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How did Mia become pregnant with Pearl?

Unwilling to give up on her artistic dreams, she agrees to be Joe and Madeleine's surrogate for the cost of her tuition. Soon Mia's pregnant — after insemination via turkey baster! ... She's keeping her pregnancy a secret from her family, not wanting to complicate their lives with a baby she doesn't consider to be hers.

Does Pearl ever meet her dad?

For five episodes we've seen Mia have nightmares about a man on the subway (played by Grey's Anatomy's Jesse Williams), and in Episode 5 Mia told Pearl that she met Pearl's dad on the subway.

Did Mia steal Pearl?

Mia has plenty of sins in her past, just like Elena. What Mia did to the Ryan family in stealing their child, and to Pearl in lying to her her whole life is monstrous. In this finale, however, Mia is able to find some absolution while Elena finds nothing but fire.

What is Mia's secret little fires?

Mia's secret involves Pearl's real father in 'Little Fires Everywhere. ' Elena goes to Mia's parents' house and discovers that her name is actually Mia Wright. We later find out that Mia's brother, Warren, died in a car accident — thus her name change.

Is Mia in Little Fires Everywhere black?

“Little Fires Everywhere” follows Mia Warren (Washington), a Black, working-class single mother who moves to the Ohio suburb of Shaker Heights with her teenage daughter.

Is Reese Witherspoon's real daughter in Little fires?

Jade Pettyjohn took great inspiration from her onscreen mom, Reese Witherspoon, on the set of Hulu's “Little Fires Everywhere.” Pettyjohn plays Lexie Richardson, the privileged eldest daughter of Witherspoon's character, Elena, who has always been the perfect daughter in her mother's eyes.

Who plays Elena's mother Little Fires Everywhere?

Cast and characters

Reese Witherspoon as Elena Richardson, a journalist, landlady, and mother of four teenagers. Kerry Washington as Mia Warren, a talented artist who works part time as a waitress, and is Pearl's mother.

Where is Izzy on Little Fires Everywhere?

In Ng's novel, Izzy does run away, promising to never to return, but she heads for Mia's childhood home in Pittsburgh in hopes to find her. She had found the address in her mother's belongings, and also has the address for Anita Reese, the gallery owner who sells Mia's work.

What happened between Izzy and April little fires everywhere?

In a flashback cold open, it's revealed that Izzy and her estranged best friend April (Isabel Gravitt) once made out with each other during a party, and this wasn't the first time. Although it was mutually consensual, when they get caught, April acts as if Izzy molested her.

How Old Is Izzy in little fires everywhere?

She comes out of her shell and discovers who she is and I think it was hard to do that. She's only 14.

Why does Mia Warren hate Elena?

Mia is instantly offended because she's an artist and already has her hands full, but after realizing Pearl spends a lot of her time at the Richardson household, she takes Elena's offer. If Elena and Mia were off to a good start, Mia would have helped out Elena for free, like she did with Bebe.

Why did Elena cut Izzy out of the picture?

Why did Elena cut Izzy out of picture? This time it's because Izzy won't wear the keds her mother wants her to for the family Christmas photo.

Whose house do they go to at the end of little fires everywhere?

The eighth and final episode brings the story to an explosive end, with those little fires becoming one huge blaze, resulting in the arson of Elena Richardson's house.

Why did Mia have baby?

Soon after, Mia learns that Warren died, and she comes home for the funeral, where her parents learn she's pregnant. They essentially disown her and keep her from attending her own brother's funeral. After this, Mia decides that the right thing to do for herself is to keep the baby.

Do Pearl and Moody get together?

Trip is afraid of his growing feelings for her because of how he feels he betrayed his brother. However, he eventually comes around and begins a relationship with her. At the end of the series Moody finds out that Trip had begun a relationship with Pearl.

Who is Pearl's real father?

Pearl is a teenage sperm whale who lives in a hollow anchor with her father Eugene "Mr." Krabs, the greedy founder of the popular Krusty Krab restaurant. Pearl will inherit the restaurant and become its owner when she grows older.

Does Bebe Chow steal the baby in the book?

After a brutal court battle, Linda and Mark McCullough win custody of baby May Ling, whom they adopted after her birth mother, Bebe Chow, abandoned her at a fire station. ... In the book: The McCulloughs also win custody of Mirabelle/May Ling, but it's unclear that Bebe kidnaps her.

Who is Pearl's real dad little fires?

On the Hulu series, Little Fires Everywhere, Williams plays Joe Ryan, Pearl's (Lexi Underwood) biological father. As seen in the flashback episode, he and his wife Madeleine (Nicole Beharie), ask a young Mia (Tiffany Boone) to be their baby's surrogate mother.

Did Izzy go with Mia in little fires everywhere?

A scene shows Izzy hitchhiking on the street, where she's seemingly picked up by Mia and Pearl — but, this appears to be a fantasy, as later Izzy is shown, alone, on a bus. Mia and Pearl visit Mia's parents house, and Izzy is not with them.

Why does Izzy burn down the house?

When Elena sees what her youngest was planning on doing, she admits in a fit of rage that she never wanted to have a fourth child. ... With Izzy gone, the remaining three Richardson children — including Moody, Trip, and Lexie — decide to burn the house down. They start the fires that Izzy couldn't, and the house burns.