The Lying Game - ABC Family [ Spoilers ]

Richard Dower · 15-10-2011 1:15am

_Bella_ wrote: »

The finale looks awesome!

However this week was not so good. Not really sure why they gave so much focus to the Laurel story, it was pretty boring and predictable. Seeing Emma's life was interesting but other then that absolutely nothing happened.

Have to +1 ya Bella, but i did note something interestng Emma said to Ethan, namely Alec and Ted seem to be going through an awful lot of trouble to cover up some dodgy adoption, which leads me to belive there is more to it!

You don't commit multiple crimes like arson, kidnapping and sundry other things just because they snatched a baby, or two?

I'm veering toward something really bad happened and maybe Ted and Ethan's brother raped Annie, Alec covered it up....there has to be more to it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8k_cEm17mY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcXg4yPZyd0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl6iLmM100o

Richard Dower · 17-10-2011 3:23am

Midseason finale tongght!...think the twin switch might just get revealed to everyone!

squeakyduck · 18-10-2011 5:40am

I was expecting to get some more questions answered. Not very happy :mad:

Roll on the next episode! When does the new season start? :rolleyes:

Grindylow · 18-10-2011 12:05pm

squeakyduck wrote: »

I was expecting to get some more questions answered. Not very happy :mad:

Roll on the next episode! When does the new season start? :rolleyes:

Yeah when does the season continue? Would love to know who had Sutton in the car.. probably Travis?

_Bella_ · 18-10-2011 6:52pm

Slightly disappointed, I really wanted the twin switch to be revealed. Not much really happened. Be interesting to see what happens with Annie, but I don't see her lasting long and of course what happens to Sutton. Looking forward to finding what's up with Justin.

Not sure when it's back but I'm guessing it won't be back until January at the earliest.

tomissex · 19-10-2011 10:18pm

I thought it was excellent! Pretty gripping and quite the cliffhanger to leave it on. I thought it was Annie in the car with Sutton... maybe she jumped out before it hit the water....but why kill her daughter?

:P

Richard Dower · 25-10-2011 1:54am

^ wasn't what i had hoped either, though super b!tch Sutton was great to see!...though for all her stealing my BF talk, um...hello!, you cheated on Ethan with Thayer!!
It didn't add alot and answered even less, i'm not sure it's Annie who arrived at the birthday party....we never saw her face!

Sutton in the car, hmmm...i'm thinking Ethan's brother or perhaps Travis or Char's beau, no twin reveal, no huge blowout, no catfight or hair pulling...pah!, it wasn't much of a finale. I think since ep. 7 they've really slowed the pace down, perhaps because they got that back 12 order and can't eat up plot.

Whatever happens i *hope* they plan for a proper finale and answers if it dosen't get a second season, it returns January 2012, promo after the show....also returning is Switched At Birth, Pretty Little Liars + the premiere of new show Jane By design (no mention of MIOBI...my guess is end of March).

Richard Dower · 01-11-2011 1:50pm

Production on season 1B commenced October 26th, returns early January 2012.

Richard Dower · 03-11-2011 9:07pm

Buffy's Charisma Carpenter to get multi episode arc on TLG which retuns Monday January 2nd @ 9pm: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Charisma-Carpenter-Lying-Game-1039253.aspx

^ she's playing Annie...wtf??????

tomissex · 04-11-2011 1:29pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

Buffy's Charisma Carpenter to get multi episode arc on TLG which retuns Monday January 2nd @ 9pm: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Charisma-Carpenter-Lying-Game-1039253.aspx

^ she's playing Annie...wtf??????

Flashbacks? They couldn't just change what Annie looks like...

Richard Dower · 14-11-2011 8:47am

tomissex wrote: »

Flashbacks? They couldn't just change what Annie looks like...

