Episode 2 synopsis: Edie continues to lock horns with Detective Forty Bell and manages to crack Pearl’s story. What implications will her statement have for the detained McKenzie children?
Daniel and Jaime’s burgeoning trust in Edie is shaken when a scandalous news story appears in the Daily Mercury. Edie scours Cape Town for the man who was sleeping rough in the forest behind the McKenzies’ home in the hopes that he may have seen something on the day of the attack.
A gunpoint abduction changes everything.
Watch out for: Edie and Avi’s relationship may be more than professional.
Exciting news: The haunting soundtrack to White Lies is set to be released in two parts. A first-time collaboration between award-winning composers Charl-Johan Lingenfelder and Edward George King, Part 1 is available on all streaming services from today, 13 March.
A dark, brooding electronic and classical score with new songs specially written for the series, the music features collaborations with singers Bex, Orah, and Cloud Witness, as well as a string quartet. The soundtrack embodies the series’s examination of the complexity of life in Cape Town and constantly evolves as the characters reveal their true selves. The release of Part 2 will coincide with the screening of the final episode.
Add Part 1 to your digital music library here.
White Lies is produced by Harriet Gavshon and Nimrod Geva for Quizzical Pictures, with Natalie Dormer and Darrel Bristow-Bovey also serving as executive producers. The series’s lead director is The Wound’s John Trengove. Directing alongside Trengove are Thati Pele (Lerato), Catharine Cooke (Reyka), and Christiaan Olwagen (Poppie Nongena, Kanarie). Julie Hodge is executive producing on behalf of Fremantle, who is also distributing the series internationally.
White Lies was created by Sean Steinberg, and Matt Western was the casting director for UK cast. The eight-part series premieres on M-Net (DStv Channel 101) on 7 March at 8pm. Stream it on DStv Stream or watch at your leisure on DStv Catch Up. Join the conversation on Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok using #WhiteLiesSA.