In Hulu’s Tell Me Lies , Wrigley doesn’t die, but his life is shattered by a series of tragedies, injuries, and overwhelming guilt tied to his brother Drew and Macy’s accident.

Wrigley in college (early seasons)

  • Wrigley starts as the charismatic football star at Baird, partying hard and relying on his athletic future.
  • His brother Drew is secretly responsible for the car crash that kills Macy, which Wrigley doesn’t initially know, creating a tense, hidden burden in the friend group.

Injury and football fallout

  • After Drew is anonymously reported for his role in Macy’s death, he attacks Wrigley, and the fight leaves Wrigley with an injury that effectively ends his football career.
  • Losing football devastates Wrigley and worsens his existing mental health struggles, pushing him deeper into drinking and denial.

What happens with Drew

  • In season 2, Drew returns to check on Wrigley, who has been spiraling and struggling with depression and guilt.
  • The brothers go out drinking; Wrigley shares his prescription painkillers, not realizing they’re time‑release pills, and the combination of alcohol and the medication leads to Drew’s accidental overdose.
  • Wrigley wakes up to find Drew dead on the couch and is consumed with guilt, insisting he “gave him the pills” and “ruined his life.”

Wrigley’s emotional state after

  • After Drew’s death, Wrigley is portrayed as devastated, unmoored, and weighed down by guilt and trauma he may never fully recover from.
  • Flash‑forward wedding scenes show him in a drug‑induced, unstable state, suggesting he is still haunted by both Macy’s and Drew’s deaths and has not truly moved on.

Is there “latest news” on his fate?

  • As of late 2024 coverage, the show confirms Drew’s death and Wrigley’s ongoing emotional collapse, but it does not definitively spell out Wrigley’s long‑term future beyond the wedding timeline.
  • Commentators and fans often read his arc as a tragic cautionary story about guilt, untreated mental health issues, and the collateral damage of everyone’s secrets, rather than a neatly resolved character ending.

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