Without a doubt, the ending toPrime Video’s latest series,We Were Liars, makes it worth watching. Don’t worry, there won’t be any spoilers below, just enthusiastic encouragement to binge the new teen mystery you didn’t know you needed. Based on the young adult novel of the same name by E. Lockhart, the show follows Cady Sinclair (Emily Alyn Lind), the oldest grandchild of an ultra-wealthy American family. Alongside her cousins, Mirren (Esther McGregor) and Johnny (Joseph Zada), and her best friend, Gat (Shubham Maheshwari), she spends every summer blissfully frolicking around her family’s private island. To her, life was absolutely perfect.
However, when Cady washes ashore one summer with no memory of what happened, everything she thought she knew completely changes. No one would tell her anything about the accident. In fact, everyone seems to pretend as if nothing even happened. From the moment Cady returns to the island the summer after her accident, it’s clear that no one wants to broach the subject whatsoever, and she’s determined to figure out why.
A surprisingly compelling narrative riddled with layers of familial complexities andplenty of normal teenage rebellion, the series offers viewers an intriguing mystery with a sobering payoff. Needless to say, the show is a satisfying one worth bingeing. Whether you’re an avid fan of the source material or you’ve never heard of E. Lockhart’s critically acclaimed and award-winning novel,We Were Liarsis the only series you need to binge this week.
‘We Were Liars’ Has Surprisingly Complex Characters
We Were Liars
When a series centers its narrative around a group of rich teenagers, it’s easy for those characters to become one-dimensional tropes. Thankfully,We Were Liarsmakes a valiant effort to showcase well-rounded, complex people that viewers can relate to and empathize with. While older viewers might find theshow’s teenage romanceslightly awkward and a bit cringeworthy at times, it makes up for those moments with the character depth of the three grown Sinclair sisters, Penny (Caitlin FitzGerald), Carrie (Mamie Gummer), and Bess (Candice King). Their personal strife helps to round out the overarching narrative of the series and aids in explaining what inevitably happens in the end.
By no means isWe Were Liarsamasterpiece of television, but it isn’t trying to be, and that’s okay. Nevertheless, it’s a wildly entertaining series. With surprisingly complex characters who genuinely want to be good people despite themselves and the way they were raised, the show shines a spotlight on messy characters without simply chastising them and their choices. In many scenes,viewers bear witness to just how much the grown Sinclair sisters strive to connect, but struggle to do so, while simultaneously competing for their father’s prized affection, which is often fleeting.
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However, what sets them apart from their own parents is how they treat and love their children, the teens at the heart of the series. That isn’t to say they aren’t making any mistakes; they’re simply trying to balance familial expectations while doing their best to love their children in a way their parents failed to love them. To put it simply, the Sinclair family is rife with trauma thanks to its patriarch, the illustrious Harris Sinclair (David Morse), and the series makes room for viewers to empathize with these characters because of it rather than judge them.
While the “poor rich kid” trope is often one that falls flat on the small screen,We Were Liarsmanages to executesuch a story rather well. Sure, these characters want for nothing, which doesn’t reflect the lives of most viewers, but that doesn’t mean these characters are necessarily better off. They’re still people, and by the end of Season 1, it becomes abundantly and tragically clear what truly matters most in the world.
The Sobering Finale of ‘We Were Liars’ Makes It Worth Bingeing
Aside from its layered and surprisingly complex characters, the finale ofWe Were Liarsalone completely overshadows whatever potential flaws viewers might encounter with the series. Without spoiling that compelling Season 1 conclusion, it cannot be overstated just how well the big revelation tied everything together. The looming question rooted in the show’s premise is actually answered without ambiguity, which is a satisfying, albeit somber, experience.
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That being said, viewers were left to ponder the possibility of a second season, but there’s nothing opaque about what happened to Cady the night of her accident.Every question is answered with a surprising and sobering payoff that makes sense for the series and the Sinclair family. Even ifteen mystery dramasaren’t your thing, Prime Video’s latest series is certainly worth bingeing this week. Trust me.We Were LiarsSeason 1 is streaming on Prime Video.
