Lie to Me Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Season 1, Episode 1: PilotHe sees the truth written all over our faces.
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Episode 1 - PilotThis compelling new drama series stars Tim Roth as Dr. Cal Lightman, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to discover not only if someone is lying, but why. Based on the real-life scientific discoveries of Dr. Paul Ekman, the series follows Lightman and his team of deception experts as they assist law enforcement and government agencies to expose the truth behind the lies. In the series opener, the son of a family of devout Jehovah's Witnesses is accused of killing his teacher after being caught fleeing the scene of her murder. Meanwhile, the team is hired by the Democratic National Committee to investigate a second case in which the Chairman of the House Ethics Committee is accused of paying for sex.
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Episode 2 - Moral WaiverWhen a female soldier charges a commanding officer with sexual assault, Lightman is brought to Fort Meade to find out if there's any truth to the accusation. Meanwhile, the Lightman Group is hired to determine whether the young star of a college basketball team accepted a bribe to play for the university.
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Episode 2 - Season 1, Episode 2, Moral WaiverThe team investigates a case of rape and potential athletic bribe.
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Episode 3 - A Perfect ScoreThe murder of a teenage girl – who is the daughter of a powerful federal judge – leads The Lightman Group to a highly competitive college-prep school where getting to the head of the class means everything. The team also investigates a NASA test pilot accused of intentionally crashing a $250 million aircraft.
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Episode 3 - Season 1, Episode 3, A Perfect ScoreA federal judge is the prime suspect in the murder of a teenager.
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Episode 4 - Love AlwaysAt a state wedding, Lightman and his team work to prevent the assassination of a South Korean ambassador. But when someone else is shot, Lightman exposes long-held family secrets and lies to identify the assassin.
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Episode 4 - Season 1, Episode 4, Love AlwaysThe Lightman Group is tipped off to an assassination threat.
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Episode 5 - Season 1, Episode 5, UnchainedLightman and Torres team up to determine if a former gang kingpin will return to a life of crime.
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Episode 5 - UnchainedLightman and Torres interrogate an imprisoned gang leader who claims to be rehabilitated. If the gang leader is freed, he might help fight inner-city violence or return to his life of crime. Foster and Loker investigate the death of a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty.
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Episode 6 - Season 1, Episode 6, Do No HarmThe search for a child who has disappeared is difficult for the team to handle.
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Episode 6 - Do No HarmLightman and Foster investigate the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl. Loker and Torres must determine whether a famous peace activist is who she claims to be and if her bestselling memoir is true.
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Episode 7 - Season 1, Episode 7, The Best PolicyLightman's team investigates potential sabotage at a pharmaceutical company owned by a longtime friend.
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Episode 7 - The Best PolicyWhen Lightman is hired to find a corporate spy at a pharmaceutical company, he discovers a high-level conspiracy surrounding a new drug that could put thousands of lives at risk. The team is also hired by the State Department to assist with negotiations for the release of two Americans imprisoned in Yemen.
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Episode 8 - Season 1, Episode 8, Depraved HeartA case involving the suicides of two women takes on special importance for Lightman and the team works to recover money lost in a ponzi scheme.
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Episode 8 - Depraved HeartLightman becomes obsessed with his investigation of two young women who committed suicide. Meanwhile, the team tries to recover billions of dollars for investors who were bilked by a Ponzi scheme.
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Episode 9 - Season 1, Episode 9, Life Is PricelessLightman is brought in to investigate a building collapse.
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Episode 9 - Life Is PricelessIn the wake of a building collapse in a small town outside Washington, DC, Lightman is brought in to determine who is at fault, and discovers a massive cover-up. Meanwhile, the team is hired by a "dot-com" billionaire to determine if his girlfriend loves him for the right reasons.
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Episode 10 - Better HalfJennifer Beals guest-stars as Assistant U.S. Attorney Zoe Landau, Lightman’s ex-wife and Emily’s mother. When she enlists Lightman to help investigate an arson case in which the only eyewitness is a 5-year-old boy, it quickly becomes clear that she and Lightman still have feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Foster and Torres question a rapper who is suspected of murder.
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Episode 10 - Season 1, Episode 10, Better HalfArson investigation re-ignites the flame between Lightman and his ex-wife.
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Episode 11 - Season 1, Episode 11, UndercoverAn old case comes back to haunt The Lightman Group.
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Episode 11 - UndercoverThe Lightman Group gets embroiled in the controversial case of a policeman who shot a potentially innocent teenager. Meanwhile, investors who were bilked by a Ponzi scheme are suing The Lightman Group for botching the recovery of their money.
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Episode 12 - BlindedBen Reynolds, an FBI agent who's been pursuing a serial rapist terrorizing the Washington area, partners with The Lightman Group for its toughest case yet. Lightman infiltrates a prison to befriend Andrew Jenkins, a convicted criminal and a pathological liar who the serial rapist may be copy-catting. Meanwhile, Torres and Loker search Jenkins' fan mail, and Foster questions one of the rapist's recent victims.
