Reservoir Hill - Everyone Lies

You know all that matters now is family — our family.

– Mrs Jay (Carmel McGlone) to Beth (Beth Chote), early in Everyone Lies

I had a dream last night about a very bad girl who got all haughty — forgot all the games she used to play.

– Petra (Abby Damen) as she ties up Beth's hair, early in Everyone Lies

There've been other online dramas overseas but not one, to our knowledge, that the audience gets to text the characters, and they act on the text. So we like to think it's possibly a world first in that respect. It's like a game — we've created a world for Beth, dropped her in it and let her negotiate her way through it, with the help of her mates.

– Co-creator Thomas Robins on season one of Reservoir Hill, The Dominion Post, 27 October 2009

Social media will again be a major part of the Reservoir Hill experience, with Facebook pages for each of the main characters, on which the general public can interact with the characters, give them advice, ask questions and form alliances with them.

– Press release on the second season, 10 September 2010

I need to know what happened more than you.

– Beth (Beth Chote) talks to Moneka (Michelle Ny)

Tara used to tell a lot of lies.

– Matt (Tim Kano) talks to Beth (Beth Chote)

You are just a lost little boy, aren't you Matt?

– Beth (Beth Chote) suddenly gets mean to Matt (Matt Kano), early in Everyone Lies

What if I closed my eyes...and Tara opened them.

– Beth (Beth Chote)

You've gotta get out of this place. You gotta run.

– Mrs Jay (Carmel McGlone) to Beth (Beth Chote)

Viewers can delve deeper into the nightmares they see Beth experience in the drama. In a world first, viewers can actually physically interact with her visions by using the mouse to reveal clues, and uncover the new secrets each week. . . . it's almost like you're interactively editing her subconscious.

– A promotional video describes the dreamspace set up for the second season

Viewers who dare can also explore and interact with Beth's nightmares. You can use your computer mouse to uncover clues and unlock the secrets buried deep within Beth's subconscious.

– Co-creator David Stubbs on the show's online 'dreamspace', in a 10 September 21011 press release

Four dimensions for viewers to explore: Beth's dreamspace — interactively touch her dreams and experience her nightmares; the hidden view website and its underground community; the parallel narrative of the characters' social networking world; and exciting dramatic episodes shot each week, with your texts appearing within the show before your very eyes.'

– A promotional video for season two