document_title: B*A*P*S

question_text: what does b.a.p.s stand for in the movie

text: B*A*P*S

text: Plot[edit]

text: Nisi (Halle Berry) and Mickey (Natalie Desselle) are waitresses in a soul food diner in Decatur, Georgia. Their dream is to open the world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

text: To accumulate start-up money, they audition for a music video in Los Angeles. Through an unusual turn of events, they end up assisting a Beverly Hills butler and caring for an aging millionaire, Mr. Blakemore, who welcomes them into his mansion. They become Black American Princesses (BAPs) "livin' large and takin' charge!" amongst the rich and famous.

text: They soon find themselves in the middle of a plot to milk the millionaire of his fortune.  Realizing that they have acted no better than the plotters, they choose instead to become Mr. Blakemore's primary caregivers.

text: Blakemore eventually passes and his will grants half of his fortune to them.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Halle Berry – Nisi
Martin Landau – Mr. William Blakemore
Ian Richardson – Manley
Natalie Desselle – Mickey
Troy Beyer – Tracy Shaw
Luigi Amodeo – Antonio
Jonathan Fried – Isaac
Pierre Edwards – Ali
Anthony Johnson – James
Bernie Mac – Mr. Johnson
Faizon Love – Tiger J
Rudy Ray Moore – Nate

text: Reception[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2016)

text: The reception was overwhelmingly negative. On Rotten Tomatoes has a score of 16% based on 32 reviews.[2]

text: Roger Ebert gave the film a rare no-stars rating, calling it "jaw-droppingly bad."[3]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: 1998 Acapulco Black Film Festival

text: Best Actress – Halle Berry (nominated)[citation needed]


document_title: Mexican general election, 2018

question_text: when is the new president of mexico announced

question_tokens: when is the new president of mexico announced

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text: Mexican general election, 2018

text: Electoral system[edit]

text: The country's president is elected by plurality in a single round of voting.[6]

tag: p

text: The 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected to three-year terms by two methods; 300 are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 200 elected from five regional constituencies by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the simple quotient and largest remainder method. No party is allowed to hold more than 300 seats.[7] Members may hold office for up to four consecutive terms.[8]

text: The 128 members of the Senate are elected to six-year terms, concurrent with the president, and also elected by two methods, with 96 elected in 32 three-member constituencies based on the states and 32 elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation. In the three-member constituencies, two winning candidates shall be allocated to the party receiving the highest number of votes and one seat to the party receiving the second-highest number of votes.[9] Members may hold office for up to two terms.[8]

text: Presidential candidates[edit]

text: Por México al Frente[edit]

text: (English: "For Mexico to the Front")

text: The center-right National Action Party and the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution and Citizens' Movement – which both nominated Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the elections of 2006 and 2012 – formed an alliance for the election, in an effort to defeat both the ruling party, the PRI, and the front-runner Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement.[10][11][12][13][14][13]

text: On 5 September, the electoral alliance was officially registered with the INE as Frente Ciudadano por México (Citizen Front for Mexico).[14] On 8 December the coalition changed its name to Por México al Frente (Mexico to the Front). The next day, Ricardo Anaya Cortés, president of the PAN, resigned from his position and expressed his intent to be the alliance's candidate.[15][16]

text: The former first lady Margarita Zavala submitted her resignation from the PAN on 6 October, after having been a member for 33 years, and registered as an independent candidate six days later.[17] She sought the presidency through an independent bid, but withdrew on 16 May 2018.

text: Nominee[edit]

text: Ricardo Anaya Cortés, former president of the National Action Party.

tag: ul

text: Todos por México[edit]

text: (English: "Everyone for Mexico")

text: The coalition is composed of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, and the PANAL. On 9 August 2017, the PRI revised its requirements for presidential candidates, eliminating the requirement that candidates must have 10 years of party membership, and allowing non-party members to lead the party.[18]

text: This move benefited finance secretary José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, who is not a member of the PRI,[19] as well as education secretary Aurelio Nuño Mayer, whose length of membership had been questioned.[18] Meade was considered the favorite, because while the PRI had been dogged by scandal and controversy, Meade had been personally unaffected.[20]

text: On 27 November, Meade resigned from cabinet and announced his intention to be the PRI's candidate in the upcoming election.[21] He quickly received the support of President Peña Nieto and PRI-linked institutions such as the CTM union.[22] With no challengers, Meade became the presumptive nominee.[23] On 18 February 2018, the PRI held its convention of delegates, where Meade was formally selected as the party's presidential candidate.[24] Meade is the PRI's first presidential candidate in its almost 90-year history not to be a member of the party.[25][26]

text: Due to the circumstances of Meade's candidacy, critics compared his selection to the PRI's historical practice of dedazo ("tap of the finger"), where presidents hand-picked their successor.[27][28]

text: The coalition was initially named Meade Ciudadano por México (English: Citizen Meade for Mexico), until the INE deemed it unconstitutional to include a candidate's name within the coalition's name, on the grounds that the presidential candidate would receive advertising from every piece of campaign advertising of the coalition used for local candidates. The coalition subsequently changed its name to Todos por México (Everyone for Mexico).[29]

text: Nominee[edit]

text: José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Social Development, and Secretary of Finance and Public Credit during the Peña Nieto administration; Secretary of Finance and Public Credit and Secretary of Energy during the Felipe Calderón administration.

text: Juntos Haremos Historia[edit]

text: (English: "Together We Will Make History")

text: The coalition is composed of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), the Labor Party, and the Social Encounter Party.[30][31]

text: On 12 December Andrés Manuel López Obrador registered as the presumptive nominee for MORENA and submitted his resignation as party president. This is López Obrador's third presidential bid; the previous two attempts were with the PRD. After the 2012 presidential election, López Obrador left the PRD to found MORENA. This is MORENA's first presidential election. Joining MORENA in the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition is the left-wing Labor Party and the right-wing Social Encounter Party.[32]

text: Nominee[edit]

text: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, former Head of Government of Mexico City, 2006 and 2012 presidential candidate.

text: Independents[edit]

text: For the first time in Mexico's modern democratic history, candidates were allowed to run for the presidency as independents.[33] Several people announced their intention to contest the election as an independent candidate.

