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| ‘Big Mistakes’: That Necklace Was Never Just Jewellery — It’s the Key to Everything Going Wrong. (Credits: Netflix) |
The chaos in Big Mistakes doesn’t creep in quietly — it kicks the door down the moment Morgan decides she deserves a win and walks out with a necklace that was very clearly not for sale.
What should have been a slightly dodgy family gesture for their late grandmother spirals into something far messier, dragging both Nicky, the town’s most unconventional pastor, and his already-on-edge sister straight into a world they have absolutely no business navigating.
And no, this isn’t about sentimentality or bad luck — that necklace was always trouble.
At first glance, the whole thing feels almost petty. Morgan, already labelled the family’s “problem child,” clocks the necklace at Yusuf’s shop and takes his refusal personally.
In her head, it’s simple: grab the jewellery, prove a point, and finally show up for the family in a way that matters.
Except the necklace isn’t stock, Yusuf isn’t just a shopkeeper, and this isn’t a small-town misunderstanding.
The second it lands on their grandmother, the situation flips from awkward to outright dangerous.
Turns out, they didn’t just take a necklace — they walked straight into a criminal operation.
That’s where Ivan enters, and suddenly the stakes jump from embarrassing to life-altering. The necklace is tied to a wider organised network, and Yusuf is merely the middleman.
What makes it worse — or darkly hilarious, depending on your tolerance for chaos — is how quickly Nicky and Morgan pivot from ordinary citizens to reluctant participants in something far bigger.
Their late-night decision to retrieve the necklace and “fix” things only proves they’re capable of exactly the kind of discreet, questionable work Ivan needs. Not exactly the career pivot either of them had planned.
But the real punch lands later, when the show casually reveals that the necklace doesn’t belong to some distant criminal mastermind — it belongs to someone sitting comfortably within their own circle.
Annette, polished, wealthy, and very much embedded in their family orbit, is not just connected to the operation — she is the operation.
As Linda’s political backer and Max’s mother, she’s been hiding in plain sight while quietly orchestrating everything. The necklace, it turns out, was never just valuable — it was a marker of control, ownership, and power.
That revelation flips the entire narrative.
Suddenly, every decision Morgan and Nicky made wasn’t just reckless — it was being watched. Annette knew exactly who they were, what they’d done, and more importantly, how to use it. (Read: Big Mistakes Finale Recap)
Even the so-called “miracle” that spared them in Miami wasn’t luck; it was calculated. Keeping Morgan alive wasn’t kindness — it was long-term planning.
The necklace, then, isn’t just a plot device; it’s the thread that ties their personal lives, moral compromises, and new reality together in one very tight knot.
Fans and netizens, meanwhile, are split right down the middle. Some are calling the twist brilliantly unhinged, praising how the show escalates a single impulsive decision into a full-blown identity crisis for both siblings.
Others reckon it’s almost too convenient, with Annette’s reveal feeling like the kind of twist that either lands perfectly or pushes things a step too far.
There’s also plenty of chatter about Morgan’s decision-making — half the audience sympathises with her desperation, the other half is wondering why stealing from a clearly stubborn shop owner ever felt like a solid plan.
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Either way, the necklace has done exactly what the series needed it to do — it’s turned a messy family drama into something sharper, darker, and far more unpredictable.
And if this is only the fallout from one bad decision, the real question now is how much worse it can get. Go on then — are you backing Morgan and Nicky to outplay this, or are they already in too deep?