What Lies Beneath

Premise

Four women — Alice (Janella Salvador), Mel (Sue Ramirez), Erica (Kaila Estrada), and Beth's (Charlie Dizon) lives are torn apart by one lie and one irreversible act after the death of their bestfriend Louisa (Mutya Orquia). As the truth begins to surface, trust erodes, alliances fracture, and survival becomes a battle against both danger and guilt.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Janella Salvador as Alicia Marie "Alice" Quintana-Miller

Eliza Borromeo as teen Alice

Janell Gonzaga as young Alice

Sue Ramirez as Amelia Grace "Mel" Barrera-Montenegro

Reich Alim as teen Mel

Kaila Estrada as Atty. Erica L. Melendez

Krystal Mejes as teen Erica

Charlie Dizon as Elizabeth "Beth" Sevilla-Mora

Allyson McBride as teen Beth

Jake Cuenca as Edmundo "Edong" Santiago

Renshi de Guzman as young Edong

JM de Guzman as Lucas Santiago

Andrez del Rosario as young Lucas

Supporting cast

Jameson Blake as Anton Montenegro

Yves Flores as Ryan Mora

Miguel Vergara as young Ryan

Race Matias as Marco Torres

Marlo Mortel as Angelo Martinez

Luis Vera Perez as young Angelo

Mary Joy Apostol as Liezel Basa-Martinez

Kolette Madelo as young Liezel

Joel Molina as Edward Q. Mayo

Sharmaine Suarez as Annette Melendez-Encio

Mark Neumann as Scott Miller

Andi Abaya as Althea M. Encio

Jewel Milag as Chloe S. Mora

Lawrence Dela Cruz as Joshua B. Martinez

Carlene Aguilar-Ocampo as Susan Quintana

Maritess Joaquin as Barbara Montenegro

Dingdong Bahan as Tim Brocka

Patrick Ramirez as Tomas "Tom" Justo

Rhys Stevens as Seth Q. Miller

Guest cast

Mutya Orquia as Louisa Mae Soria

Jennica Garcia as Dolores Santiago

Gerald Madrid as Crisanto Santiago

Jenny Miller as Marie Sevilla

Geoff Eigenmann as Michael "Mike" Quintana

Bart Guingona as SPO2 Rodrigo A. Celestino

Richard Reynoso as Danilo

Ivan Carapiet as Kyle Sebastian

Kobie Brown as young Kyle

Hero Angeles as Lemuel Soria

JC Alcantara as young Lemuel

Batit Espiritu as Lester Soria

Paolo Serrano as Warden William Ayoc

Chris Tan as Lawrence Kyo

Christian Ty as Steve Kyo

Ice Almeria as young Steve

Malou Crisologo as Esther Castro

Benedix Ramos as Argie Castro

Franco Laurel as Dr. Cedric Barrera

Karen Timbol as Margie Barrera

Adriana Agcaoili as Mrs. Mora

Kate Yalung as Michelle

Hannah Vito as young Michelle

Episodes

The first letter of each episode spells out from 41-45, 45-50, 50-55, 55-60, and 61-65 wording: "MABEL", "Blame", "Guilt", "Scars", and "Truth". 66-82 phrased: "Who Murdered Louisa". 83-100 is phrased "The Killer is Silence". 101-110 is phrased "Never Again". 111-118 is phrased "Speak Now".

Production

ABS-CBN announced the series on their list of upcoming series' for 2025 and the cast included were originally Bela Padilla, Charlie Dizon, Janella Salvador, Julia Barretto, Jake Cuenca, and JM De Guzman. Padilla backed out of the series because of scheduling conflicts while Barretto was removed from the project with no official reason. Kaila Estrada and Sue Ramirez have been cast as replacements of Padilla and Barretto. Casts of the series were also include the housemates from Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0, such as Krystal Mejes, Miguel Vergara, Eliza Borromeo, and Reich Alim.

Release

What Lies Beneath was first released on Netflix and iWant the day after for advanced episodes. The series premiered on Kapamilya Channel and other television channels & platforms. It originally consists of 100 episodes before it extended to 110 episodes. However, due to their developments, the series was extended to last eight more episodes for its TV broadcast consisting 118 episodes as it will conclude on April 1, 2026, yet Netflix remained consisting 110 episodes, as it is separated from the cut / version to its TV broadcast for the finale week.