text: Margarita Zavala, a lawyer, former deputy and wife of former president Felipe Calderón, had originally intended to run as the PAN nominee; however, on 6 October, she left the party and launched an independent bid. Explaining her decision, she said that the formation of Por México al Frente meant there would be no internal PAN selection, denying her a chance to be a candidate.[34] Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, the independent governor of Nuevo León, also announced his candidacy,[35] as did Senator Armando Ríos Piter.[36]

text:
The National Indigenous Congress announced on 28 May 2017 the election of María de Jesús Patricio Martínez as their spokeswoman and indigenous representative for the 2018 general election, aiming to obtain an independent candidacy.[37]
Only Zavala gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot;[38] however, on 10 April the Electoral Court accepted an appeal from Rodríguez and ordered the National Electoral Institute to register him as candidate.[39]

text: On 16 May Zavala announced she was withdrawing her candidacy.[40]

text: Opinion polls[edit]

text: Campaigns[edit]

text: Timeline[edit]

text: January[edit]

text: As in the 2006 and 2012 federal elections, the 2018 campaign featured numerous accusations and attack advertisements directed at the leftist frontrunner candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who contested the elections with the support of his party MORENA. A Red Scare-like campaign was used by the PRI and PAN candidates to convince voters that a López Obrador victory would turn Mexico into "another Venezuela".[41][42]

text: In a speech, PRI president Enrique Ochoa Reza (es) said that "if the people from MORENA like Venezuela so much, they should just go and live there".[43] The PRI was believed to have hired Venezuelan right-wing political strategist JJ Rendón to work in their campaign, as he stated in January that he would do "everything within the law to prevent López Obrador from becoming President"; Rendón had previously worked for the PRI during Peña Nieto's 2012 presidential campaign.[44]

text: In January, former president Felipe Calderón shared a video on via social media, in which a Venezuelan citizen living in Mexico warned voters not to vote for López Obrador, as he would put Mexico in the "path to ruin" like Chavismo had done in her country. It later surfaced that the woman, whose name is Carmen Martilez, is an actress who previously had uploaded a video in which she asked for street vendors to be "exterminated".[45]

text: That same month, the PRI began to claim that López Obrador's campaign was supported by "Venezuelan and Russian interests". López Obrador dismissed the accusations and later joked about them, calling himself "Andrés Manuelovich".[46][47]

text: Later in January, citizens across the country received phone calls originating in the city of Puebla, in which a recorded message warned them not to vote for López Obrador because he supposedly agreed to sell Mexico's oil to "the Russians". The MORENA representative in Puebla asked for an investigation into the phone calls.[48][49] In March, telephone company Axtel traced the number that made the calls, revealing it was a number that the government of Puebla (whose governor is from the PAN) controlled. Puebla's government denied the accusations.[50] Also in January, López Obrador uploaded a video via social media asking president Peña Nieto and PRI president Ochoa Reza to "calm down", and advised them to take some "López Obradordipine".[51]

text:
A jingle entitled Movimiento Naranja, which was recorded for the political party Movimiento Ciudadano (which is part of the Por México al Frente coalition, along with the PAN and the PRD) and performed by an indigenous child called Yuawi, became viral and Yuawi turned into a celebrity overnight.[52][53]
Drawing on its success, the pre-candidate for the Frente, Ricardo Anaya recorded a video in which he performed the song with Yuawi.[54]

text: PRI candidate José Antonio Meade was accused of plagiarism when it was noted that one of his ads, in which he criticized a "populist" speech on TV, was identical to an ad that had been used by Justin Trudeau when he became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013.[55]

text: February[edit]

text: Later in February, the PRI's Enrique Ochoa Reza tweeted that PRI politicians who defected to MORENA as Prietos que no aprietan (Dark-skinned people who can't get a hold) while trying to make a pun on the word PRI-etos (because morena is a synonym for prieto).  The expression was criticized, and Ochoa Reza quickly deleted the tweet as it was interpreted to be racist.[56]

text: Aristegui Noticias published that Ochoa Reza apologized, and also criticized the insensitive expression, additionally commenting that the part que ya no aprietan (who cannot hold) could also be interpreted as misogynistic due to being a double entendre referring to women in relation to the number of sexual relations they have had in their lifetime. Ochoa Reza's tweet apologized to dark-skinned people but not to women.[57] Later Sinembargo.mx revealed that José Antonio Meade justified Enrique Ochoa's usage of the expression, by saying: uno se excede y es natural (English: one gets-ahead-of-themselves and it is natural) and saying that his quick apology talked positively about him.[58]

text: March[edit]

text:
In March, the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) started an official investigation into money-laundering  allegations against Ricardo Anaya.  During the investigation, Santiago Nieto, the ex-chief of FEPADE (the government branch focused on political crimes).[clarification needed]   Nieto the previous October had been controversially removed from his job as chief of FEPADE, coincidentally right after starting an investigation regarding illicit campaign money from the 2012 presidential campaign that allegedly was received by Peña Nieto and by the future president of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, from the Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht.
The ex-chief of FEPADE said that the accusations against Anaya were minor in comparison to Odebretch and Peña Nieto scandal, adding also the same opinion about the money lost by Secretariat of Social Development, to corrupt governors from the PRI such as Javier Duarte, all while José Antonio Meade was the man in charge of the Secretariat of Social Development. The scandal is known as La Estafa Maestra (The Master Robbery), and about 435 million pesos were lost.[59] The same week the PRI legislators were criticized for voting for stopping the investigation of Odebretch against the wishes of Mexican people and organizations campaigning against corruption such as Mexicanos contra la corrupción (Mexicans against corruption).[60] The investigation about Odebretch against the  Pemex leader at the time, Lozoya, was legally stopped after a judge controversially ordered it days after.[61]

text: Santiago Nieto said that the PGR was being used by Peña Nieto's government to tamper with elections and benefit Meade by removing Anaya from the race, complaining that it was a politically motivated use of  law-enforcement agencies, which had made more efforts to investigate Anaya in a month than towards investigating Peña Nieto's Odebretch money and Meade's lost Secretariat of Social Development funds over the last six years.  Santiago Nieto said the PGR and FEPADE were only attacking the rivals of the PRI, and  the investigating organizations were not being neutral.[62]

text:
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Santiago Nieto would later reveal that Peña Nieto's government tried to bribe him to keep him silent, which he refused saying, "Sorry, but I can't receive any money from Peña Nieto." He received menacing phone messages stating: "Death follows you" and "Words of advice: stay out of Trouble", and as a consequence, he  feared for the safety of his, and his family's lives.[63]
Additionally as of 2018, it should be noted, that many of the politicians of the PRI political party who supported Peña Nieto during his presidential campaign would be later declared criminals by the Mexican government (some already elected, while others were campaigning concurrently with Peña Nieto, and would be elected),[64][65][66] near the end of Peña Nieto's time as president.

text:
A total of 22 state ex-governors, all members from the PRI, had been accused of misuse of public funds and misdirection of money (with some money speculated to have been directed to the PRI); only five were sent to jail, with PGR receiving criticism for not investigating further.[67] Among the most prominent criminals were: Tomás Yarrington from Tamaulipas (along his predecessor Eugenio Hernández Flores), Javier Duarte from Veracruz,[68]
César Duarte Jáquez from Chihuahua[69] (no family relation between the two Duartes), and Roberto Borge from Quintana Roo, along their unknown multiple allies who enabled their corruption.  While, although Peña Nieto has not been found to be an ally of them, by being part of the same political party, there were severely negative consequences to Peña Nieto's image as president, as well as  of the PRI.[70]
Also, while not a member of the PRI at the time, Meade's image also received damage, because much of the money was lost while he was in charge of the Secretariat of Social Development, the government ministry that supervises the resources received by each state.[71]

