| The Lying Game | |
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| Season One | |
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| Number of Episodes | 20 |
| Original channel | ABC Family |
| Air date | Mon 8/7 (First half), Mon 9/8 (Second half) |
| Original run | August 15, 2011- March 5, 2012 |
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Season one of The Lying Game premiered on August 15, 2011 on ABC Family and is based on the books by Sara Shepard.
Season Overview[]
The show follows Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who learns she has an identical twin sister, Sutton. Sutton, unlike Emma, was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on the mysterious identity of their birth mother. After Sutton inexplicably fails to return to the girls’ designated meeting place, Emma must decide whether to come clean about her identity and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister's whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place. Throughout the first half of the season both Sutton and Emma uncover things about their birth mother like her name, Annie Hobbs, her whereabouts, which is in a mental institution. She originally came back for Emma but not Sutton. But throughout everything the lies eventually turned Sutton and Emma against each other. Sutton comes back to Pheonix to claim her life back and expose Emma as a imposter. On her way to her birthday party someone pops up in her back seat causing her car to crash into the lake leaving Sutton drowning in the car while Emma and Ethan come to realize that the true Annie has returned, who turns out to be Rebecca Sewell, Char's aunt. Thayer came for assistance and began to side with Emma after Sutton's attempts to make twin sister's life miserable. Emma also came clean with Mads who became furious with Sutton's lies. Emma's future now is unknown, as the twins, along with some of their closest friends, attempt to sort through the secrets of the people around them. By the end of the season, Alec is arrested for the murder of Derek Rogers, and Sutton and Emma are Rebecca's twin daughters. Also Ted is most likely Sutton and Emma's biological father because he had an affair with Rebecca who is their biological mother. And Sutton knew about Rebecca being her and Emma's birth mother possibly the whole time.
Cast[]
Main Characters[]
Recurring Characters[]
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Episodes[]
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Pilot | August 15, 2011 | 01 | 1.01 | |
| With Sutton searching for their birth mother, Emma takes the role of her twin sister for cover. | |||||
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Being Sutton | August 22, 2011 | 02 | 1.02 | |
| With no word from Sutton, Emma must put aside her ill feelings and continue with her newfound life. | |||||
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Double Dibs | August 29, 2011 | 03 | 1.03 | |
| As relationships in Arizona heat up, Sutton comes to learn some dark realities about her birth mother and Emma . | |||||
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Twinsense and Sensibility | September 5, 2011 | 04 | 1.04 | |
| As the search for their birth mother intensifies, Sutton and Emma discover commonalities between their dreams and encounters throughout their childhood. | |||||
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Over Exposed | September 12, 2011 | 05 | 1.05 | |
| As Homecoming approaches, Emma realizes she is no longer just living Sutton 's life, but living the one she always dreamed of. | |||||
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Bad Boys Break Hearts | September 19, 2011 | 06 | 1.06 | |
| As the backlash of Emma and Ethan 's homecoming performance begins, Sutton may have found where Annie Hobbes has been held for years. | |||||
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Escape from Sutton Island | September 26, 2011 | 07 | 1.07 | |
| As the situation in Phoenix starts to fall apart for Emma, Sutton comes face to face with Annie Hobbes. | |||||
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Never Have I Ever | October 3, 2011 | 08 | 1.08 | |
| Emma gets a surprise visit from Travis, while Sutton is thrown into living Emma's life. | |||||
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Sex, Lies, and Hard Knocks High | October 10, 2011 | 09 | 1.09 | |
| Emma searches to finally get some answers, while Sutton tries to pull off her best Emma imitation. | |||||
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East Of Emma | October 17, 2011 | 10 | 1.10 | |
| On their seventeenth birthday, Emma's ideal life is about to come to an end when a vengeful Sutton makes her way back to Phoenix to get her life back. | |||||
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O Twin, Where Art Thou? | January 2, 2012 | 11 | 1.11 | |
| It's been a tough night for Emma and Ethan, and things are about to get tougher when they find Sutton has disappeared. | |||||
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When We Dead Awaken | January 9, 2012 | 12 | 1.12 | |
| As an anonymous threat hangs over her head, Emma takes an opportunity to leave town and visit her dad's alma mater. | |||||
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Pleased to Meet Me | January 16, 2012 | 13 | 1.13 | |
| An unexpected encounter switches the course of Emma 's life in Phoenix. | |||||
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Black and White and Green All Over | January 23, 2012 | 14 | 1.14 | |
| Secrets, lies and jealousies threaten to topple relationships. | |||||
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Dead Man Talking | January 30, 2012 | 15 | 1.15 | |
| Ethan finds himself in serious trouble after an unexpected encounter. | |||||
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Reservation for Two | February 6, 2012 | 16 | 1.16 | |
| Old wounds are reopened when Ethan returns to his family home as he hides from the police. | |||||
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No Country for Young Love | February 13, 2012 | 17 | 1.17 | |
| Emma takes matters into her own hands. | |||||
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Not Guilty As Charged | February 20, 2012 | 18 | 1.18 | |
| Arrested on murder charges, Ethan sits in jail as his friends frantically search to prove his innocence. | |||||
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Weekend of Living Dangerously | February 27, 2012 | 19 | 1.19 | |
| As the secrets grow larger, so do the doubts and suspicions. | |||||
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Unholy Matrimony | March 5, 2012 | 20 | 1.20 | |
| As the happy couple prepares to wed, secrets are revealed and lives forever changed. | |||||
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