EPISODE
SEASON
Sacred Lies - Season 1
This exciting dramatic series follows Minnow Bly, a young smart girl, who after escaping from a cult, finds herself accused of knowing the murderer of the leader of her cult and is sent to juvenile detention, the thing that challenges her, as she has to prove her innocence.
21 June 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 April 1975, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
29 March 1978, Lansing, Michigan, USA
21 January 1994, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
August 16, 2019
Sacred Lies is a good, multilayered drama, although the vaguely supernatural quality to Minnow's past is milked a bit too hard.
July 23, 2018
With episodes running at an economical half-hour, Sacred Lies maintains a solid enough balance between withholding answers and laying groundwork for the mysteries ahead.
July 30, 2018
After only two episodes in a 10-episode first season, there's always a chance for improvement -- especially with such strong surrounding components -- but so many opportunities have been wasted in just two episodes to inspire much prolonged hope.
July 27, 2018
If this isn't the YA you thought you knew, well, I invite you to head down to your local public library, because Oakes is no outlier.