“So much of the mystery in Season 1 was about will they be able to prove their innocence and figure out who killed Simon? Then Season 2 is, will they be able to cover up this this terrible thing they did and figure out who’s threatening them? That naturally lends itself to a sort of darker, scarier place this season. “Everything in Season 2 gets a little darker and a little more intense than what we had them going through in Season 1,” Saleh shares. For people new to the McManus fandom, the story follows four teens as they untangle the lies that led to a classmate’s death in a BreakfastClub-meets-Scream-style mystery. Going in a different direction left Saleh and the writers with the responsibility of crafting a new Simon Says and their own mystery for Season 2 that finds Murder Club actually having a hand in a murder this time, albeit in self-defense against a killer. McManus released the first novel of the series, One of Us Is Lying, back in 2017, and it quickly rose through the ranks of the New York Times bestseller list. Not having the books as a story guide for the second season was both “exciting and freeing,” but also “a little nerve-wracking,” Saleh says, “just in terms of how much we know our fans love the books and love these characters, and just wanting to make sure that we were really continuing to deliver on the heart of the characters that Karen created.” Where they end up at the end of Season 1, just getting to, like, think they can trust each other and beginning to be honest about who they are, and then to have that all threatened by Jake’s death someone claims to know what they did, that really just felt like the beginning of the story to us.” “We wanted to keep telling the story we got to tell in Season 1. “We absolutely wanted to keep telling the story of the characters from One of Us Is Lying,” showrunner Erica Saleh explains.

One of Us Is Lying Season 2 Trailer: Murder Club Is Back in Session!

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