, all with vaguely similar names (Little Fires Everywhere, Tiny Pretty Things, Sharp Objects, Tiny Beautiful Things) and secretive, difficult husbands. They are usually executive produced by Reese Witherspoon.