text:
Despite the overwhelming evidence against César Duarte, in March 2018 the PGR found him innocent of any crime. The successor governor Javier Corral from the PAN, who previously fought against the Televisa law, gave a similar opinion to Santiago Nieto, saying the PGR was being used to protect the allies of Peña Nieto and the PRI, and attack their rivals.[72]
López Obrador said that failure to take action against Duarte was one of the main reasons why Mexicans had lost their faith in the PRI, saying the few ex-governors that were declared criminals were only to a pretense of concern.[73]

text: April and May[edit]

text: After, Meade decided to change his strategy; and due to his poor reception, Ochoa Reza left his position as president of the PRI on 2 May.[74]

text: On 16 May, Margarita Zavala suspended her presidential campaign.[75]

text:
Santiago Nieto decided to join AMLO's campaign, with both promising to continue the investigation into the alleged scandal involving Peña Nieto, the PRI and Odebretch.[76]
Meanwhile, César Duarte disappeared before being incarcerated, and was subsequently declared a fugitive from justice by the PGR.[77]

text: More than 130 political figures were been killed from when the campaign began in September 2017 until July 2018.[3]

text: Promises and proposals[edit]

text: López Obrador promised to end many of the benefits received by ex-presidents, particularly the lifelong pension they receive.[78] He added that he would redirect the money saved to be used to help senior citizens.[79] Zavala said she would also attempt to end the practice, though she had not decided how to use the money saved, while Meade and Anaya said they would keep the practice going.[80]

text: Anaya promised to implement a basic income for Mexican citizens,[81] Anaya said Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman supported the idea. While well received, El Economista criticized how Anaya announced it, and called the idea populist.[82]

text:
Meade proposed to create an office that would track the unique needs of each individual citizen, in what he would call Registro Único de Necesidades de Cada Persona (Unique Register of the Necessities of Each Person). Citizens on social media mocked the idea as absurd and impossible to develop, comparing it to writing letters to Santa Claus or just plainly asking for miracles.[83][84]
Meade has supported Peña Nieto's energy reforms, saying that "everyone wins with the gasolinazo", and announcing that if he won he intended to continue it.[85]
López Obrador promised to end the gasolinazos by building two new fuel refineries, which would allow more petroleum to be processed into gasoline domestically, thus lowering the price by not outsourcing the refining to other countries.[86]

text: Anaya promised to investigate and do everything to make sure President Peña Nieto is sent to jail for his aforementioned multiple presidential scandals, with López Obrador agreeing and suggesting to up the ante by also investigating every living former president.[87]

text: On 26 January, López Obrador accused the International Monetary Fund of being an accomplice to corruption in Mexican politics and claimed that its policies are in part responsible for poverty, unemployment, and violence in the country. López Obrador promised that if he won the presidency, Mexico will follow "its own agenda".[88]

text: López Obrador called for a change in security strategy and offered the controversial proposal of giving amnesty for drug dealers as a way to combat the drug cartels.[89]

text: During a debate in April, Rodríguez Calderón said "We have to cut off the hands of those who rob (in public service). It's that simple." He later explained that it was intended to be applied to both criminals and government functionaries involved in acts of corruption citing the application of this measure in Saudi Arabia as an example to reduce corruption and violence. Rodríguez Calderón was trending ahead of the other candidates on Twitter during the debate.[90]

text: Rodríguez Calderón later proposed to bring back the death penalty (currently constitutionally abolished in Mexico and enforced for the last time in 1961) for drug traffickers, hijackers, infanticides and serial killers.[91]

text: Controversies[edit]

text: Ballot access requirements[edit]

text: The candidate put forward by the National Indigenous Congress and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, María de Jesús Patricio Martínez (Marichuy), alleged that the process for collecting signatures to attain ballot access unfairly benefits the rich. Marichuy said, "the INE made a list of telephone makes and models so that you must have at a minimum an Android 5.0 operating system or higher and so many hours to begin with the download of the applications in the devices, we find that the list is not true; we find brands that are not included in the list and of those that are included they don’t all work. The download is tedious and can take hours." The INE declared each signature registration would take 4.3 minutes, but each actual signature registration has taken up to 16 hours, or more. 'With these "classist, racist and excluding measures," Marichuy said, you realize "that this electoral system is not made for those peoples below that govern ourselves and that the laws and institutions of the State are made for those above, for the capitalists and their corrupt political class, resulting in a big simulation." Ultimately she was not able to obtain ballot access. [92]

text: PRI payments to Cambridge Analytica[edit]

text:
After the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, in April 2018, Forbes published information from the British news program Channel 4 News that had mentioned the existence  of proof revealing ties between the PRI and Cambridge Analytica, suggesting a modus operandi similar to the one in the United States. The info said they worked together at least until January.[93][94][95]
An investigation was requested.[96]
The New York Times obtained the 57 page proposal of Cambridge Analytica's proposed collaboration strategy to benefit the PRI by hurting MORENA's candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador; the political party rejected the offer but still paid Cambridge Analytica to not help the other candidates.[97]

text: Allegations of foreign intervention[edit]

text: In April 2017, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, John F. Kelly, stated that the election of a left-wing president in Mexico "would not be good for America or Mexico". The statement was widely believed to be a reference to López Obrador, the leftist, frontrunner candidate, and created controversy in Mexico, as it seemed to be an attempt to influence the election against him.[98][99][100]

text:
In December 2017, US National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster claimed that Russia had launched a campaign to "influence Mexico’s 2018 presidential election and stir up division", without defining the methods of the supposed meddling, or indicating which would be the candidate favored by the Kremlin. The Russian government has denied the claims.[101]
PRI president Enrique Ochoa Reza claimed that "Russian and Venezuelan interests" are supporting López Obrador's campaign.[102]

text: López Obrador responded that Ochoa's declarations are part of a smear campaign against him,[44] and later posted a video via social media, where he joked about the claims and called himself "Andres Manuelovich".[46][47]

text: Guatemalan right-wing commentator Gloria Álvarez embarked on a tour through Mexico, calling López Obrador a "dangerous populist" and urging citizens not to vote for him. She was invited to a PAN legislators assembly on 31 January, where she criticized the alliance with the PRD, which she called "a party just like MORENA".[103][104]

text: US Senators Bob Menendez and Marco Rubio asked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to "fight Russian meddling" in the Mexican elections.[105] On 2 February during a summit in Mexico, Tillerson stated that Mexico should "beware the Russian interference".[106] Dr. Tony Payan, director of the Mexico Center at Rice University noted that there has been no evidence of actual Russian tampering in the Mexican electoral process, and considered the accusations "absurd" given that the Trump administration "will not admit Russia interfered in the US election".[107]

text: Possibility of election tampering[edit]

text: Bloomberg warned about the possibility of the PRI committing electoral fraud, with Tony Payan, director of the Mexico Center at Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston, United States, suggesting that both vote buyout and computer hackings were possible and citing irregularities in the 1988 electoral process. Bloomberg's article also suggested Meade could be receiving unfair help from the over-budget amounts of money spent on publicity by incumbent president Enrique Peña Nieto.[108]

text: Additionally, Meade spent more money on pre-campaign efforts than López Obrador and Anaya together, while failing to report where his funds came from; in contrast, López Obrador has attended the most events while spending the least money and successfully reported better than his rivals where he obtained the resources to pay for those events.[109]

text: Prior PRI election tampering controversies in 2017[edit]

text: During 2017, the PRI had faced allegations of electoral fraud concerning the election of Peña Nieto's cousin Alfredo del Mazo Maza as Governor of the state of Mexico. Despite the official vote results given by the INE (Electoral National Institute) giving the win to del Mazo, the election was marred by irregularities including reports of vote-buying,[110] spending beyond legal campaign finance limits,[111] and electoral counts that gave del Mazo extra votes that awarded the election to him.[112] In November 2017, left-wing magazine Proceso published an article accusing the PRI of breaking at least 16 state laws during the elections, which were denounced 619 times. They said that all of them were broken in order to favor del Mazo during the election.[113]

text: Results[edit]

text: President[edit]

text: López Obrador won the election on 1 July 2018 with over 50% of the popular vote. In terms of states won, López Obrador won in a landslide, carrying 31 out of 32 of the country's states,[5] the most states won by a candidate since Ernesto Zedillo won every state in the 1994 election.

