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10 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Unpacking the crazy twist ending of ‘We Were Liars': What really happened?
We Were Liars dropped on Prime Video June 18, and while it features gorgeous beach houses, family drama and romantic tension à la The Summer I Turned Pretty, it's the jaw-dropping twist ending that is the buzziest thing about the series. As the Season 1 ending revealed, something horrible happened to 'Liars' Gat (Shubham Maheshwari), Mirren (Esther McGregor) and Johnny (Joseph Zada) — which is why Cadence (Emily Alyn Lind), the show's narrator, had to suppress it. (Warning: Obviously, major spoilers for We Were Liars follow!) The ending won't come as a surprise to anyone who read E. Lockhart's novel of the same name, which follows the wealthy Sinclair family as they spend yet another summer on the fictional Beechwood Island. But even if you've read the novel, the story is still as heartbreaking as ever: What starts out as a summer of fun turns into the ultimate tragedy … with a supernatural twist. When the series begins, Cadence, the eldest grandchild of the Sinclair family, is crushing on family friend Gat — a relationship that finally blooms during her 16th summer on Beechwood. She, Gat and her cousins Johnny and Mirren — nicknamed the 'Liars' by their family — initially enjoy weeks of summer fun. However, when Cadence's grandmother Tipper (Wendy Crewson) dies, things shift, and tensions over inheritance emerge between the parents and the powerful, wealthy grandfather Harris (David Morse). The following year, which the show toggles back and forth between, reveals that something mysterious and terrible happened to the family in the final weeks of the previous summer. Cadence was in a some sort of accident at the end of her 16th summer that she can't remember, and none of the other Liars, nor her other family members, will tell her what happened. In fact, they didn't even visit her in the hospital — something they apologize for when she comes to spend the summer on Beechwood again. Cadence is desperate to learn what happened to her, despite everyone warning her that she doesn't want to know. Even Cadence's own mind seems to be hiding the truth: Every time Cadence gets close to finding out what happened, she's hit with a migraine or worse, which is why her mother Penny (Caitlin FitzGerald) forbids her from seeking answers. But as the summer progresses, memories surface, and Cadence starts to recall events from the previously forgotten summer. After a season of red herrings and wrong turns, Cadence's memories finally patch together, revealing what happened to her — and why. Over the course of her 16th summer, Cadence saw her mother, Penny, as well as her aunts Bess (Candice King) and Carrie (Mamie Gummer) fight for their father's affection — and, ultimately, money, as each woman had squandered their trust fund over the years and needed financial help. Seeing how the women fought over the heirlooms Harris dangled over their heads, the Liars decided to do something to end the squabbling. Cadence, who spent the season checking her privilege after deepening her relationship with Gat, came up with a plan. One night, while the Liars were alone on the island, they decided to burn down Harris's mansion, Clairmont. Their hope was that destroying Clairmont would force their mothers to see that family — not things —is what's most important. And since it was only the Liars on the island, they thought they could get away with arson without anyone getting hurt. Cadence led the charge to burn down Clairmont. While the Liars had a plan, they didn't foresee the things that would keep them tied up in the house — like getting distracted by the very same objects that their mothers were fighting over. Cadence, for example, went back for her deceased grandmother's pearls — something she feels terribly guilty about and struggles to even explain. While Cadence was able to get out of the house in time after the fire started, she didn't realize that the family's golden retrievers were stuck in the laundry room. Cadence desperately tried to get the dogs out, burning her hand in the process — but it was too late. Cadence ran out onto the beach towards the ocean. Then, an explosion: Clairmont's gas line caught fire, destroying the house in one boom. Tragically, Gat, Mirren and Johnny — as well as the dogs — were still inside. In the season finale, Cadence realizes that Gat, Mirren and Johnny are dead. While she was having conversations with them over the summer, no one else in the family could see them, and via flashbacks, it's shown that they never truly interacted with anyone other than Cadence over the course of the summer. Cadence gets to say goodbye to each of the Liars, who are regretful over the choice they made to destroy Clairmont — even as her grandfather used his power and privilege to ensure that she and the other Liars would never be blamed for the fire. But while Cadence is sorry for the way she went about dismantling the toxic family structure, it's clear that burning down Clairmont achieve some of what the Liars hoped for: Their mothers are now on the same team again, and Cadence is able to stand up to her powerful grandfather for the first time ever. The season finale initially leaves it open to interpretation if the Liars are ghosts or just figments of Cadence's mind until the last moments of the season, when Johnny appears in the kitchen with his mother, Carrie. Carrie, who isn't surprised to see Johnny, asks her son why he's still in the house, and Johnny admits that he's unable to leave — hinting that the Liars, or at the very least Johnny, are still haunting Beechwood Island. We don't know yet if We Were Liars will be renewed. But if the source material is any indication, a Season 2 would likely follow Cadence's story in yet another direction: into the past. Lockhart's 2022 novel, Family of Liars, is a prequel that explores the moms' backstory. Co-creator Julie Plec previously told Deadline that the Season 1 finale could 'set the stage for Season 2, which theoretically is going to take us deeper into the moms' lives as well and add another generation to the story.' Season 1 already hinted at a well of secrets for the Sinclair women, including the fact that there was a fourth sister who died during their childhood. In the finale, Bess muses that what happened to Mirren and Johnny could be punishment for what happened all those years ago. It's entirely possible that this mystery will unfold next on We Were Liars — as the ghosts of the past, literal and figurative, come back to haunt Beechwood.
