I have identified that my toxic trait is loving the toxicity of this show. I mean, Tell Me Lies is a cautionary tale on what not to do and how to see red flags. This I know. But I look forward to this show every single week, BECAUSE, I know it’s going to bring out feels.
Any show that can make you angry, sad, happy, shy and every feeling in between is a good show. It’s a good show, because it has you emotionally invested. Like a television show or a movie is something that is completely subjective. Sometimes you are going to like things and sometimes you aren’t.
I love Tell Me Lies, because I feel something and it allows me to escape reality. There is no part of me that doesn’t get lost in the world and find myself talking to the television. I will tell the characters what they are doing – why it is right or why it is wrong. I will scream and yell, and I will cover my eyes at points. Why? Well because you feel like you’re watching your friends have sex and it’s kinda invasive.
This is all a testament to the acting, writing, and the crew. The way that this show is put together makes it feel so natural, like you’re watching a real life Truman Show and hoping, just hoping, that they get on the right path.
Cause lordy, these paths that these characters are on is going to make them run into a brick wall.
Why do they all want to be crash test dummies?
DIANA, DIANA – YOU KNOW BETTER
Diana – every time that I start to like you, you make me hate you. There is no man in this world worth ruining your life for. Especially not a man like Steven.
Diana is on the edge – she doesn’t want to believe the things that Lucy has said about Steven. I don’t even know if it’s because she loves Steven or doesn’t want to believe that she’s been so blind.
But she has been.
The two are involved in this level of toxic that I can not begin to understand. Like Steven is the biggest red flag here and I just can’t.
Steven and Diana are studying for the LSAT. I do get that Steven doesn’t have a lot of options. But it’s so sad for me to see that he’s hanging onto Diana because he doesn’t have options.
He’s lying to her.
When she figures out that Lucy was right – after Steven has a panic attack and the two end up in the hospital – she doesn’t want to recognize it. Instead when the doctor says that he’s had a broken rib for sometime and it looks like it happened in a car accident – she goes home and erases proof that Steven was with Macy.
I physically felt sick.
Steven is not worth your time Diana. You know better. Why are you allowing yourself to be put in this position?
He’s like, “I would go crazy without you.”
Well let the boy go crazy. He’s already there. Gross.
YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE
Leo. Dear, dear Leo.
One thing that I would like to say is that this season I am loving that we see a man that is doing everything that he can to become better. He’s trying to be respectful of Lucy, even though he screwed up in the beginning.
I think that the best thing about Leo is that he challenges Lucy’s idea of the thought that everything has to be chaotic and toxic to feel a connection.
When Lucy thinks that he’s sleeping with other women because he gets a condom, I pulled my shirt over my eyes, filled with second hand embarrassment for her. Girl… he’s legit trying to be respectful.
So he didn’t introduce you to his ex. Like be thankful for that. No one wants to really deal with exes. Count your blessings that he didn’t do that. If your worth is based off having to know everything about your man and being completely spastic – well, have I got something to tell you – that will not last.
When they fight, she leaves. I think it’s because she’s embarassed and she doesn’t know how to deal with it. She doesn’t know how to just let someone love or care about her. And that is sad to me.
The thing about Lucy is that I feel like we’ve learned so much and at the same time so little about her. What I do know by all of this is that she really has to find some self worth. This is just sad.
She has to get therapy, because after her time with Steven she is really messed up. It’s okay to say that you were in a bad relationship and that it screwed you up. There is more strength in being honest.
And she has a hard time being honest.
When we’re young we all make mistakes. We learn about the things that are going to change us and define us. It’s when we’re young that we all start learning about the type of person that we want to be.
I feel like though that is ever changing, Lucy isn’t ever really learning. She’s instead repeating the wrong decisions over and over. She’s not learniing from the things that went wrong.
Do I love and appreciate when she goes back and apologizes to Leo and really tries to talk through all of the things that happened? Yes. But I don’t really believe her. She needs to show it.
Actions speak louder than words Lucy.
