Macy and Bree had a conversation in which Macy revealed that she is also a fan of Stephen. From this conversation, you can see that Macy is someone who is kind-hearted and cares about others. This makes her an excellent match for Bree, who is also a kind-hearted person.
Despite their supposed agreement, Macy gets upset when Stephen hits on Lucy in front of her. But she is enchanted with him and his charms have certainly spun a web. We see Macy going alone to that off-campus party. She gets hit on by Tim, who briefly dated Bree but successfully avoid his attention. She is alone at the party and phones Stephen to come over. But he is only interested in hooking up with her, refusing to be seen in public by going inside the party. This further upsets Macy and he decides to go back to his dorm. They take Macy’s car. ..
Stephen and Macy both admit that they are perhaps too drunk to handle the car but Stephen insists they go on. Macy confronts him about not being honest with her about not wanting to date her, irrespective of their agreement. Stephen takes offense and inadvertently the accident happens. He leaves her for dead and puts her in the driver’s seat to make it look like an accident. In present day, the freshmen have just finished their finals before the summer break. Lucy comes back to a pensive Stephen.
Stephen is in need of a job and he offers to put him in contact with a friend for a front desk job. When Stephen talks to Lucy about it, she tells him that she knows he is in need of a job and she will put him in touch with someone who can help him out. Stephen feels insulted and turns her down, but Lucy does not take it that well. Stephen apologizes, like always since they have known each other’s secret. Wrigley is recuperating but will not be able to play football again. When Stephen once again talks about Pippa in derision, Wrigley counters by saying that Stephen is “scared” of Lucy. Or that he is always “very careful around her”. This stimulates Stephen but he cannot tell Wrigley the truth.
Bree is the glue for the girls’ social group, leaving before Pippa and Lucy. She will also be meeting Evan’s parents, a sign that they are serious about each other. Bree makes them promise that they will not fight with each other and that despite their weirdness and personal issues, they must endeavor to stay together. Pippa and Lucy have a conversation but it is not as warm as you’d think it be between close friends. Stephen and Lucy run into Diana while buying coffee but the latter tries to ground the awkwardness. She is warm and they discuss their plans for the summer. You can see Diana judging Stephen a bit by hearing their plans and is upset that he didn’t get the internship.
She spots Stephen near the notice board where their grades are published. She has scored more and confronts Stephen about his future and career. It is another part of the buildup to Stephen’s realization that Lucy is holding him back. In the next scene, they have a serious fight where they say quite disastrous things to each other but quickly make up afterward. They are just clinging and right now, the relationship is hanging by a thread. Both are afraid of losing the other for different reasons. Stephen’s is not clear yet, as there is ambiguity about whether he loves her or not. The last episode may have been a spur-of-the-moment thing as he has issues with his own mother that he feels strongly about.
Evan tells Stephen he is moving out of state and wants to live with Wrigley and Stephen. Stephen is obviously concerned but cannot say much to Evan that would not be the truth.
Diana forces Stephen to come back with her at the party. She is very persuasive and makes the conversation about his future and that Lucy is not good for him about his future. Diana lacks ambition and focus and is not “useful for his life.”
In the shocking news of the day, we see Stephen and Diana descending the staircase holding hands. They both look at a crying Lucy and a surprised Evan behind her and leave the party. Stephen broke up with Lucy without even telling her, so Diana took revenge by sleeping with him. Lucy and Evan got drunk that night and woke up in the same bed the next morning. This was another secret they had kept from each other, so it was definitely revenge on both their parts. ..
In the episode one finale, Lucy drinks wine and sees Stephen wave at her. They embrace and exchange greetings. He now has a fiancé and waits for her to come over. In another shocker, it is not Diana or anyone else but LYDIA! Lucy’s best friend Lydia, on whom she leaned for support and emotional calm. How on earth did this happen?
The Episode Review
The season finale of “The Walking Dead” is a banger ending that opens the door for a meaningful story in season 2. Executive producers have been known to drag stories that should ideally conclude with no meaning, but this finale provides a perfect example of why it’s important to close the door on these stories prematurely.
If Tell Me Lies is renewed for a second season, it’s unlikely that the show will follow the same path as it did after Stephen broke up with Lucy telepathically. There are many questions about how things panned out after that night, and it may be anticlimactic given the explosive fights we’ve seen between the two. Another big question is why Lucy kept quiet all this time? Maybe her love was pure and the adage “love is blind” is true. Who knows? ..
The finale of season 1 was an immense success, with all the twists and turns that were promised. If season 2 is renewed, we can only hope for even more excitement!
