Lie to Me

[Ghostvirus]

Watched the show once. Found it a little pretentious. I am going to give it another try.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The last episode was great. Both the A-plot and the B-plot were engaging and had a couple good twists. The only thing that came close to spoiling it for me was the god-awful sappy remake of that Oasis song toward the end. Remakes of songs should be outlawed and made punishable by death.

 

[Arbiter]

rothmans acting style annoys me. he constantly points his face at the ground and looks upward with his eyes.

still love the show though

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Probably one of the best episodes this season.

 

[KALEL114]

This show has really surprised me. It has turned out quite well. I love the subplots and dynamic's between the main characters. Can't wait to see how the season wraps up.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I get the feeling it won't come back next season, but I'm definitely enjoying it now.

 

[Zephyr Alexian]

This show is a breathe of fresh air for me. The 'Depraved Heart' episode was awesome. I missed the last airing, but I'm hoping that this show is picked up. The episode that show's the Dr.(Roth's character) looking at the old footage of a woman who committed suicide is priceless . . . when you find out that it was his mother. The show had not really hit a personal cord with his background until that episode.

I'm curious to see if the writers are using this as a spring board to explain why he chose his profession. Did Lightman's mother lie to him and tell him that she was happy before the suicide? Did he he choose that specific profession in order to ensure that no person could ever lie to him again? So many questions: this show is really good. It kind of feels like it doesn't belong on FoX.

 

[lou2099]

It might get cancelled.

 

[KALEL114]

Nice contribution to a thread.

 

[KALEL114]

This show is a breathe of fresh air for me. The 'Depraved Heart' episode was awesome. I missed the last airing, but I'm hoping that this show is picked up. The episode that show's the Dr.(Roth's character) looking at the old footage of a woman who committed suicide is priceless . . . when you find out that it was his mother. The show had not really hit a personal cord with his background until that episode.

I'm curious to see if the writers are using this as a spring board to explain why he chose his profession. Did Lightman's mother lie to him and tell him that she was happy before the suicide? Did he he choose that specific profession in order to ensure that no person could ever lie to him again? So many questions: this show is really good. It kind of feels like it doesn't belong on FoX.

I really like that episode as well and the depth it brought to Lightman. I also like the tension that is between everyone when Foster's husband is brought up and the subplot of Loker lying to Foster.

 

[lou2099]

Nice contribution to a thread.

I did say "might".

 

[The Sage]

This past Wednesday's episode was great. Everyone's already touched on Lightman and his relationship with his mother. I loved the interaction between him and his ex-wife. Their marriage ended because Lightman could see everything--which is also the reason why she never cheated on him.

"Sometimes too much honesty is a bad thing." Oh really?

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Finally caught this on Hulu. It was nice to see DB Woodside(Wayne Palmer from 24) on the show. I loved the moment when the FBI comes to get Lightman. The FBI agent opens the back door for him to get in, but he jumps in the front seat. Overall a really good episode.

 

[KALEL114]

Yeah pretty solid episode.I kind of wished they had let Loker twist in the wind a bit longer. I think he deserved it. Next week looks to be fantastic.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I liked this week's episode, but I always roll my eyes a bit when national security and terrorism rear their ugly heads. I get enough of that from the news. The subplot with Loker and Torres was nice, as was the revelation about Jillian's husband. I wonder if that definitely means he's not cheating. He was clearly lying to Jillian about something in earlier episodes, and if Jillian's aware of the cocaine habit, it probably wasn't that.

 

[The Sage]

I hope they address Lightman and his ex-wife after the ending of the episode 10.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that mess. I hope his daughter doesn't wind up hating him because of that.

 

[The Sage]

But his daughter kind of knew that her mother wasn't over Lightman yet.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

True, but would she condone them randomly f***ing when her mother's already engaged? The situation has the potential to get very messy in just the sort of ways that can make an adolescent child resent their parents.

 

[The Sage]

Very true. And there isn't any indication that the mom's fiancee is a jerk. In fact, he may really be a nice guy.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I figured he was. This show's not the type to vilify anyone and everyone who's at odds with the protagonist, from what I've seen. Even the "villain" of this last episode was a very sympathetic figure. Lightman himself even admits that he could see himself doing something similar if the government disrespected the death of his daughter like that. So I figured Roger (is that the fiancée's name?) was just a decent guy with whom Cal's ex had moved on, but there was just a lot of stuff left unresolved between her and Cal. No one's the villain here; they're all just flawed, human individuals who want different things.

 

[The Sage]

Except for Loker.

J/k. But he could've gotten Torres in trouble.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I'm liking Loker less and less as the series rolls along. He had a fun gimmick in the pilot with his "radical truth" philosophy, but since then he's become kind of a jerk.

 

[dogwonder78]

Am I the only one who feels he's totally useless? I mean, he's not a natural lie reader, he's not even very good at reading people, and remember the episode where he fell in love with the suspect and couldn't see the truth? Ugh, he just makes me mad.

 

[The Sage]

That felt more of a case of Loker's infatuation causing him to refuse to see the truth. If he didn't like the author, he probably could've seen through her.