The series "Lie to Me" - a description of the series, actors and interesting facts

The popular series Lie to me ("Lie to Me" or, as it was translated for the domestic audience, "Theory of Lies") of the FOX television channel went from 2009 to 2011. After a while, it was closed due to sharply falling ratings. Nevertheless, the show still has a huge number of fans who tirelessly study the descriptions of the series “(Lie to Me”) and revise the series.

Plot

Dr. Cal Lightman has studied the behavior of people and their facial expressions for years when they lie. Having developed a whole system, a brilliant specialist learned in a matter of seconds to recognize lies. Using his skills, Lightman opens the agency The Lightman Group and begins to help the police, the FBI, the government and even the Prime Minister of America. Together with a calm doctor, a whole team of assistants works.

Characters and Actors

Before you study the description of the “Lie to Me” series, it’s worth getting to know the main characters of the series and the actors who played their roles:

• Cal Lightman His role was played by actor Tim Roth, famous for his amazing charisma. Dr. Lightman analyzes facial expressions of people, their manner of speech and other factors that at first glance may seem insignificant.
• Gillian Foster Her role in the television series was performed by actress Kelly Rene Williams. Dr. Foster works as a psychologist in the Lightman team and periodically puts an eccentric lie specialist in his place.
• Eli Loker. This role was played by a young American actor and musician Brendan P. Hines. Eli is a leading specialist at The Lightman Group. The locker so hates lies that he himself never lies, because of which he quite often expresses to people what they would not like to hear.
• Ria Torres In this role, actress Monica Reymund played. Lightman met a young girl when she unmistakably spotted smugglers while working at customs at the airport. Cal invited the talented Ria to his lie team.
• Emily Lightman In her role, the young actress Haley McFarland performed. Emily is Cal Lightman's daughter, who has to put up with a father who recognizes lies in seconds.

Those who plan to watch Lie to me will be interested to see the description of the series. “Lie to me” went on television with a break of 4 days. Now that the shooting has already been completed, you can highlight the best series that are most loved by the audience.

The best episodes of season 1

Here are the descriptions of the series 1 of the season “Lie to Me”, which the audience noted as the most interesting:

• 12 series (Blinded). In this episode, Cal will have to bring to light the serial rapist-copycat. To find out at least some information about him, Lightman pretends to be a prisoner.
• 5 series (Unchained). In this episode, two storylines are intertwined at once. The Lightman team is investigating the death of a firefighter, while experts are also trying to find out if one of the criminals really repents of their sins.

Below are the rest of the series of the series Theory of Lies.

Description of episodes of season 1

Events in the series begin to develop as follows:

1. Pilot A 16-year-old student is accused of killing his teacher, but the guy is trying to prove that he is innocent.
2. Moral Waiver. Cal and Ria are trying to find out who raped Junior Sergeant Sheila Lake. At the same time, these specialists will have to find out if one famous basketball player really took bribes.
3. Perfect Score. The daughter of the district judge disappears. After some time, her corpse is found in a dense forest. The girl’s mother is suspected of murder.
4. Love always The ambassadors of Korea are going to be killed right during the ceremony of the wedding of his son.
5. Unchained. Firefighter dies under incomprehensible circumstances.
6. Do no Harm. The parents of the missing Samantha are accused of killing their daughter. Father and mother are trying to prove their innocence and find the missing child.
7. The Best Policy. Cal is called by his old friend, who asks him to help find the missing formula for a new drug that appeared on the black market some time after the loss of data.
8. Depraved Heart. The sisters of Jaya and Dara jump from the bridge and die under unclear circumstances. Everyone believes suicide has occurred, but Lightman doubts it.
9. Life is Priceless. Under the rubble of the destroyed building are three men. Lightman's team has to figure out who is to blame for the collapse.
10. The Better Half. To Cal comes his ex-wife, who asks him for help.
11. Undercover. Two police officers are suspected of unauthorized shooting, during which a teenager nearly died.
12. Blinded. The episode of the rapist.
13. Sacrifice. As a result of a terrorist act in the city, people die. Lightman has to find out the identity of the suicide bomber.

Best episodes of season 2. “Lie to me”: description

In late September, the next part of the series was released on television. In season 2, viewers liked the following series the most:

• Episode 15 (Teacher and Pupils). This series talks about a policeman who was badly injured during a routine call. Lightman needs to find out what happened, based only on barely noticeable movements of the facial muscles of the injured policeman in intensive care.
• Episode 11 (Beat the Devil). Conducting a lecture at one of the universities, Lightman encounters a young man whom he cannot “read”. Cal is trying to figure out who in front of him is a brilliant psychologist or psychopath.

Below are the rest of the episodes of season 2 of the American series Lie to me (“Lie to Me”).