text: Around 30 minutes after polls closed in the country's north-west, José Antonio Meade, speaking at a news conference from PRI headquarters, conceded defeat and wished López Obrador "every success".[114][115]

text:
Ricardo Anaya also conceded defeat within an hour of the polls closing,[116][117]
and independent candidate Jaime Rodríguez Calderón recognized López Obrador's victory shortly afterward.[118]

text: The results of the INE's official quick count were announced around midnight Mexico City time. It reported a turnout of around 63%, with the following approximate results for the candidates: López Obrador, 53%; Anaya, 22%; Meade, 16%; and Rodríguez Calderón, 5%. This is the first time since the (controversial) 1988 election that a presidential candidate has been elected with an absolute majority (50%+1) of the votes cast.[119]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Andrés Manuel López Obrador
National Regeneration Movement
Juntos Haremos Historia
30,113,483
53.19

Ricardo Anaya
National Action Party
Por México al Frente
12,610,120
22.28

José Antonio Meade
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Todos por México
9,289,853
16.41

Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
Independent
None
2,961,732
5.23

Margarita Zavala[A]
Independent
None
32,743
0.06

Write-in votes
31,982
0.06

Invalid/blank votes
1,571,114
2.78

Total
56,611,027
100

Registered voters/turnout
89,994,039
63.43

Source: INE

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text:
Popular Vote

López Obrador

53.19%

Anaya

22.28%

Meade

16.41%

Rodríguez Calderón

5.23%

Zavala

0.06%

Other

0.06%

Invalid/blank

2.78%

text: By state[edit]

text: This section needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2018)

text:
State

Anaya

Meade

López Obrador

Zavala[A]

Rodríguez

Write-ins

Invalid/blank votes

Aguascalientes

178,988

103,639

222,528

547

40,299

391

14,714

Baja California
275,503

124,225

918,939

479

89,823

1,252

28,201

Baja California Sur
56,794
28,202

193,842
404
16,766
235

6,645

Campeche
54,417
96,584

275,262
209
11,194
146

11,735

Coahuila

307,590

358,279

609,362

730

71,051

437

24,367

Colima

56,428

62,004

197,316

346

15,753

200

9,062

Chiapas

198,117

562,863

1,485,699
1,697

39,607
580

137,087

Chihuahua
425,919
240,725

643,652
1,604
132,242
1,717

48,846

Mexico City

1,292,623

652,073

3,118,478

3,054

223,261

4,793

111,586

Durango
187,947
141,291

340,829
636
46,009
215

16,788

Guanajuato
940,133

381,692

707,222

1,655

223,214

1,859

69,232

Guerrero
217,838
285,799

1,018,163
277
24,531
362

66,168

Hidalgo
188,028
257,548

850,863
473
59,630
454

37,916

Jalisco
1,179,300

509,157

1,461,348

3,152
246,924
2,954

96,988

México
1,549,824
1,548,662

4,373,267
3,092
383,684
4,653

176,978

Michoacán
443,805
335,854

991,154
1,176
122,469
1,097

85,400

Morelos
142,553
99,506

638,689
680
60,083
510

26,169

Nayarit
79,818
66,447

315,816
280
10,382
183

11,750

Nuevo León
703,866
315,379

748,104
2,000
360,050
1,931

47,432

Oaxaca
221,686
342,108

1,260,562
931
39,020
548

64,602

Puebla
618,397
490,737

1,754,596
1,562
113,461
1,509

102,525

Querétaro
347,664
150,927

424,162
1,347
72,905
855

27,501

Quintana Roo
116,031
76,758

488,434
361
29,441
424

16,207

San Luis Potosí
334,763
260,211

527,546
717
82,956
677

51,722

Sinaloa
163,956
234,416

834,001
475
29,173
470

31,809

Sonora
167,273
181,059

651,806
858
63,800
505

26,366

Tabasco
91,342
107,538

961,710
378
9,749
279

29,849

Tamaulipas
475,201
228,386

786,210
1,143
110,246
531

33,933

Tlaxcala
66,729
74,744

433,127
213
25,941
276

12,392

Veracruz
1,050,599
471,313

2,059,209
1,224
132,737
1,307

98,061

Yucatán
320,144
324,055

455,216
384
39,111
333

25,509

Zacatecas
156,844
177,672

366,371
659
36,220
299

23,574

Mexicans living abroad
26,344

4,613

63,863

0
1,868

269

1,513

Total
12,610,120

9,289,853

30,113,483

32,743

2,961,732

31,982

1,571,114

text: Senate[edit]

text:
Party

Constituency

Proportional

Totalseats

+/–

Votes

%

Seats

Votes

%

Seats

National Regeneration Movement
21,261,577
37.50
42

13
55
New

National Action Party
9,971,804
17.59
18

6
24
–14

Institutional Revolutionary Party
9,013,658
15.90
7

6
13
–44

Party of the Democratic Revolution
2,984,861
5.27
6

2
8
–15

Citizens' Movement
2,654,452
4.68
5

2
7
+6

Ecologist Green Party
2,528,175
4.46
5

2
7
+3

Labor Party
2,164,442
3.82
5

1
6
+2

Social Encounter Party
1,320,559
2.33
7

0
7
New

New Alliance Party
1,307,015
2.31
1

0
1
0

Independents
1,109,149
1.96
0
–
–
–
0
0

Write-ins
31,820
0.06
–

–
–
–

Invalid/blank votes
2,344,357
4.14
–

–
–
–

Total
56,691,869
100
96

100
32
128
0

Registered voters/turnout
89,994,039
63.52
–
89,994,039

–
–
–

Source: INE

text:
Popular Vote

MORENA

37.50%

PAN

17.59%

PRI

15.90%

PRD

5.27%

MC

4.68%

PVEM

4.46%

PT

3.82%

PES

2.33%

PNA

2.31%

Independents

1.96%

Write-ins

0.06%

Invalid/blank

4.14%

text:
Seats

MORENA

42.97%

PAN

18.75%

PRI

10.16%

PRD

6.25%

MC

5.47%

PT

5.47%

PES

5.47%

PVEM

4.69%

PNA

0.78%

Independents

0.00%

text: By state[edit]