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Episode 12 - Season 1, Episode 12, BlindedSearch for serial rapist is Lightman's toughest case yet.
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Episode 13 - Season 1, Episode 13, SacrificeThe Lightman Group investigates a terrorist bombing.
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Episode 13 - SacrificeAfter a terrorist bombing outside of Washington, DC, FBI Agent Ben Reynolds calls on The Lightman Group to help identify those responsible and prevent more attacks. The case takes a personal turn for one member of the team and begs the question of whether honesty is indeed the best policy. Zoe helps Lightman with the investigation and both are concerned about their daughter's safety.
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Episode 14 - Season 2, The Core of ItThe Lightman Group investigates a murder case where a woman with multiple personalities (guest star Christensen) may either be a witness or the killer. Meanwhile, the President of the United States hires the firm to interrogate a potential Supreme Court nominee.
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Episode 15 - Season 2, Episode 2, Truth or ConsequencesZoe enlists the Lightman Group to defend a star college football player accused of statutory rape. Meanwhile, Foster and Loker travel to a religious compound to find out whether it’s actually a nefarious cult.
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Episode 16 - Season 2, Episode 3, Control FactorWhile on vacation in Mexico, Lightman and Emily become involved in the case of a missing American woman. Back home, Foster investigates tainted blood in D.C.-area hospitals with Lightman’s rival.
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Episode 17 - Season 2, Episode 4, HoneyEric Matheson, a man suspected of killing his wife, is brought in for questioning by the Lightman Group. Determined to prove his innocence, he takes drastic measures that put the team’s lives in danger.
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Episode 18 - Season 2, Episode 5, Grievous Bodily HarmA face from Lightman’s past pulls him into a dangerous criminal conspiracy, testing his friendship and loyalty. Meanwhile, The Lightman Group investigates a high school student’s homicidal threats.
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Episode 19 - Season 2, Episode 6, Lack of CandorWhen a government witness is murdered, the FBI hires The Lightman Group to determine who leaked the witness’ whereabouts to the killers and to protect Agent Reynolds, the star witness in the case. When Reynolds refuses to testify in the case, Lightman and Foster learn he is hiding something in his past.
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Episode 20 - Season 2, Episode 7, Black FridayA troubled teenager believes he was abducted as a baby and turns to the Lightman Group to help him uncover the secrets of his past. Meanwhile, Loker investigates the origin of a deadly stampede that occurred at an electronics megastore the day after Thanksgiving.
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Episode 21 - Season 2, Episode 8, Secret SantaDuring the holiday season, Lightman goes to Afghanistan to assist in a mission to rescue two captured marines, and his only source of intelligence is an American expatriate.
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Episode 22 - Season 2, Episode 9, Fold EquityLightman, Foster and Reynolds travel to Las Vegas to help locate a missing finalist in the World Series of Poker. Lightman uses his skills to read the other competitors’ faces to figure out which one knows about the disappearance. Meanwhile, Loker and Torres analyze Loker’s new relationship, and as a result, get closer to each other.
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Episode 23 - Season 2, Episode 10, Tractor ManDuring a political protest in Washington, D.C., a disgruntled farmer parks his explosives-packed tractor near the Treasury Department building, forcing Lightman and his team to make some crucial life-or-death decisions. Meanwhile, a third-grade field trip gets stuck in the Lightman Group offices, and Loker has to play babysitter.
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Episode 24 - Season 2, Episode 11, Beat the DevilLightman plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a brilliant, charming psychology graduate student whom Lightman identifies as a psychopath. When nobody believes him, Lightman sets out to prove the doubters wrong and catch the psychopath before he kills again. Complicating matters is Lightman’s former mentor, a renowned psychologist who, also fooled by the charismatic young man, is protecting him for personal and professional reasons. Meanwhile, Loker and Torres travel to a small town to look into a UFO sighting.
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Episode 25 - Season 2, Episode 12, Sweet SixteenAfter Lightman’s former Pentagon colleague is killed in a car bomb, Lightman and Foster are forced to revisit a series of events from their past, including the therapy sessions that brought them together.
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Episode 26 - Season 2, Episode 13, The Whole TruthLightman is called to testify in the trial of a beautiful widow accused of murdering her much older husband.
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Episode 27 - Season 2, Episode 14, React to ContactLightman and the team use cutting-edge science and virtual-reality technology to save the life of an Iraq war veteran and his family. In doing so, Lightman confronts unsettling truths about his own past.
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Episode 28 - Season 2, Episode 15, Teachers & PupilsAfter the grisly shooting of an officer in a federal housing project, the D.C. police hire Lightman to read the face of the paralyzed victim, who can move only his eyes.
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Episode 29 - Season 2, Episode 16, DelinquentTorres’ half-sister, Ava, who is incarcerated in a juvenile corrections facility, mysteriously re-enters Torres’ life when a fellow inmate vanishes. Meanwhile, the Lightman Group becomes embroiled in a case that forces the sisters to revisit their troubled upbringing.
