Based on the classic Grimm Brothers tale The Handless Maiden, and Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, and adapted and updated by Tucker, Sacred Lies is about a handless teen who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader.
Episodes
Chapter One: The Handless Maiden
After a cult in Montana mysteriously burns to the ground, a girl named Minnow Bly emerges from the woods. A violent encounter results in her being sent to juvenile detention, where her only hope for release comes from a forensic psychologist who offers freedom in exchange for her secrets.
Chapter Two: Love Bomb
Minnow begins to tell her story to Dr. Wilson, about the formation of the cult, the power of the Prophet, their sudden disappearance into the woods twelve years ago, and truth about who cut off her hands.
Chapter Three: The Iron Slippers
Minnow starts taking classes and panics when she is tasked to try reading, uncovering a gruesome memory from her past surrounding the birth of her baby sister.
Chapter Four: God's Eyes
Trying to make sense of her new world, Minnow turns to her roommate Angel for answers. Dr. Wilson meanwhile delves into the Prophet's past and discovers the disturbing origin of the Kevinian god, "Charlie”.
Chapter Five: St. Chad's Day
With Angel as her guide, Minnow experiences Valentine's Day for the first time, revealing the story of her own forbidden love in the woods. But as her friendship with Angel continues to deepen she's given a violent reminder of how dangerous the world around her can be.
Chapter Six: We're All Made of Stars
Minnow reveals how her love for Jude threw her beliefs into chaos and made her question everything she knew, including the Prophet himself. Meanwhile, Wilson investigates this boy Minnow fell for, wondering if he's complicit in The Prophet's death. And in the process, uncovers a horrifying secret.
Chapter Seven: Phantom Pain
Minnow searches for a new belief system that can answer the questions that burn inside her and finally reveals the heartbreaking truth of how she lost her hands.
Chapter Eight: Wedding Day
The loss of her hands was only the beginning: the Prophet has something even more twisted in store for Minnow Bly.
Chapter Nine: Storming the Castle
Minnow must decide if she's still the same girl who fell in love with Jude in the woods while the police's investigation into The Prophet's death escalates, zeroing in on her as the main suspect.
Chapter Ten: Subject - Minnow Bly
As the murder investigation comes to a head, Minnow faces her parole hearing and learns her fate, telling Dr. Wilson the end of her story –– how the Prophet died and what really happened to her sister.
Top Cast
Elena Kampouris
Minnow Bly
Kevin Carroll
Dr. Alan Wilson
Kiana Madeira
Angel Trujillo
Ryan Robbins
Samuel Bly
Kimiko Glenn
Lily
Juliette Lewis
Harper
Emily Alyn Lind
Jolene Drygulski
Leah Gibson
Vivienne Schroeder
Hannah Zirke
Siobhan Williams
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