We Were Liars season 2: key information
– Renewed in September 2025
– No release date yet
– The plot will be based on that of E Lockhart Family of Liars
– Several main actors have confirmed their return
– The official trailer has not yet been revealed
– Lockhart published his third novel, We collapsedin November 2025
We were liars season 2 is officially on the way, and fans aren’t too surprised after the thrilling drama became a hit on one of the top streaming services earlier this year.
After becoming Prime Video’s #1 new show when it premiered in June, it’s no surprise that We were liars returns. And there are plenty more sources to follow with the show based on the works of E. Lockhart.
So here’s everything we know so far about the potential release date, confirmed casting, plot rumors and much more. We were liars season 2.
Full spoilers follow For We were liars season 1. Additionally, spoilers for We were liars season 2 will also appear.
We Were Liars season 2: release date prediction
There is no We were liars season 2 release date for now, but we do know that the series was officially renewed on September 17, 2025 with an Instagram post revealing that it’s “coming soon.”
In a statement via The Hollywood Reporter, series co-creators Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie said, “We’ve loved making the show with so many spectacular humans. The fan response has been truly special. There are still many secrets buried on Beechwood Island and we can’t wait to continue unearthing them.”
Season 1 was released in June 2025, a year after filming began. So, if I had to predict a release date for season 2, I would say the earliest it will be late 2026 or early 2027.
We Were Liars Season 2 Trailer: Is There One?
Since filming hasn’t started yet We were liars season 2, there is no trailer to share – and I imagine that will be the case for a while.
The official trailer for Season 1 was released just a few weeks before the series premiered on Prime Video, so I imagine we won’t be able to share a trailer until at least the end of 2026.
We Were Liars Season 2 Cast Confirmed
Full spoilers follow for We were liars season 1.
Author E. Lockhart revealed that some cast members will return for season 2, according to Deadline, and although the shocker will happen in the We were liars The season 1 finale revealed the deaths of key characters, and we also know that the actors interact with the ghosts of these people.
So for season 2, I predict we’ll see all of the main cast return:
- Emily Alyn Lind as Cadence Sinclair Eastman
- Caitlin FitzGerald as Penny Sinclair
- Mamie Gummer as Carrie Sinclair
- Candice King as Bess Sinclair
- Esther McGregor as Mirren Sinclair Sheffield
- David Morse as Harris Sinclair
- Joseph Zada as Johnny Sinclair Dennis
- Rahul Kohli as Ed Patil
- Shubham Maheshwari as Gat Patil
There are also rumors, referenced in the same Deadline article where Lockhart confirmed the characters’ return, that younger versions of the Sinclair sisters will also be cast in Season 2.
Although there is no official news on these castings yet, I will be sure to update here as soon as we know about them.
We Were Liars Season 2 Plot Details and Rumors
Full spoilers follow for We were liars season 1. Potential spoilers also follow for We were liars season 2.
While We were liars season 1 followed E Lockhart’s novel of the same name, season 2 will follow her second book, titled Family of Liars – with a little twist.
Speaking to Deadline, Lockhart said: “We planned season 2 for We were liarsand showrunners Julie Plec and Carina Adley Mackenzie take on the story set in Family of Liarsmy second book, but they also add all kinds of fun new twists.
“They have lots of ideas in store, so that people who know Family of Liars will be able to see everything they want to see, but they will also be surprised. I think it’s going to be really fun.
Without giving too much away, since you can read the book if you want Really I want to know what We were liars season 2 will be on point, but Family of Liars is a prequel story alluded to in the season 1 finale.
The book is about a summer when the Sinclair sisters were involved in their own mystery on Beechwood Island, when they were teenagers.
As Deadline explains: “The plan is to interweave this material with the younger generation’s storylines and also feature younger versions of the three Sinclair sisters.”
And there’s a direct reference to this in the season 1 finale as Carrie and Bess discuss whether an incident in their past, during the summer of ’16, was the reason for everything horrible that happened to them in their present. But details about what they actually did that faithful summer have been kept under wraps.
There’s also the fact that at the end of the finale, while it was assumed that Johnny had seemingly disappeared from the world alongside the other Liars, that’s not actually the case.
Instead, Carrie sees her son for the first time in the kitchen and talks to him. But why he didn’t die is a mystery for season 2.
It is not yet clear whether the same can be assumed for the souls of Gat and Mirren. But Maheshwari, who played Gat in season 1, told Us that he would be open to returning, if there was an opportunity for him: “If it happens, I’m so up for it. I’m so ready for it, but I really don’t know. It’s hard to say. I’m sure they have ideas. I’m not really aware of what they’re thinking.”
Will there be more seasons of We Were Liars?
Family of Liars is not the last book of the We were liars family – and that’s because in November 2025, Lockhart’s third novel, We collapsedwas published.
And speaking to Deadline, Lockhart revealed that although We collapsed is a standalone story, there are nods to the world (and two seasons). So when it comes to developing this for a third season, well, Lockhart says, “All I can really say is that my showrunners have the first copies of this book, and we’ll see what they want to cook up.”
But what that means for a potential season 3 is unclear at the moment. As Variety explains, We collapsed “follows a new set of characters who have their own secrets to keep and mysteries to solve.”
This includes Matilda, who is invited to spend the summer at Hidden Beach with her long-lost father: a reclusive artist named Kingsley Cello. But when she arrives, her father is nowhere to be found and instead meets her half-brother Meer, a former child star named Brock, and a moody boy named Tatum living in the seaside house.
Again, Lockhart explains that even though it is a separate book, it still has connections to the We were liars universe: “The first thing I want to say is that it can be read on its own, but for people who have read ‘We Were Liars,’ I think what they’re going to like the most, right from the beginning of the book, is that the characters are introduced to Beechwood Island.”
Whether this gets picked up as a spin-off, as a season 3 or not at all, we’ll have to wait and see.
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