We Were Liars- The Show That Broke Me
Written by Kai Voorhees
We Were Liars is a show on Prime Video based on the book by Emily Lockhart. Here’s your warning that there will be spoilers in this article.
The whole plot is that the main character, Cadence Sinclair, gets a traumatic brain injury and can’t remember how. She is a part of the Sinclair family, a very wealthy, drama filled family. The show is a mix of a lot of teen and family drama, and psychological thriller.
I was so hooked on this show and surprisingly, I binged the whole thing in one night. This is very uncommon for me given my short attention span and inability to sit still.
I had never read the book so I’m not sure how accurate the show was to the movie. However, the fact that I hadn’t read the book meant I didn’t know what I was getting myself into.
I was expecting a sweet, tropical, innocent, love story. Oh how I was wrong. I surely was not expecting to be left in tears at the end of the last episode.
Along with Cadence Sinclair, there are three other main characters in the show.
The “liars” is a nickname the parents gave the kids when they were young.
The last episode, (“My Friends Are Lying in the Sun”) revealed that the “liars” had been drunk when they came up with a plan. In order to stop the “Sinclair legacy” that they had so long hated, they decided to commit arson. The episode shows that everyone but Cadence dies, and this is why the other kids hadn’t called her or visited when she was in the hospital.
The ending had me a bit confused because it made you think that Cadence was hallucinating the “liars” the entire time since she came to the island. However, the last scene shows Carrie seeing Johnny in the kitchen.
This makes it unclear if it was a hallucination or if they are ghosts on the island. Recently, it has been announced that there will be another season of the show. Hopefully, the writers will include some sort of explanation for this.
The second season is supposed to be released in 2027. Will you be tuning in?
Posted on April 22, 2026