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Elle
33 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
That ‘We Were Liars' Plot Twist Leaves a Major Question Unanswered
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Spoilers below. In an addendum published in the deluxe edition of E. Lockhart's 2014 bestseller We Were Liars, the author mentions The Sixth Sense as one of several inspirations for the memory loss that protagonist Cadence Sinclair endures throughout Lockhart's story. As it turns out: Cady does, indeed, see dead people. This revelation will come as little surprise to fans of the book. The plot twist is exactly what propelled We Were Liars to infamy amongst readers, especially BookTok acolytes, who pushed the title back onto the bestseller list during the pandemic. But for those watching the new Prime Video adaptation without this context, the finale is likely to land much harder. Episode 10, 'My Friends Are Lying in the Sun,' at last pulls the curtain away to reveal a horrible truth: There's a simple reason the Liars—Gat, Johnny, and Mirren—didn't call Cadence for months after the events of so-called Summer 16. They weren't alive to do so. Short answer: As Johnny later puts it, the Liars 'really didn't know how to do arson.' Long answer: By the end of the Summer 16 timeline, the Liars have uncovered enough family secrets, backstabs, and betrayals to convince them they can no longer willingly participate in the Sinclair legacy. They decide they want to make a statement. They want to prove the family's obsession with inheritance is fickle, cruel, and unjustified. They want to, literally, burn it all down. They decide to set Clairmont—the main house on Beechwood Island—ablaze. (It's worth mentioning that they are also a little drunk.) As they wipe the wood floors with gasoline and craft Molotov cocktails on the gleaming marble countertops, they execute a reckless plan. Gat takes up his position at the boat station. Mirren turns her mother's bedroom into a tinderbox, while Johnny tackles the attic and Cadence the downstairs. At midnight, they strike their matches, but both Johnny and Mirren get distracted: Johnny by a picture of their grandfather, Harris, and Mirren by a painting in her mother's bedroom. By the time they attempt to run out of their rooms, the smoke has become too thick for them to see where they're going. Meanwhile, Cady successfully escapes the house, only to go charging back when she hears her family's golden retrievers whining from inside. The Liars have forgotten that Cady's mother locked the dogs in Clairmont to keep them calm during the evening's planned fireworks. By the time Cady reaches the goldens, everything around her is burning. A falling wooden beam smacks her across the head—likely causing the injury that will trigger her memory loss—and she can only listen to the dogs' cries as they succumb to the smoke. (If I can go through life without ever having to watch a scene like this again, I'll be thankful.) The loss of the dogs is horror enough on its own. It's an unspeakable, avoidable mistake, a terrible act of negligence and a betrayal of the animals' trust and innocence. Remembering this tragedy in the Summer 17 timeline, Cady is overcome with grief, sobbing as the Liars hold her close. But it doesn't take her long to recall the rest, and somehow, it's worse. Not only did Cady forget to let the dogs out, but she wasted precious time stealing her grandmother's black pearls from Clairmont's clutches. Doing so means Gat doesn't see her when he comes sprinting inside the building, desperate to save his would-be step-cousins. Soon, Gat, Johnny, and Mirren are all trapped inside the smoke and fire, while Cady runs out onto the beach. 'We didn't even think about the gas line,' the ghost version of Gat says in the Summer 17 timeline. And so we watch in flashbacks as the house blows up, and the force of the explosion knocks Cady back into the ocean, likely compounding her brain injury and the resulting amnesia. Gat, Johnny, and Mirren all die in the blast. They are definitely not flesh-and-blood humans, but—as Johnny makes clear—neither are they figments of Cady's imagination. They seem to be ghosts, 'haunting' Cady because she is not yet at peace with their deaths, and neither are they. No one but her seems capable of seeing these spirit-Liars (at least until the final scene, when we learn Johnny appears before his mother, Carrie). Cady interacts with each Liar once more after learning their fates: with Johnny, who admits his own fear of hell but believes Cady will spend the rest of her life doing good things to earn a tier in heaven; with Mirren, who wishes they would have 'let themselves be messy sometimes' so that they 'actually could have seen each other'; and with Gat, who isn't sure if he's 'real' but knows he loves her still. The ghosts only finally disappear after all four Liars jump off the dock together one last time. Cady's grandfather, Harris, has eyed Cady as the next heir of the Sinclair empire. When she rejects his gift—her grandmother's black pearls—she thereby rejects his symbolic passing of the baton. Harris decides, then, to threaten her. He reveals that a Time reporter will soon arrive on the island to interview him about his legacy. If Cady does not accept her place in the Sinclair family tree, Harris claims he will tell the journalist what he knows about what happened that fateful night in Summer 16. Cady's relatives believe she was a tragic heroine, the sole survivor who attempted to save her cousins from a terrible (accidental) fire. Harris knows the truth: The 'arson, animal cruelty, and involuntary manslaughter' will characterize the rest of her life, should it become known to her family, her friends, and the general public. 