Remember that moment at the end of season 1 when the screen went black and half the internet screamed at their TV? Yeah, everyone’s still recovering. The Sinclairs are officially coming back, and the second season is already shaping up to be even messier, darker, and more addictive than the first. Here’s the latest tea straight from the beach house — no fluff, just the good stuff.
We Were Liars Season 2 Release Details
Prime Video surprised literally everyone on September 17, 2025, with the season 2 pickup announcement. Julie Plec posted a cryptic photo of the Beechwood dock at sunset with the caption “See you next summer… or the one after that.” Classic.
Right now there’s no official premiere date locked in, but filming for season 1 wrapped in fall 2024 and dropped June 2025, so the smart money is on late 2026 at the earliest — probably summer 2027 if they want to keep that perfect island-vibes timing. Production hasn’t started yet, but casting calls are already floating around, which means cameras should roll sometime in 2026.
We Were Liars Season 2 Expected Cast
The core family isn’t going anywhere:
- Emily Alyn Lind is back as Cadence Sinclair Eastman — migraines, guilt, and all.
- Mamie Gummer (Carrie), Caitlin Fitzgerald (Penny), and Candice King (Bess) will keep serving those unhinged aunt energy looks.
- David Morse returns as Grandpa Harris, still controlling everything from his creepy throne chair.
- Joseph Zada’s Johnny will haunt the hell out of everyone (literally).
The big twist? Season 2 is diving deep into the 1987 prequel story from Family of Liars, which means brand-new younger versions of Carrie, Penny, Bess, and their doomed sister Rosemary. Casting for teen Carrie is already the hottest topic on BookTok — people are throwing out everyone from Sadie Sink to new faces nobody’s heard of yet.
Gat, Mirren, and the rest of the original Liars? They’re gone… but this show loves a good ghost moment, so don’t be shocked if they pop up in flashbacks or hallucinations.
We Were Liars Season 2 Potential Plot
Season 1 was Cadence slowly remembering she accidentally killed her best friends. Season 2 flips the script and takes us back to the summer of 1987 when the Sinclair sisters were teenagers and everything first went to hell.
Think: forbidden summer romance, a drowning nobody talks about, pills hidden in tennis ball cans, and a family cover-up that poisoned three generations. Present-day Cadence is going to be digging into her mom’s old diaries and uncovering secrets Carrie spent thirty years burying.
E. Lockhart herself said the show is mixing book canon with brand-new twists, so even people who read Family of Liars are getting blindsided. Expect more creepy Rosemary ghost sightings, a possible supernatural vibe that wasn’t in the books, and at least one scene that will ruin iced tea for you forever.
