Lie to Me

Network: FOX
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: January 21, 2009 – present
Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund, Mekhi Phifer, Jennifer Beals, Hayley McFarland, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Tim Guinee.

TV show description:
The average person tells three lies in ten minutes of conversation and Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) can spot them. He detects the truth by analyzing a person’s face, body, voice and speech. By analyzing facial expressions, Lightman can read feelings — from hidden resentment to sexual attraction to jealousy. He’s the world’s leading deception expert, a scientist who studies involuntary body language to uncover not only if someone is lying but why.

Unfortunately, as Lightman knows all too well, his scientific ability is both a blessing and a curse in his personal life, where family and friends often deceive each other as readily as criminals and strangers do.

Lightman heads a team of experts at The Lightman Group who assist federal law enforcement, government agencies and local police with their most difficult cases.

Dr. Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams) is a gifted psychologist and Lightman’s professional partner who looks at the bigger picture while he focuses on the details. He needs her guidance and insight into human behavior, whether he knows it or not.

Eli Loker (Brendan Hines) is the team’s lead researcher, who is so uncomfortable with the human tendency to lie that he’s decided to practice what he calls “radical honesty.” He says everything on his mind at all times and often pays the price for it.

Ria Torres (Monica Raymund) is the newest member of the agency, and one of the few “naturals” in the field of deception detection. She has a raw, untrained ability to read people that makes her a force to be reckoned with.

The series is inspired by the scientific discoveries of Dr. Paul Ekman, a real-life specialist who can read clues embedded in the human face, body and voice to expose both the truth and lies in criminal investigations.

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