'When the reporter comes on Saturday, you keep that in mind,' he tells her. But after bidding the ghost-Liars goodbye, Cady doesn't seem to care what comes next. When the reporter eventually asks for her take on the Sinclair story, Cady says she's 'just really not into fairytales anymore,' and runs off to steal her family's boat and flee the island. Her mother and aunts watch from afar, proud to see her breaking free. We Were Liars ends its first-season run not with a scene between Cady and her Liars but between Aunt Carrie and the ghost of her son, Johnny. As Carrie prepares to leave Beechwood at the end of the summer, she walks back inside her kitchen, only to find Johnny—or, rather, his presence—waiting for her. When she says she'd thought he'd 'left' by now, he replies, 'I don't think I can.' The screen then cuts to black. That leaves one major question unanswered. Forget whether or not the Liars are 'ghosts' or 'spirits' or hallucinations. We know they're dead. But if one of them 'can't leave' Beechwood, does that mean he's stuck forever? And if Johnny is stuck, are the other Liars stuck, too? With Cadence gone, can they 'pass on' without her? Or will Carrie take up the mantle as their sole witness? Such a cliffhanger is certainly set up as a lead-in for a potential We Were Liars season 2, which could draw material from Lockhart's prequel novel, Family of Liars. (That book indeed centers Carrie and her sisters as teenagers on Beechwood.) Still, there's no guarantee yet whether Prime Video will end up renewing the series. For now, Johnny will just have to wait.
Indian Express
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
What to watch on OTT: The Great Indian Kapil Show S3, Detective Sherdil to Kabul
What to watch on OTT: The Great Indian Kapil Show S3, whose opening episode features Salman Khan to Detective Sherdil with Diljit Dosanjh as the lead, here's your latest watchlist. The Great Indian Kapil Show S3 Netflix A post shared by Netflix India (@netflix_in) Promising that laughs will be louder, the stories crazier, and the guests as iconic as they come, The Great Indian Kapil Show returns with its third season. Kicking off the new season is Salman Khan. The first episode, scheduled to premiere on Saturday (June 21), features Salman, who arrives to promote his blockbuster film Sikandar, currently streaming on Netflix. This season will have both Navjot Singh Sidhu and Archana Puran Singh on the couch. Salman is expected to open up about his bachelor status, tales of unexpected houseguests (some who never left), fitness icons, fan encounters, and so much more. Detective Sherdil Zee5 Diljit Dosanjh headlines 'Detective Sherdil', directed by Ravi Chhabriya and scheduled to stream from June 20. The Hindi-language mystery comedy tells the tale of a unique detective tasked with solving a case that is far from ordinary. Shot in Budapest, what sets the film apart is an entertaining blend of suspense and mystery with wit and humor. Diljit plays a quirky detective in this film, projected to be a family entertainer. The cast also features Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak Shah, Chunky Panday, Diana Penty and Banita Sandhu. Ace Prime Video In Tamil-language Ace, Kannan (Vijay Sethupathi) lands in a foreign land to escape a shadowy past but faces betrayal. Forced to outwit his enemies, he crafts a web of lies and strategy. In a world where trust is a weapon, Kannan's bold gamble may mean triumph or total ruin. The movie is a taut thriller of reinvention, deceit, and survival. Directed by Arumugakumar, the film features Yogi Babu, Rukmini Vasanth, Rajkumar, Denesh Kumar, Priscilla Nair, R.J. Ramesh and P.L. Thenappan in pivotal roles. Kabul Lionsgate Play Kabul is a gripping drama set in Afghanistan's capital under Taliban rule. It explores the stories of survival and moral dilemmas as the Taliban brutally takes over Kabul. Eric Dane leads the cast featuring Jeanne Goursaud, Vassilis Koukalan and Jonathan Zaccaï amongst others. The series delves into the personal stories of people facing hardship and difficult choices. It highlights themes of hope, resilience, and the human cost of conflict. With intense storytelling, Kabul offers a powerful and emotional look at life in a war-torn city. We Were Liars S1 Prime Video Based on the best-selling novel by E. Lockhart, We Were Liars Season 1 follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman and her tight-knit inner circle, nicknamed the Liars, during their summer escapades on her grandfather's New England private island. The Sinclairs are American royalty — known for their good looks, old money, and enviable bond — but after a mysterious accident changes Cadence's life forever, everyone, including her beloved Liars, seems to have something to hide. The cast features Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Esther McGregor, Joseph Zada, alongside Caitlin FitzGerald, Mamie Gummer, Candice King, Rahul Kohli, and David Morse.
