Little Fires Everywhere: Series Recap and Reaction

While the show was great, the book was probably just a bit better.
Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington disappear into their roles as Elena Richardson, seemingly perfect housewife and Mia Warren, an inspiration artist, the main characters of the crowded drama.
While the book and show begin with Mia's arrival to the picturesque town of Shaker Heights, the plot doesn't kick into high gear until Mia meets the young baby of Elena's good friend, Linda (Rosemarie DeWitt). This baby happens to be the biological child of Mia's co-worker, Bebe (Huang Lu), an illegal immigrant who didn't have the means to care for little May Ling, or Mirabelle, depending on whose side you're on so she left her at a fire station, and Linda, who always longed for a baby after multiple miscarriages and a stillbirth, finally got a baby. But a legal battle ensues, which ends predictably, but the story is how the two families interact.
While Elena may seem to have it all, she didn't want her fourth child and longs for a career she will never have while Mia has fewer regrets except for the whole conception of her daughter, the lovely Pearl (Lexi Underwood) and Bebe has the biggest regret of all, abandoning her daughter.
The men, namely Bill Richardson (Joshua Jackson), seem to have fewer regrets, mainly because he wasn't the one making the sacrifice.
While the mini series follows the book's overall plot quite well, there are some changes in dialogue that make the moment less effective, such as when Lexie Richardson (Jade Pettyjohn) breaks up with her boyfriend, Brian (Stevonte Hert), instead of saying that she needs all of the space, she says something else. And when Elena finds out about the abortion and confronts Moody (Gavin Lewis) he says that she should let Trip (Jordan Elsass) know because they're screwing (insert adult word instead), here he just says that she should let Trip know. And while the book ties up the loose ends, the mini series just lets them float in the wind.
Despite being only minor changes, that one line was what I was looking forward to the most in the whole series, so I was disappointed. Still, the acting is spot on, and this series forces you to think, who should have been awarded custody in the end? Me, I can't decide. While money isn't everything and you can't buy happiness, Bebe should have never abandoned her baby, that was wrong and downright illegal, but being illegal herself, she couldn't have applied for any of the government assistance programs, so the right decision isn't black or white. What I find curious is that May Ling's biological father isn't mentioned here, and he should also be held responsible (unless he's back in China).
But this series also shows how strong a mother's love is, Elena taking the fall for the fire and Bebe kidnapping her own baby and fleeing to Canada. It's just a shame that the mothers always need to be ones to make the bigger sacrifice. Grade: A-
Side Notes:
-Huge kudos to AnnaSophia Robb and Tiffany Boone for nailing their roles as young Elena and Mia.
-Another shout out to Megan Stott as the youngest Richardson, Izzy. She and Underwood probably give the best performances of any of the young actors.
-I hope the kids are all right in the end.
-Why did Britt Robertson take that cameo role?