UPI
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
David Morse: 'We Were Liars' is modern-day 'King Lear'
1 of 5 | "We Were Liars" -- starring left to right Caitlin FitzGerald, David Morse, Wendy Crewson, Mamie Gummer and Candice King -- premieres Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Prime Video NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- The Last Thing He Told Me, Outsiders and John Adams actor David Morse says he sees a glimmer of William Shakespeare's doomed patriarch King Lear in Harris Sinclair, the character he plays in the new series We Were Liars. The adaptation of E. Lockhart's best-selling young adult novel premieres on Prime Video Wednesday. It follows teen Cadence Sinclair Eastman (Emily Alyn Lind), who summers with her cousins and friends on her grandfather Harris' New England private island. Vying for Harris' attention are his adult daughters Bess (Candice King), Penny (Caitlin FitzGerald) and Carrie (Mamie Gummer). "It was hard not to see it that way a little bit, not that I could really go down that road, but it definitely had those parallels, especially because he's -- and it's one of the reasons I wanted to do this and nobody in the story knows it -- but he has dementia in the future," Morse, 71, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "He can feel it coming and there's a kind of a clock ticking for him," the actor said. "There's things that he wants to get done before he's really gone and it makes him very vulnerable and touching to me and unexpected in a character like this. So, in that way, I suppose it's like King Lear." Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass and Haunting of Bly Manor alum Rahul Kohi, 39, plays Carrie's boyfriend Ed, while Shubham Maheshwari portrays Gat, Ed's nephew and Cadence's love interest. Ed is one of the only men in the family to hold his own with Harris and his daughters. "They're the best of friends," Kohi quipped about Ed and his demanding future father-in-law. "They're very similar. They're both protecting their families in very different ways. Harris is, obviously, the way he is through wanting to protect his family and Ed endures what he endures from Harris in order to protect his family. So, they're kind of mirroring each other, but coming at it from different ways." One reason they clash, however, is their perspectives on wealth. Harris has always had money and takes it for granted, while Ed and Gat know how hard it is for regular folk to live without it. "It's been a part of his life for so long," Morse said about his millions. "His daughters do not handle their wealth well and he really has a hard time with that because he feels he has taken care of it extremely well and expected them to do the same and they have not done the same," he added. "So, he's actually looking for someone to do a better job with it and he focuses on Cadence, who is the central character in the story." A bit of an outsider who is always trying to prove himself, Ed is wary when Gat begins a romance with Cadence. "Gat, in some way, could be potentially walking the same path as Ed," Kohi said. "Ed's not his father, obviously. He's his nephew, but I feel like, at this point, with what Gat's going through, it felt the most fatherly Ed had to become in order to help him navigate what he was going through, through an experience that, obviously, Ed is dealing with himself." Kohi said he was excited about his scenes with Maheshwari from the show's table read until the cameras started rolling. "Those kind of 'Rocky Balboa' pep talks were some of my favorite to do," he added. "I remember the table reads. They were great. They went down well and I was really excited to film them and they exceeded my expectations."