Vancouver Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
What's streaming June 2025: New on Netflix, Prime Video and more
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. As summer kicks into full gear, the slate of new movies and TV shows is looking as promising as ever, catering to different genres and moviegoers. For those who want a good dose of romance, there's the YA novel adaptation, We Were Liars , streaming on Prime Video. There's also the third season of Ginny & Georgia streaming on Netflix, which serves more drama and heart this season. For action (and eye candy), Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal star in The Accountant 2 on Prime Video, while Arnold Schwarzenegger returns for the season of FUBAR on Netflix. Get top headlines and gossip from the world of celebrity and entertainment. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sun Spots will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. For those looking for a solid film, we recommend Alex Garland's Warfare on Prime Video, which is a bit dark but worth watching. There's no better time than the present to grab your popcorn, settle in and prepare to be transported to worlds both familiar and spellbinding. That's why we've compiled a list of the top films and series to watch in Canada this month on Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. To gain access to Prime Video, you need to have an Amazon Prime account . If you're new to Prime, you're eligible for a 30-day free trial. Air date: June 5 Synopsis: Ben Affleck stars as Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), who is tasked with solving a case when an old acquaintance is murdered, and a cryptic message is left behind to 'find the accountant.' Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax (Jon Bernthal), to help, along with the help of U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), as they uncover a deadly conspiracy. Why watch: It's the bromance between Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal that makes this action film a compelling watch. Come for the action and stay for these two who bring their signature sense of humour to the table. Air date: June 18 Synopsis: The series follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman (Emily Alyn Lind) and her tight-knit inner circle, nicknamed the Liars, during their summer escapades on her grandfather's New England private island. A mysterious accident changes Cadence's life forever as she can't remember the events that happened the summer months leading up to her accident. And everyone, including her beloved Liars, seems to have something to hide. Based on: Best-selling novel by E. Lockhart Why watch: If you're into The Summer I Turned Pretty but want a tad mystery, then this one is right up your alley. It's based on the YA novel and is well-adapted, not just focusing on the young teens but also the adults and their lives, appealing to every demographic. Air date: June 15 Synopsis: The movie follows a platoon of Navy SEALs embarking on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq and the events of that traumatic day, searing together the brotherhood of war retold through their memories. Why watch: Alex Garland's movie is incredibly compelling, and it will linger in your mind long after watching the film. The score is also one that's deeply moving and haunting. Air date: June 12 Synopsis: This action comedy stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Kat, an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she's missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop (Sean Bean) offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students (Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed) to infiltrate London's gangland by impersonating two dangerous criminals. Why watch: Who wouldn't want to watch Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom exercise their comedic skills in this action comedy? If you haven't signed up for Netflix, visit and choose the plan that's right for you. You can downgrade or upgrade at any time. Air date: June 5 Synopsis: The season picks up after the events of season two, after Georgia was arrested for murder during her wedding. Ginny has to deal with the aftermath, trying to figure out who she is without Georgia at the centre of everything. Why watch: This season deals with more drama and heart, but also touches on important topics like abortion and self-harm that are dealt with quite sensitively. Air date: June 11 Synopsis: This documentary looks at the Titan submersible's doomed 2023 journey to the wreckage of the Titanic and shows the ambitious OceanGate CEO behind the endeavour. Why watch: This tragic story rocked the world, and everyone will want to tune in to know what really went down behind the scenes that led to the tragedy. Air date: June 12 Synopsis: Luke (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Emma (Monica Barbaro) and the crew have to put their feelings aside and work together when a mysterious terrorist threatens to unleash worldwide chaos. Why watch: Not only is the series well-written when it comes to family drama and action, but it's fun to watch Arnold in his first TV series as he continues to do action-heavy