Liar Exposed (Teen Drama)

Liar Exposed is an Australian teen-oriented television drama series based on the manga and video game the same name. It was broadcasted in ABC Me in 15 November 2021. The series extends the events from the manga and video game and adds additional original characters. The series is a jukebox musical with 1 song per episode with popular songs from the pop, rock and Broadway genre (mostly ballads).
== Premise ==
=== Series 1 ===
Josh and his adoptive sister, Zoe have to find a way to expose Year 11 student, Kayla for her lies. Such as her fake heart attack, pregnancy and overdose. However, things take a turn for the siblings and their friends. Kayla started lying more and more and it went too far so the siblings have to expose her. In their first try, they wrote down everything the students need to know about Kayla. But she didn't notice. Then, in their second try, they exposed Kayla online. The next day, Josh got a message from Kayla asking him on a date. But once they were both in school, Kayla got mad at Josh for exposing her. Zoe was boiling with anger, and caused one of the lights to explode. She had no idea about her powers. On the way to PE, Zoe was walking towards the field when Tessa grabbed her to the Science room. She told her that she is tired of Kayla and she is also going to expose her. Kayla actually texted Tessa back and once Tessa showed Zoe everything, she reported it to Josh. Josh finally exposed Kayla one last time by text messaging and showing it to the internet. Kayla finally got suspended and moved back to Queensland in exile before she was able to come back to Western Australia.
=== Series 2 ===
About a month later, Kayla is able to go back to Western Australia. However, Josh felt really sick. At first it was just a normal fever and some flu symptoms until one day, he was close to dying. This worried Zoe and both of her parents and they rushed him to the hospital. Josh had an unknown illness which is slowly killing him so he is now in intensive care. A day later, Zoe caught a stomach bug and couldn't keep anything down. A few days later, Josh moved to the recovery unit but Zoe had to be checked because of a stomach bug and wasn't able to keep nutrients down so she became exhausted. She had to be put under observation and hooked up to an IV but luckily, she managed to be in the same room as her brother. They were soon released a few days later and are fully recovered.
=== Series 3 ===
A few weeks after the siblings were in the hospital, Kayla is back with her lies but she took it to the next level. She is now faking her anxiety, bad stomach pains, vomiting blood, panic attacks, depression, OCD and autism. So Zoe and Josh teamed up with Annah, Zoe's girlfriend, Sofia and Kandace to expose Kayla once and for all. But things took a turn for them. Kayla got mad which triggered everyone to keep exposing her lies and admitting what she has done. After that, when the kids were walking home, Kayla's mum started texting them but Josh and Zoe managed to not fall for it after what happened before. Then, Linda, a girl from Zoe's class and her friend noticed what Zoe did to Kayla and got mad at her. But later, Kayla changed her identity to Summer. Josh started thinking that Kayla is actually under the identity of a girl named Everly.
=== Series 4 ===
Josh digging deeper as he continues thinking that Kayla might be under the identity of another girl named Everly. Because she is using both Josh and Zoe for her own happiness and even deleted her own account and making an excuse that Instagram deleted it. Linda had apologised for her actions to Zoe because she wasn't being very nice. But due to Zoe's trust issues, she didn't forgive Linda and needed some time. Her trust issues is from Kayla. A Year 8 girl named Lexi joined the group but she just started a normal conversation with Kayla. Both Zoe and Josh warned her that Kayla might use her for her lies even though Lexi believed that she has learnt her lesson. Hayden said that if Kayla should've learnt her lesson, she shouldn't just lie in the first place which is the reason why people all over Perth Secondary School has trust issues. After the entire school exposed Kayla, Mr. Hawkins expelled Kayla and sent her back to Queensland in exile. Also the Australian Ministry of Education did not allow Kayla to be enrolled in any secondary school all over the country which forced Kayla to move to New Zealand and eventually, Singapore.
== Cast ==
=== Main ===
* Zoe Besson (portrayed by Zoe Tria) a 14-year-old Filipino girl adopted to an Australian family and the main protagonist
* Josh Besson (portrayed by Joshua Besson, singing voice provided by Troye Sivan) a 16-year-old boy who is dyslexic and is Zoe's older adoptive brother who is the main protagonist
* Kayla Sanders (portrayed by Luca Sardelis, singing voice by Bindi Irwin) a 16-year-old girl who is a liar and the main antagonist and neither Zoe or Josh believed her lies
*Hayden Besson (portrayed by Denis Coleman) a 15-year-old boy who is Zoe and Josh's cousin from Sydney
* Naomi Dahan a 14-year-old Jewish-Australian girl who fell victim into Kayla's lies. Naomi is Jewish unlike her manga and video game counterpart who is Chinese.