text:
State

Independents

Write-ins

Invalid/blank votes

Aguascalientes

198,362

159,219

144,216

18,395

14,205

396

20,504

Baja California

337,706

824,241

148,221

44,495

29,501

1,317

42,556

Baja California Sur

83,818

144,969

24,076

10,969

7,940

14,740

203

10,170

Campeche

88,654

204,663

134,648

134

15,672

Chiapas

237,732

1,158,463

707,648

98,459

1,394

194,827

Chihuahua

449,436

540,334

326,675

56,602

43,788

1,267

73,224

Coahuila

391,871

493,462

442,448

429

34,067

Colima

77,594

147,042

97,982

192

12,247

Mexico City

1,556,967

2,766,612

521,619

245,030

92,033

4,520

204,974

Durango

222,385

283,487

156,448

26,516

14,559

290

25,609

Guanajuato

1,015,901

592,822

322,681

190,372

71,543

1,709

111,975

Guerrero

357,786

764,328

367,618

20,801

709

85,359

Hidalgo

200,958

375,202

661,068

51,260

28,878

519

68,665

Jalisco

1,150,974

839,036

423,452

119,961

63,468

761,812

1,665

121,962

México

1,981,671

3,842,212

1,944,697

4,186

246,048

Michoacán

572,436

743,271

339,778

136,907

46,494

1,274

127,166

Morelos

489,871

193,595

89,195

79,681

44,415

802

58,202

Nayarit

105,395

267,757

68,231

11,050

10,252

188

17,340

Nuevo León

471,746

511,228

16,712

526,359

331,315

83,596

58,823

105,422

1,104

66,965

Oaxaca

302,631

1,088,347

438,077

548

87,440

Puebla

776,758

1,440,489

467,783

133,596

82,077

1,356

157,416

Querétaro

389,334

354,517

147,062

41,067

21,249

767

48,819

Quintana Roo

147,478

427,700

112,859

742

27,269

San Luis Potosí

428,815

379,627

354,927

981

82,140

Sinaloa

243,630

604,603

306,995

93,894

455

37,118

Sonora

236,439

510,041

301,192

383

36,423

Tabasco

149,677

809,074

140,184

41,569

12,095

380

41,790

Tamaulipas

605,418

610,306

294,243

37,886

25,480

585

48,518

Tlaxcala

107,944

357,345

106,257

14,021

461

24,715

Veracruz

1,261,288

1,820,499

576,857

1,084

126,420

Yucatán

383,054

305,564

428,056

277

32,527

Zacatecas

157,934

313,175

254,811

251

31,632

Total

14,222,046

23,754,422

7,145,869

600,423

96,393

570,774

3,855,984

1,198,011

593,507

661,068

51,260

28,878

1,109,149

30,568

2,319,489

text: Chamber of Deputies[edit]

text:
Party

District

Proportional

Totalseats

+/–

Votes

%

Seats

Votes

%

Seats

National Regeneration Movement
20,972,573
37.25
106

85
191
+156

National Action Party
10,096,588
17.93
41

41
82
–26

Institutional Revolutionary Party
9,310,523
16.54
8

37
45
–158

Party of the Democratic Revolution
2,967,969
5.27
9

12
21
–35

Ecologist Green Party
2,695,405
4.79
5

11
16
–31

Citizens' Movement
2,485,198
4.41
17

10
27
+1

Labor Party
2,211,753
3.93
57

4
61
+55

New Alliance Party
1,391,376
2.47
2

0
2
–8

Social Encounter Party
1,353,941
2.40
55

0
55
+47

Independents
539,347
0.96
0

0
0
–1

Write-ins
32,959
0.06
–

–
–
–

Invalid/blank votes
2,242,615
3.98
–

–
–
–

Total
56,300,247
100
300

100
200
500
0

Registered voters/turnout
89,994,039
63.21
–
89,994,039

–
–
–

Source: INE

text:
Popular Vote

MORENA

37.25%

PAN

17.93%

PRI

16.54%

PRD

5.27%

PVEM

4.79%

MC

4.41%

PT

3.93%

PNA

2.47%

PES

2.40%

Independents

0.96%

Write-ins

0.06%

Invalid/blank

3.98%

text:
Seats

MORENA

38.2%

PAN

16.4%

PT

12.2%

PES

11.0%

PRI

9.0%

MC

5.4%

PRD

4.2%

PVEM

3.2%

PNA

0.4%

Independents

0.0%

text: Governorships[edit]

text: Mexico City[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

2,537,454

47.05

Alejandra Barrales

Party of the Democratic Revolution

Por México al Frente

1,673,015

31.02

Mikel Arriola Peñalosa (es)

Institutional Revolutionary Party

None

691,772

15.30

Mariana Boy Tamborrell

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

None

206,942

3.83

Lorena Osornio

Independent

None

64,591

1.19

Marco Rascón

Humanist Party

None

51,676

0.95

Purificación Carpinteyro

New Alliance Party

None

36,105

0.66

Write-ins

5,727

0.11

Nulls/blanks

125,605

2.33

Total

5,392,887

100

Registered voters/turnout
7,628,256
70.70

Source:IECM

text: Chiapas[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Rutilio Escandón Cadenas

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

922,310

39.26

Fernando Castellanos

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

La Fuerza de Chiapas

529,508

22.54

Roberto Albores Gleason

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Todos por Chiapas

474,122

20.18

José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas

National Action Party

Por Chiapas al Frente

220,675

9.39

Jesús Alejo Orantes Ruiz

Independent

None

62,611

2.66

Write-ins

3,309

0.14

Nulls/blanks

136,992

5.83

Total

2,349,527

100

Registered voters/turnout
3,549,291
66.20

Source:IEPC-Chiapas

text: Guanajuato[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo

National Action Party

Por Guanajuato al Frente

1,043,049

49.94

Ricardo Sheffield Padilla

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

553,639

24.19

Gerardo Sánchez García

Institutional Revolutionary Party

None

293,824

12.84

Felipe Camarena

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

None

157,767

6.89

María Bertha Solórzano

New Alliance Party

None

66,122

2.89

Write-ins

1,673

0.08

Nulls/blanks

72,183

3.30

Total

2,188,257

100

Registered voters/turnout
4,359,531
50.19

Source:IEEG

text: Jalisco[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Enrique Alfaro Ramírez

Citizens' Movement

None

1,354,014

39.05

Carlos Lomelí Bolaños

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

857,011

24.71

Miguel Castro Reynoso (es)

Institutional Revolutionary Party

None

575,744

16.60

Miguel Ángel Martínez Espinosa

National Action Party

None

369,470

10.65

Salvador Cosío Gaona

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

None

96,762

2.79

Martha Rosa Araiza Soltero

New Alliance Party

None

68,597

1.98

Carlos Orozco Santillán

Party of the Democratic Revolution

None

35,107

1.01

Write-ins

2,691

.08

Nulls/blanks

108,368

3.13

Total

3,467,764

100

Registered voters/turnout
5,904,211
58.73

Source: IEPC-Jalisco

text: Morelos[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Social Encounter Party