YOUR JEALOUSY IS SHOWING
I hate the fact that I LOVE Bree and Oliver together. I mean sleeping with a married man looks good on no one. BUT, there is something about these two together that just makes me go, get it girl.
I think that to a point it’s because Bree hasn’t had an easy life and she’s always had everyone control her. This time, at certain points, it feels like she is in control. AND THEN other times, I am like run girl, RUN. Oliver, you are hot AF, but you are also toxic.
Yes, yes, I have learned that even though Oliver is hot, he’s kinda really a grown up manipulator. The two are not mutually exclusive. He is very judgemental and very much thinks that he is always in the right.
But he’s definitely not in the right. He’s cruel. He figures out Bree’s insecurities and he preys upon them. He disguises it as wanting her and her having control over him. Maybe she does, but the way that he’s all about the way that it will affect him and ruin his life – versus what it can do to her – makes him sus.
Bree wants more. Yes, Evan screwed up and he cheated, but she’s used to being held and loved. Evan screwed up and she’s looking for a way to rebound from that. I get the whole wanting to feel special and that she is finding that in Oliver.
But she’s also young.
I have to admire the fact that Cat (who plays Bree) has taken on this part of the role so seamlessly. After all, there is no way that I would want to act and make out with my bosses husband — even if he is Tom Ellis. Hard pass.
But I also have to admire that Oliver is a role unlike anything that Ellis has ever played and Ellis has tossed himself into it. Oliver is complex and he’s strong, but he really just is hard to figure out. He’s hard to figure out because you don’t know if he’s just a cynic or an a***ole.
Bree starts asking more of Oliver and he really acts like he cares. So, I want to believe that he does.
I know that Bree and Oliver is not a good idea and I know that she’s going to get hurt, but I am here for it right now. You don’t have to tell me it’s wrong – I know it is wrong. I just can’t help it – I am able to suspend for a second and be like you know what, we’d all hit that too.
Lord, I hope that I never meet Tom Ellis cause I can’t believe I wrote that.
When Oliver asks Bree if she’s told anyone and she’s like I would never – I couldn’t help but think two things. What were they? You both are liars AND so what if she did. It’s not like she tripped and fell on your penis Oliver. You know where you’re sticking things.
SHE DIDN’T DO IT WRIGLEY
I can understand that Pippa and Wrigley are a complicated match. These two really do care about each other, but they also don’t know how to listen to each other. It’s a sad thing to watch, but the truth is – the reason that their relationship isn’t working is because they aren’t listening to each other.
And they both know it.
I know that Wrigley has gone through it and he’s lost a lot. BUT, he needs to listen to Pippa when she says that she didn’t send the letter to the dean about his brother.
I get it, Wrigley is lost. He’s not sure of what to think because his whole trajectory for life has been upset. BUT that being said, he’s got to find a way to put his life on track. Him being lost is by his own doing.
I look at Wrigley and Pippa and I see the consequences of Steven. Being friends with Steven is breaking them and they don’t see that. Steven is destroying lives and I wish that most people could see that. He’s responsible for destroying Wrigleys life and yet, Wrigley is standing by his friend. Granted he doesn’t know what his friend has done, but I wish he did.
The lies that they all keep are going to be the end of them. It doesn’t matter how much time passes, the truth always comes out.
Wrigley asking Pippa about the letter again – he made me so angry. I get the search for answers, but sometimes the answers are right in front of you.
OTHER THOUGHTS
- Loved Pippa with her Dad, but she needs to be honest and tell him what she’s doing.
- Wrigley not telling Raul the truth – I am shocked
- I can’t wait how cute Leo and Lucy are playing pool
- Evan having a rebound – can’t even talk about it because I don’t see him being able to follow through. He’s too sprung on Bree
- Bree trying to emulate her teacher – I am refraining from comment due to Bree’s upbringing
- What the hell is wrong with Steven? This is a question I seem to ask all the time, but for real
- I love that Bree opened up to Lucy about Oliver, but it also shows how removed Bree is from what is going on and what she’s doing
Tell Me Lies is streaming now on Hulu.
