BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The future of “Big Little Lies” is as uncertain as the legal fate of the Monterey Five.
HBO programming chief Casey Bloys says he’s taking a cautious approach to pursuing another season.
“You have to approach these things skeptically, to make sure that something doesn’t get done just to get done. You should have a high bar for it, and I think everybody involved does,” he said in an interview Wednesday.
Earlier, he told a TV critics’ meeting that he doesn’t see an obvious story to pursue for a third.
But he called the show’s cast and creators “extraordinary,” and said if they’re enthusiastic about an approach to a new storyline, he’d be open to considering it.
When the series ended last week, the five women who harbored a dark secret were seen heading into their California seaside town’s police station. Based on their skyrocketing stress levels, it looked like a confession was ahead — and maybe another season for the hit drama starring and produced by Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.
Bloys said the ending didn’t reflect a decision to leave the door ajar for the possibility of more “Big Little Lies,” based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty.
“There were no story decisions based on keeping it open or not,” he said.
