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Tell Me Lies will not be returning for any further episodes beyond its third season.
On Monday, February 16, series creator Meaghan Oppenheimer announced that the popular Hulu show will be wrapping up. In an Instagram post, she shared, “After three incredible seasons of Tell Me Lies, tonight’s episode marks the series finale. This conclusion was always the vision my writing team and I had, and we are immensely proud of it. The overwhelming response to this season prompted us to consider extending the story, but we ultimately decided it had naturally reached its end.”
She added, “Protecting the quality of the show and offering you the best experience has always been my priority. While it’s bittersweet to part with something that has brought so much joy, I’m grateful we could tell a full story with a deliberate ending — a rare gift in television. Thank you for embracing our show. We look forward to bringing you new stories soon.”
The episode scheduled for release on Tuesday, February 17, will now serve as both the season and series finale. Previously, Oppenheimer addressed rumors that the third season of Tell Me Lies would be its last.
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“In terms of future seasons, it’s impossible to really know at this point,” Oppenheimer exclusively told Us Weekly in January. “I certainly had always thought this was always more or less the ending I’d had in mind.”
Oppenheimer didn’t rule out a return, adding, “But you never know what’s going to happen in the future. But there’s definitely a sense where I didn’t want to leave anything hanging this season. Basically, I wanted to satisfy everyone.”
Based on Carola Lovering’s novel of the same name, Tell Me Lies follows the messy relationship between college students Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White). Their problematic on-and-off romance ends up lasting eight years — and everyone around them is affected by Lucy and Stephen’s ups and downs.
Season 3, which returned in January, raised the stakes with a surprise romance involving Bree (Cat Missal) and Wrigley (Spencer House), which complicated the present timeline. Bree’s wedding to Evan (Branden Cook) seemingly went off without a hitch despite her still having feelings for Wrigley — and previously learning that her now-husband hooked up with Lucy in college.
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Off screen, Oppenheimer spoke to Us about how the writers’ room juggles the story lines that happen across two timelines.
“I always had a sense of where they are in 2015 and what their dynamic is and what secrets everyone is holding. Once you at least know what people know and what they don’t know, that gives you a lot of space to play,” she noted in 2024. “But the way that we constructed it is we definitely did the 2008 story line first in the room. We kind of mapped out the whole season and then we did 2015 as its own thing.”
Oppenheimer continued: “I knew where I wanted to end the season, though, in 2015. I knew where it needed to get to.”
After Tell Me Lies was renewed for a third season, Oppenheimer signed an overall deal with 20th Television, which is a part of Disney Television Studios.
“Meaghan has shepherded Tell Me Lies for two intensely addictive seasons that fueled an incredible wave of obsessive fan and social conversation,” president of 20th Television Karey Burke said in a December 2024 statement. “We are thrilled to have her officially in the studio fold and at the helm of another dramatic season.”
The final episode of Tell Me Lies airs Tuesday, February 17, on Hulu.