Tell Me Lies: Season 1

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HULU | Season Premiere Date: September 7, 2022

Summary: The eight-year relationship between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Stephen DeMarco) becomes more toxic over the years in this adaptation of Carola Lovering's novel of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. The Bedrooms of Our Friends
Air Date: October 26, 2022
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S1:E9. Sugar, We're Going Down...
Air Date: February 6, 2024
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S1:E8. Don't Go Wasting Your Emotion
Air Date: October 12, 2022

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Angie Han

Sep 6, 2022

Tell Me Lies is too nuanced for soapboxing and too empathetic for handwringing. At the same time, it’s also clear-eyed about the ugly attitudes giving cover to these relationships, the personal decisions or shortcomings that allow them to flower, and the damage they leave behind. It’s a guilty pleasure in the truest sense — one whose juicy delights are tempered with enough sharp reality to make it stick, just a little, in the throat. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Sep 7, 2022

“Tell Me Lies” is at its strongest when it hones in on the thrill and danger of new passions in a new environment. It moves at the pace of a bygone supersized network season, not rushed to hop between major milestones in a campus year and instead living inside the gradual build of new relationships that could be great or terrible (or both). Read full review

Bruce Miller

Sep 8, 2022

While “Tell Me Lies” isn’t as complex as “Normal People,” a fascinating look at similar changes, it does hold interest, particularly since all of the students have plenty of time to dabble in things that don’t require a paper at the end of the term. Read full review

The Playlist Emma Fraser

Sep 7, 2022

Thankfully, Van Patten is a charming presence throughout, and her chemistry with White is palpable. While there is no Team Stephen in this scenario, there is enough about the first half of “Tell Me Lies” to ensure this tale of betrayal is one I want to graduate from. Read full review

Lily Moayeri

Sep 7, 2022

The cast comes across as natural, even in their stereotypical roles. The dialogue is similarly fluid and representative of the kind of conversations that would happen in these circumstances. Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Sep 7, 2022

Over five episodes, half of the entire run of Tell Me Lies, it felt like we were only barely getting to the beginning of the main story. ... The result is a narrow show that finds plenty of individual messy moments to get caught up in, but lacks the depth needed to keep you engaged beyond that. Read full review

Joel Keller

Sep 7, 2022

It just feels like a whole series full of toxic, near-narcissistic characters that aren’t murdering each other. We don’t want to spend our precious time on earth with people like that in real life, much less filling the cast of a young adult drama. Read full review

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frozenpinky

Sep 12, 2022

A good show that feels like a cross between Euphoria (with college kids) and The Sex Lives Of College Girls, but with different characters lying at different times and with varying degrees of severity- It’s not as ambitious as Euphoria or as funny as The Sex Lives of College Girls, but itsA good show that feels like a cross between Euphoria (with college kids) and The Sex Lives Of College Girls, but with different characters lying at different times and with varying degrees of severity- It’s not as ambitious as Euphoria or as funny as The Sex Lives of College Girls, but its not supposed to be- However, it’s got a few twists and surprises by the end. It’s worth watching. Good acting. Decent drama. Lots of intimate scenes.… Expand

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moth3

Sep 18, 2022

An intriguing enough show, but it takes itself way too seriously, much like I remember being in college where it is set. There are too many subplots that water down and confuse me to what this story is actually trying to tell me; Is it the car crash plot? Is is the narcissitic relationship?An intriguing enough show, but it takes itself way too seriously, much like I remember being in college where it is set. There are too many subplots that water down and confuse me to what this story is actually trying to tell me; Is it the car crash plot? Is is the narcissitic relationship? The actors are not believable college students. Am I supposed to care about them? The bad/borderline abusive sex makes me cringe. I'm just not sure what I'm watching, but maybe that's the point? It's juicy enough to keep me watching and the actors are pretty, but a lot of the content leaves me confused and honestly angry.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 13, 2026
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 4, 2024
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 7, 2022
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  S1:E10. The Bedrooms of Our Friends
  Air Date: October 26, 2022
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  S1:E9. Sugar, We're Going Down...
  Air Date: February 6, 2024
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  S1:E8. Don't Go Wasting Your Emotion
  Air Date: October 12, 2022
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  S1:E7. Castle on a Cloud
  Air Date: October 5, 2022
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  S1:E6. And I'm Sorry If I Dissed You
  Air Date: September 28, 2022
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  S1:E5. Merry F*cking Christmas
  Air Date: September 21, 2022
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  S1:E4. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
  Air Date: September 14, 2022
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  S1:E3. We Don't Touch, We Collide
  Air Date: September 7, 2022
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  S1:E2. Hot-Blooded
  Air Date: September 7, 2022
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  S1:E1. Lightning Strikes
  Air Date: September 7, 2022