Lie to me
Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) is the world’s foremost authority on deception. After honing his skills working for British Intelligence in Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia, Lightman went to work for the CIA, and then The Pentagon. He now runs a private consulting firm that works with local law enforcement agencies and others to solve mysteries, crimes, and to sometimes investigate public figures.
Lightman is based on psychiatrist Dr. Paul Ekman who is an expert in facial recognition and body language. The fact that Lightman science is based on an actual area of study gives the show an added air of reality and urgency. It is a particularly interesting facet of the show, especially once you consider how many of the people Lightman encounters dismiss his science outright.
Cal joins a bank robbery crew in order to sabotage the heist from the inside, but he soon discovers that one of the men on the job has a very personal motive.
While Cal suffers writer's block and the office suffers from personnel issues, the Lightman Group investigates charges of abuse and molestation at a teen beauty pageant.
The Lightman Group is hired to examine police profiling techniques in the wake of an incident involving Wallowski, and Internal Affairs attempts to leverage Lightman's relationship with Wallowski to get him to incriminate her.
While vetting an art museum staff for security leaks prior to a major exhibition, Lightman meets a beautiful woman who entangles him in a game of cat-and-mouse.
While Dr. Lightman investigates who was responsible for a deadly coal mine explosion, the FBI questions Dr. Foster about Dr. Lightman's gambling associates.
Dr. Lightman goes all-out to expose a self-help cult leader after one of its members tries to commit suicide but quickly returns to the fold despite the protestations of her daughter.
Dr. Lightman helps a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease uncover a traumatic memory from her past, and in the process discovers that there may be an "Angel of Death" working in her health care facility.
As a favor to detective Wallowski, Dr. Lightman investigates a fatal armed robbery of a barbecue restaurant owned by a man dying of cancer.
Dr. Lightman tries to help a man in a mental health facility diagnosed with schizophrenia, which causes him to go down a dangerous path that may challenge his own sanity.
Dr. Lightman matches wits with a sociopath who is part of a con game involving himself and a lawyer, who both prey on several newly-divorced women for money.
Lightman is hired to investigate three high school students responsible for a fatal traffic accident, which takes a turn for the better when he finds the heroic paramedic who was first on the scene.
A baby goes missing, and her mother accuses an unknown person of the kidnapping. When Lightman sees she's hiding something, he digs deeper and discovers a family in need of repair.
Dr. Foster works for a co-creator of a social network application who suspects one of her partners is trying to oust her. However, the client soon turns up dead, and Lightman tries to prove that her partner is responsible.
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Tim Roth | Dr. Cal Lightman |
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Hayley McFarland | Emily Lightman |
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Monica Raymund | Ria Torres |
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Kelli Williams | Dr. Gillian Foster |
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Brendan Hines | Eli Loker |
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Monique Curnen | Detective Sharon Wallowski |
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Jennifer Marsala | Anna |
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Barry Shabaka Henley | Dr. Vincent Olson |
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Scotch Ellis Loring | Congressman Rainer |
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Michael B. Jordan | Key |
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Shoshannah Stern | Sarah |
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Fahim Anwar | Charles |
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Philippe Badreau | Bank Customer |
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Brandon W. Jones | Liam |
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Frankie Faison | Teddy |
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John Diehl | Charlie Everett |
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Jim Beaver | Gus Sloan |
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Tricia Helfer | Naomi Russell |
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Annette O'Toole | Veronica Sloan |
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Joseph Julian Soria | Prince John |
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Frank Novak | Janitor |
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John Amos | Jim Weaver |
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Larry Gilliard Jr. | Marcus Weaver |
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Audrey Marie Anderson | Dr. Mary Hanson |
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Kathleen Gati | Nurse |
| Edition | DVD |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Fox |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 04, 2011 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | On Feb 14, 2013 |
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| Quantity | 0 |
| Index | 2150 |
| Added Date | Mar 22, 2018 00:00:00 |
| Modified Date | Sep 06, 2024 18:29:17 |