![]() Granted, the dead-kid thing is one of drama’s more emotionally manipulative plots, but it’s certainly effective as a means of luring folks into the tent - and providing a welcome respite from another show that started with an ill-fated child: “Resurrection.” After that, the storytelling challenge of maintaining this sort of delicate balancing act and bringing it to a satisfying resolution is formidable, yes, but at least it’s no secret. Nevertheless, the producers do manage to keep the audience off-balance with new revelations, with the 10-episode order providing additional incentive - in terms of the limited duration of the commitment - to see how it’s going to wind up. ![]() Phillippe is quite good as the hounded Everyman, if perhaps a little too boyishly good-looking for those purposes. The series finale of Secrets and Lies concluded with Ben getting locked up for the crime and the DA pursuing charges despite Detective Cornell’s protests. In that regard, “Secrets and Lies” exhibits a bit more savvy about the idea of being at the center of that type of storm - and how neighbors look at someone facing such suspicions - than do many of the programs that have dealt with similar themes. Written by Barbie Kligman and directed by Charles McDougall (both “Private Practice” alums), the two-hour premiere (a wise move in terms of planting the hook a little deeper) quickly sets up the story, with Ben’s plight exacerbated by the barking media jackals who surround his house and keep thrusting microphones under his nose. Secrets and Lies TV Series 20152016 TV-14 43m IMDb RATING 7.6 /10 12K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 2,725 156 Play trailer 2:01 2 Videos 99+ Photos Crime Drama Mystery Each series, a detective focuses on the prime suspect in a murder case but everyone has something to hide. There’s the little matter, for example, of just how well Ben is getting along with his wife (KaDee Strickland), as well as what his daughters are up to, and whether he might have a clandestine motive for wanting the boy out of the picture. Season one starred Ryan Phillipe, but the second season will have a new murder case to. Andrea Cornell, whose nosing around begins to unearth clues regarding Ben’s relationship with the dead boy’s family, as the investigation plays out fractured relationships and broken trust as details about the past emerge. Secrets and Lies is returning to ABC in 2016 with a second season featuring Juliette Lewis and Michael Ealy. Yet what looks like an attempt to be a Good Samaritan is quickly turned into evidence by Lewis’ Det.
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