‘Tell Me Lies’ Couple Grace Van Patten and Jackson White Explain That Final Scene: “It’s the Best Thing That Could Have Happened”

[This story contains Major spoilers from the Tell Me Lies season three and series finale, “Are You Happy Now, That I’m on My Knees?”]

The Tell Me Lies writers talked about how they could keep the show going after season three. But then they realized they ended it too perfectly.

“I just kept coming back to, ‘I don’t think we’re going to beat this ending. I don’t think we’re going to beat this season.’ Anything that happens beyond this will feel like a different show. It will feel repetitive,” creator Meagan Oppenheimer recently told The Hollywood Reporter in a deep dive chat about bringing the buzzy Hulu series to a conclusion with that mic-drop of a season three finale.

Her stars who play the toxic couple at its center, Lucy and Stephen, agree. “I love the ending so much. It’s an amazing ending,” says Grace Van Patten, who plays Lucy. Her co-star boyfriend Jackson White,…