"You still don't get it do you? It's not about you or me anymore.You have a natural talent but it comes with great sacrifice.Your talent don't just belong to you anymore" -Dr Cal to Ria I'm into crime-themed tv shows.Kinda my childhood fantasy.I have watched few good ones before but LIE TO ME impressed me in a different level.It was very interesting.It was procedural and detailed.What really caught my attention was the job title "DECEPTION EXPERT".It was my first time to encounter such title in a tv series and I thought this is something different from the usual crime themed tv series I've watched in the past.It seemed so cool and same time scary if you're related to that person because you can't LIE at all to him. It's a mind provoking show with a well written script.It's intriguing,interesting and exciting. This face.This exact face he makes to a suspect and it gets me every time.In all fairness,Tim Roth who played as the genius Dr Cal is exceptional.He was weird,convincing and hard to decipher.His mannerisms are funny and the way he deal with the suspects in each episodes are extra ordinary.I just love the surprises he pulled in some scenes if he can't get any sense of what's going on.It really requires one to be genius to come up with such ideas to provoke his suspects so he can get the result he wanted. On the other side,he's also a father and a co worker.There were issues too.As much as he is admired for having a beautiful mind,his personal life is a bit messy.He's got a teenage daughter.He did admit that sometimes,his gift is a curse because he sees more than what he is suppose to see and it's hard for him. He has to set aside his personal feelings not to cloud his judgement.He's really such a genius that he just knew how to push someone to be more effective at work.He can tell a person's potential at first meet.Sometimes,he seemed so rude but it is his defense mechanism when dealing with situation specially if people close to him are involved. After watching season one,I've noticed that as DECEPTION SPECIALIST,Dr Cal has to pay attention to small details because it is the key to unlocking the truth.If the person is good enough in lying,he puts them under pressure by creating a scene just so the person involved will be forced to react to the situation and usually,it is when the truth comes out no matter how good they are in hiding the truth.Apparently,when place under a stressful condition,when pressured,when a love one is put in danger,a suspect cannot lie anymore. I realized,I can fake things every single day.I can give a force smile.An awkward handshake.I can pretend I'm happy but really,if they are not part of me as a person,it will not be consistent and that would explain my crazy moods each day. I don't want to pretend I'm okay.I wanted to be okay.I don't want to pretend I'm genuine.I wanted to be genuine.Maybe I need a Dr Cal in my life.Oh wait,I already have an intuitive friend. Going back,my fave episode was when he worked with a genius doctor convicted of multiple crime who seemed to know better than him.No one can get the truth or who his protege was so Dr Cal has to do something even if it means getting himself inside the prison and being beaten by inmates to get the truth.Unfortunately,his subject who is a licensed doctor too was such a genius.He just knew that Dr Cal was an undercover whilst making the situation harder.The more challenging it gets,the more exciting it is for him,hence eventually solving the case.And that's my fave episode for season one. That scene literally made my heart racing.Everyone was in danger,it's very stressful and not to mention each of the characters personal lives were shitty at that time. One thing that bothers me really was the stereotyped terrorists.People from Middle East are usually stereotyped as terrorists .My heart goes to them because I'm sure it must be hard for a decent man to find a job knowing everyone suspects or fear him because of someone's doing. It's just sad.I pity those who are decent enough but being stereotyped as terrorist because of their race.I notice,in most movies either the Russians are hijackers or the Middle East people are terrorist. I love the charm of each character.There's the weird genius Dr Cal.There's a happy go lucky but annoying guy Eli Loker, who acquired his skills in "reading" people through academic education and practice.Dr. Gillian Foster, a woman who has to balance personal life issues and work.Marriage life is rocky and eventually divorced but had to be stronger as she represents a strong goal oriented firm.Ria Torres who's naturally skilled whom Dr Cal took as his protege but sometimes her being emotional clouds her judgement. I was actually trying to put myself into character like how does it feel to be Cal's daughter? Would it be beneficial or would it suck because before you open your mouth,he can tell what's going on already.As a wife to him,It must be very challenging.Was this the reason why his marriage life didn't work? Is it because he over analyzed things not to mention both of them are very intellectual?As a co worker,how can one deal with someone who's got a rude and honest tongue? Or someone who's presence makes you feel so small?How does it feel to be a genius like him? It is a blessing or a curse? I suppose it's both.I think there's a fun side to it to be able to read people's mind through their facial expressions,actions and mannerism.But I think it's painful too specially when you see