sequences with his comedic edge. Also, the fact that this was shot in Toronto is an added bonus. Air date: June 27 Synopsis: The third and final season of Squid Game follows Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) after losing his best friend in the game and being driven to utter despair by The Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). He realizes the games are even more sinister than before, but is forced to return for more brutal, psychologically twisted challenges. Why watch: Fans all over the world are counting the days until the finale is revealed. Given the success and storyline of seasons one and two, this one is definitely going to be worth tuning in for. If you don't have a Disney+ subscription yet, go to and sign up. Air date: June 24 Synopsis: Picking up after the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , this series follows Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne)—a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world— who returns to Chicago to pursue her ambitions, but soon finds herself wrapped up with the charming Parker Robbins (Anthony Ramos). Why watch: Ryan Coogler is the EP on this, and given the success of Black Panther and his recent Sinners, this one should be on your radar as his fingerprints are all over this. Air date: June 25 Synopsis: Season four finds the team pushing forward, determined not only to survive but also to take The Bear to the next level. With new challenges around every corner, the team must adapt, adjust and overcome. Why watch: Each season seems to be a step up, and fans are loving Jeremy Allen White as head chef Carmy, a role that has won him two consecutive Emmys, and Ayo Edebiri returns as Sydney. Air date: June 11 Synopsis: The live-action retelling of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a thrilling new cinematic adventure, one that also offers a charming stroll down memory lane. Why watch: Today's viewers can marvel at the stunning visual effects that bring nature and fantasy vividly to life. Shopping Essentials , a category written by research-obsessed shopping fanatics, is now on . 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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Unpacking the crazy twist ending of ‘We Were Liars': What really happened?
We Were Liars dropped on Prime Video June 18, and while it features gorgeous beach houses, family drama and romantic tension à la The Summer I Turned Pretty, it's the jaw-dropping twist ending that is the buzziest thing about the series. As the Season 1 ending revealed, something horrible happened to 'Liars' Gat (Shubham Maheshwari), Mirren (Esther McGregor) and Johnny (Joseph Zada) — which is why Cadence (Emily Alyn Lind), the show's narrator, had to suppress it. (Warning: Obviously, major spoilers for We Were Liars follow!) The ending won't come as a surprise to anyone who read E. Lockhart's novel of the same name, which follows the wealthy Sinclair family as they spend yet another summer on the fictional Beechwood Island. But even if you've read the novel, the story is still as heartbreaking as ever: What starts out as a summer of fun turns into the ultimate tragedy … with a supernatural twist. When the series begins, Cadence, the eldest grandchild of the Sinclair family, is crushing on family friend Gat — a relationship that finally blooms during her 16th summer on Beechwood. She, Gat and her cousins Johnny and Mirren — nicknamed the 'Liars' by their family — initially enjoy weeks of summer fun. However, when Cadence's grandmother Tipper (Wendy Crewson) dies, things shift, and tensions over inheritance emerge between the parents and the powerful, wealthy grandfather Harris (David Morse). The following year, which the show toggles back and forth between, reveals that something mysterious and terrible happened to the family in the final weeks of the previous summer. Cadence was in a some sort of accident at the end of her 16th summer that she can't remember, and none of the other Liars, nor her other family members, will tell her what happened. In fact, they didn't even visit her in the hospital — something they apologize for when she comes to spend the summer on Beechwood again. Cadence is desperate to learn what happened to her, despite everyone warning her that she doesn't want to know. Even Cadence's own mind seems to be hiding the truth: Every time Cadence gets close to finding out what happened, she's hit with a migraine or worse, which is why her mother Penny (Caitlin FitzGerald) forbids her from seeking answers. But as the summer progresses, memories surface, and Cadence starts to recall events from the previously forgotten summer. After a season of red herrings and wrong turns, Cadence's memories finally patch together, revealing what happened to her — and why. Over the course of her 16th summer, Cadence saw her mother, Penny, as well as her aunts Bess (Candice King) and Carrie (Mamie Gummer) fight for their father's affection — and, ultimately, money, as each woman had squandered their trust fund over the years and needed financial help. Seeing how the women fought over the heirlooms Harris dangled over their heads, the Liars decided to do something to end the squabbling. Cadence, who