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Confess is an American television romance drama series that premiered on April 7, 2017. The show was developed by Lisa Berger for Go90, and it is the first television adaptation of the Confess book and any of Colleen Hoover's books.
Synopsis[]
Auburn Reed is determined to put her challenging past behind her and get her future on track. Now in her mid-twenties and struggling to fund her custody battle for her only son, she stumbles upon the art studio of the talented and charming artist, Owen Gentry. The two wrestle with their developing romance and the secrets they're both keeping until they realize they may risk their future if they don't reveal their pasts to each other.
Cast[]
- Katie Leclerc as Auburn Reed
- Ryan Cooper as Owen Gentry
- Sherilyn Fenn as Lydia
- Rocky Myers as Trey Taylor
- Amy Pham as Emory Lee
- Kyle Secor as Callahan Gentry
- Elliott Smith as A.J.
- Steph Barkley as Donna Ricci
- Joanna Cassidy as Beverly
- Brittany Furlan as Hannah
- Erica Luttrell as Cynthia
- Lukas Gage as Adam Taylor
- Nea Dune as Guest
- Cynthia Quiles as Callahan's Secretary
- Chandra Bond as Diner Waitress
- Colleen Hoover as Art gallery guest
- Tom Jenkins as Lydia's Lawyer
- Geraldine Moreno as Mexican Restaurant Patron
- Tina Grimm as Art Gallery Guest
- Paul Han as Legal Aid
- David Cohen as Thomas
- Soufiane El Khalidy as Art Gallery Guest
- Nicholas Walker as Guest
- Gabriel Lemus as Officer Velez
- Heather Alexander as Gallery guest
- Natalie Lymor as Networking Guest
- John Patrick Kelly as Craigslist Customer
- Sonya Wallace as Bailiff
- Tyler Antoine Gordon as Hot Man-Bun Guy
Episodes[]
- They're All Confessions (April 4, 2017)
- This Is Not a Date (April 4, 2017)
- Happy Birthday Auburn (April 4, 2017)
- How Is Love a Mistake? (April 4, 2017)
- Secrets Revealed (April 4, 2017)
- Every Time He Touches Me (April 4, 2017)
- Some Secrets Aren't Ours to Tell (April 4, 2017)
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Differences from the book[]
The following are noted differences between the Confess novel and the TV series adaptation.
| Book | TV series |
|---|---|
| Auburn Reed works at a hair salon. | Auburn Reed is a nursing assistant working at a nursing home. |
| The story takes place in Texas. | The story takes place in Los Angeles. |
| Owen-Cat is a real cat. | Owen-Cat is a stuffed animal from Owen's childhood. |
| Auburn lived with her parents and siblings in Portland. After she got pregnant, her parents wanted her to give the baby up for adoption so Lydia took her in. | Auburn didn't know her real parents, and lived with a foster family in Portland. After she got pregnant, her foster parents didn't want anything to do with her so Lydia took her in. |
| Owen is twenty one years old and Auburn is twenty at the beginning of the story, turning twenty one a few chapters in. | Owen and Auburn are a few years older than their book counterparts. |
| Harrison is Owen's best friend. | There is no Harrison. |
| Owen's ex-girlfriend, Hannah, is only mentioned. | Hannah appears in the series. |
| Auburn only has one friend, her roommate Emory. | Auburn has two friends Emory Lee and Donna Ricci both work with Auburn. |
| Emory is a hairdresser. | Emory is a nursing assistant. |
| Emory is caucasian. | Emory is asian. |
| Emory's last name is not revealed. | Emory's last name is Lee. |
| The family name of Adam's family is not revealed | The family name of Adam's family is Taylor |
| Auburn and Owen make love for the first time when Trey was gone for work. | Auburn and Owen make love for the first time after they fight in a bar. |
| Auburn spends her birthday alone and gets wasted later that night and it's rescued from the bar by Owen because Harrison called him. | Auburn spends her birthday with Trey and gets wasted another night together with her friends Emory and Donna after Owen stood her up. |
| When Auburn gets wasted on her birthday she brings Owen to the salon and cuts his hair choppily. | This scene doesn't happen in the series |
| When Trey forces himself on Auburn, he is stopped by Emory who points a gun at his head to stop him. | When Trey forces himself on Auburn, Auburn lashes out and Trey stops. |
| The time between AJ's father's death and the present is 5 years. | The time between A.J.'s father's death and the present is longer, in the show it's 10 years. |
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Video[]
OFFICIAL TRAILER - CONFESS
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