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Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
We Were Liars Author Explains What That Chilling Finale Ending Means for Potential Season 2
If you just finished bingeing the eight-episode first season of We Were Liars, you could probably use a big hug right now. Well, a hug… and some answers. While the Prime Video adaptation largely follows the blueprint of E. Lockhart's 2014 novel, it ends on a note that even book readers may not necessarily anticipate. As in the original text, we learn that Cadence convinced the Liars to help her set fire to Clairmont, the main house on the Sinclair family's private island of Beechwood. Unfortunately, we also learn that Cadence was the only survivor of the blaze; Mirren, Johnny and Gat all perished in the blaze, and Cadence has been hallucinating their collective existence ever since. More from TVLine Eric Dane: My Countdown Task Force Leader Is 'Unapologetic, Determined' - and Wears the Hell Out of a Suit We Were Liars EPs Talk Book-to-Show Changes, Including Which Sinclair Family Member Didn't Make the Cut Does Jensen Ackles' Countdown Hero Have BDE - Big Dean (Winchester) Energy? 'There Are Familiar Aspects,' Says Supernatural Vet As she does in the book, Cadence processes this information — which her grandfather attempts to use against her, agreeing to stay silent if she takes her place as his new heir — and decides to abandon the Sinclair ways once and for all, dropping her grandmother's prized pearl necklace in the murky depths of the Atlantic Ocean. But wait, there's… more? Following Cadence's final act of defiance, we then see Carrie (Mamie Gummer) back at Red Gate, one of the other houses on the island. After popping a pill, she's surprised to see Johnny (Joseph Zada) appear to her in ghost form. 'I thought you left,' she tells him, to which he ominously replies, 'I don't think I can.' So, what's the deal with this unsettling, not-from-the-book ending? As it turns out, it is from one of Lockhart's books — just not the first one. 'That final scene with Carrie and Johnny is very close to the opening of my second book in the We Were Liars universe, which is called Family of Liars,' Lockhart tells TVLine. 'Really, it's a tip forward into Season 2 — should we get a Season 2 — but it's also a tip forward to the book that comes after We Were Liars. We all hope for a Season 2, and I know the showrunners have all kinds of plans.' Indeed they do. According to showrunner Julie Plec, the first season 'involves a lot of elements that we borrowed from the prequel, Family of Liars, that we now get to take into future seasons because we've done all the foundational work with the adult characters.' If you're unfamiliar with Family of Liars, which hit shelves in 2022, the follow-up book serves as a prequel to We Were Liars, taking readers back to Beechwood in the late 1980s. It's largely told from Carrie's perspective, as she tells Johnny's ghost about the worst things she did when she was younger. 'I wrote the finale, and that was a great chance to basically write a different version of the story that I had already written,' Lockhart says of Episode 8. 'I wrote a television version, and even though the same basic thing happens, it's paced differently. The action is built out, the drama is heightened, the reveals are done in a different way — and there are some additional reveals that aren't in the book.' Did you enjoy your summer with the Sinclairs? Grade the finale and the season in our polls below, then drop a comment with your thoughts on Prime Video's adaptation of . Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
We Were Liars EPs Talk Book-to-Show Changes, Including Which Sinclair Family Member Didn't Make the Cut
Summer has officially begun on Prime Video with the premiere of We Were Liars, a series adaptation of E. Lockhart's best-selling tale of romance, revenge and Ralph Lauren. Just like its 2014 source material, We Were Liars tells the story of Cadence Sinclair (played by Gossip Girl's Emily Alyn Lind), a 17-year-old trust fund princess haunted by the fractured memories of a tragedy no one in her uber-wealthy family wants to discuss. Over the course of one fateful summer on Beechwood, the Sinclairs' private island just off of Martha's Vineyard, the horrifying truth about what happened to Cadence — along with a slew of other family secrets — is finally brought to light. More from TVLine Eric Dane: My Countdown Task Force Leader Is 'Unapologetic, Determined' - and Wears the Hell Out of a Suit Does Jensen Ackles' Countdown Hero Have BDE - Big Dean (Winchester) Energy? 'There Are Familiar Aspects,' Says Supernatural Vet For First Time, Streaming Viewing Topped Broadcast and Cable Combined in May But while the basic premise remains fully intact, 'there were a lot of difficult changes made' in bringing the book to life, showrunner Carina Adly Mackenzie tells TVLine. 'Every time we made a change, I was clinging to the original kicking and screaming, sometimes to my own detriment, because I really didn't want to f–k this up.' Fellow showrunner Julie Plec considers the eight-episode finished product to be a 'very faithful adaptation' of the 2014 novel, except for one key distinction: 'It also involves a lot of elements that we borrowed from the prequel, Family of Liars, that we now get to take into future seasons because we've done all the foundational work with the adult characters.' Released in 2022, Family of Liars turns back the clock even further via flashbacks to Beechwood in the late 1980s, as the Sinclair sisters — Carrie, Penny and Bess, played on screen by Mamie Gummer, Caitlin Fitzgerald and Candice King — rattle yet another skeleton in their family's walk-in closet of tragedies. A third installment in the book series, We Fell Apart, is due out in November. Having already adapted several books for TV, most famously The Vampire Diaries, Plec isn't too concerned about fans getting upset about major changes. 