The newly released third season of Tell Me Lies has wasted no time proving the show’s staying power. The Season 3 premiere pulled 5 million views globally in its first seven days across Disney+ and Hulu, marking a massive 150% increase from Season 1. For a series built on emotional wreckage, messy relationships, and the kind of toxic chemistry fans love to hate, the numbers feel perfectly on brand. 

In true Tell Me Lies fashion, the show continues to live rent-free in viewers’ heads, with Lucy and Stephen’s spiral once again dominating timelines. But with the show peaking in popularity, one question now hangs over everything: fans clearly want more, but will they actually get it?

As of now, nothing has been officially confirmed regarding a fourth season. However, creator Meaghan Oppenheimer, who developed the series for Hulu, has offered some revealing insight about the show’s long-term future.

Ahead of Season 3, Oppenheimer was asked by Decider to clarify whether this season marked the end of Tell Me Lies. Her answer remained deliberately open-ended.

“I can’t confirm anything. You know, this was definitely the ending I had in mind from the beginning, to a certain degree. But obviously things change,” she told Decider.

“We are all just so focused on this season right now. I’m not sure.”

What makes the situation particularly interesting is that Tell Me Lies was always conceived as a character-driven, finite story rather than an open-ended franchise. As Decider earlier asked Oppenheimer whether she had a set arc in mind beyond Season 2, she explained:

“I think it really just depends. I think most shows nowadays do well with three seasons. I think that’s a very clean, good number to me...I would rather have something end when it’s good than just drag it out too long.”

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In other words: Season 4 is possible, but far from guaranteed. Which makes what happens next all the more important. Because Season 3 may ultimately determine where this story is heading. 

Tell Me Lies Season 3 has doubled down on the show’s core tension, pushing Lucy and Stephen into even darker emotional territory while expanding the fallout across their wider circle. The season explores long-term consequences, not just of their relationship, but of the lies they have built their identities around.

There are still four episodes left in Season 3:

Based on where the story is heading, the remaining episodes are expected to focus on emotional reckoning rather than resolution. Stephen’s manipulative patterns are finally catching up to him, while Lucy’s growth feels fragile but real. If a potential Season 4 happens, it would likely explore the post-college phase hinted at this season, adult consequences, career pressures, and whether these characters can actually escape their cycles, or simply repeat them in new forms.

Right now, Tell Me Lies is at its cultural peak, critically strong, commercially successful, and emotionally devastating in all the ways fans crave. Whether Season 3 becomes a finale or a launchpad for Season 4 will depend on how this story chooses to end.

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What do you think? Should Tell Me Lies end while it’s strong, or does this story still have more lies to tell? Share your thoughts.