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It is a song about taking love entirely on your own terms, without shame or apology, regardless of what the world thinks of your choices. That is Shyanne and Margo both: two women one gener- ation apart, both navigating a world that has consistently asked them to make themselves smaller, and both refusing. It also speaks directly to one of the series' core themes: the complicated, layered relationship between mothers and daughters, and the way love and identity pass between generations, whether we intend them to or not. Margo's musical taste has been shaped by her parents, and this moment makes that visible and audible simultaneously. "'I Lied' by Lord Huron is the emo- tional hinge of the entire episode. A lilting ballad about the deep confliction found in regretting past mistakes whilst finding quiet relief in being honest, it plays just after the confession scene at the episode's heart. What makes it so right is the specificity of its emotional register. This is not a song about tri- umph or collapse, but the complicated middle ground between the two, where something held for too long is finally released. For Margo, telling her mother the truth is simultaneously the most vulnerable and the most courageous thing she has done in the series. The shame that has shadowed her begins to lift, and this moment of confession is also a creative liberation, directly setting up the bolder, more imaginative version of herself she becomes in the episodes that follow. "For Shyanne, the song lands differ- ently, but with equal weight. She has just learned something about her daughter that reframes everything she thought she knew, and the quiet complexity of 'I Lied' holds her experience too: the shock of realizing how much has been kept from her, the guilt of wondering whether she created the conditions for that secrecy. And underneath it all, the fierce, unconditional love that was always going to win out. The song gives her grief and her grace equal space. It is also a song for Jinx, whose own history of broken promises haunts this episode, and having it play in a scene that brings all three characters into the same emotional place was an intentional piece of triangulation — a reminder that the wounds in this unconventional family run in multiple directions. The song holds all of them simultaneously." www.postmagazine.com 31 POST MAY/JUNE 2026 More than 80 needle drops were used throughout the series. Main characters have their own playlists. Licensed tracks include those from Billy Idol and Juice Newton.