Savannah (1x09) Prince of Lies (1996)

Set in the southern city of Savannah, Georgia, the series revolves around three female friends: naive rich girl Reese Burton (Shannon Sturges), noble Lane McKenzie (Robyn Lively), and scheming bad girl Peyton Richards (Jamie Luner). Lane had previously left Savannah after graduating from college to become a successful journalist in New York City, but returns for the wedding of her childhood best friend Reese to Travis Peterson (George Eads). Finding out that her apartment in New York has been burglarized, Lane tries to collect on an inheritance, but discovers that Travis has stolen every penny of it. Travis has also, as Reese is devastated to discover, been having an affair with a girl he calls "Bunny", who is actually Peyton, Reese's so-called friend and daughter of the Burton family's maid. Peyton envies Reese's wealth and is keen to marry for money. Travis is soon found dead, and the first season revolves around the whodunit murder mystery and subsequent court case. Considerable intrigue surrounds the machinations of Tom Massick (Paul Satterfield), a stranger with a score to settle, as well as the identity of Peyton's father, who turns out to be Reese's father Edward (Ray Wise), making Peyton and Reese half-sisters. Cassandra "Cassie" Wheeler (Alexia Robinson), longtime friend of the three other women, joined the cast in the second season, and Eads returned as Travis's identical twin Nick. Genre Soap opera Created by Constance M. Burge Starring Shannon Sturges Robyn Lively Jamie Luner Paul Satterfield David Gail Beth Toussaint Ray Wise George Eads Theme music composer Christopher L. Stone Main Jamie Luner as Peyton Richards Robyn Lively as Lane McKenzie Shannon Sturges as Reese Burton David Gail as Dean Collins Beth Toussaint as Veronica Koslowski Paul Satterfield as Tom Massick Ray Wise as Edward Burton George Eads as Travis Peterson (season 1) and Nick Corelli (season 2) Alexia Robinson as Cassie Wheeler (season 2) Recurring Mimi Kennedy as Eleanor Alexander Burton Wendy Phillips as Lucille Richards Scott Thompson Baker as Brian Alexander Taurean Blacque as Det. Michael Wheeler Russell Curry as Det. Sam Lucas