The Lying Game: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Lying Game 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.

Series details

• Title: The Lying Game
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2011-08-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-03-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Freeform
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 961

Cast and credited roles

• Alexandra Chando — Emma Becker
• Blair Redford — Ethan Whitehorse
• Alexandra Chando — Sutton Mercer
• Allie Gonino — Laurel Mercer
• Alice Greczyn — Madeline "Mads" Rybak
• Helen Slater — Kristin Mercer
• Adrian Pasdar — Alec Rybak
• Charisma Carpenter — Ann Rebecca Sewell
• Christian Alexander — Thayer Rybak
• Andy Buckley — Ted Mercer
• Sharon Pierre-Louis — Nisha Randall
• Kirsten Prout — Charlotte "Char" Chamberlin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-08-15; final listed air date 2012-03-05; episode order: 20.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-01-08; final listed air date 2013-03-12; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Lying Game on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.