* Tessa Sharma a 15-year-old Indian-Australian girl who decided to help Zoe and Josh expose Kayla by casually texting her but she is secretly grabbing information from Kayla
* Annah Avery a 15-year-old American girl from Tennessee who doesn't like Kayla and her lies
* Sofia Mendes (singing voice by Ariel Winter) a 12-year-old Portuguese-Australian girl who is Zoe's girlfriend and is willing to expose Kayla
* Kandace Chan (portrayed by Gun) a 14-year-old Chinese-British-Australian girl who is Zoe's childhood friend and wanted to help out
* Linda Moody a 14-year-old Canadian girl who was formerly Zoe's friend after a fight but later apologised even though Zoe didn't forgive her
* Lexi Jones a 13-year-old American girl who is Zoe's friend but didn't help expose Kayla and just started a normal conversation with her
*Katie Knott a 14-year-old American girl in Zoe's class
*Anna Jones a 14-year-old American girl in Zoe's class
*Isabelle (voiced by Australian Female Siri) is Zoe's invention and robot.
== Episodes ==
=== Series 1 ===
No. overall	No. in season	Title 	Song used
1 	1 	The Start of it All 	Memories by Shawn Mendes
2 	2 	Confront and Befriend? 	For The Rest of My Life from The Prince of Egypt the Musical
3 	3 	Exposing Time 	A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman
4 	4 	More Exposure Coming Through	Quiet from Matilda the Musical
5 	5 	Meet Tessa 	The Climb by Miley Cyrus
6 	6 	Tessa Strikes Back 	Human by Christina Perri
7 	7 	We're In Trouble 	Someday from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8 	8 	Confronting the Principal 	Naughty from Matilda the Musical
9 	9 	Kayla's Gone 	Revolting Children from Matilda the Musical
10 	10 	To the Future 	Wonderful Life from Smallfoot
=== Series 2 ===
No. overall	No. in season	Title 	Song Used
11 	1 	The Case of the Flu 	Heaven's Light from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
12 	2 	It Gets Worse and Worser 	A Million Dreams Reprise from The Greatest Showman
13 	3 	The Hospital We Go 	Piece by Piece by Kelly Clarkson
14 	4 	Going To School With My Cousin	Rewrite the Stars from The Greatest Showman
15 	5 	I'll Be Fine 	Love Someone New from Over the Moon
16 	6 	She's Sick 	The Fault In Our Stars by Troye Sivan
17 	7 	I'm Okay 	The Call by Regina Spektor
18 	8 	Out of the Hospital 	Without You by David Guetta and Usher
19 	9 	Discovering New Powers 	Ghost of You by 5 Seconds of Summer
20 	10 	Only the Beginning 	Never Be Alone by Shawn Mendes
=== Series 3 ===
No. overall	No. in season	Title 	Song Used
21 	1 	Kayla's Back Up 	Flesh and Bone from Zombies 2
22 	2 	A Secret Plan 	Space Between from Descendants 2
23 	3 	Continuing Forward 	Amnesia by 5 Seconds of Summer
24 	4 	Kayla Impersonating Her Mum 	Stand from Zombies
25 	5 	Kandace and Linda 	Skyscraper by Demi Lovato
26 	6 	Under the Name Summer or Olivia	Waves by The Vamps
27 	7 	Who Is Everly 	Million Words by The Vamps
28 	8 	Meet Isabelle the Robot 	Sad Song by We The Kings and Elena Coats
29 	9 	Trying To Bust A Liar 	In My Blood by Shawn Mendes
30 	10 	Leaking Nudes? Disgusting 	Bad Blood by Taylor Swift
=== Series 4 ===
No. overall	No. in season	Title 	Song Used
31 	1 	Linda Apologised 	Be Myself by Why Don't We
32 	2 	Meet Alexia, Also Known As Lexi 	Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye and Kimbra
33 	3 	Manipulated By Someone Older Than You	Grey by Why Don't We
34 	4 	More Information About Kayla 	Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
35 	5 	An Investigation 	If Only from Descendants
36 	6 	Isabelle's Strategy 	What Am I by Why Don't We
37 	7 	Hayden's Powers 	Paper Hearts by The Vamps
38 	8 	Exposing Kayla Phase 1 	Shattered by The Age of Information
39 	9 	Exposing Kayla Phase 2 	Let Me Down Slow by New Hope Club
40 	10 	The Final Phase 	Fight Song by Rachel Platten
== Trivia ==
* The teen drama combines and extends the elements from the manga and video game
** This includes the plots and the characters
** The series also includes characters having strong Australian identities despite being of different races to show Australia's diversity
* Each season is set in different months
** Series 1 is set on November 2020
** Series 2 is set on December 2020
** Series 3 is set on January 2021
** Series 4 is set on February 2021
* The series is also a jukebox musical consisting of popular pop (mostly ballads), Broadway, West End and Disney songs
* The teen drama also confirms Zoe and Josh's sexual orientation, both of them are bisexual
*The title of the 10th episode of Series 2, 'Only the Beginning' is a reference to Why Don't We's debut EP, 'Only the Beginning'
*Isabelle's voice is the Australian Female version of Apple's Siri
*The teen drama sees more of Kayla's character like being associated with a secret organisation as well as adding more of her lies
*The teen drama, according to Zoe Tria, is a 'what if Glee is set in the universe of Nowhere Boys'