Juntos Haremos Historia

501,743

52.59

Víctor Caballero

National Action Party

Por Morelos al Frente

134,054

14.05

Rodrigo Gayosso

Party of the Democratic Revolution

Juntos por Morelos

111,198

11.66

Jorge Meade

Institutional Revolutionary Party

None

57,943

6.07

Fidel Demédicis Hidalgo

Independent

None

45,280

4.75

Nadia Luz Lara

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

None

35,047

3.67

Alejandro Vera Jiménez

New Alliance Party

None

21,977

2.30

Mario Rojas Alba

Humanist Party

None

13,871

1.45

Write-ins

871

0.09

Nulls/blanks

32,036

3.36

Total

954,020

100%

Registered voters/turnout
1,442,857
66.12

Source:IMPEPAC

text: Puebla[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo

National Action Party

Por Puebla al Frente

1,153,043

38.14

Miguel Barbosa Huerta

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

1,031,043

34.10

Enrique Doger

Institutional Revolutionary Party

None

555,041

18.36

Michel Chaín

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

None

153,456

5.08

Write-ins

1,947

0.06

Nulls/blanks

129,023

4.27

Total

3,023,553

100

Registered voters/turnout
4,500,580
67.18

Source:IEE-Puebla

text: Tabasco[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Adán Augusto López Hernández

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

601,987

61.45

Gerardo Gaudiano Rovirosa

Party of the Democratic Revolution

Por Tabasco al Frente

189,564

19.35

Georgina Trujillo Zentella

Institutional Revolutionary Party

None

115,164

11.75

Nulls/blanks

42,134

4.30

Jesús Alí de la Torre

Independent

None

19,434

1.98

Manuel Paz Ojeda

New Alliance Party

None

10,371

1.05

Write-ins

843

0.08

Total

979,497

100

Registered voters/turnout
1,687,618
70.06%

Source:https://prepet.mx/#/gubernatura-por-entidad (reporting:100%)

text: Veracruz[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Cuitláhuac García Jiménez

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

1,667,239

44.03

Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez

National Action Party

Por Veracruz al Frente

1,453,938

38.39

José Yunes Zorrilla

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Por un Veracruz Mejor

528,663

13.96

Miriam González Sheridan

New Alliance Party

None

36,404

0.96

Write-ins

784

0.02

Nulls/blanks

99,893

2.64

Total

3,786,921

100

Registered voters/turnout
5,775,918
65.56

Source: OPLE-Veracruz

text: Yucatán[edit]

text:
Candidate

Party

Alliance

Votes

%

Mauricio Vila Dosal

National Action Party

Por Yucatán al Frente

447,753

39.60

Mauricio Sahuí Rivero

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Todos por Yucatán

407,802

36.09

Joaquín Díaz Mena "Huacho"

National Regeneration Movement

Juntos Haremos Historia

231,330

20.46

Jorge Zavala Castro

Party of the Democratic Revolution

None

21,968

1.94

Write-ins

251

0.02

Nulls/blanks

21,303

1.88

Total

1,130,407

100%

Registered voters/turnout
1,544,062
73.21

Source: IEPAC

text: Notes[edit]

text: ^ Jump up to: a b Dropped out of the race, but votes towards her were counted

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document_title: Big Little Lies (TV series)

question_text: who plays the teacher in big little lies

text: Big Little Lies (TV series)

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Reese Witherspoon as Madeline Martha Mackenzie
Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright
Shailene Woodley as Jane Chapman
Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright, Celeste's husband
Adam Scott as Ed Mackenzie, Madeline's husband
Zoë Kravitz as Bonnie Carlson, Nathan's second wife
James Tupper as Nathan Carlson, Madeline's ex-husband
Jeffrey Nordling as Gordon Klein, Renata's husband
Laura Dern as Renata Klein
Meryl Streep as Mary Louise Wright (season 2), Perry's mother

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Iain Armitage as Ziggy Chapman, Jane's son
Sarah Baker as Thea Cunningham
Sarah Burns as Gabrielle
P. J. Byrne as Principal Nippal
Santiago Cabrera as Joseph
Darby Camp as Chloe Mackenzie, Madeline's younger daughter
Hong Chau as Jackie
Kelen Coleman as Harper Stimson
Cameron Crovetti as Josh Wright, Celeste's son
Nicholas Crovetti as Max Wright, Celeste's son
Merrin Dungey as Detective Adrienne Quinlan
Ivy George as Amabella Klein, Renata's daughter
Virginia Kull as Ms. Barnes, the children's elementary teacher
Chloe Coleman as Skye Carlson, Bonnie's daughter
Kathryn Newton as Abigail Carlson, Madeline's elder daughter
Molly Hagan as Dr. Moriarty, Ziggy's child psychologist
Larry Sullivan as Oren
David Monahan as Bernard
Kathreen Khavari as Samantha
Joseph Cross as Tom, Madeline and Celeste's favorite cafe owner
Robin Weigert as Dr. Amanda Reisman, Perry and Celeste's therapist
Larry Bates as Stu
Douglas Smith as Corey Brockfield (season 2)

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
"Somebody's Dead"
Jean-Marc Vallée
David E. Kelley
February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)
1.13[3]

At a public school in Monterey, a murder suddenly occurs on trivia night, but neither the victim nor the murderer is revealed. Backtracking to the first day of school, the families of five first-graders are introduced. Madeline Martha Mackenzie is a strong-willed, wealthy, and feared alpha female in town with a first-grade daughter and teenage daughter from an earlier marriage. Her friend, retired lawyer Celeste Wright, is the mother of twin sons who are also beginning at that same school. New to town is Jane Chapman – a young single mother raising her son, Ziggy. Renata Klein's daughter Amabella accuses Ziggy of attempting to choke her, which he denies. Madeline and Celeste befriend Jane. Secrets are revealed, including that Madeline is struggling to cope with her ex-husband Nathan's marriage to a yoga instructor named Bonnie and also trying to build a relationship with her older daughter. Celeste appears to have a very happy life with her husband Perry, but he starts to show signs of being violent. Jane's motives for moving to Monterey are unknown.

2
"Serious Mothering"
Jean-Marc Vallée
David E. Kelley
February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)
0.56[4]

Perry lashes out at Celeste when he discovers he missed orientation at the school, but Celeste lets it slide. Jane looks for work with little success. Madeline goes on the warpath with Renata when it is revealed Renata did not invite Ziggy to Amabella's birthday party. Ed questions Madeline's devotion to him when she continues to complain about seeing Nathan with Bonnie all the time. Madeline is further disturbed when Bonnie takes her oldest daughter, Abby, to Planned Parenthood. Nathan tries to come to a peaceful resolution with Ed about their parenting of Abby, but Ed senses Nathan trying to intimidate him and stands firm. Madeline's younger daughter, Chloe, and Bonnie's daughter, Skye, attempt to mend the wounds between Ziggy and Amabella but it leads to an incident of unwanted affection and the parents of the four children are called into the principal's office, leading Jane to have a flashback of an unwanted episode.

