Dempsey Bryk Thomas Brunot EXCLUSIVE: Dempsey Bryk has been upped to series regular in the second season of We Were Liars, Amazon MGM Studios' thriller series based on the award-winning YA novel by E. Lockhart. Bryk was introduced in Season 1 as Ebon, a rough-around-the-edges Boston guy who spends his summers among the blue-blooded elite, captaining a charter boat for senators and celebrities. After a heartbreaking loss in the last installment, he's back on Martha's Vineyard to make money, not to make friends.