What to expect from Tell Me Lies Season 3 as Hulu brands it 'crash out' worthy
By Melody Rivera The MIRROR
Tell Me Lies is days away from returning with another “crash out” worthy season.
Over the past four years, Hulu’s hit drama serieshas captivated viewers with its storyline that involves “toxic love, ruthless ambition and shocking betrayal.” Now, the drama continues with a third season that is sure to leave fans at the edge of their seats.
The streaming platform has released an official synopsis for Season 3. It reads, "Tell Me Lies season 3 follows Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) as they've rekindled their tumultuous romance in time for spring semester at Baird College."
“While they promise things will be different this time, past indiscretions hinder their best intentions, and Lucy finds herself embroiled in a controversy she wants nothing to do with,” the synopsis continues.
“Meanwhile, the disastrous repercussions from the previous year also force Lucy and Stephen's friends to face their own destructive behaviors. As scandalous secrets fester around campus, vicious consequences threaten Lucy and everyone in her circle,” it concludes.
Along with Grace and Jackson, the rest of the main cast will also reprise their roles, including Spencer House, and Sonia Mena, Branden Cook and Alicia Crowder.
One of the most shocking returns will be Tom Ellis, who will take on the role of Professor Oliver once again, after his love interest Bree (Catherine Missal) finds out about his open marriage to Marianne (Gabriella Pession).
There will be a few fresh faces like Australian Costa D’Angelo, who will play Alex, "a psychology grad student and part-time drug dealer who has a complicated past with Bree." He is set to first come off as "aloof and borderline rude” before viewers learn the “hidden depths to him."
Iris Apatow will also be joining the cast as Amanda, “a bubbly but fragile college freshman keeping a big secret.”
In the finale of season 2, fans were left with a cliffhanger in the midst of Bree’s wedding to Branden’s character Evan. Just minutes before she is set to walk down the aisle, Stephen sends the bride an audio recording of her groom admitting to cheating on her with Lucy at a college party eight years prior.
While speaking to Teen Vogue, Executive Producer Tyne Rafaeli hinted at what’s to come, “It feels like the stakes of their decisions are much higher; the consequences of their decisions just feel more dangerous.
“They’re entering into dark areas of sexual relationships and psychological relationships that I don’t think this show has seen yet,” he added.
The show’s creator, Meaghan Oppenheimer, likened the third installment to a “hostage situation.
“I feel like we answer the question of Stephen’s morality, to a degree, in a fun way, which I think people will be surprised by,” she mentioned.
As for Lucy’s storyline, the showrunner believes many will have “very strong feelings about it” and some will be “offended."
“I’m okay with that,” she concluded. “I’m not writing role models. I’m just trying to hold a light up to what I think can happen in the real world.”
Tell Me Lies Season 3 will premiere on Hulu on January 13.