The Lying Game

Series 1 - 1. Pilot

Pilot
Radio Times
Review by:
David Brown

Pilot episodes usually have a lot of plot to divulge and this soapy drama is no exception. The set-up is this: long-lost twins (both played by Alexandra Chando) have been separated under mysterious circumstances, one adopted by a wealthy family, the other raised within the foster system. Things get complicated when the pair meet up as teenagers and, due to reasons too byzantine to explain, they trade places.

It’s The Prisoner of Zenda meets Mean Girls, if such a thing can be imagined, and while it’s never going to trouble any Emmy judges, it has
a pleasant pep to its step.

About this programme

1/20. Drama about a teenager posing as her identical twin with whom she has re-established contact after the girls were separated at birth. Emma Becker swaps lives with her sibling Sutton Mercer after being framed for stealing from her foster parents. As she explores her sister's privileged world, she discovers a number of sinister mysteries. Starring Alexandra Chando.

Cast and crew

Cast

Emma Becker/Sutton Mercer
Alexandra Chando
Ted Mercer
Andy Buckley
Kristin Mercer
Helen Slater
Laurel Mercer
Allie Gonino
Madeline Rybak
Alice Greczyn
Charlotte Chamberlain
Kristen Prout
Nisha Randall
Sharon Pierre-Louis
Luke Coburn
Mitch Ryan
Ethan Whitehorse
Blair Redford
Dan Whitehorse
Tyler Christopher
Clarice Boyle
Debrianna Mansini
Travis Boyle
Kenneth Miller

Crew

Director
Mark Piznarski
Executive Producer
Gino Girolamo
Executive Producer
Leslie Morgenstein
Executive Producer
Mark Piznarski
Executive Producer
Charles Pratt Jr
Categories
Drama

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