[1][2] The series follows Emma Becker, a kind-hearted foster child in Vegas who learns she has an identical twin sister named Sutton Mercer in Phoenix.

[3] After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on the mysterious identity of their birth mother.

[13] ABC back-ordered an additional 10 episodes of season 1 in September 2011,[14][15] which premiered in January 2012[16] drawing a series high 1.8 million viewers.

[23] ABC Family finally confirmed the cancellation of The Lying Game in July 2013,[1] after Chando had herself announced the news on Twitter and Instagram.

"[28] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's writer Rob Owen compared the show as a "lighter, better executed version of the fall CW pilot Ringer."