3
"Living the Dream"
Jean-Marc Vallée
David E. Kelley
March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)
1.04[5]

Perry chokes Celeste when he believes she deliberately left him out of a family gathering, after which Celeste threatens to leave him. Renata's party for Amabella is a huge success but she is ultimately upset when Madeline invited Amabella's closest friends and Ziggy to Disney on Ice on the same day. At therapy, Perry claims his outbursts are out of fear that Celeste does not love him, which Celeste attempts to deny. When Abby's academic performance begins to decline her guidance counselor suggests it is being caused by stress at home so Abby decides to live with Nathan, much to Madeline's dismay. Jane gets Ziggy involved with more extracurricular activities and helps him construct a family tree for school with Madeline's help. Jane lashes out at Ziggy when he insists on putting his father's name on the tree, and Jane confides to Madeline that Ziggy was the result of rape by a man named Saxon Banks, whom she has not seen since.

4
"Push Comes to Shove"
Jean-Marc Vallée
David E. Kelley
March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)
1.04[6]

Abigail moves in with Nathan and Bonnie. Celeste legally represents Joseph and Madeline in a meeting with the Mayor regarding the controversial Avenue Q, and successfully convinces the Mayor to allow the play to proceed. In the process, she realizes her desire to return to work. She asks her therapist how to best convince Perry but Dr. Reisman is more concerned with why Celeste is afraid to do so. At home, Perry tells Celeste not to attend any future meetings. When she refuses, he grabs her by the throat but quickly relinquishes when one of their boys enters the room. Joseph and Madeline kiss and it is revealed they had an affair a year ago. Madeline locates a man online named Saxon Baker whom she believes to be Saxon Banks. She informs Jane and Celeste, and they plan to travel to San Luis Obispo to confront him. Ms. Barnes, the teacher, suspects Amabella is still being bullied. Despite Amabella's assertions that she and Ziggy are friends, Ms. Barnes requests Jane to have Ziggy psychologically evaluated. The psychologist believes that Ziggy is innocent and that he may actually be being bullied himself.

5
"Once Bitten"
Jean-Marc Vallée
David E. Kelley
March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)
1.17[7]

Nathan spots Jane at the gun range and tells Madeline. Although Jane reassures Madeline that she carries a gun solely for its psychological benefits, Madeline begins to regret tracking down Saxon Baker. Renata discovers a bite mark on Amabella's arm, but Amabella refuses to disclose who bit her. Renata assumes it is Ziggy and a meeting is held between Jane and the school principal. Joseph is convinced Madeline still has feelings for him but she maintains that their affair is over. While they argue, their car crashes. Madeline is uninjured, while Joseph is hospitalized. The incident raises suspicion from Ed and Joseph's wife, Tori. Perry is angered when Celeste does not ask the twins to tidy their toys. A confrontation triggers further violence from Perry, followed by aggressive sex. Later, Dr. Reisman confronts Celeste with the belief that Celeste is being abused; Celeste eventually reveals that she has previously feared for her life and had considered leaving Perry. Dr. Reisman urges Celeste to leave him. Jane secretly travels to San Luis Obispo to confront Saxon Baker, taking her gun with her.

6
"Burning Love"
Jean-Marc Vallée
David E. Kelley
March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)
1.39[8]

Jane reveals to Madeline that she went to confront Saxon Baker, who turns out to be the wrong man. Madeline attempts to convince Jane to give up the search. Ms. Barnes relays to Jane that a petition has begun to have Ziggy suspended. Jane confronts Renata and mistakenly gouges her eye. Jane apologizes, realizing that they have both want to protect their children. Renata forgives Jane and reveals her plan to schedule play-dates with each of Amabella's classmates to discover who is hurting her. Celeste's therapist advises her to prepare to leave Perry by renting an apartment and disclosing the abuse to friends. Later, Perry tries to initiate sex with Celeste, who defensively fractures his penis. Returning from the hospital, Perry tells Celeste she is "lucky" he did not kill her. The following day she begins looking for an apartment. At the opening night of Avenue Q, Tori confronts Madeline about having an affair with Joseph. At home, Madeline and Ed have another argument about her lack of passion toward him, which culminates in her alluding to having made a "terrible mistake". Nathan discovers that Abigail's "secret project" is auctioning her virginity to raise money for Amnesty International. Madeline furiously confronts Abigail, disclosing her affair in the process.

7
"You Get What You Need"
Jean-Marc Vallée
David E. Kelley
April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)
1.86[9]

Following another beating, Celeste decides to leave Perry the day after trivia night. Ziggy confesses to Jane that it was Max who choked Amabella. Madeline talks to Joseph about his wife knowing about their affair. Jane tells Celeste that her son Max is the bully. When preparing to leave for trivia night, Perry sees a text message on Celeste's phone from the landlady of her new apartment. He confronts her on the way to the party, but is interrupted by Renata. At the party, Celeste tells Renata that Max is the bully. Meanwhile, a drunk Madeline runs away during Ed's singing performance. Jane goes after her and finds her atop stairs at the back of the venue. Madeline tells Jane that she cheated on Ed. Renata also goes after them and apologizes to Jane for having blamed Ziggy. Celeste joins the women, followed by Perry. Bonnie follows them and watches the group from afar. Jane sees Perry and realizes that he is the rapist. Perry pleads with Celeste to come back home with him and when she declines he attacks her. Bonnie rushes in and pushes Perry down the stairs, killing him. In the police interviews, the women confirm that there was a fight with Perry but claim he fell accidentally. Despite one of the detectives being skeptical, the police accept their version. Later, the five women and their children lounge at the beach while being watched from afar.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: On August 6, 2014, it was announced Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon had optioned the screen rights to Liane Moriarty's novel Big Little Lies. The actresses were expected to develop the project as a film in which they would both star. Bruna Papandrea and Per Saari were set to executive produce alongside Kidman and Witherspoon. Moriarty was also expected to produce as well.[10]

text: On November 25, 2014, it was announced that Kidman and Witherspoon had decide to develop the project into a limited television instead of the originally planned film. Additionally, it was announced that television series would be written by David E. Kelley.[11]

text: On May 8, 2015, it was announced that HBO had given the production a series order and that in addition to writing, Kelley would also executive produce.[12]

text: On October 23, 2015, it was reported that Jean-Marc Vallée was in talks to direct the first episode of the series with the potential to direct more.[13] On December 17, 2015, it was announced that Vallée would direct all seven episodes of the series.[14]

text: On November 28, 2016, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 19, 2017.[15]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Season 1[edit]

text: Alongside the initial announcement of the production's development, it was reported that Kidman and Witherspoon would also star in the adaptation as well.[11][12] In December 2015, it announced that Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz had joined the cast in lead roles.[16][17][18][19] On January 5, 2016, it was announced that Alexander Skarsgard and James Tupper had joined the main cast and that Jeffrey Nordling, Santiago Cabrera, P. J. Byrne, Kelen Coleman, Sarah Burns, Darby Camp, Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti, Ivy George, Chloe Coleman, Virginia Kull, Sarah Baker, Kathreen Khavari, Larry Bates, Hong Chau, and Gia Carides had joined the show's supporting cast.[20] A few days later, it was reported that Iain Armitage had joined the cast in the role of Woodley's character's son.[21] Soon after that, it was reported that Merrin Dungey, Larry Sullivan, and David Monahan had also joined the cast.[22]

