In season 2 of “Tell Me Lies,” Lucy meets Thomas Doherty’s Leo (exclusive)

If anyone needs a new love interest, it’s Lucy (Grace Van Patten).

Okay, in reality, Lucy’s life would probably be a lot easier if she stayed away from men for a while, but as long as she stays away from Stephen (Jackson White), we’ll consider it a success. Tell me liesIn the dramatic first season, Lucy made the classic college freshman mistake: She didn’t care enough about her schoolwork and cared way too much about her crush. The fact that her crush was also a cheating, lying, horrible person didn’t help matters. (And that’s not to say Lucy doesn’t have her flaws.)

But by the time Season 1 ended, Stephen had broken Lucy’s heart and gotten back together with Diana (Alicia Crowder), and Lucy had made the terrible mistake of sleeping with her best friend’s boyfriend. So yeah, maybe she needs someone new to distract her.

This is where Leo comes in. gossip Girl Star Thomas Doherty stars in the second season of the Hulu series as Leo, who has just returned from studying abroad in France and is immediately interested in Lucy after meeting her at a party.

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EW has an exclusive clip of their first meeting at the aforementioned party, complete with spilled beer and flirty banter. Watch the clip in full above.

Let’s just hope he’s a better option than Stephen… and that’s a low bar.

Tell me lies returns to Hulu on Wednesday, September 4.