New SPOILERS clarifies the Annie thing a bit, also explains the end of the mid season finale

1-11 "Oh Twin, Where Art Thou" Monday, January 2, 2012 at 9 PM

Charisma Carpenter joins the show as Char's aunt Rebecca "Annie" Sewell, who is NOT the same Annie we've already met. Rebecca Sewell returns to town after having been gone for years. Ted is shocked to see her, as she knows some of his and Alec's secrets.

Rebecca and Alec conspire to deal with Phyllis, whose drinking problem becomes worse than ever.

Dan is worried about how "Sutton" is affecting Ethan.

The police uncover the car from the lake, but what will they find inside?

1-12 "When We Dead Awaken" January 9

Randy Taylor (Drew Waters), a tennis scout, comes to check out "Sutton" but is Emma interested in pursuing that?

Meanwhile, Kristin discovers that Ted has been lying about something from his past.

1-13 "Pleased to Meet Me" January 16

Kristin and Rebecca throw a party together; it's a silent auction. At the party, Rebecca encourages Laurel to sing. Alec asks Rebecca to dance.

We'll meet Ryan, who returns to school at Arroyo after being kicked out of boarding school. He's interested in Mads, and Emma encourages the relationship, despite Mads' doubts.

Richard Dower · 22-11-2011 5:59pm

Scoopage:

Jessi_RS: Any scoop on The Lying Game's Ethan and Emma? Thanks.
From what we're hearing, Ethan (Blair Redford) and Emma (Alexandra Chando) will be going strong when the ABC Family show returns, much to her (or, you know, Sutton's) father Ted's (Andy Buckley) dismay. In fact, the couple is going so strong, there's a moment so cute in episode 13 that might just melt fans' hearts. Also, the show is currently casting a love interest, named Ryan, for Mads (Alice Greczyn).

Read more: http://uk.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/spoiler_chat_scoop_on_glee_american/276348#ixzz1eSER5AwJ

Richard Dower · 09-12-2011 8:19am

The Lying Game | Speaking with series star Alexandra Chando at ABC Family’s Winter Wonderland party, I was sure to ask for the 411 on Char’s aunt, Annie Sewell, to be played by Buffyverse alum Charisma Carpenter. “She comes on as a foxy lady and stirs up some trouble,” Chando teased. “She definitely has a past with Alec (Adrian Pasdar) and Ted (Andy Buckley), and that’s revealed as soon as she sees both of them.” I then shared my take that the resemblance between Carpenter and Chando should not go unnoticed on the show. In fact, could this Annie be Emma and Sutton’s real mom? “I don’t know, maybe…,” Chando shrugged. “She very well could be!” (Lying Game returns Jan. 2.)

^

UK channel, 5* has picked up The Lying Game: http://www.digitalspy.ie/ustv/news/a355184/5-picks-up-uk-rights-to-the-lying-game-gilmore-girls.html

5* also confirmed that it has picked up the rights to classic series Gilmore Girls, which focuses on the relationship between mother and daughter Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel).

The show is expected to air on 5* during the daytime.

Channel 5's head of acquisitions Paul Fagan said: "With its mix of drama, intrigue and scandal, The Lying Game fits perfectly with 5*'s ethos. Along with the acquisition of Gilmore Girls we are extremely pleased that we can add both these shows to 5*'s strong lineup for 2012."

Richard Dower · 15-12-2011 8:58pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/the-lying-game-star-alexandra-chando_n_1144096.html

Season 1A recap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jk_k4Q0DqM

1x11 promo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqm344DJ-s

Richard Dower · 21-12-2011 6:50pm

http://smallscreenscoop.com/charisma-carpenter-lying-game-spoilers/320624/

First look at Charisma Carpenter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elmEOlzF1Dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUApcJ3wn30

Richard Dower · 02-01-2012 11:21pm

show returns for fresh eps. tonight!