spent the season checking her privilege after deepening her relationship with Gat, came up with a plan. One night, while the Liars were alone on the island, they decided to burn down Harris's mansion, Clairmont. Their hope was that destroying Clairmont would force their mothers to see that family — not things —is what's most important. And since it was only the Liars on the island, they thought they could get away with arson without anyone getting hurt. Cadence led the charge to burn down Clairmont. While the Liars had a plan, they didn't foresee the things that would keep them tied up in the house — like getting distracted by the very same objects that their mothers were fighting over. Cadence, for example, went back for her deceased grandmother's pearls — something she feels terribly guilty about and struggles to even explain. While Cadence was able to get out of the house in time after the fire started, she didn't realize that the family's golden retrievers were stuck in the laundry room. Cadence desperately tried to get the dogs out, burning her hand in the process — but it was too late. Cadence ran out onto the beach towards the ocean. Then, an explosion: Clairmont's gas line caught fire, destroying the house in one boom. Tragically, Gat, Mirren and Johnny — as well as the dogs — were still inside. In the season finale, Cadence realizes that Gat, Mirren and Johnny are dead. While she was having conversations with them over the summer, no one else in the family could see them, and via flashbacks, it's shown that they never truly interacted with anyone other than Cadence over the course of the summer. Cadence gets to say goodbye to each of the Liars, who are regretful over the choice they made to destroy Clairmont — even as her grandfather used his power and privilege to ensure that she and the other Liars would never be blamed for the fire. But while Cadence is sorry for the way she went about dismantling the toxic family structure, it's clear that burning down Clairmont achieve some of what the Liars hoped for: Their mothers are now on the same team again, and Cadence is able to stand up to her powerful grandfather for the first time ever. The season finale initially leaves it open to interpretation if the Liars are ghosts or just figments of Cadence's mind until the last moments of the season, when Johnny appears in the kitchen with his mother, Carrie. Carrie, who isn't surprised to see Johnny, asks her son why he's still in the house, and Johnny admits that he's unable to leave — hinting that the Liars, or at the very least Johnny, are still haunting Beechwood Island. We don't know yet if We Were Liars will be renewed. But if the source material is any indication, a Season 2 would likely follow Cadence's story in yet another direction: into the past. Lockhart's 2022 novel, Family of Liars, is a prequel that explores the moms' backstory. Co-creator Julie Plec previously told Deadline that the Season 1 finale could 'set the stage for Season 2, which theoretically is going to take us deeper into the moms' lives as well and add another generation to the story.' Season 1 already hinted at a well of secrets for the Sinclair women, including the fact that there was a fourth sister who died during their childhood. In the finale, Bess muses that what happened to Mirren and Johnny could be punishment for what happened all those years ago. It's entirely possible that this mystery will unfold next on We Were Liars — as the ghosts of the past, literal and figurative, come back to haunt Beechwood.
Time Magazine
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
Breaking Down the Harrowing Twist Ending of Prime Video's We Were Liars TV Adaptation
Warning: This post contains major spoilers for We Were Liars. If you've ever scrolled through BookTok, you may have been served a video—or, perhaps several—about E. Lockhart's We Were Liars. Although the young-adult novel was a best-seller when it was published in 2014, it had a significant resurgence in popularity when BookTok began to really gain traction during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The corresponding hashtag for the title has since racked up over 21,000 posts. Now, an eight-episode TV adaptation of the novel from showrunners Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries) and Carina Adly Mackenzie (Roswell, New Mexico) has arrived on Prime Video just in time for the summer binge-watching season. Part teen romance, part family drama, part psychological thriller, We Were Liars centers on Cadence Sinclair Eastman (played by Emily Alyn Lind), the eldest grandchild of Harris Sinclair (David Morse), the uber wealthy patriarch of the illustrious Sinclair family. The Sinclairs are practically American royalty and spend their summers vacationing on the fictional New England private island of Beechwood, just off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. Harris and his wife, Tipper (Wendy Crewson), have three grown daughters, Carrie (Mamie Gummer), Cadence's mother Penny (Caitlin FitzGerald), and Bess (Candice King), who all bring their own children to Beechwood each year. So, during the summer months, Cadence spends the majority of her time with the three other so-called Liars, the family's