Episode List

The remaining episodes of The Theory of Lies are developed according to the following plot:

1. The core of it. A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder seeks help from Cala.
2. Truth or Consequences. A promising athlete is accused of raping a minor girl.
3. Control Factor. Lightman takes a vacation and leaves for Mexico, but there he has to search for the missing tourist.
4. Honey Eric Matenson is suspected of killing his wife. Only Lightman can prove the innocence of a man.
5. Grievous Bodily Harm. Kela asks for help from his old friend, a hunter of dark deeds.
6. Lack of Candor. A protected witness is killed.
7. Black friday. A young man comes to Lightman, who is sure that in childhood he was abducted from his real parents.
8. Secret Santa. Cal has to fly to Afghanistan to find out from the American deserter the location of the two missing foot soldiers.
9. Fold Equity. After the world championship on card games, one of the participants of the competition disappears.
10. The Tractor Man. Bankrupt businessman Harold Clark threatens to blow up the Treasury of America.
11. Beat the devil. The meeting of Lightman and an unusual student.
12. Sweet Sixteen. An Irish terrorist is trying to find out who is the killer of his wife and daughter.
13. The Whole Truth. Lightman is summoned to court to determine whether the young wife was involved in the murder of her elderly husband.
14. React to Contact. A soldier who has just returned from Iraq begins to suffer from bouts of post-traumatic stress. The man is sure that someone is trying to kill him.
15. Teacher and Pupils. A policeman in intensive care.
16. Delinquent. In prison, where the younger sister Ria Torres is serving a term, a mysterious murder takes place.
17. Bullet Bump. The Governor of Virginia committed an assassination attempt.
18. Headlock Participating in secret fist fights, Lightman meets Raul, who is killed some time after their meeting.
19. Pied Piper. Lightman, together with his ex-wife, comes to the execution of one of the convicts, who was sentenced through their fault.
20. Exposed. Roommate Gillian is kidnapped.
21. Darkness and Light. Lightman is visited by the father and daughter of a missing girl. They are sure that she was abducted, but it turns out that she herself escaped from the family.
22. Black and White. A bold attempt was made on one of the candidates for mayor of the city, in which his election candidate is suspected.

The Best Series “Lie To Me” (Season 3): Description

Among the best episodes of the 3 part of the series, the audience identified the following:

• Series 9 (Funhouse). This episode is dedicated to one of the psychiatric hospitals in which Emily’s classmate’s father is located. To talk with a man, Lightman himself has to pretend to be insane.
• Series 13 (Killer app). In the final episode of the series, Cal investigates the death of the founder of one popular social network. To figure it out, Lightman will have to try to outwit the computer genius suspected of murder.

Below is a brief description of the series of the series “Lie to Me” of the final season.

Episode List

In season 3, events develop as follows:

1. In the Red. Laitman undertakes to write a book, but does not comply with the deadlines for completing an order. This entails problems with the bank.
2. The Royal We. Cal meets a strange family in which mother and daughter are too dependent on each other.
3. Dirty Loyal. Detectives Farrah and Walowski become involuntary participants in an unpleasant incident.
4. Double Blind An attempt is made to rob the museum.
5. The Canary's Song. The explosion of one of the mines kills 6 people.
6. Beyond Belief. A rich lady gets into a sect from which only Lightman can get her out.
7. Veronica. Emily, through negligence, knocks down an elderly woman on the road.
8. Smoked. The robbery and murder of a young girl. However, it turns out that she died not by accident.
9. Funhouse. Mental hospital.
10. Rebound A wealthy lady suspects her boyfriend of ulterior motives.
11. Saved. The murder of 3 students who were previously accused of involvement in a road accident.
12. Gone Baby Gone. The daughter of a school teacher is being abducted.
13. Killer app. The final series.

This is a complete list of episodes of the television series "Lie to Me."

Interesting Facts About The Theory of Lies

Fans of the series will be interested in the following information about the Lie to me show:

• Lightman's prototype was a real professor of psychology - Paul Ekman. In addition, the specialist was personally present on the set, noticed any inconsistencies in the plot and studied in detail the description of the series “Lie to Me”. For more than 30 years, Paul has been studying the facial features of people who lie. He is the most famous specialist in this field.
• It is believed that the series has become less popular due to the show "House," which was broadcast simultaneously with the "Theory of Lies." In addition, viewers felt that the characters of Lightman and House are too similar.

TV series in Russia

On domestic television, the premiere of The Theory of Lies took place on July 13, 2009. At first, the series was broadcast only at night, but after it interested the audience, the project “Lie to Me” began to be shown in the afternoon.

The series were released in Russia with a delay of a week, since it took time to translate the episodes. The voice acting of the television series was done by AB-Video announcers.