Buried by Lies Episode 4

Episode 4 · 21 episodes · Aria Bellini, Bianca Bellini, Evelyn (Mrs. Bellini)

Episode 4 recap

A flashback shows Valentina and two accomplices cornering Aria in the ballet locker room. Valentina shreds Aria's clothes, digs a stiletto heel into her feet, and locks her inside. Two hours later, a waiter unlocks the door. Aria limps home barefoot, but Evelyn accuses her of pulling a stunt. In the present, Aria's ghost notices her glowing phone receive a text from Lucian Cavalli.

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Episode 4 scene by scene

00:00: Attack in the Locker Room
Valentina and two accomplices corner Aria in the ballet locker room. They slice her dress to pieces. Valentina grinds her stiletto heel into Aria's feet until blood stains her socks. They trap Aria inside a locker until a waiter unlocks the door.
00:37: Berated in the Foyer
Aria limps into the mansion foyer barefoot, bruised, and bleeding from the attack. Evelyn immediately confronts her by the entrance. Instead of checking on her injuries, Evelyn scolds Aria for missing the banquet and calls her condition another attention-seeking stunt. Aria apologizes.
00:57: An Invitation at the Theater
In the present, Aria's ghost walks over to her glowing phone on the table. Lucian Cavalli calls and sends a text message. He explains that he rented out an entire theater for them to see Swan Lake together, completely unaware that she died.

Key lines from episode 4

“Heard you're a shoo-in for the Royal Ballet? A bitch whose own parents don't even care about, what gives you the right to compete with us?”
Valentina · Said while cornering Aria and grinding a stiletto into her foot.

“You disappeared for the entire banquet and now you come back looking like this? Another one of your attention-seeking stunts, Aria?”
Evelyn (Mrs. Bellini) · Spoken when Aria limps into the foyer barefoot and injured.

“I'm sorry, Mom.”
Aria Bellini · Whispered after her mother accuses her of seeking attention.

“Natalia Osipova is performing Swan Lake at Lincoln Center tonight. I know she's your favorite dancer. I've reserved the whole theater for us. I'll be waiting.”
Lucian Cavalli · Sent as a text message while waiting in the empty theater.

How episode 4 ends

Aria's ghost stands by the table and cries inconsolably as she reads Lucian's text message on the glowing screen. Meanwhile, Lucian sits by himself in the rented theater, checking the time and waiting for her arrival. How long will Lucian wait alone in the dark before discovering that Aria is already dead inside the mansion?