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Secrets and Lies - Season 1
Ben Crawford is about to go from Good Samaritan to murder suspect after he discovers the body of his neighbor';;;;;s young son, Tom Murphy, in the woods. As Detective Andrea Cornell digs for the truth, the secrets and lies of this town come to the surface and no one is above suspicion. Ben’s family’s life, already privately in disarray, is turned upside down as he sets out on a complicated journey to prove his innocence in this thriller mystery from Barbie Kligman based on the original Australian series of the same name.
1 November 1993, USA
17 July 1976, La Mirada, California, USA
21 June 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 March 1988, Littleton, Colorado, USA
8 May 1968, Durham, North Carolina, USA
21 September 1960, Syracuse, New York, USA
February 28, 2015
Taking a decidedly soapy approach to the who-killed-the-kid subgenre, Secrets and Lies is by no means revolutionary, but those who give it a chance may easily lose themselves in its titular subject matter.
February 26, 2015
Secrets and Lies fails to create much sense of location, or character, or even jeopardy after two hours and oodles of interpersonal conflict. It feels observed, rather than lived in. Enacted, rather than unfolding.
March 03, 2015
It's a fairly mundane mystery populated by cardboard characters with poor decision-making skills, starting with Ben, who immediately becomes the prime suspect, and his wife Christy.
February 26, 2015
An arresting performance or two would enliven matters. But Phillippe and Lewis as the two principal characters are not potent enough to get the juices flowing in an unfolding crime tale that's neither terrible nor scintillating.
March 01, 2015
Those who enjoy mysteries and melodramas will find a lot to like about Secrets & Lies, a show that's as interested in the reaction to the crime as it is to the whodunit.
February 26, 2015
Since the plot and some of the other performances are sufficiently compelling to pique our interest, Secrets and Lies is worth sampling for a few episodes. But if it doesn't get stronger at its center, viewers are going to drift away.
February 27, 2015
One of the worst murder-mysteries to come along in a while, ABC's Secrets & Lies is completely undone by its casting and writing.
February 27, 2015
The writers will lead you on and mislead you on, deploying false clues and red herrings until you feel as though you've been playing a game of Clue with a serial cheater.
