One of the most toxic love stories ever to be shown on TV has come to an end. Hulu’s “Tell Me Lies” will end with Season 3, creator Meaghan Oppenheimer announced on Monday, Feb. 16, ahead of what will be the series finale. The last episode drops at 9 p.m. PT.
“After three amazing seasons of Tell Me Lies, tonight’s episode will be the series finale,” the showrunner wrote via Instagram. “This was always the ending my writing team and I had in mind, and we are insanely proud of it. Your incredible response to this season inspired us to explore whether there was another organic way to continue the story, but ultimately we felt it had reached its natural conclusion. My main goal has always been to protect the quality of the show and give you the best experience I can give you. And so, while it is bittersweet to leave something that has been such a happy experience, I am very grateful that we are able to tell a complete story with an intentional ending – a privilege very few shows get. Thank you for loving our show. We are excited to bring you more stories in the near future.”
The Hulu drama, based on Carola Lovering’s 2018 novel, made its debut in September 2022, and has told the story of the destructive relationship between two college students, as well as the misdeeds within their very messy friend group. Grace Van Patten, Jackson White, Catherine Missal, Spencer House, Sonia Mena, Branden Cook, Benjamin Wadsworth, Alicia Crowder and Tom Ellis star.
The show unfolded over two timelines — one between 2008 and 2010, dissecting the college years at the fictional Baird College, and the other in 2015 post-college, centered around the wedding (and weeks leading up to it) between Bree (Missal) and Evan (Cook).
The third season, however, introduced a new romance between Bree and Evan’s best friend, Wrigley (House), a relationship that quickly drew fans in. “There are always those people in friend groups who spend a lot of time in the same space, but never alone. You’ll be in a friend group, and you’ll realize I’ve never actually had a private conversation with this person. So they know of each other, but they don’t know each other on a personal level,” Oppenheimer recently told Variety. “They are, by Season 3, in a lot of ways, the people who have dealt with the most serious trauma in their lives. I always like stories where people who are at rock bottom connect and find healing within each other and find a surprising safe space with another person. So it felt just very organic to me.”
While the third season wasn’t advertised as the final season, “it was definitely the ending I had always imagined and pitched years ago,” Oppenheimer said.
Executive producers include Emma Roberts, Karah Preiss, Matt Matruski, Laura Lewis, Shannon Gibson, Stephanie Noonan, Sam Schlaifer and Tyne Rafaeli. 20th Television produces and Lovering is as a consulting producer.
The “Tell Me Lies” finale drops on Hulu on Monday at 9 p.m. PT.
Source: variety.com
