All the Theories on What Tell Me Lies’ Lucy Did to Lydia to Make Her ‘Never Forgive’ Her

Lydia’s brother

Many of the theories on what happened between them center on Lydia’s younger brother, Chris. In season 1, it’s suggested that he sexually assaults one of the girls’ friends, Pippa (pictured), at a party. Diana finds her friend half-dressed and unconscious with Chris in the bathroom. Lucy and Diana help Pippa get back to campus safely. “What if Lucy turned him in for what he did to Pippa and possibly other victims too?” asked one fan on Reddit. “Lydia’s brother gets caught for raping Pippa several times and Lucy reports him. His life ruined and in jail,” another speculated. That might explain why Lydia was so furious at Lucy. But there are other variations of this…

Maybe Chris is innocent

“I think the twist will be that Chris is accused of SA by Lucy and likely be expelled or have charges pressed against him and we at some point will find out he’s actually innocent,” speculated one fan, “and that’s why Lydia can never forgive Lucy, because she knew her brother wasn’t capable of that and probably tried to convince Lucy … What I think is Leo intended to drug Lucy and Pippa drank it instead.”

Another chimed in on the same thread: “I think Chris may be innocent, the stuff in front of the door was a rolled-up towel, I think they went in there to smoke and she started blacking out and he was trying to help her..I like the theory that it was meant for Lucy.”

Lydia takes revenge on Lucy

Fans believe Lydia got together with Stephen, going so far as to get engaged, to get revenge on Lucy for whatever happened between them. “I felt like maybe Lydia pursued Stephen to get back at Lucy for whatever Lucy did and/or Stephen and Lydia are just both using each other to hurt Lucy,” wrote one.

“Seems too obvious? I’d be disappointed if there weren’t more twists and turns to the Lucy-Lydia- Stephan triangle,” countered another. “Is it possible Stephen becomes a lawyer and helped Chris get out of/worked on his date rape case (assuming the rape situation will come to the light eventch)? Making him Lydia’s ‘hero’ for helping her brother but also making Lydia hate Lucy so its a win-win for Stephen? [sic],” wrote another, and this theory was really popular