The kitchen looked slightly different in the pilot (above) than it did in later episodes–for one thing, the steps leading down to it were in a different spot. (Raise your hand if you remember her from the ’80s in roles like Supergirl!) It’s fun to see Helen Slater playing their kind-hearted adoptive mother Kristin. He has some big secrets he’s keeping from them… And the stone fireplaces have a cool mid-century modern vibe.Īndy Buckley, who I will always think of as David Wallace on The Office, plays their dad. They have a couple of large sectionals in the house like this red one off the kitchen. The Mercer house has a contemporary vibe to it with big, open rooms and concrete floors. The novels are a little darker, though, and some key details have been changed for the show.įor one thing, in Shepard’s books Sutton is dead and following Emma around as a ghost, watching her try to solve the mystery of her disappearance and murder. The show is based on the popular Lying Game book series by Sara Shepard.

She’s in the band The Good Mad, which makes frequent appearances on The Lying Game as a band called “The Strangeworthy.” I love their music. Like her character on the show, Allie’s a singer and violinist in real life. They’re always walking up and down steps from one room to another…Īllie Gonino plays Sutton’s sister Laurel. The double doors in the entry make a dramatic statement.Īlthough the house is only one story, there appear to be several levels. Go back to my house and pretend to be me for a few days.” And then she disappears.Įmma, who has never had a real family and has struggled her whole life, can hardly believe it when she pulls up to this beautiful house and meets her sister’s wonderful adoptive family–parents Ted and Kristin, and sweet sister Laurel. When she discovers that she has a twin that she never knew about, they arrange to meet in her sister Sutton’s hometown in in Scottsdale, Arizona.īut at the bus station, Sutton gives Emma the keys to her car and says, “I’m leaving town to search for our birth mother. Let’s take a closer look at the houses on the show.Įmma has grown up in a series of foster families. Not only do the unraveling mysteries about the twin sisters keep me watching, but the great sets have me hooked.

How long could you keep up the lying game?” Then she asked me to take her place, keep her secret, and try to stay alive. Each episode of the series The Lying Game starts with a voice-over from Emma, who explains, “A few months ago I discovered I had a twin sister.

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