There’s a sense of impending doom hanging over HBO’s second season of “Big Little Lies,” with those rugged cliffs, crashing waves and foggy days along the Central California coast.

Meryl Streep joins the season two, along with season one stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Shailene Woodley — and the Monterey Peninsula.