Each episode involved Ben, who has no memory of the events of the night of the murder, trying to piece together clues that could simultaneously jog his memory and clear him of Tom's murder. Also Ben's relationships with his respective daughters was involving, with the older Natalie being more rebellious and the younger Abby clinging to Ben as "Daddy's little girl". It's really Ben's part of the story that kept me engaged, especially his tumultuous relationship with Christy and his funny BFF relationship with Dave. Other key characters include Ben's wife Christy (excellently played by Kadee Strickland), Ben's 2 daughters Natalie and Abby (very well played by Indiana Evans and Belle Shouse), and Ben's best friend Dave (played in scene-stealing comic fashion by Dan Fogler). Most of the series involves Ben trying to clear his name to counter Cornell continuing to gather mounting evidence against him. Cornell pretty much sizes Ben up within minutes and figures him for the killer. Andrea Cornell (an incredibly stoic Lewis). Immediately contacting the police, the lead detective on the case is Det. In the opening scene of the series, Ben finds Tom's dead body in the woods during his morning run. My only issue was that why for so long into the season did she think that Ben was the ONLY reasonable suspect! 'Secrets and Lies' tells the tale of Ben Crawford (a superb Phillippe), who is the prime suspect in the murder of 5-year old Tom Murphy, the son of Ben's neighbor Jess Murphy (alluring Natalie Martinez). In retrospect Lewis was really playing a cold, relentless, emotionless person, and she certainly pulled it off. Andrea Cornell, at least not until the end of Season 1 when she was less one-dimensional and the writers gave shades of humanity to her character. In counter to Phillippe, I was ironically not as engaged by Juliette Lewis as Det. Never one of my favorite actors, I was pleasantly surprised at Phillippe's exceptional, gripping performance in Season 1 of this series! I dare say that it was Phillipe's persuasive portrayal of Ben that kept me tuning in each week. Thankfully, my reservations were alleviated almost immediately! Ironically, my main reservation going into ended up being completely unfounded and that was the casting of Ryan Phillippe in the lead, central role of Ben Crawford. I think that SECRETS AND LIES (2015-?) had very low expectations going in. I also watched the second episode just now and again they leave you with a breathtaking ending just to keep you tied up to the series ) !! _ Update _ The series went really good,as expected, the finale and more specifically the finale couple of scenes were dark and a surprise for a guy who watched the original series, opened the gate for a second season, Aaaaaaand they renewed. The cast is fresh, you won't easily connect or confuse them to any previous roles ,Ryan Phillippe and Juliette Lewis did a good job ) The ending of the episode is genius, so you'll definitely want to see what's gonna happen in the next episode. it also got a huge compliments last year with high rating. I believe the whole idea was picked up by the Australian version of the show which ended last summer. the Detective is so pushy and uptight in an amazing way, that you gotta hate her so much :D I never really watched closely in the media at what happen in real cases like these (child murder ) but here in a way you start to create affections for the supposedly suspects and how the Media is dealing with them just to make it to a front page in some paper. ![]() The pilot started in a good way, The plot is catchy, irritating. 10 episodes are too much (the Australian series had 6) but in my opinion if you have the time to invest, check it out. You get to see Juliette Lewis with her hair up and a Philip Marlow raincoat playing a relentless homicide detective who won't stop until the killer ends up behind bars. ![]() The direction of photography and direction create a haunted atmosphere, but this isn't a supernatural thriller. The spotlight of who is the killer changes constantly as more clues are coming to surface. The series is made to build up tension in every episode. ![]() He becomes the main suspect for the Police (Detective Cornell is played by Juliette Lewis) and his community. A married man with 2 daughters (played by Ryan Phillippe) finds the body of a young boy, the son of his neighbor across the street (played by Natalie Martinez) while jogging. This is a 10-episode mini series about a fictional crime in North Carolina, USA.
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