Moterys meluoja geriau (Women Lie Better) is a Lithuanian TV series produced by TV3. It is the most watched Lithuanian drama of all time.[1] The first season is based on a 2002 novel by Daiva Vaitkevičiūtė[2] and follows four young women and their love interests. In later seasons, the series doesn't concentrate on them as much.[3] The first season, which was released in 2008, stars Jurgita Jurkutė, Vytautas Šapranauskas, Giedrius Savickas, Edita Užaitė, Sigitas Račkys, Inga Norkutė, Darius Meškauskas, Arūnas Storpirštis, Jūratė Budriūnaitė, Ramūnas Rudokas, and Marius Jampolskis.
| Moterys meluoja geriau | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, Comedy, Romance |
| Created by | Rolandas Skaisgirys |
| Based on |
by Daiva Vaitkevičiūtė |
| Written by | Daiva Vaitkevičiūtė & Edvinas Kalėda (seasons 1-10) |
| Directed by | Raimundas Banionis (season 1) Sigitas Račkys (seasons 2–6) Balys Latėnas (season 3) Linas Paugis (season 6) Saulius Balandis (season 7) Justinas Krisiūnas (season 8) Mykolas Vildžiūnas & Andrius Žiurauskas (seasons 9–10) Andrius Žiurauskas & Ričardas Vitkaitis (season 11) Ramūnas Rudokas (seasons 12-17) Ričardas Vitkaitis (season 13) Marius Jampolskis (season 14) |
| Creative director | Ramūnas Rudokas |
| Starring | Jurgita Jurkutė, Marius Jampolskis, Ramūnas Rudokas, Edita Užaitė |
| Opening theme | "Moterys Meluoja Geriau" by Širdelės |
| Ending theme | "Moterys Meluoja Geriau" by Širdelės |
| Composers | Žilvinas Liulys (seasons 1-17) Žeraldas Povilaitis (season 2) Stano (seasons 4-5) Mindaugas Lapinskis (seasons 6-17) |
| Country of origin | Lithuania |
| Original language | Lithuanian |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
| No. of episodes | 1315 (Seasons 1–16) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Rolandas Skaisgirys (seasons 1-4) Gediminas Duoba (seasons 5-11) Audrius Tumavičius (seasons 11, 13-17) Arūnas Pukelevičius (seasons 12-17) Evaldas Priudokas (seasons 12-15) Deimantė Bubelytė (seasons 15-17) |
| Production locations | Vilnius, Palanga, Klaipėda, Šventoji, Jonava, Trakai, Ukmergė, Šilalė, Panevėžys, Kaunas |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Videometra |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV3 |
| Release | 4 February 2008 – present |
The series premiered on TV3 in Lithuania on February 4, 2008.
Episodes
edit| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 78 | 4 February 2008 | 10 July 2008 | |
| 2 | 62 | 26 August 2009 | 31 December 2009 | |
| 3 | 90 | 25 August 2010 | 4 February 2011 | |
| 4 | 89 | 2 September 2011 | 10 February 2012 | |
| 5 | 90 | 29 August 2012 | 15 February 2013 | |
| 6 | 115 | 22 October 2013 | 23 May 2014 | |
| 7 | 77 | 13 January 2015 | 29 May 2015 | |
| 8 | 84 | 31 August 2015 | 28 January 2016 | |
| 9 | 74 | 29 August 2016 | 5 January 2017 | |
| 10 | 83 | 4 September 2017 | 1 February 2018 | |
| 11 | 74 | 18 September 2018 | 5 February 2019 | |
| 12 | 75 | 11 September 2019 | 29 January 2020 | |
| 13 | 84 | 31 August 2020 | 27 January 2021 | |
| 14 | 80 | 30 August 2021 | 9 November 2021 | |
| 15 | 80 | 5 September 2022 | 30 January 2023 | |
| 16 | 80 | 4 September 2023 | 30 January 2024 | |
| 17 | TBA | 23 October 2024 | TBA | |
Cast and characters
edit- Inga Norkutė as Meda (seasons 1-16)
- Nerijus Gadliauskas as Robertas “Robertėlis” (seasons 4–7, 9–16; recurring seasons 1–3)
- Kristina Andrejauskaitė as Irena (seasons 5–7, 9–16; recurring seasons 2–4)
- Evaldas Jaras as Adamas (season 8, 12–16; recurring season 7 and 10)
- Vitalija Mockevičiūtė as Galina (seasons 5–10, 12–16)
- Ramūnas Rudokas as Marijus (seasons 1–7; 9–10; 12–16)
- Agnė Šataitė as Ugnė (seasons 3–7; 12 and 14-16; recurring seasons 2 and 13)
- Marius Jampolskis as Donatas (seasons 1–7; 9–10; 12–16)
- Goda Petkutė as Laura (seasons 11–14)
- Ridas Žirgulis as Kostas (seasons 13–16, recurring season 12)
- Ugnė Žirgulė as Regina (seasons 13–14, 16, recurring seasons 12, 15)
- Ineta Stasiulytė as Natalija (seasons 14-16, recurring season 13)
Cast overview
editFor the first 15 seasons, the series used to have opening credits with current main actors, starting with season 16, opening credits are still used for some episodes, but all actors are put at the end credits under "Vaidino" aka "Starring" category.
| Key | ||
| Series regular | Series guest | No appearances |
- ^ character was seen during very first episode of third season, but was played by extra
- ^ During seventh season actress was credited in opening credits, but never appeared in that season as she was written off in previous season
- ^ during first 14 episodes of fifth season, actress was seen during opening credits, however because of schedule complict between her and producers, she never appeared in show and Aušra Štukytė took over Vilmas role
- ^ In fourth season this character appeared for couple episodes and was played by unnamed actress
- ^ replaced Vaida Genytė in fifth season opening credits starting with episode 15
- ^ added to "Vaidino"(Starring) credits starting with season 16 episode 24
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sidabrinė gervė 2008 | Best male actor | Marius Jampolskis | Won | [4] |