White Lies

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2024-03-07

Last Air Date: 2024-04-25

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: Sean Steinberg

Networks: M-Net

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Top Cast

Natalie Dormer as Edie Hansen
Brendon Daniels as Detective Fortune 'Forty' Bell
Daniel Schultz as Daniel McKenzie
Morgan Santo as Jaime McKenzie
Langley Kirkwood as Andrew McKenzie
Caely-Jo Levy as Olivia McKenzie
Daniel Janks as Avi Kapilevitch
Warrick Grier as Werner Weber
Athenkosi Mfamela as Peri Zondo
Chi Mhende as Pearl

Seasons

Miniseries (2024)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Tabula Rasa (2024-03-07)

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.
Ep. 2: Hide In Plain Sight (2024-03-14)

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.
Ep. 3: I Believe The Children Are Our Future (2024-03-21)

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.
Ep. 4: The Sense Of An Ending (2024-03-28)

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.
Ep. 5: You Gotta Know When To Hold 'Em (2024-04-04)

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.
Ep. 6: Calm Before The Storm (2024-04-11)

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.
Ep. 7: Teach Them Well And Let Them Lead The Way (2024-04-18)

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.
Ep. 8: Forget It, Jake. It's Bishopscourt (2024-04-25)

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.