Sorry, its been a while since my last post, miss me??
Let me tell you, one of my biggest pet peeves is people who lie, but of course I also believe that “everybody lies” in the words of the forever genius and always lovable Dr. House. So if everybody lies, then how will we know what they’re lying about? Well Dr. Cal Lightman has spent his whole life studying people and how they lie, more specifically, what they look like and what they do when they lie. After working for a while with different government agencies, he decided to start his own company and consult with different government agencies and just about any other company that needs the truth about something. Sounds technical right? well it is, but the writers as well as Dr. Lightman (Tim Roth) put a great and pretty hilarious spin on things. Apparently this show is based on an actual person who has accomplished many of these things himself and was the inspiration for this show.
A typical episode goes something like this, someone hires Dr. Lightman for an investigation or an event that they need monitored and he and his team figure out who’s lying. Of course the problem is that everyone around him is usually lying about something, so once again, he and his team have to sort through all the lies to find the one that is affecting that situation. The cool part that we get to see and learn about is how they deduce who is lying and who isn’t. Every step of the way, it is explained to us what micro-expression they saw and what it meant, or what shoulder shrug, and so on… Not to mention, the show is extremely entertaining, especially since stupid liars are caught and punished (obviously its not for their lies, its for what they’re lying about, but I would like to believe it’s the latter).
Fox was impressed by the mid-season premier of Lie to Me, so impressed that they offered Lie to Me a renewal before the season finale. I’m also rating this show as a MUST SEE!
The Lie to Me Season 2 Premier will be on Monday September 28th at 9:00pm on Fox (right after House!)
