Sacred Lies

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Sacred Lies is available on streaming right now. The 2-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 13 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Elena Kampouris — one of the stronger performances out there right now. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Sacred Lies earns its spot. Sacred Lies takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Based on the classic Grimm Brothers tale The Handless Maiden, and Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, and adapted and updated by Tucker, Sacred Lies is about a handless teen who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader. Elena Kampouris and Kevin Carroll lead a cast that treats the material with real seriousness. It ran for 2 seasons (2018–2020), and the writing holds up across every one of them. Sacred Lies resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Sacred Lies. Fans of Olive Kitteridge will recognise the sensibility here immediately. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Elena Kampouris carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.

Sacred Lies wrapped up in 2020, created by Raelle Tucker — and 2 seasons are available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.