The Fallout Begins: Why ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 3 is Peak Psychological Drama
After a year-long hiatus that left audiences reeling, “Tell Me Lies” has made its incendiary return to Hulu, and the chaos quotient has only intensified. Season 3 wastes no time plunging viewers back into the psychologically complex world of Lucy and Stephen, whose relationship operates less like romance and more like emotional warfare dressed in collegiate couture.
The season premiere picks up the shrapnel from that catastrophic wedding day voice message—the one where Stephen weaponized secrets with surgical precision, revealing to bride Bree that her groom Evan had slept with Lucy during their Baird College days. It was manipulation as performance art, and the fallout promises to be spectacular.
Set during spring semester at Baird College in the series’ past timeline, the new episodes find Lucy and Stephen once again tangled in their signature brand of self-destructive passion. They’ve made promises—things will be different this time, naturally—but as any viewer of Meaghan Oppenheimer’s addictive drama knows, their best intentions are merely prelude to their worst impulses.
Hulu has released three episodes to kick off the season: “You F*cked It, Friend,” “We Can’t Help It If We Are A Problem,” and “Repent”—titles that function less as episode names and more as mission statements for a show that understands the dark psychology of young adults wielding emotional ammunition.
This season expands beyond the Lucy-Stephen vortex, forcing their entire friend group to confront their own destructive patterns. As scandalous secrets metastasize across campus, the consequences threaten to consume everyone in Lucy’s orbit. The ensemble cast—including Spencer House, Sonia Mena, Cat Missal, Branden Cook, Alicia Crowder, and Costa D’Angelo alongside leads Grace Van Patten and Jackson White—navigates a landscape where past indiscretions aren’t just remembered, they’re weaponized.
“Tell Me Lies” has always excelled at portraying the particular cruelty young people inflict when they’re still learning the weight of consequences. Season 3 promises that education will be painful.
‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 3 episode schedule
“Tell Me Lies” has weekly releases, so you’ll be able to catch new episodes every Tuesday at 12 a.m. ET through Feb. 24
- Season 3, Episode 1: Jan. 13
- Season 3, Episode 2: Jan. 13
- Season 3, Episode 3: Jan. 20
- Season 3, Episode 4: Jan. 27
- Season 3, Episode 5: Feb. 3
- Season 3, Episode 6: Feb. 10
- Season 3, Episode 7: Feb. 17
- Season 3, Episode 8: Feb. 24
‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 3 cast
- Grace Van Patten as Lucy Albright
- Jackson White as Stephen DeMarco
- Catherine Missal as Bree
- Spencer House as Mike Wrigley
- Sonia Mena as Pippa
- Branden Cook as Evan
- Alicia Crowder as Diana
- Tom Ellis as Oliver
- Costa D’Angelo as Alex
