Lie to Me: Are you watching it yet?
Some shows, like 24, are good for their action and suspense. Others, like LOST are good for their mystery and intrigue. There are a hand full, like How I Met Your Mother, that keep you laughing week to week. And there are a special few, like Pushing Daises, that just captivate you with their charm. There is another type of show. A little unexplainable gem. One that doesn’t necessarily excel in any one show category, yet pulls you in and keeps you wanting more. For me, that show is Lie to Me.
“Inspired by a real-life behavioral scientist, this FOX drama tells the tale of a deception expert who helps uncover the truth for the FBI, local police, law firms, corporations, and individuals. Dr. Cal Lightman and his team are effectively human polygraph machines, and no truth can be concealed from them. The Lightman Group is headed by Dr. Cal Lightman and his partner Dr. Gillian Foster who is a gifted psychologist. She brings balance to the partnership by thinking about the overall picture while Lightman focuses on the details. Together they make an invincible team with insight into human behavior. Eli Loker is the lead researcher, who believes in radical honesty. He often gets in trouble for saying what he thinks. Ria Torres is one of the few “naturals” in the field of deception detection. She has an untapped ability to read people that makes her a force to be reckoned with the right training.
Created by Sam Baum, Lie to Me is executive-produced by Baum, Brian Grazer, David Nevins and Steve Maeda. The series is produced by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television” (via TV.com)
I first discovered this little gem last night while hanging out with a good friend. We were having a bit of trouble agreeing on what to watch (having mistakenly chosen Vantage Point as our opener for the night) and we decided to check out the available television shows on Hulu.com. As I scrolled through the listings, Lie to Me caught her eye and she pointed it out. Neither of us know much about the show, but had both heard good things about it from various people. We decided to give it a try and we put on the shows pilot episode.
Now this may just be my opinion, but this show is undeniably good. I can’t even explain it, there’s just something incredibly intriguing about it. I think maybe it’s just the entire deception expert premise that draws me in. I mean we live in this world where everyone is lying constantly. Sometimes they’re big lies, some times they’re little ones, but we’re doing it all the time. Imagine now that you had someone following you around who knew all the ‘tells’ of a lie and could point out every single one made, and you have the show. It’s almost like a cop drama that completely ignores evidence and crime scenes. Our heroes and heroines solve all the crimes simply by understanding the involuntary emotional responses people give off as they speak (and even in some cases when they’re just listening to someone else speak).
If you’re already watching Lie to Me, then good on ya. If you’re not, then you need to be. The bottom line is that this show is worth checking out. So head over to Hulu.com, watch the first four episodes (only four have aired to date). And please do it soon. For some reason the Hulu stream for the pilot episode of the show will be expiring in four days (just in time for next weeks episode), so you should jump on and watch it soon.
posted by Christopher Schnese
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I'm glad you got this out there before the pilot expires! What a great show, I am so glad we checked out it! And to think, we could have been watching a horror movie or chick flick
Oh, I obviously loved it too, but there's no way you're getting out of watching The Descent…
Great show, i have been watching since the beginning!!