List of The Lying Game episodes
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The Lying Game is an American television drama series, that aired on ABC Family, from August 15, 2011 to March 12, 2013 for a total of two seasons and 30 episodes.[1] The series follows Emma Becker (Alexandra Chando), a foster kid that can't catch a break who finds out she has an identical twin sister named Sutton Mercer, who has the life Emma always wanted. The network green-lighted the series on February 22, 2011.[2] On July 15, 2013, ABC Family officially cancelled the series.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2011–12)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Mark Piznarski | Teleplay by : Charles Pratt, Jr. | August 15, 2011 | 1.39[3] |
| 2 | 2 | "Being Sutton" | Wendey Stanzler | Charles Pratt, Jr. | August 22, 2011 | 1.47[4] |
| 3 | 3 | "Double Dibs" | Michael Grossman | Stacy Rukeyser | August 29, 2011 | 1.31[5] |
| 4 | 4 | "Twinsense and Sensibility" | David Jackson | Mark Driscoll | September 5, 2011 | 1.46[6] |
| 5 | 5 | "Over Exposed" | Elodie Keene | Tamar Laddy | September 12, 2011 | 1.30[7] |
| 6 | 6 | "Bad Boys Break Hearts" | Fred Gerber | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | September 19, 2011 | 1.19[8] |
| 7 | 7 | "Escape from Sutton Island" | John Scott | Stacy Rukeyser | September 26, 2011 | 1.06[9] |
| 8 | 8 | "Never Have I Ever" | Norman Buckley | Mark Driscoll | October 3, 2011 | 1.23[10] |
| 9 | 9 | "Sex, Lies and Hard Knocks High" | Joe Lazarov | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | October 10, 2011 | 1.10[11] |
| 10 | 10 | "East of Emma" | Ron Lagomarsino | Charles Pratt, Jr. | October 17, 2011 | 1.28[12] |
| 11 | 11 | "O Twin, Where Art Thou?" | Fred Gerber | Charles Pratt, Jr. | January 2, 2012 | 1.76[13] |
| 12 | 12 | "When We Dead Awaken" | David Jackson | Mark Driscoll | January 9, 2012 | 1.50[14] |
| 13 | 13 | "Pleased to Meet Me" | Joe Lazarov | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | January 16, 2012 | 1.70[15] |
| 14 | 14 | "Black and White and Green All Over" | Fred Gerber | Stacy Rukeyser | January 23, 2012 | 1.66[16] |
| 15 | 15 | "Dead Man Talking" | Larry Shaw | Tamar Laddy | January 30, 2012 | 1.68[17] |
| 16 | 16 | "Reservation for Two" | John Scott | Melissa Carter | February 6, 2012 | 1.41[18] |
| 17 | 17 | "No Country for Young Love" | Michael Grossman | Justin W. Lo | February 13, 2012 | 1.25[19] |
| 18 | 18 | "Not Guilty As Charged" | Bobby Roth | Mark Driscoll | February 20, 2012 | 1.32[20] |
| 19 | 19 | "Weekend of Living Dangerously" | Joanna Kerns | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | February 27, 2012 | 1.20[21] |
| 20 | 20 | "Unholy Matrimony" | Fred Gerber | Charles Pratt, Jr. & Stacy Rukeyser | March 5, 2012 | 1.24[22] |
Season 2 (2013)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "The Revengers" | Fred Gerber | Charles Pratt, Jr. | January 8, 2013 | 1.55[23] |
| 22 | 2 | "Cheat, Play, Love" | David Jackson | Stacy Rukeyser | January 15, 2013 | 1.22[24] |
| 23 | 3 | "Advantage Sutton" | Joanna Kerns | Curtis Kheel | January 22, 2013 | 1.28[25] |
| 24 | 4 | "A Kiss Before Lying" | John Scott | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | January 29, 2013 | 1.36[26] |
| 25 | 5 | "Much Ado About Everything" | Bobby Roth | Céline Geiger | February 5, 2013 | 1.25[27] |
| 26 | 6 | "Catch Her in the Lie" | John Scott | Charles Pratt, Jr. & Ariana Jackson | February 12, 2013 | 1.22[28] |
| 27 | 7 | "Regrets Only" | Robert J. Metoyer | Stacy Rukeyser & Michael Notarile | February 19, 2013 | 1.30[29] |
| 28 | 8 | "Bride and Go Seek" | Norman Buckley | Curtis Kheel | February 26, 2013 | 1.23[30] |
| 29 | 9 | "The Grave Truth" | Joe Lazarov | R. Lee Fleming, Jr. | March 5, 2013 | 1.22[31] |
| 30 | 10 | "To Lie For" | Fred Gerber | Charles Pratt, Jr. & Stacy Rukeyser | March 12, 2013 | 1.11[32] |
Ratings
The Lying Game : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[citation needed]
| Season | Episode number | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 1.39 | 1.47 | 1.31 | 1.46 | 1.30 | 1.19 | 1.06 | 1.23 | 1.10 | 1.28 | 1.76 | 1.50 | 1.70 | 1.66 | 1.68 | 1.41 | 1.25 | 1.32 | 1.20 | 1.24 | |
| 2 | 1.55 | 1.22 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 1.30 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.11 | – | ||||||||||