Lie to Me

Season 2

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The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth.

22 Episodes

  • The Core of It
    E1
    The Core of ItA young woman approaches Lightman at his book signing, believing she has seen a murder. Lightman finds that the woman has multiple personalities, and he believes that one of her personalities witnessed the murder. Lightman passes off helping Agent Reynolds vet a potential Supreme Court nominee, instead choosing to pursue the case of the multiple-personality woman. The case is passed on to Torres, whom the nominee does not treat with respect due to her age. Torres puts her preconceived judgments about the man aside when she analyzes the facts. Lightman unlocks the woman's original personality, who helps Lightman find the original murderer. Zoe informs Lightman that she is taking their daughter, Emily, and moving to Chicago to open a law firm. Lightman buys out her stake in The Lightman Group so that she can start her own practice in town.
  • Truth or Consequences
    E2
    Truth or ConsequencesZoe gets Dr. Lightman's help in a case involving an African-American college athlete accused of statutory rape, and Dr. Foster tries to help a sympathetic mother while investigating a religious leader for the IRS.
  • Control Factor
    E3
    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, Jack Rader.
  • Honey
    E4
    HoneyEric Matheson (Garret Dillahunt) is determined to prove that he didn't murder his wife. Torres is assigned to investigate the murder, and goes to the house of the victim's sister. Matheson finds Torre's car and gets into it after she forgot to lock the door. When Torres returns, Matheson holds her at gunpoint, instructing her to drive to the Lightman Group offices. Cal makes a deal with Mattheson, asking him to let all the employees go as long as he helps prove Mattheson's innocence. Mattheson complies, and Foster, Loker, Reynolds and Torres attempt to solve the case, while Loker has second thoughts about not calling the authorities. Cal and the team find out that Mattheson was actually innocent, and that his wife was actually killed by a creditor. Mattheson demands that he sees the creditor, saying he will either take his life or Cal's. Cal pleads for Mattheson to kill him, but Foster, Loker and Reynolds trick Mattheson into letting his guard down after a disguised Loker pretends to recount the last moments of Mattheson's wife's life. As Mattheson is in a moment of rage before killing Loker, Reynolds draws his gun and shoots Mattheson, disarming him. The episode ends with Lightman at Foster's home, asking if he could sleep in her spare room for the night.
  • Grievous Bodily Harm
    E5
    Grievous Bodily HarmWhen Cal's old pal, Terry Marsh, comes to town, he brings plenty of trouble with him. Meanwhile, the rest of the team meets with some students from a prep school to determine if any of them are responsible for a threatening tape that was sent to the headmaster.
  • Lack of Candor
    E6
    Lack of CandorAgent Reynolds refuses to testify in an undercover case from his past because it may reveal that he killed a man during the operation, but Dr. Lightman tries to come to his defense and keep him out of harm's way.
  • Black Friday
    E7
    Black FridayThe Lightman Group helps a teenager who believes he was abducted as a baby, while Loker and Torres try to figure out what caused a deadly stampede at an electronics store.
  • Secret Santa
    E8
    Secret SantaCal spends the holidays in Afghanistan, where he relies solely on an American expatriate to help a mission to find a pair of missing Marines.
  • Fold Equity
    E9
    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.
  • Tractor Man
    E10
    Tractor ManA protesting farmer parks his explosives-packed tractor near the US Treasury building. Meanwhile, Loker plays babysitter to third-graders stuck in the Lightman Group office, actress Felicia Day guest stars as their teacher. Miguel Ferrer guest stars as FBI ASAC Steele, Ben Reynolds' boss.
  • Beat The Devil
    E11
    Beat The DevilDr. Lightman is convinced that one of his former protégé's students is a sociopath connected to a woman's disappearance, but everyone else is skeptical. Meanwhile, Torres and Loker help a high school teacher who thinks he saw an UFO.
  • Sweet Sixteen
    E12
    Sweet SixteenAn Irish terrorist comes to Dr. Lightman to find out who killed his wife and daughter seven years ago, which reveals secrets about Lightman's relationship with Dr. Foster and his past job working counter-terrorism for the government.
  • The Whole Truth
    E13
    The Whole TruthCal agrees to testify for the prosecution until he learns that his ex-wife is representing the innocent defendant: a beautiful younger woman accused of killing her much older, and extremely wealthy, husband.
  • React to Contact
    E14
    React to ContactLightman is confronted with unsettling truths about his past while trying to save an Iraq war veteran.
  • Teacher and Pupils
    E15
    Teacher and PupilsA cop is gunned down in an apartment building in the projects. Dr. Lightman is called to the hospital to read the face of that paralyzed cop who is not expected to live to find the identity of his killer. A wealthy corporate woman wants to pay a pretty sum to shadow Dr. Lightman for a week to learn more about his craft.
  • Delinquent
    E16
    DelinquentDr. Lightman helps Torres's half-sister, who is serving time in a juvenile facility, after an fellow inmate who asks for her help is killed. However, Torres is not convinced that her sister can be trusted.
  • Bullet Bump
    E17
    Bullet BumpThe Lightman Group discovers that a governor's staffer who was killed during a rally right before the election may have been the target all along to protect a cover-up, and Clara might be lying to protect somebody on the inside.
  • Headlock
    E18
    HeadlockThe FBI investigates the murder of an illegal underground fighter, but Dr. Lightman tries to conceal his relationship to the event. Meanwhile Dr. Foster discovers that her new boyfriend may have a big secret.
  • Pied Piper
    E19
    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.
  • Exposed
    E20
    ExposedAfter Foster's boyfriend, Dave Burns (guest star Martini), gets abducted Lightman tries to track him down with the help of Burns' mysterious ex partner.
  • Darkness and Light
    E21
    Darkness and LightThe Lightman Group helps a father find his daughter, who left home and became a porn actress, but Cal soon suspects that he's keeping something from him. Meanwhile, Eli and Ria compete for a promotion.
  • Black and White
    E22
    Black and WhiteThe Lightman Group investigates the murder of a journalist and friend of Lightman’s who was killed while exposing a corrupt politician

Cast of Season 2

  • Tim RothCal Lightman
  • Kelli WilliamsGillian Foster
  • Monica RaymundRia Torres
  • Brendan HinesEli Loker
  • Hayley McFarlandEmily Lightman
  • Mekhi PhiferBen Reynolds

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  • Lie To Me: Season 2
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