Before the finale airs, Jackson White stars Tell me liesHe teased that the Season 2 finale was both “juicy” and “unrelenting.”

“It’s like reality TV.” “It’s juicy, it’s relentless,” said White, who plays villain Stephen DeMarco in the series opposite Grace Van Patten E! News. “It summarizes some things, but also leaves a lot open.” It’s well crafted.’

As he reflected on how Stephen and Lucy’s dynamic once again shifted dramatically from enemies to possible lovers over the course of the hit show’s second season, he also emphasized how aware he was of how much of a whirlwind it had become.

“We see how the initial toxicity affects everyone else in the circle,” he noted. “It’s a wild ride.”

For the uninitiated, Tell me lies tells the story of the toxic relationship between two college students, Lucy and Stephen. The couple first meet during the first few weeks of Lucy’s freshman year at the fictional Baird College. The couple’s relationship eventually turns into a love affair that lasts for years, during which they repeatedly cheat on other partners along the way. The series also has a ready-made fan base as it is based on Carola Lovering’s bestselling novel of the same name.

Similar to its predecessor, the second season also took place in two different time series: one in 2008, when Lucy, Bree (Catherine Missal) and Pippa (Sonia Mena) returned to Baird for their second year of study, and the other in 2015 The group reunites to celebrate Bree and Evans’ (Braden Cook) wedding.

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