TV series
True Lies
Overview
Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she's recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.
Details
- First air date
- 2023-03-01
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 13 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Network
- CBS
- Production
- Anthony Hemingway Productions, Flying Glass of Milk Productions, Lightstorm Entertainment, Wonderland Sound and Vision, 20th Television
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Howey as Harry Tasker
- Ginger Gonzaga as Helen Tasker
- Mike O'Gorman as Luther Tenet
- Erica Hernandez as Maria Ruiz
- Annabella Didion as Dana Tasker
- Lucas Jaye as Jake Tasker
- Omar Benson Miller as Albert 'Gib' Gibson
- Vanessa Lengies as Quinn
- Beverly D'Angelo as Susan Trilby
- Jacqueline Grace Lopez as Eva
- Deneen Tyler as Myers
- Charlie Nix as Max Graves
Creators and crew
- Matt Nix - Creator
- Corey L. Marsh - Executive Producer
- Anthony Hemingway - Executive Producer
- Rae Sanchini - Executive Producer
- Mary Viola - Executive Producer
- McG - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
Helen, a language professor bored with her daily routine, who makes the shocking discovery that her seemingly ordinary husband is leading an extraordinary double life.
Episode 2: Public Secrets
Helen gets her first official Omega Sector assignment – going undercover with Harry and the team at an academic conference in Madrid to stop a bioweapon terrorist attack. During the mission, Harry does his best to keep his history with Ximena, a sexy cryptographer they must work with to complete the mission, away from his wife.
Episode 3: Separate Pairs
Henry and Helen go undercover as billionaires when the Omega Sector team gets an opportunity to bring down a weapons dealer. Helen struggles to separate her home and new work life.
Episode 4: Rival Companions
When an international catastrophe occurs on live TV, the Omega Sector team must seek out help from The Wolf, a merciless contract assassin.
Episode 5: Unrelated Parents
The Omega Sector team must track down a dangerous hacker with missile codes that could cause war to break out in the middle east if they fall into the wrong hands. When the hacker turns out to be a moody teenager, Harry and Helen attempt to use their parenting techniques from home to get him to cooperate, which proves to be more challenging than handling the miscreants they usually deal with.
Episode 6: Working Vacation
The entire Tasker family takes a trip to Mexico for Harry’s annual computer sales family retreat, which Helen learns has been an ongoing cover for his real job as a spy. The simple mission goes awry when a notorious spy hunter threatens to take out the entire computer sales retreat to capture Omega Sector spies while Dana and Jake are missing.
Episode 7: Independent Dependents
Despite Gib’s passionate arguments, Omega Sector requires the team to work with his estranged father, Al, when the weapons manufacturing plant he built gets taken over by a domestic terrorist organization with employees trapped inside. Harry and Helen must learn to work in sync like never before to neutralize the threat, rescue the hostages and survive the bickering between Gib and Al.
Episode 8: Honest Manipulations
Omega Sector has a new mission to manipulate the girlfriend of a hedge fund CEO in an attempt to collect sensitive data about the company to determine if they have been responsible for major catastrophes and loss of human life.
Episode 9: Bitter Sweethearts
The Omega Sector team partners with Arnie and Sharon, two retired Omega operatives, to locate a mystery assassin who murdered members of their former team. During the mission, Arnie and Sharon give Harry and Helen a frightening glimpse at what a career at Omega can do to a romantic relationship.
Episode 10: Friendly Enemies
Harry and Helen go undercover as American diplomats to befriend and recruit the Pérezes, a couple with connections that can help Omega Sector take down a rogue general who has gained missile-launching capabilities. The mission takes a turn when they realize the Pérezes have a secret of their own.
Episode 11: Unfamiliar Partnerships
When an ex-Omega Sector operative asks the team to help stop the sale of weaponized uranium, Harry finds himself struggling to reconcile his loyalty between his current team and his former comrade, who continually demonstrates some questionable, yet effective, tactics.
Episode 12: Lying Truths (1)
After a van full of computer software containing confidential information about Omega Sector operatives gets hijacked, the team enlists the help of Max, a teen hacker, to learn who is going after the agency. When Harry and Helen discover that Max is dating their daughter, Dana, their actions put the mission in jeopardy.
Episode 13: Waking Dreams (2)
With an Omega Sector spy missing, the entire agency searches for clues. Harry and Helen’s relationship with each other, their team and reality itself, is tested in unimaginable ways, even for the best of spies and spouses.
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