text: Season 2[edit]

text: On January 24, 2018, it was announced that Meryl Streep had joined the main cast in the role of Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Perry (played by Alexander Skarsgard in Season 1).[23] In February 2018, it was confirmed that Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Adam Scott, James Tupper, Jeffrey Nordling and Iain Armitage were returning for the second season.[24][25][26] On March 27, 2018, it was announced that Douglas Smith had joined the cast in a recurring role.[27][28]

text: Filming[edit]

text: The series was shot with an Arri Alexa digital camera. Jean-Marc Vallée, who directed the entirety of the first season, preferred using natural lighting and handheld shooting style to allow actors to move freely around the set.[29]

text: Release[edit]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: On October 16, 2016, HBO released the first teaser trailer for the series.[30] On December 5, 2016, HBO released a full length trailer for the series.[31]

text: Premiere[edit]

text: On February 7, 2017, the series held its official premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.[32][33]

text: Distribution[edit]

text: Internationally, the series premiered on February 20, 2017, in Australia on Showcase,[34] and on March 13, 2017, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky Atlantic.[35]

text: Renewal[edit]

text: The show was initially conceived of and billed as a miniseries of seven episodes. In the wake of the Emmy nominations, Reese Witherspoon said: "As of right now, I think it's pretty whole. I feel really good about where it is, and if this is all it ever was, it's a beautiful thing we all accomplished together",[29] while Vallée came out strongly against the idea of producing a second season: "There's no reason to make a season two. That was meant to be a one-time deal, and it's finishing in a way where it's for the audience to imagine what can happen. If we do a season two, we'll break that beautiful thing and spoil it".[36] Later, when the show garnered an array of critical accolades, he changed his mind: "It'd be great to reunite the team and to do it. Are we going to be able to do it, altogether? I wish."[37]

text: In July 2017, two weeks after the series was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, HBO revealed that a second season was possible, and that Moriarty had been asked to write a story for it.[38] In December 2017, after the Critics' Choice Television Award and Golden Globe Award nomination voting periods were over,[39] HBO officially renewed the series for a seven-episode second season to be written by David E. Kelley and directed by Andrea Arnold.[40] Vallée will remain an executive producer of the series.[41] Meryl Streep will join the cast as the mother of Alexander Skarsgård's character.[42]

text: The announcement of the second season, and—specifically—its timing, enraged the producers of rival shows that are competing for award nomination in the limited series category.[43] Immediately following HBO's decision to produce a second installment of Big Little Lies, the Producers Guild of America moved to reclassify the original installment of the show from a limited series to a drama series for the upcoming 2018 PGA Awards.[44]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Big Little Lies received critical acclaim. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 92% approval rating from a total of 94 reviews, with an average rating of 7.99/10 and an average episode score of 97%. The site's critical consensus reads, "Bitingly funny and highly addictive, Big Little Lies is a twisty, thrilling, enlightening ride led by a first-rate cast."[45] Metacritic reported a score of 75 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[46]

text: Time magazine listed Big Little Lies as one of its top ten television shows of 2017.[47]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"Somebody's Dead"
February 19, 2017
0.3
1.13[3]
0.3
N/A
0.6[48]
N/A

2
"Serious Mothering"
February 26, 2017
0.2
0.56[4]
0.3
0.84
0.5
1.39[49]

3
"Living the Dream"
March 5, 2017
0.4
1.04[5]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

4
"Push Comes to Shove"
March 12, 2017
0.4
1.04[6]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

5
"Once Bitten"
March 19, 2017
0.4
1.17[7]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

6
"Burning Love"
March 26, 2017
0.5
1.39[8]
0.3
N/A
0.8[50]
N/A

7
"You Get What You Need"
April 2, 2017
0.7
1.86[9]
0.3
0.93
1.0
2.79[51]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.

2017
American Film Institute Awards
Top Ten Television Programs of the Year
Big Little Lies
Won
[52]

Emmy Awards
Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
David Rubin
Won
[53]

Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie
Yves Bélanger
Nominated

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series, Limited Series or Movie
Alix Friedberg, Risa Garcia and Patricia McLaughlin
Won

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Jean-Marc Vallée
Won

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie
Michelle Ceglia, Nickole C. Jones, Lona Vigi, Frances Mathias and Jocelyn Mulhern
Nominated

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Nicole Kidman
Won

Reese Witherspoon
Nominated

Outstanding Limited Series
Big Little Lies
Won

Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
Steve Artmont, Nicole Artmont, Angela Levin, Molly R Stern and Claudia Humburg
Nominated

Outstanding Music Supervision
Susan Jacobs
Won

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie
Veronique Barbe, David Berman, Justin LaChance, Maxime Lahaie, Sylvain Lebel and Jim Vega
Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie
Gavin Fernandes, Louis Gignac and Brendan Beebe
Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Alexander Skarsgård
Won

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Laura Dern
Won

Shailene Woodley
Nominated

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
David E. Kelley
Nominated

Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nicole Kidman
Won
[54]

Reese Witherspoon
Nominated

Best Miniseries or Television Film
Big Little Lies
Won

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Alexander Skarsgård
Won

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Laura Dern
Won

Shailene Woodley
Nominated

TCA Awards
Individual Achievement in Drama
Nicole Kidman
Nominated
[55]

Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials
Big Little Lies
Won

Program of the Year
Big Little Lies
Nominated

2018
ACE Eddie Awards
Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television
David Berman
Nominated
[56]

Art Directors Guild Awards
Television Movie or Limited Series
John Paino (for "Somebody's Dead", "Living the Dream", "You Get What You Need")
Nominated
[57]

Cinema Audio Society Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movie or Mini-Series
Brendan Beebe, Gavin Fernandes, Louis Gignac (for "You Get What You Need")
Nominated
[58]

Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Contemporary Television Series
Alix Friedberg
Nominated
[59]

Critics' Choice Television Awards
Best Actress in a Movie Made for TV or Limited Series
Nicole Kidman
Won
[60]

Reese Witherspoon
Nominated

Best Limited Series
Big Little Lies
Won

Best Supporting Actor in a Movie Made for TV or Limited Series
Alexander Skarsgård
Won

Best Supporting Actress in a Movie Made for TV or Limited Series
Laura Dern
Won

Location Managers Guild Awards
Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Television
Greg Alpert
Nominated
[61]

Producers Guild of America Awards
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Big Little Lies
Nominated
[62]

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Laura Dern
Nominated
[63]

Nicole Kidman
Won

Reese Witherspoon
Nominated

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Alexander Skarsgård
Won

Writers Guild of America Awards
Long Form – Adapted
David E. Kelley
Won
[64]

USC Scripter Awards
Best Adapted TV Screenplay
David E. Kelley and Liane Moriarty
(for "You Get What You Need")
Nominated
[65]

text: Media[edit]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: A soundtrack for the series was released on Google Play and iTunes on March 31, 2017.[66]

text: Blu-ray and DVD[edit]

text: The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 1, 2017.[67]