What We Know About Season 2 of ‘We Were Liars’ So Far
Prime Video is returning to Beechwood Island for a second season of its young adult series adaptation, We Were Liars.
The series is based on E. Lockhart’s novel of the same name, with the first season debuting in the summer of 2025. All episodes were released simultaneously, and the show received a renewal for a second season in September of the same year. Lockhart has since published a prequel novel, We Fell Apart, set in the same universe.
What will Season 2 of We Were Liars be about?
Season 2 will draw from Lockhart’s prequel, Family of Liars, focusing on the three Sinclair sisters, who serve as aunts and mothers to the main characters in Lockhart’s original story.
Emily Alyn Lind’s Cadence Sinclair, who narrated the first season, will return to the island. According to the logline, “As she digs deeper into family secrets, she learns about the Sinclair Sisters’ summer of 1999 — a summer rife with first love, rivalry, and even murder.” Flashbacks will reveal Carrie (Lapaine), Penny (Roorbach), and Bess (Wolfe) navigating their own teenage summer as they confront their past.
Who else will be back in We Were Liars Season 2?
Joseph Zada, who will soon appear as a younger version of Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, is set to reprise his role as Johnny Sinclair. In a pivotal scene from the first season, his ghost haunted his mother, Carrie (Mammie Gummer), providing insight into her past.
Joseph Zada in ‘We Were Liars’ on Prime Video
Dempsey Bryk, who portrays a new character named Ebon, has been elevated to a series regular for Season 2. Ebon is described as a rough-around-the-edges Bostonian who spends his summers catering to the elite on a charter boat, after experiencing a romantic loss last summer.
Are there new cast members for Season 2 of We Were Liars?
Yes, Prime Video has announced the casting of younger versions of key characters from Family of Liars. Josh Dallas will play Young Harris, Peyton List will portray Young Tipper, and Madison Wolfe will take on the role of Young Bess. Elysia Roorbach will play Young Penny, and Parker Lapaine will play Young Carrie.
L-R: Candice King as Bess, David Morse as Harris Sinclair, Wendy Crewson as Tipper Sinclair, Mamie Gummer as Carrie Sinclair, and Caitlin Fitzgerald as Penny Sinclair in We Were Liars
Costa D’Angelo will portray Pfeff, a character from Family of Liars. His full name is Lawrence Pfeffernan, earning him the nickname “Pfeff.”
Who else is behind We Were Liars Season 2?
The second season is written and executive produced by co-showrunners Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie, alongside executive producers Emily Cummins, Brett Matthews, Marguerite MacIntyre, and the novel’s author, E. Lockhart. The project is backed by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Amazon MGM Studios.