Richard Dower · 03-01-2012 11:47am

"keep being Sutton...or you're next" :eek: ....

best part of the ep. was the end, Thayer thinking Ethan offed real Sutton, most pathetic lie ever from Ethan and Emma re; the car in the lake...jesus, that was some bad writing there from Chuck Pratt :rolleyes:

Overall not much happened or was added, Rebecca aka Annie Sewell....hasn't added much has she?, way too soft, i was really hoping she was here to stir it up with Ted and Alec but she just wants to leave the past behind, so she says

Not a bad ep. though, just very thin on moving the plot forward at all, which was an issue with the final three eps. from the last batch of 10, me thinks the writers will slow things down now as perhaps they don't have enough plot ideas to make it juicy each week.

But tis nice to have it back fairly quickly after the last run

Richard Dower · 05-01-2012 2:15am

Ratings highs for TLG, 1.8 million and 0.9 adult demo....hit highs in all key demos, but as noted still half of what PLL got on the night,

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/01/04/return-of-pretty-little-liars-is-mondays-1-tv-telecast-in-females-12-34-and-the-1-scripted-cable-telecast-in-women-18-34-and-women-18-49/115434/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

Richard Dower · 14-01-2012 12:06pm

Awesome twist/shocker end on Monday!.....Sutton turns up at casa Mercer just as Emma/Thayer and Ethan were holding a wake for her......lol!

That Derek dude, i bet he was in the backseat of the car Sutton was driving!....see his react when he saw "Sutton" at school?....well shifty that guy, as for Annie 2...i love seeing her make Ted squirm!

Justin....more and more i think Ted had a car accident, killed his mother and Alec covered it up/got him off. Is it me or has TLG become alot more like PLL?????

Richard Dower · 19-01-2012 4:51pm

Third week in a row, third week of ratings highs: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/01/18/the-lying-game-hits-series-highs-for-the-3rd-straight-week-in-adults-18-34-pretty-little-liars-ranks-as-mondays-1-tv-telecast-in-females-12-34/116994/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

If it keeps going like this until say 8 ep. of the run i'm confident it'll get a second season.

tomissex · 08-02-2012 9:24pm

Emma you crazy fool!!!

Richard Dower · 21-02-2012 12:00am

Doing a monster catchup at the moment!....watching ep. 14-17 and i'll watch ep. 18 tonight after it airs....fully caught up then!

Derek = dead :eek:

Ethan = wanted for the murder :eek:

Annie Hobbs = not the twins mom! :eek:

Rebecca Sewel....hmmm, she said something that implied SHE is the twins real mother!

Ep. 14/15 were really good, can't wait to see 16/17 and later on 18 when it airs, based on ratings to date....and i've kept a close eye on things, it's almost certain TLG will get a second season

tomissex · 21-02-2012 12:41am

Oh Richard you're in for a treat! Can't wait for you to understand my post above!

Richard Dower · 21-02-2012 3:40am

tomissex wrote: »

Oh Richard you're in for a treat! Can't wait for you to understand my post above!

Emma told Mads!!......

LOL!....she took it well as well, she now part of the scoobie gang tryna figure it all out. Tis good Mads now knows as she's a more developed character then Char....who btw has disappeared

Is Kristen Prout doing something else?, sick?....or just as useless character and they gave her wages over to Charisma Carpenter?

No great loss, shallow and hollow character, might be a great plot/shocker if Char got murdered by seasons end......;)

tomissex · 21-02-2012 4:37pm

Agh Sutton I hate you!! Loved her playing Emma though, very Katherine/Elena

Richard Dower · 22-02-2012 4:48am

Episode 18 was brilliant!...best episode of the series for me, tons happened...lets recap

It seems very obvious now [or the producers want us to think] that Rebecca is the twins real birth mother, Rebecca said alot of stuff that hinted at this.
When Ethan got the charges dismissed she said: sometimes an [pauses] older [insert - mother] person knows best!

Then she said beforehand....wait long enough and your day will come, it's obvious she's out for revenge against Alec and Ted + i think she was following Alec and that's how she had the pic of him with the tire iron and Derek etc.

