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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T07:22:14.000Z",
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    "A post shared by Meaghan Oppenheimer (@moppyoppenheimer)",
    "‘Tell Me Lies’ is over: Creator confirms series ending hours before finale",
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  "textContent": "_Tell Me Lies_  is officially over. Fans only just found out.\n\nCreator and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer confirmed on Monday that season three would be the show’s final chapter, just hours before the finale dropped on Hulu.\n\n>  View this post on Instagram \n>\n> A post shared by Meaghan Oppenheimer (@moppyoppenheimer)\n\n\n\n\n“After three amazing seasons of Tell Me Lies, tonight’s episode will be the series finale,” she wrote on Instagram.\n\nThe finale premiered Tuesday, February 17 at 12 a.m. ET.\n\nFor many viewers, the timing of the announcement came as a surprise.\n\n## This was “always the ending”\n\nOppenheimer insisted the conclusion had long been planned.\n\n“This was always the ending my writing team and I had in mind, and we are insanely proud of it,” she wrote.\n\nShe revealed that strong audience response prompted conversations about whether there was “another organic way” to continue the story. Ultimately, the team decided the series had reached its “natural conclusion”.\n\nShe added that delivering “a complete story with an intentional ending” was a rare privilege in television.\n\n## A toxic love story that divided viewers\n\nBased on  _Tell Me Lies_ by Carola Lovering, the series follows Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco, played by real-life couple Grace Van Patten and Jackson White, as their relationship spirals through manipulation, obsession and emotional fallout.\n\nSet at the fictional Baird College in the mid-2000s, the Hulu drama became known for its psychological intensity and morally fraught dynamics.\n\nWhite previously described Stephen as a “super villain”, a label many fans echoed as the show’s darker turns unfolded.\n\nThe ensemble cast also includes Spencer House, Sonia Mena, Catherine Missal, Alicia Crowder, Branden Cook, Costa D’Angelo and Tom Ellis.\n\nOppenheimer closed her message by thanking fans and teasing future projects.\n\n“Thank you for loving our show. We are excited to bring you more stories in the near future.”\n\nFor now, the final episode is streaming, closing the Lucy and Stephen saga for good.\n\n## What to watch if you’re not ready to let go\n\nIf the finale has left a void, several series explore similarly complicated relationships, emotional manipulation and messy coming-of-age dynamics.\n\nNormal People follows an on-and-off relationship shaped by miscommunication, insecurity and shifting power. Like  _Tell Me Lies_ , it captures how formative love can echo long after university ends.\n\nEuphoria leans into heightened emotional stakes and morally ambiguous young characters navigating obsession, addiction and identity. It is darker in tone but carries a similar intensity.\n\nConversations with Friends explores blurred boundaries, secrecy and romantic power imbalances among young adults struggling with desire and betrayal.\n\nThe Summer I Turned Pretty offers a softer alternative, centring on complicated love triangles and emotional missteps with a more nostalgic feel.\n\nYou takes manipulation to its most extreme conclusion, examining charm, control and the darker psychology beneath romance.\n\nFor fans of emotionally messy storytelling, the post-_Tell Me Lies_  era may not feel quite so empty after all.\n\nThe post ‘Tell Me Lies’ is over: Creator confirms series ending hours before finale appeared first on HUM News.",
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