nickname for the group of four older kids who are all around the same age. In addition to Cadence, there's Carrie's son Johnny (Joseph Zada), Bess' daughter Mirren (Esther McGregor), and Gat (Shubham Maheshwari), the nephew of Carrie's longtime boyfriend Ed (Rahul Kohli). The Liars have grown up together, with Gat joining the annual pilgrimage to Beechwood for the first time the summer Cadence was 8 years old—or, as she refers to it, Summer 8. Cadence has always viewed her idyllic summers on Beechwood as something out of a fairytale. But everything changes during Summer 16, when Cadence and Gat realize they're in love with one another, Tipper's death brings the Sinclairs' long-simmering resentments bubbling to the surface, and the season ends with a tragedy that leaves Cadence with a serious head injury, chronic migraines, and selective amnesia. Desperate to remember the events that led to her washing up on the beach with brain trauma, Cadence returns to Beechwood for Summer 17 determined to make sense of what actually happened that fateful night. But when she arrives on the island, she discovers her mother—per the doctor's advice—has made everyone promise to let Cadence figure things out in her own time. The TV series largely follows the overall trajectory of the novel, but changes some details along the way—and adds one new, final twist. Though in terms of shock value, that one is nothing compared to the story's main, big reveal, which plays out in the show's finale. What is the big twist in We Were Liars? After spending the majority of Summer 17 trying to piece together her memories of the previous summer, Cadence finally comes to the realization that the reason her grandfather's mansion, Clairmont, has been totally rebuilt is because she and the other Liars burned it down. The teens made this decision because they saw the home as a symbol of everything that was wrong with their ultra-privileged family and thought it would put an end to their moms' constant bickering amongst themselves and with Harris over the family's money and inheritances. The plan was for each of the cousins to set a different floor of the mansion on fire before all escaping the house and meeting at the dock, where Gat would be waiting with the family's boat. But, naturally, things quickly went awry. After setting the ground floor ablaze, Cadence made it outside only to hear the family's two dogs, who had been locked in a downstairs room earlier that evening to keep them calm during dinner, yelping for help. She ran back inside to try to free them, but the fire had already grown too strong and she was forced to abandon them or die in the rescue attempt. When Cadence finally made it to the beach, she saw that none of the other Liars were on the dock and quickly realized something was wrong. However, it was at that moment that the gas main exploded and Cadence was knocked out and thrown into the water. Unfortunately, once Summer 17 Cadence remembers that part of the story, she realizes all of the other Liars were killed in the fire, as Johnny and Mirren were trapped on the higher floors and Gat had run into the house to try to save Cadence when she hadn't made it to the dock by the stroke of midnight. So while Cadence thinks she has been spending time with the Liars all of Summer 17, it's really just been her brain conjuring their spirits as a trauma response. Or perhaps, actual ghosts. It's somewhat unclear. Cadence later tells ghost Gat she feels responsible for his death because the reason she was delayed leaving the house the first time around was because she stopped to retrieve Tipper's infamous black pearl necklace, which had long been a source of conflict for the family. It was during that delay that Gat ran inside to try to rescue her. However, he says he doesn't blame her and tells her they all made mistakes. When a fully-aware Cadence finally has a conversation with Harris, he reveals that while the rest of the world believes the fire was caused by faulty wiring, he knows the truth. However, he tells her he's planning to give his last significant interview—coincidentally, for a TIME Magazine cover story—to put an end to the chatter about a family curse, and he wants to name her his heir before he retires from public life. But she will have to maintain the lie in order for him to do so. In the end, Cadence decides to strike out on her own without her grandfather's money or help, telling the reporter that she's "just really not into fairytales anymore." What is the new twist in the show? The new twist comes in when Carrie returns to her house on Beechwood, Red Gate, and we find out that not only has she broken her sobriety after many years, but she has also been interacting with her son Johnny's ghost over the course of Summer 17. She tells him that she thought he had left and he simply replies, "I don't think I can." Given that, back in 2022, Plec's My So-Called Company and Universal Television acquired the rights to both We Were Liars and Lockhart's prequel novel, Family of Liars —which centers on 17-year-old Carrie's life on Beechwood—it seems like this cliffhanger may be setting us up for a Season 2 that will delve into the Sinclair family's past. But we're just going to have to wait and see.
