Tell Me Lies is officially finished on Disney+ in Italy and HULU in the USA, there will be no fourth season as officially announced. A series at times repellent at the beginning, apparently superficial and similar to others. Then a crescendo, especially with seasons 2 and 3, and a “family” sense that I did not decipher immediately.
La recensione
(Disney/Ian Watson)
GABRIELLA PESSION
Tell me Lies tells the life of a well-assorted group of university students, a collective coming of age. It speaks of a specific time and a generation that has learned to love, hurt and seek itself among social, expectations, unmaintained promises. It talks about identity, ambition, vulnerability, sex0, ego. Of desire, attachment and fear of losing, with a brutal honesty.
It is university, but emotionally adult: a generational mirror that addresses manipulative relationships that many have lived (or feared). It hurts, but it’s a family evil.
It doesn’t romanticize, but it doesn’t even judge: it shows how difficult it is to get out of certain bonds and how much it weighs emotional dependence. It works because there is chemistry among the protagonists: when attraction is credible, conflict is even more. The narrative structure, with time jumps and flash forwards of several years, keeps the tension alive: the viewer knows that something went wrong, but wants to find out more.
It is easy to label this series as “Romantic drama”. Who does that, I think it doesn’t happen entirely.
The music of the soundtrack strongly recalls the mood of the 2000s, with songs by The Strokes, Arcade Fire and Radiohead: pieces that evoke that emotional and cultural period. This creates a nostalgic feeling for those who lived those years and makes everything familiar and immersive. Costumes and aesthetics also blend elements of those years with contemporary details, evoking – and updating – the style of teen drama like The O.C. or One Tree Hill. This mix creates a bridge between past and present, between what we were and what we became.
In this series, nostalgia is not regretted, but a lens to understand how we love today — between desire, fear and need to be seen. It tells how certain dynamics have never really changed, neither in relationships nor in ourselves.
Tell Me Lies, trama della stagione 3
The third season of Tell Me Lies follows Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) who recovered their gruesome relationship in time for the spring semester at Baird College. Despite the promise that things will go different this time, some mistakes of the past hinder their best intentions, and Lucy finds herself involved in a controversy with which she does not want anything to do. Meanwhile, the disastrous repercussions of the previous year also forced Lucy and Stephen’s friends to deal with their destructive actions. While some scandalous secrets cloud on campus, devastating consequences threaten Lucy and all the people who are close to her.
The series is portrayed by Grace VanPatten, Jackson White, Cat Missal, Spencer House, Sonia Mena, Branden Cook, Alicia Crowder and Costa D’Angelo. Meaghan Oppenheimer is executive producer and showrunner
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