She knows Annie Hobbs, she keeps dropping little hints like Ted and him leaving LA etc.

But Sutton....:eek: wow!, she really is the ultimate mean girl...brilliant stuf though her playing at Emma + dropping those cheating bombs on both Ethan and Emma, sly....slick, well played Sutton, well played.

I LOVE Laurel and Baz....adorable and cute together, hated Justin.....but, i suspect very soon Justin will go all stalker/psycho killer crazy on Laurel....that'll add and nice subplot to the show

It looked great as well, tons of extras...spending a few quid on this show ABCF are, in fact it reminded me the most of PLL with the notes and phone pictures.

I think the last 5 eps. have been great and overall the 2A season has been excellent, they've really ramped up the quality of the writing and introduced alot of plotlines to keep the show ticking over.

Sure they sorta sidetracked the main arc but still not boring to watch...one thing i would say is i would have stretched the Ethan murder plot out longer, least a couple more eps. I still expect Char to the killed by seasons end :-)

4/5

Richard Dower · 01-03-2012 3:12pm

Emma slapped Suton! :eek:

...gave her a right whap! as well!!

Well overdue imo, in fact....her ass needs a beatdown! :mad:
How Emma didn't lay into her after Ethan and her found out her lies is beyond me!

Few revelations, finally found out how/why Alec has Dan as his poodle...was hoping for a more juicy reason tbh, :rolleyes: - still him and sexy lawyer seem to be teaming up top take Alec down.

I also 100% expected the locket picture to be of Ted, correct again Richard!

- i'm too well tuned in to teen soaps

, um....Alec and Rebecca headed for the altar

Phase 2 of her plan me thinks, pretty obvious now what happened, that drunken weekend away with Ted and Alec in Santa Fe or wherever....they met Rebecca, Rebecca was raped by Ted. Him and Alec covered it up....she got preggers, they then either stole or persuaded her to give the twins up.

Sutton went to Ted etc.

Despite her evilness i love Sutton!, her snark and bitchy ways makes for great tv, three eps. left!

Richard Dower · 03-03-2012 4:49am

Big season finale on Monday! ....i thought season 1B was 12 episodes?, but apparently it's only 10.....lots of links with tons of spoilers for the finale:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/the-lying-game-finale-charisma-carpenter-adrian-pasdar-296576

http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/03/02/the-lying-game-season-finale-spoiler-derek-killer-revealed/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/the-lying-game-spoilers-charles-pratt-jr-295388

http://www.wetpaint.com/the-lying-game/articles/the-lying-game-finale-spoilers-a-wedding-an-arrest-and-thayer-and-emma

http://www.tvfanatic.com/2012/03/the-lying-game-season-finale-scoop-bombshell-ahead/

http://www.tvfanatic.com/2012/03/alexandra-chando-speaks-on-sutton-the-lying-game-season-finale/

Richard Dower · 05-03-2012 3:45pm

Season 1 finale tonight!!...big reveals, hugh cliffhanger!!....can't wait!!!!!

tomissex · 06-03-2012 3:01pm

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Noelly · 06-03-2012 6:20pm

Oh my god Sutton :eek::eek::eek::eek:

_Bella_ · 06-03-2012 6:40pm

What an ending!!!

Noelly · 06-03-2012 7:09pm

Here's hoping it's back for a 2nd season... :eek:

Richard Dower · 06-03-2012 10:55pm

HOLY CRAP!.....i NEVER suspected or expected that shocker end!!!!!!! :eek:

Sutton knew all along who her mother was + is working with Rebecca!!!!!! :eek:
So i guess this confirms the theories -->> Ted is the twins dad, my guess is still that Rebecca was raped by Ted at the boozy weekend + forced to give up the babies for adoption, Ted took Sutton and Emma was sold to the other couple.

So it's one big huge revenge plot by Rebecca and Sutton all along! :eek::eek::eek:

I knew Rebecca had planted the tire iron in the house + i suspect Rebecca killed Derek. Tbh that was a twist i never would have guessed, fair dues!!!!!!

