‘We Were Liars’ Renewed for Season 2: Everything We Know So Far

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 1 of We Were Liars.]

We are officially returning to Beechwood Island for Season 2 of We Were Liars!

Prime Video announced a major update on September 17: The streamer has greenlit a second season of its hit mystery-thriller series, We Were Liars. This announcement follows the major cliffhanger ending of Season 1, in which viewers learned that Carrie, played by Mamie Gummer, could see the ghost of her son Johnny, played by Joseph Zada. This twist perfectly set the stage for a second season based on E. Lockhart‘s sophomore We Were Liars book, Family of Liars. However, Prime teases in their official announcement that fans can expect plenty of surprises during the series’ second season.

On June 18, the television adaptation of E. Lockhart’s psychological YA thriller We Were Liars hit Prime Video. Featuring Emily Alyn Lind as Cadence, the oldest grandchild of the affluent Sinclair family, the show revolves around a mysterious accident cracking the outward image of a seemingly perfect American dynasty. Set on Beechwood Island, off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, We Were Liars blends sun-soaked romance and twisted mystery, making it the ultimate summer binge-watching experience.

Now that Season 1 has come to an end, leaving viewers reeling from both a shocking twist and a massive cliffhanger, everyone wants to know when the hit show will return for Season 2. Given the ending of the first season, who will return to Beechwood for another summer? From plot lines to book connections to a potential premiere date, here’s everything we know about Season 2 of We Were Liars.

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Will there be a We Were Liars Season 2?

As of September 2025, We Were Liars has been renewed for a second season. In the official announcement from Prime Video, Lockhart shared, “[Carina Adly] MacKenzie and [Julie] Plec have big, big plans for Season 2, including everything readers of my books are dying to see onscreen —  and a lot of surprises as well.” President of Universal Television Erin Underhill added, “The Season 2 renewal of We Were Liars is yet another testament to Julie and this cast and crew’s extraordinary talent. This series, which Julie and Carina crafted so beautifully from E. Lockhart’s beloved books, absolutely deserves a deeper dive. And we‘re grateful to Amazon MGM for their collaboration and partnership.”

 

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Leading up to the announcement, Prime Video’s head of TV, Vernon Sanders, revealed to Deadline that Season 2 prep was already underway. “[We Were Liars is] one of the shows where the writers are hard at work, working on what a Season 2 would be.” Teasing the progress they’ve made, Sanders shared, “We’ve been really excited by the results we’ve seen there, and it’s one of the shows that I hope will have some positive news to report soon.”

Creators Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie had both expressed interest in continuing the story for another season. Plec and Carina told our sister site Swooon they included a cliffhanger at the end of Season 1 with the intention of garnering interest for a second season. Plec shared, “Really, we just wanted the audience to know that the story didn’t have to be over. [They] know that there’s a party that can keep going if they’re enjoying themselves. So hopefully they did enjoy themselves and beg for more.”

Would We Were Liars Season 2 be based on a book?

Yes, Season 2 of We Were Liars would be based on Family of Liars, the second book in the We Were Liars universe. At least, for the most part. According to Plec, “[Family of Liars] is the direction that we’ve planted the seeds for, for sure.” Seeing as Family of Liars is a collection of stories told to Johnny from his mother Carrie’s perspective, it’s safe to say the Sinclair sisters will play an even bigger role in the second season, or as MacKenzie put it, “the Sinclair sister villain origin story.”

Family of Liars also answers what happened to Rosemary, the youngest Sinclair sister, who is referenced during the first season of the adaptation. Throughout the book, young Carrie can see the ghost of her late sister, who drowned at eight years old while a nanny was supposed to be watching her. Given the last scene of the first season, where Plec and MacKenzie chose to reveal that Carrie can also see the ghost of her son, Johnny (Zada), viewers can expect to see Mamie Gummer take a more central role in the next season.

Who would return for We Were Liars Season 2?

Based on the final scene of We Were Liars Season 1 and the presumed Family of Liars influence, we’re certain that Mamie Gummer (Carrie) and Joseph Zada (Johnny) would return for We Were Liars Season 2. However, beyond that, we do not know which members of the Sinclair family and beyond would return.

During their interview with Swooon, the creators shared that while Family of Liars does not involve Cadence or many of the other characters from the first book, viewers could expect the present-day storyline to continue. “We do love our present-day cast. We wouldn’t want them to go anywhere either,” MacKenzie said.

What happened at the end of We Were Liars Season 1?

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At the end of Season 1 of We Were Liars, Cadence learns that she is (partially) responsible for the fire that burned down Clairmont, killing her cousins Mirren (Esther McGregor) and Johnny, as well as her longtime love, Gat (Shubham Maheshwari). Throughout the first season, Cadence cannot recall how she ended up in the ocean or how she injured her head, which caused her memory loss. As it turns out, Cadence had returned inside the house to grab her grandmother’s black pearls, causing Gat to go in and look for her. Ultimately, she realizes that she made it out of the house, but the other Liars were not so lucky. This means that all summer, she has been asking their ghosts for answers.

During the last scene, it is revealed that Carrie, who has reunited with Ed (Rahul Kohli) and returned to her past addictive habits, can see Johnny, mirroring the first scene of Lockhart’s Family of Liars. Upon Carrie saying she thought Johnny had already left, viewers are left with his eerie confession, “I don’t think I can.”

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