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How ‘We Were Liars’ Creators And Author E. Lockhart Wanted To “Stretch Out The Suspense” Of The Show’s Ending
Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie, creators of the television adaptation of E. Lockhart's 'We Were Liars' unpack the show's ending with the author.
From the beginning of Julie Plec ’s and Carina Adly MacKenzie ’s television adaptation of E. Lockhart’s bestselling book We Were Liars, it’s clear that narrator Cadence Sinclair Eastman has a vivid imagination and a knack for storytelling. Read the full breakdown of what really happened on Beechwood Island in summer 16, how creators Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie plus EP Lockhart — who wrote the teleplay for the finale pulled it off and their comments on various aspects of the story below. Of course, the idea of the Liars only being in Cadence’s head the whole time is challenged by the final scene in the last episode, in which Aunt Carrie goes back into Redgate for some pills and turns around to see her dead son sitting cross-legged on a countertop telling her he doesn’t think he can leave.
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