'The things that are gone are very much up for debate, and I think the audience will have a good time debating why they're not there,' she says. 'And then there are things in the show that are not in the book, and I think the readers will have a good time debating why they're there too.' One relatively significant change readers will probably notice is the absence of Mirren's youngest sibling Taft, who was dropped in an effort to service the central characters; on the show, Bess' brood consists solely of Mirren and the twins. 'We would like to apologize to Taft Sinclair Sheffield,' Mackenzie tells TVLine, while Plec isn't quite as remorseful, explaining that 'Taft hit the cutting room floor before there was any footage to cut.' How much of We Were Liars have you already binged? Have you noticed any significant book-to-screen changes yet? If so, did they bother you? Grade the Prime Video adaptation in our poll below, then drop a comment with more of your thoughts. Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
New York Times
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘We Were Liars,' Plus 7 Things to Watch on TV This Week
Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are airing or streaming this week, June 16-22. Details and times are subject to change. Managing familial expectations. In 2014 E. Lockhart released her young adult psychological horror novel 'We Were Liars.' Nearly a decade later the book, after making its rounds on #BookTok, is now coming to small screens as a series with the same name. It follows Cadence Sinclair (Emily Alyn Lind), who returns to her family's summer home in Beechwood, a fictional island off Martha's Vineyard, two years after a mysterious incident that left her with amnesia. Three generations of the old-money Sinclair family gather, along with some of Cadence's childhood friends, and it seems that everyone is keeping some type of secret. Streaming Wednesday on Prime Video. Based on Edith Wharton's posthumously released and incomplete novel, 'The Buccaneers' is back for its second installment. The first season focused on five young women, part of the upper echelon of 1870s high society, who were trying to find their purpose. These new episodes, which feature Leighton Meester in a guest role, will be a little bit more serious, with a focus on motherhood, abusive husbands and will-they-won't-they relationship arcs. Streaming Wednesday on Apple TV+. If you miss the comfy and cozy atmosphere of 'Dawson's Creek,' you are in luck because the creator Kevin Williamson is back with a new show, 'The Waterfront,' which actually takes place in North Carolina ('Dawson's Creek,' though filmed there, was set in Massachusetts). The series follows the Buckley family, who once ruled the town with their fishing and restaurant businesses but are now struggling to keep things afloat after the patriarch (Holt McCallany) had two heart attacks. Streaming Thursday on Netflix. Every so often my hometown, Troy, N.Y., gets transformed into 1880s moneyed Manhattan with temporary regal facades on every building, gravel on the roads, countless horses milling about — oh, and with the principal cast members of 'The Gilded Age' taking up residence to film a new season. This week the third one, which will feature lots of twist and turns, according to one of its stars, Louisa Jacobson, comes to small screens. And, of course, the usual promises of betrothal, household chaos and marriages of opportunity will continue. Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Northern Kentucky high school sports scores, Jan. 27-Feb. 2
The following results were provided by high school coaches or their representatives. Send results each night to prepsports@ Please submit Team or Athlete of the Week nominations by Monday morning for the previous week's performances to mlaughman@ Notre Dame 58, Beechwood 13 Notre Dame (13-3): Stallard 4 2 14, Wagner 0 1 1, Lenihan 1 0 3, Young 4 0 8, An. Lawrie 0 1 1, Holtzapfel 5 0 15, Ad. Lawrie 1 1 3, M. Lawrie 3 0 6, Mauller 0 2 2, Burden 0 1 1, Humphrey 1 0 2, Eberhard 1 0 2. Totals: 20 8 58. Beechwood (6-11): Connarroe 0 6 6, Reis 1 0 2, Sullivan 1 0 2, Kelly 1 0 3. Totals: 3 6 13. Halftime: ND 39-7. 3-pointers: ND 10 (Holtzapfel 5, Stallard 4, Lenihan), B 1 (Kelly). Bishop Brossart 70, Paris 34 Paris (15-4): Bell 3 2 10, Dumphord 0 3 3, Mason 3 0 7, White 5 4 14. Totals: 11 9 34. Bishop Brossart (15-5): Clift 1 0 2, Eviston 1 0 2, Guidugli 1 0 3, Kramer 3 0 6, Meyers 7 4 20, Shewmker 3 5 11, Smith 5 3 14, Walters 1 0 2, Wieholter 2 2 6, Woosley 2 0 4. Totals: 25 16 70. Halftime: BB 46-16. 3-pointers: BB 4 (Meyers 2, Smith, Guidugli), P 3 (Bell 2, Mason). Augusta 49, Pendleton County 43 Newport Central Catholic 72, Ludlow 52 Simon Kenton 56, Walton-Verona 27 Augusta 76, Bishop Brossart 70 Heritage Academy 70, Bellevue 45 Ludlow 84, Calvary Christian 59 Newport Central Catholic 76, Scott 58 Pendleton County 61, Holmes 56 South Oldham 77, Grant County 37 Villa Madonna 34, Dayton 28 This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Northern Kentucky high school sports scores, Jan. 27-Feb. 2
