# Tell Me Lies (2022)

> Two college students fall into an addictive, consequence-heavy romance whose fallout reshapes their lives and those around them.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/107939

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 26
- Episode runtime: 51 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, mystery, romance
- Created by: Meaghan Oppenheimer
- Network: Hulu
- Cast: Grace Van Patten, Jackson White, Catherine Missal, Alicia Crowder, Tom Ellis, Sonia Mena, Branden Cook, Benjamin Wadsworth
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13018148/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Tone: addictive, melancholic, glossy, tense, emotionally raw

## What critics say

Critics and viewers praise the first season's addictive romantic entanglement and lead chemistry, while later seasons draw more mixed reactions for repetitive plotting and diminishing momentum.

## Synopsis

Tell Me Lies is an American prestige streaming drama created by Meaghan Oppenheimer for Hulu, adapted from a novel. Set mostly on a university campus, it follows Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco, two students whose seemingly ordinary choices in their early college years snowball into a secretive, addictive entanglement. Their relationship pulls in a circle of friends, and each new deception ripples outward, forcing everyone to reckon with the cost of what they have done. The engine of the series is the push and pull between desire and self-protection: Lucy wants honesty and a future, Stephen wants control and escape, and the people around them keep getting caught in the crossfire. The story moves between past and present to reveal how early choices shape later fallout. Its tone is glossy, sharp, and emotionally raw, with a melancholic undercurrent of regret and a constant sense of dread about what the next secret will expose. Fans of Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and You will find resonance in its blend of campus glamour, romantic obsession, and serialized mystery. Across its run, the series keeps its focus on intimacy and betrayal rather than spectacle.

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