The Beautiful Lie on Prime
The Beautiful Lie on Prime – Anna is happily married. She has the perfect family. But one man will change it all.
The Beautiful Lie is an update of Karenina, it sees the action shifted from the late 19th century Russian aristocracy to modern day Melbourne and Australia’s very own aristocracy.
Sarah Snook is Anna Ivin, a former women’s tennis champ married to a former men’s tennis champ (Rodger Corser, who’s best known from Underbelly and Rush but who also appeared with Snook in W’s Spirited).
When Ivin’s brother (Daniel Henshall) cheats on his wife (Celia Pacquola), Anna flies into town to provide support for them both, but at the airport meets hipster musician Skeet Du Pont (Benedict Samuel).
There’s a spark, in part caused by their witnessing the accidental death of a nearby taxi driver, but that’s it until they meet again later – it turns out that Skeet is actually the fiancé of Kitty (Sophie Lowe), Pacquola’s sister, and the spark becomes something more.
Storyline for The Beautiful Lie on Prime
Anna is married to Alex, fifteen years her senior, both living off the spoils of their high profile sporting careers.
Anna’s been able to juggle career and family up until now when her brother Kingsley is caught philandering.
Anna is called on to intervene, and the issue of infidelity rises to the surface. She finds herself dangerously attracted to Skeet, a charming dilettante who has rejected the apparently innocent Kitty.
Skeet in turn becomes obsessed with Anna and willing to forgo his own music career to win her enduring love.
A contemporary re-imagining of Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina’ that explores over six episodes the different kinds of love and all that goes with it.
Episodes of The Beautiful Lie on Prime
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Anna Ivin flies home from a family holiday to help save her brother’s marriage. At the airport, Anna is introduced by chance to Skeet. They fall into an instant and helpless attraction.
Episodes of The Beautiful Lie on Prime S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
Anna can’t get Skeet off her mind; Kitty is sent away while Dolly takes pleasure in punishing Kingsley; Xander’s world comes crashing down when Anna’s private affair becomes very public.
S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
The realities of living with Skeet sink in for Anna, Dolly coaches Xander into saving his marriage while Kitty and Peter navigate their way through their first lover’s tiff.
Episodes of The Beautiful Lie on Prime S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4
Anna doesn’t like Xander keeping tabs on her, Skeet receives news that shocks him, Dolly arranges the worst dinner party ever but it does allow Peter and Kitty to meet again.
S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5
Anna becomes increasingly jealous & fears she is losing Skeet, while Peter discovers just how sick his brother is. At Peter & Kitty’s non-wedding Xander meets Peter’s friend Helen & they hit it off instantly.
Episodes of The Beautiful Lie on Prime S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6
Anna is struggling with Kasper still refusing to see her. As her relationship with Skeet begins to spiral out of control, Anna is unable to manage her fears.