The Review Geek
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
We Were Liars – Season 1 Episode 1 'Tell Me Sweet Little Lies' Recap & Review
Episode 1 Episode 1 of We Were Liars begins with Cady aka Cadence Sinclair washing up on the beach. She is heavily injured and doesn't remember anything. A quick montage shows arguments among her family members. Cady narrates all that she can remember of Summer 16. Her family spends the summers on Beechwood Island. Cady is smart and so her mother, Penny, lets her get away with everything. Penny is divorced but no one is allowed to talk about her ex who cheated on her. Cousin Johnny is a troublemaker but his mother, Carrie, feels a lenient approach is the best way to handle him. Carrie's partner, Ed, is a designer. Cousin Mirren is clumsy but sweet. And as luck would have it, her mother, Bess is snarky. Everyone jokes that Bess is a tradwife while her husband, Brody, is constantly busy with work. While they take their routine family photo, they realise that Gat is missing. A flashback to Summer 8 shows Ed bringing his nephew, Gat, who has just lost his father. Gat is quiet and shy but Cady welcomes him and he becomes an honorary Sinclair. Soon, Cady, Gat, Johnny and Mirren become the best of friends. Courtesy of their antics and the way they get away with it, they are known as The Liars. Back to Summer 16, Gat arrives and The Liars happily reunite. The family has dinner by the cliffside. Penny and Bess argue over which of their estates should be renovated. Ed mentions having a kid but Carrie interrupts. A party boat anchors in their view and while Johnny is excited, Grandfather Harris hates it. We soon see that Gat and Cady are attracted to each other. Penny and Bess constantly argue and throw barbs at each other's marriages. Carrie is the mediator and distracts them by pointing out how hot Dan, the harbour service guy, is. Harris enlists Ed to get rid of the party boat. Ed tells Carrie, who teases him and they engage in PDA, which annoys Bess. Over the next few days, the Sinclairs have fun, swimming and playing tennis. Gat is super attentive and thoughtful, and Cady realises that she likes him. She asks him out to see the meteor shower and he is excited. Johnny notices how cosy they are and indirectly warns them. He reveals that he hooked up with his tennis partner which made things weird and ruined the team. Gat is still excited about the date when Ed offhandedly comments that if one falls in love with a Sinclair, they have to keep up with their messy family. Right on cue, Johnny drags Gat away to get an invite to the party boat. Cady waits alone, only for Gat to show up with Johnny and Mirren so they can all head to the party boat. Gat looks apologetic while Cady is hurt. He keeps looking at her and Johnny and Mirren tease them. To shut them down, Gat joins the two in drinking and dancing. Cady sulks and then leaves. Back on the island, Penny and Bess' usual rivalry turns nasty. Their mom, Tipper, scolds them about decorum and Penny blames her for not letting them talk about their feelings normally. She ends up revealing that her ex has hired a PI to squeeze out every penny. Everyone heads out to watch the meteor shower and Cady joins them. She suddenly spots Gat swimming back to the island to be with her. They are interrupted by Johnny and Mirren who drag them for a swim. Later, Johnny confesses that he was hurt that Cady ditched them instead of telling them the truth. They patch up and after Johnny and Mirren leave, Gat apologises as well. He confesses that he was nervous and that he likes Cady as well. They kiss. Bess is waiting for Brody who never shows up. She ends up ranting to Dan. While heading in, Mirren spots her mother hooking up with Dan. Penny goes on a run and cries. Carrie throws out some wine. Harris is on the terrace and watches everyone. 2 months later, an injured Cady washes up on the beach. On her hands it is written – 'Never surrender to the devil you know best.' The Episode Review We Were Liars Episode 1 is an interesting start to the adaptation of an iconic psychological thriller of the 2010s. While we were mostly obsessed with dystopian books or John Green romances, E. Lockhart snuck onto us out of nowhere with her jaw-dropping thriller, We Were Liars. And while it may have taken a decade to get an adaptation, the wait seems to have been worth it. While the nostalgia remains for us book readers, it is sure to be intriguing for new fans of the Amazon Prime show. The first chapter is essentially Cady narrating all that she can remember about her loving family. But as the other characters start getting their POVs, we see that the Sinclairs are far from perfect. While the kids enjoy their summers, Bess and Penny's rivalry over who is the better sister spills onto Carrie to keep them in check. She has her own problems as she keeps avoiding heavy topics with Ed, even though she seems to love him. Harris sees Ed as his assistant and in return, Ed is forced to keep him happy as his footing in the family seems to be precarious. How will all of this affect Cady and The Liars? Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