the truth and you just need to keep it to yourself to protect someone. I was thinking,maybe a bunch of deception expert is what we need in the senate during the hearing so the case of PORK BARREL SCAM will fully come to rest.It's so tiring and it's taking so long when there are so many issues the country faces that needed urgent action.. SEASON 2 Season two gets more exciting for me.Lightman gets crazier and wilder while Foster's personal life got shitty.I mean I don't actually understand what's going on with her and Lightman.She's getting more and more involved in his life and so with his daughter.One time,she even let Lightman spend the night in her house? Are they secret lovers who are afraid to admit their feelings towards each other.Sometimes,Foster acts more as a wife to Cal. Season started with a case on a woman with multiple personality.She's got three personalities.Jessie as a hooker,Sophie as the good girl and Rj as the protector and it's really challenging to solve a case because they have to come up with different approaches.Thanks to Foster,she used hypnotism method to crack the case.There were really many exciting cases featured this season.There was also a football player brought to jail for having sex with a highschool girl.Turns out it was a prank played by her mates who happen to be friends with Cal's daughter Emily.Cal later found out that Emily was one of those who snick into college parties using a fake ID and everyone was doing it.Cal's ex wife knew it but haven't bothered to inform him since he knew how much a protective father he was.In the end,the father of the girl killed his lawyer after he dropped the case.Sad story really because of a prank,it ended someone's life and a father imprisoned. There were really funny cases to scary to disgusting ones.He offered to spend time with his daughter in Mexico but he can't really leave his work because he had been watching his agents via installed camera routed to his laptop to which annoyed Emily.Instead of vacation,they ended into another crime solving case when someone approached him to help find a missing woman who was there for an egg donation but went missing.I really wonder,how come Lightman just roam around without any bodyguard at all considering his job? There were also moments when his agents where put in danger.Torres was abducted and was asked to bring her abductor to Lightman.Things got uglier but well,Cal is a very clever man and he always comes around.His brain is just quick to come up with solutions or to manipulate his enemies. In this season,we get to see flashes of Cal's past.An old best mate of him showed up asking for help because he was in a huge debt to a gambling lord in Vegas.Cal hesistant but still wanting to help free his mate use his skill to win 105 million dollars to pay Terry's debt in full.This put him on risk when he was asked to show himself to the man whom Terry was indebted with or else they will end Terry's life.Cal played along but in the end,no one can outsmart the genius doctor.He got everyone caught by the FBI freeing Terry too from the FBI to make both of them even.Turns out when they were younger,they were in trouble with the police and Terry covered for him in prison for two years because he believed that there's so much that Cal can do with his beautiful mind rather than wasting it in prison to which he was right.After 22 years,friendship still matters but it's not the same. I think the most tense one was when Cal went to Afghanistan to figure out what's going on with the two American abducted by the Taliban.His life was in full danger.His daughter got scared and angry but well,he came home safe with the soldiers free. Season 2 ended with all the cast celebrating Christmas courtesy of her daughter.Well,they really should celebrate! SEASON 3 Well,Cal has a very weird way of dealing with stress.He kept acting weirder than he already is.He always call out Torres for allowing her feelings cloud her judgement but Cal is no exception.At some point,he's confronted by women,really attractive ones that clouds his judgement too.In the end,the only woman he loved from the beginning was Foster. Cal is no exception specially when placed under challenging and stressful situations.When he found out that Loker went job hunting he started being mean and hard on Loker.He has issues when it comes to dealing with his personal stuff. Meanwhile,her daughter Em broke up with her boyfriend Will.To make sure he is a good guy,he paid someone to stalk him.Well,his daughter broke up with him because according to her Will don't believe celibacy which surprised him.Turns out he has so much things to learn about her daughter. It was evident enough that personal feelings can cloud their judgement at work specially if the person they love the most is on the line.On the last episode, Foster's best friend was murdered.This one get very personal because Cal and Foster made sure the genius billionaire be transferred to a mental institution to make sure he suffer well for his crime.
Turns out everyone can risk their dignity and be a total asshole for their love ones. Also, Cal is a deception expert but he's no love expert.Too bad,it has to end after three seasons. I noticed though that the show is very inconsistent.Also,it seemed that Cal enjoys bullying as an approach sometimes and I see some professional inconsistencies there. But over all,it was a very interesting one.
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