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White Lies

  • 2024
  • 1 season
  • Drama, Crime
  • 6.3

Are you ready for the truth?

Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, investigative journalist Edie Hansen gets caught up in the ugly underbelly that lies beneath the picturesque beauty of the city, dragging her back to a turbulent past.

Episodes

8 episodes
  1. 1Tabula Rasa

    45 minMar 7, 20247.7

    A wealthy businessman is murdered in his Bishopscourt house, his wife is bludgeoned into a coma, and his children become prime suspects. His estranged sister, Edie, tries to clear their names, but her first attempt at finding a suspect backfires.

  2. 2Hide In Plain Sight

    50 minMar 14, 20247.5

    Edie’s attempts to find a witness to the murder place her in peril high on a mountainside, and she learns some information she doesn’t like at all. Daniel is abducted by masked assailants at gunpoint.

  3. 3I Believe The Children Are Our Future

    50 minMar 21, 20247.5

    Forty Bell nearly loses his life rescuing Daniel from a drug gang, and Edie’s tentative closeness with her nephew is shattered when she makes a shocking discovery at a Bishopscourt sex party.

  4. 4The Sense Of An Ending

    49 minMar 28, 20246.8

    A violent invasion of Andrew McKenzie’s memorial shakes up the community, bringing new suspects to light, and Edie learns things about her brother that she doesn’t want to know.

  5. 5You Gotta Know When To Hold 'Em

    51 minApr 4, 20247.5

    When a gun is found at the high school, a new suspect is arrested, but Edie’s investigation into Andrew’s business partner leads her down a different pathway and leaves her fighting for her life.

  6. 6Calm Before The Storm

    50 minApr 11, 20248.2

    Daniel places himself and Jaime in danger with an ill-advised statement to the media, and a murderer breaks into the McKenzie home. Forty rides into the jaws of terrible danger, and Olivia McKenzie wakes from her coma.

  7. 7Teach Them Well And Let Them Lead The Way

    52 minApr 18, 2024

    Matters accelerate towards a resolution as Forty barely escapes Zone 41 with his life, one of the children reveal a hidden side of their personality, and the killer reveals himself to Edie.

  8. 8Forget It, Jake. It's Bishopscourt

    51 minApr 25, 2024

    A killer has been found but Edie is not convinced that the full story has come to light. She reveals a secret and makes a genuinely shocking discovery, and is left with the most difficult decision of her life.

Where to watch White Lies

Availability from JustWatch, via TMDB. Full listing for United States

Series cast

Natalie DormerEdie Hansen8 episodes
Brendon DanielsDetective Fortune 'Forty' Bell8 episodes
Daniel SchultzDaniel McKenzie8 episodes
Morgan SantoJaime McKenzie8 episodes
Langley KirkwoodAndrew McKenzie8 episodes
Caely-Jo LevyOlivia McKenzie8 episodes
Daniel JanksAvi Kapilevitch8 episodes
Warrick GrierWerner Weber8 episodes
Athenkosi MfamelaPeri Zondo8 episodes
Chi MhendePearl8 episodes
Lee RoodtMagiet8 episodes
Ivangely JoubertYoung Edie Hansen8 episodes

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