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Episode 30 - Season 2, Episode 17, Bullet BumpAfter a young woman dies at a gubernatorial campaign rally in Virginia, The Lightman Group is hired to assess whether the case is a failed assassination attempt or a well-disguised murder plot.
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Episode 31 - Season 2, Episode 18, HeadlockLightman risks being exposed as a gambler in an underground fight club when one of the fighters is found dead. Meanwhile, Foster’s romance with Burns (guest star Max Martini) hits a snag when she uncovers a troubling secret.
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Episode 32 - Season 2, Episode 19, Pied PiperLightman and his ex-wife, Zoe, witness the execution of a murderer they prosecuted 17 years ago and face the possibility that they sent the wrong man to his death.
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Episode 33 - Season 2, Episode 20, ExposedAfter Foster’s boyfriend, Dave Burns, gets abducted, Lightman tries to track him down with the help of Burns’ mysterious ex-partner.
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Episode 34 - Season 2, Episode 21, Darkness & LightThe Lightman Group investigates the disappearance of a young woman, which leads them to uncover a criminal element in the adult film business.
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Episode 35 - Season 2, Episode 22, Black & WhiteThe Lightman Group investigates the murder of a journalist friend of Lightman’s who was exposing a corrupt politician, a case that tests Lightman’s relationship with Reynolds and the FBI. Meanwhile, Emily’s newfound interest in dating makes her father uncomfortable.
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Episode 36 - Season 3, Episode 1, In the RedLightman goes to great lengths to prevent a man fueled by revenge from robbing a bank. In the process, Lightman sets to right a wrong by holding a guilty man accountable for his actions.
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Episode 37 - Season 3, Episode 2, The Royal WeLightman defends a wrongly accused man from an increasingly hostile mob. In the process of exonerating him, Lightman uncovers a dark secret that helps a damaged mother and her daughter begin the healing process.
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Episode 38 - Season 3, Episode 3, Dirty LoyalThe Lightman Group is hired to examine police profiling techniques in the wake of an incident involving Wallowski (guest star Monique Curnen), and Internal Affairs attempts to leverage Lightman’s relationship with Wallowski to get him to incriminate her.
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Episode 39 - Season 3, Episode 4, Double BlindWhile vetting an art museum staff for security leaks prior to a major exhibition, Lightman meets a beautiful woman (guest star Tricia Helfer) who entangles him in a game of cat-and-mouse.
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Episode 40 - Season 3, Episode 5, The Canary's SongWhen Lightman investigates a coal mine explosion that killed six miners, he suspects that foul play may have been involved. To find the truth, he puts his life at risk and descends below the surface. Meanwhile, the FBI comes back to The Lightman Group looking for help with another case, and Foster and Torres offer to work pro bono.
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Episode 41 - Season 3, Episode 6, Beyond BeliefLightman goes head-to-head with the leader of a self-help empire (guest star David Sutcliffe) to free a wealthy woman (guest star Julia Campbell) who may be under the control of the cult-like leader. When Lightman begins to investigate, things get personal as he suspects the group of threatening him and his daughter, Emily.
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Episode 42 - Season 3, Episode 7, VeronicaLightman helps a woman with early-onset Alzheimer’s (guest star Annette O’Toole) solve the puzzle of her fractured memory. In the process, he unearths a secret that could prove deadly in the present.
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Episode 43 - Season 3, Episode 8, SmokedThe terminally ill owner of a successful chain of restaurants (guest star John Amos) hires Lightman to fulfill his dying wish: track down his daughter’s killer. In the process, Lightman uncovers the twisted dynamic of the fractured family empire, leading him to suspect sibling rivalry as the motive and that the patriarch’s sons might be somehow responsible for the death of their sister, who was first in line to run the family business.
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Episode 44 - Season 3, Episode 9, FunhouseLightman is called to a mental hospital to determine if a patient is being held against his will. Attempting to have the patient released, Lightman finds himself descending down a path that forces him to question his own sanity and brings him face-to-face with his own past.
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Episode 45 - Season 3, Episode 10, ReboundLightman is hired by a wealthy woman to do a background check on her new boyfriend, so he digs deep into the man's past to find out the truth about this social chameleon.
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Episode 46 - Season 3, Episode 11, SavedLightman is hired to investigate three high school students responsible for a fatal traffic accident, which takes a turn for the better when he finds the heroic paramedic who was first on the scene.
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Episode 47 - Season 3, Episode 12, Gone Baby GoneA baby goes missing, and her mother accuses an unknown person of the kidnapping. When Lightman sees she’s hiding something, he digs deeper and discovers a family in need of repair.
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Episode 48 - Season 3, Episode 13, Killer AppFoster’s former patient, one of the founders of a social-networking app, comes to the Lightman Group when she thinks she’s being squeezed out by her partner. When she turns up dead a short time later, Lightman fights against the prevailing evidence to expose the truth behind the murder.
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