Instead of offering up yet another hour of How Many Ways Can Ben Crawford Look Guilty?, Sunday’s episode of Secrets and Lies did the unthinkable: It introduced not one, not two, but three characters who may have been involved in Tom’s death.
Of course, that doesn’t mean the heat was taken off Ben at all. The throng of reporters was still outside his home, albeit in a smaller group, and Detective Cornell’s attitude toward him was icy enough to make Frozen‘s Arendelle look positively sweltering. And to top it off, Ben’s initial suspicions about...
Of course, that doesn’t mean the heat was taken off Ben at all. The throng of reporters was still outside his home, albeit in a smaller group, and Detective Cornell’s attitude toward him was icy enough to make Frozen‘s Arendelle look positively sweltering. And to top it off, Ben’s initial suspicions about...
- 3/16/2015
- TVLine.com
ABC‘s Secrets & Lies gives away the main thrust of the story with the gimmick itself, leaving the ten-episode dramatic effort to keep viewers interested with… well, all the secrets and lies. The trick here being that some of them aren’t actually either.
Similar to such popular, recent efforts as Broadchurch (Gracepoint), this is another reworking of a foreign show. This one, like The Slap, an effort from Australia.
The show opens with Ben Crawford (Ryan Phillippe) sprinting out of the woods to get help after he finds the body of a small boy, Tom Murphy. Tom was not just his neighbor’s son, but a boy Ben knew well, as his daughter regularly babysat him.
As might be expected (from TV DramaLand), Detective Andrea Cornell (Juliette Lewis) asks Ben a lot of questions that don’t exactly sound routine, and more or less acts as though she has...
Similar to such popular, recent efforts as Broadchurch (Gracepoint), this is another reworking of a foreign show. This one, like The Slap, an effort from Australia.
The show opens with Ben Crawford (Ryan Phillippe) sprinting out of the woods to get help after he finds the body of a small boy, Tom Murphy. Tom was not just his neighbor’s son, but a boy Ben knew well, as his daughter regularly babysat him.
As might be expected (from TV DramaLand), Detective Andrea Cornell (Juliette Lewis) asks Ben a lot of questions that don’t exactly sound routine, and more or less acts as though she has...
- 3/1/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
‘Secrets and Lies’ Review: ABC Drama Uncovers Suburban Suspicion, Deception and Ryan Phillippe’s Abs
The tragic and sudden death of a little boy is the catalyst for ABC’s new drama debuting Sunday night with a two hour premiere. Good Samaritan and typical suburbanite Ben Crawford (Ryan Phillippe) immediately falls under suspicion after he discovers the body of his neighbor Jess Murphy’s young son, Tom, in the woods while out for an early morning run. Ben vigorously defends himself and in doing so, the show’s title comes into play as secrets and lies are unearthed and shock waves reverberate throughout the suburban community. Ben’s family is at the center of it all: his marriage to.
- 2/27/2015
- by Diane Gordon
- The Wrap
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