Giving it a 4/5 for the ending alone! :eek:

Richard Dower · 06-03-2012 10:59pm

I'm not the only one who didn't see that end: http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3207439&st=765

Did any of you??

trendy88 · 12-03-2012 10:58pm

Extremely surprised by that ending. The idea that Sutton was in on it the whole time never even crossed my mind. I thought the episode had ended when the credits popped up and I wont lie it felt kind of anti-climactic until they dropped that bomb on us. Wowsa. Fingers crossed for a season 2 so we can see how this thing pans out.

Pretty sure Teds the Dad but theres gotta be something more to it than that. Rape sounds like a runner.

We may wait and see

Richard Dower · 16-03-2012 11:11am

No surprise, but Deadline are reporting season 2 is a lock: http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/abc-family-nears-renewal-of-lying-game/

Richard Dower · 25-04-2012 2:08am

No real shocker but ABCF put out a press releaze today confirming season 2.

p

lindtee · 16-05-2012 5:11pm

Only getting around to posting now but towards the end of the series, I was finding it a real chore to watch the show but yet I felt compelled to:o I just think the Emma/Sutton actress is such a rubbish actress and the rest of the cast aren't much good either:pac: However something kept me watching each week and I suppose that I'll give the next series a chance too.

tomissex · 19-05-2012 10:38pm

Allie Gonino just tweeted that Season 2 will air in January 2013! :eek:

Richard Dower · 21-06-2012 1:38pm

Charisma Carpenter close to signing a deal to make her a series regular for season 2:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118055733?refCatId=14

Richard Dower · 28-06-2012 3:18pm

http://tvline.com/2012/06/27/the-lying-game-season-2-charisma-carpenter-preview/

http://www.wetpaint.com/the-lying-game/articles/lying-game-spoilers-which-character-will-spiral-out-of-control-in-season-2-exclusive

Richard Dower · 15-07-2012 2:14pm

2x01 is called The Revengers:

Richard Dower · 17-07-2012 11:22pm

Season 2 casting news: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ryan-Rottman-Lying-Game-1050057.aspx

Richard Dower · 31-08-2012 12:26pm

The Lying Game | While speaking with Charisma Carpenter about her new gig for Investigation Discovery, I ran by her what TLG castmate Andy Buckley recently told me, that Rebecca will be pulling many strings during Season 2. “She is a puppet master,” she responded (with a certain amount of pride). “She’s got her fingers in everybody’s lives.” Carpenter said that when the show returns this winter, with only 10 days having passed on screen, viewers will see how Sutton came to learn of her true birth mother as well as why the two women are keeping the news under wraps (“It’s for Emma’s protection…. The less people who know, the better”). As for Rebecca’s nascent marriage to Alec (Adrian Pasdar), Carpenter laughed, “Well, he’s in jail [for Derek's murder], so it’s not going that well! But he’s a very smart man, so I’m not worried about him. But [as Rebecca] I’m worried for myself, so I’d rather keep him in jail!”

Read More at: http://tvline.com/2012/08/30/ncis-greys-anatomy-homeland-spoilers-inside-line/#utm_source=copypaste&utm_campaign=referral

Richard Dower · 01-09-2012 8:34pm

http://tvline.com/2012/09/01/the-lying-game-season-2-premiere-date-episode-titles/#utm_source=copypaste&utm_campaign=referral

Although ABC Family maintained to TVLine that a date has not yet been set, Alloy said that Season 2 of the switching, swapping twins tale — which for so long was tagged for a vague “winter” return — will kick off Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, marking a nearly 10-month hiatus for the drama.

Alloy also disclosed the titles for the first six episodes, as follows:

“The Revengers”

“Cheat, Play, Love”

“Advantage Sutton”

“A Kiss Before Lying”

“Much Ado About Everything”

“Catch Her in the Lie”