Tom Ellis Drops Bad News About Tell Me Lies — Season 3 Might Be the End
Tom Ellis, best known for playing Oliver on Hulu’s Tell Me Lies, just gave fans a pretty grim update about where the show is headed after Season 3.
If you’ve been waiting to see just how much messier Tell Me Lies can get, here’s the buzzkill: Tom Ellis thinks Season 3 is the finish line.
So… is this the last season?
Ellis, who plays Oliver on Hulu’s drama, told Entertainment Tonight he expects the series to wrap with the upcoming third season. He didn’t hedge much:
“I think so, yeah. I think Meaghan [Oppenheimer, series creator] has written it to be the last season. For sure, yeah.”
That reads less like “we might get canceled” and more like “this is how the creator planned it.” Considering the show is based on Carola Lovering’s 2018 novel, it tracks that there’s a natural end point. Oppenheimer not only runs the show but executive produces alongside Emma Roberts, Jonathan Levine, and others.
What Season 3 is supposed to feel like
Ellis did a little teasing (while promoting his new movie The Thursday Murder Club) and made Season 3 sound… bleak, in a good way:
“The best tease is, believe it or not, it’s probably the darkest season of Tell Me Lies so far.”
Pressed for details, he backed off—no spoilers, no studio wrath—but he did toss out one tasty breadcrumb: expect some “unlikely partnerships” to take shape.
Grace Van Patten, who leads the series as Lucy Albright, backed that up in a separate chat with E! News, calling the new season “crazy” and saying it feels like the peak of all these young people’s worst decisions. So yes, sounds like the show is leaning into its own chaos on the way out.
Quick timeline so you’re caught up
- Series premiere: September 7, 2022 — solid reviews from critics and viewers.
- Season 2 premiere: September 4, 2024.
- Season 3 renewal: December 2024 (Hulu made it official).
- Season 3 release date: not announced yet.
The bottom line
Ellis thinks Season 3 is the endpoint, Oppenheimer apparently wrote it that way, and the cast is promising the darkest, messiest chapter yet. If Tell Me Lies is going out, it’s going out on brand. Now we just need Hulu to tell us when it drops.