The emotional rollercoaster that was Inform Me Lies season 2 ended on October 16, 2024, and followers are already clamoring for extra episodes. Primarily based on Carola Lovering’s novel of the identical identify, the Hulu drama follows the poisonous on-again, off-again relationship between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White), who met as college students throughout Lucy’s freshman yr on the fictional Baird School. Because the years go on, their relationship devolves into a large number, as they often cheat on their respective companions with one another.
Season 2 concluded with a wild, explosive finale that guarantees season 3 will cope with the fallout of a decade-long revenge plot. Under, learn on for every thing we learn about the way forward for Inform Me Lies to date.
Stephen (Jackson White) and Lucy (Grace Van Patten) have a chat on the Baird School quad in Inform Me Lies season 2.
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Has ‘Inform Me Lies’ been renewed for season 3?
Hulu has but to disclose any information about Inform Me Lies‘ future, however there’s loads of buzz to assist hold the sequence afloat. Over the previous two months, the present’s followers frequently take over social media each week to debate the newest plot twists, and the sequence has remained in Hulu’s High 15 within the U.S. all through season 2’s airing.
Season 2’s renewal announcement got here one month after season 1 debuted in October 2022, so odds are followers can anticipate some excellent news within the coming weeks.
Olson (Joshua J. Israel), Wrigley (Spencer Home), Pippa (Sonia Mena), and Lucy (Van Patten) at a professor’s vacation occasion.
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When will ‘Inform Me Lies’ season 3 come out?
Even when Inform Me Lies will get a speedy renewal, followers must wait some time for brand spanking new episodes. Season 2 arrived on Hulu in September 2024, two years after season 1 debuted in October 2022. The streamer could select to fast-track new episodes, but when season 3 follows the established schedule, new episodes will doubtless be out in fall 2026.
Grace (Catherine Missal) and Lucy (Van Patten) within the moments earlier than Grace’s wedding ceremony.
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Who within the ‘Inform Me Lies’ forged would return for season 3?
Since Inform Me Lies would not be the identical with out Lucy and Stephen, it is practically assured that Grace Van Patten and Jackson White would return for season 3. It is also doubtless that the remainder of the primary forged will reprise their roles, together with Catherine Missal (Bree), Spencer Home (Wrigley), Sonia Mena (Pippa), Branden Prepare dinner (Evan), Alicia Crowder (Diana), and Natalee Linez (Lydia).
As for one of many present’s most surprising plot traces, Tom Ellis doubtless will not return as Oliver in season 3. Talking with Selection, creator and govt producer Meaghan Oppenheimer revealed that the Lucifer actor (who can be Oppenheimer’s husband in actual life) was “simply eager to do one season,” including that she believes season 2 “wrapped up his storyline in a approach that actually labored.”
Nevertheless, it is doubtless that Gabriella Pession’s Marianne might be again, as Oppenheimer says, “There’s much more story to inform together with her.”
Lucy could have many poisonous patterns to confront in Inform Me Lies season 3.
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What would ‘Inform Me Lies’ season 3 be about?
Spoilers for the Inform Me Lies season 2 finale forward. Within the season 2 finale, Stephen and Lucy’s years-long toxicity involves a head as Bree and Evan’s wedding ceremony is about to start out. After Lucy’s boyfriend Max breaks up together with her, she instantly runs to Stephen for consolation, however Stephen does not go along with the (allegedly) comfortable ending. As a substitute, moments earlier than Bree is about to stroll down the aisle, Stephen texts Bree an eight-year-old audio recording of Evan confessing to dishonest on her with Lucy at that Hawaiian faculty occasion. So there’s that to cope with.
Along with probably beginning the subsequent season with a runaway bride situation, the forthcoming episodes have many different dangling plot threads to observe. We nonetheless do not understand how Stephen turned engaged to Lucy’s ex-bestie Lydia within the later timeline, nor how the illicit faculty affair between Bree and Oliver (and now Marianne) will conclude. There’s additionally Pippa’s journey in (hopefully) searching for justice for her assault and the surprising demise of Wrigley’s brother Drew. That is to not point out that as of season 2’s finish, practically nobody is aware of about Stephen’s involvement in Macy’s demise.
Over the previous two seasons, Inform Me Lies has expanded past its supply novel, increasing the roles and storylines of a number of supporting characters, together with the lead duo’s pals. Nonetheless, the sequence principally sticks to the fundamental occasions of the novel; season 1 lined a couple of third of the ebook’s materials, and season 2 has taken much more inventive license over the ebook’s plot. With lots of the present’s main characters (particularly Lydia) on paths unique to the present, odds are studying the ebook will solely give minimal perception into what’s forward.
‘Inform Me Lie’ by Carola Lovering
What has the forged and crew stated about ‘Inform Me Lies’ season 3?
In a season 2 finale breakdown with Selection, Inform Me Lies‘ creator and govt producer Oppenheimer teased that season 3 could embrace a time soar with the brand new episodes doubtless focusing extra on the 2015 timeline than the 2008 faculty days. (To be honest, we now have approach extra questions on the place the pal group ended up later.)
“I did map that out approach prematurely after I simply thought of what the construction of the present was,” Oppenheimer stated of plans to incorporate extra 2015 scenes. “And I assumed, we’ll get increasingly more of the longer term as time goes on. I believe by the third season, we are going to nonetheless have some 2008 as a result of there’s stuff that we now have to wrap up there. However I believe it could be a bit of bit shifted within the sense that there’ll in all probability be extra 2015 than 2008.”
In the meantime, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, stars Van Patten and White (who’re relationship in actual life) shared their ideas on the bonkers finale cliffhanger and their characters’ futures. “I couldn’t imagine that Stephen had recorded Evan saying that [he cheated on Bree with Lucy], and saved it for what number of years? Eight years,” Van Patten stated of the second, with White later including that Stephen’s revenge was “psychotic.”
“The work this man needed to undergo to only maintain a bomb for eight years… a lot work,” Van Patten continued. “That simply went past my expectations of how manipulative he truly was. I actually couldn’t imagine that. I used to be additionally shocked, and I’m so curious, what could be in Meaghan’s head for a 3rd season and what the remainder of that wedding ceremony would appear like.”
When requested about his hopes for Stephen’s future, White stated, “I ponder if it could be cool to see Stephen utterly caught with nowhere to run to, nowhere to go. I don’t even know what which means, like no technique of manipulating his approach out of one thing. After which additionally, Meaghan stated that there was an thought of a threesome with Wrigley and if that got here up, I wouldn’t push in opposition to it. However we’ll see, fingers crossed.”