Lie to Me (TV series)
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Lie to Me is an American television midseason replacement that premiered on the FOX television network on January 21, 2009. The main character, Dr. Cal Lightman (played by Tim Roth), aided by his colleague Dr. Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams), detects deception by observing body language and microexpressions through the Facial Action Coding System, using this talent to assist clients (such as law enforcement). The character is based on Paul Ekman, notable psychologist and expert on body language and facial expressions.
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[edit] Season 1
[edit] Pilot
- Cal Lightman: What is that?
- Gillian Foster: Chocolate pudding.
- Cal Lightman: Who eats pudding at ten in the morning?
- Gillian Foster: People who like pudding.
- Gillian Foster: Do you still have that note, that I brought you? I want it for my office.
- Cal Lightman: [Handing over the note] You really are a pack rat.
- Gillian Foster: You could have just told me what this was for.
- Cal Lightman: No. You're a terrible liar.
- Gillian Foster: Normal people think that's a good thing.
- Cal Lightman: What is that now?
- Gillian Foster: Orange slushee.
- Cal Lightman: How old are you?
- Ria Torres: (picking up a briefcase full of money) Oh don't forget your briefcase.
- Cal Lightman: That's your signing bonus.
- Cal Lightman: The only way three people can keep a secret is if two of them are dead.
- Emily Lightman: No, we're not doing this. Just go let Dan in while I finish getting ready, and don't practice any covert scientific technique to find out what we're doing or not doing tonight. Promise!
- Cal Lightman: No covert science, I promise. [Opens door for Dan, who is standing on the porch with a bouquet of flowers.] Hi, Dan.
- Dan: Hi, Dr. Lightman.
- Cal Lightman: Are you gonna try and have sex with my daughter tonight? [smiles and nods his head as he reads Dan's expression.]
- Cal Lightman: [Giving Ria Torres a tour of the building] That's Eli Loker.
- Eli Loker: I would like to sleep with you.
- Cal Lightman: [seeing Ria's face] Oh, don't worry, he's harmless. He's...what do you call it again?
- Eli Loker: Compulsive radical honesty.
- Cal Lightman: Truth or happiness. Never both.
[edit] Moral Waiver
- Ria Torres: You drugged her so she could lie?
- Cal Lightman: Never let the facts get in the way of the truth.
- Ria Torres: You know, just because I don't know your science doesn't mean I don't know things.
- Cal Lightman: When you don't know the science, you don't see the whole picture. People can get hurt.
- Ria Torres: *blinks in surprise* Wow, what happened there?
- Cal Lightman: What?
- Ria Torres: Shame. When you said people get hurt, you showed shame.
- Cal Lightman: I don't know what you're talking about.
- Ria Torres: You're lying.
- Cal Lightman: Get used to it.
- Cal Lightman: [Speaking to Ria] Oh, look, now you're embarrassed. Well, you have every reason to be. You did get it wrong, didn't you? Sergeant Scott didn't rape Sheila Lake.
- Gillian Foster: Cal!
- Cal Lightman: She's the one making snide remarks. Look at her face.
- Ria Torres: How do people work here?
- Cal Lightman: So now you're starting on me? [Gillian glares at him] Don't say something you'll regret, and I saw that.
- Eli Loker: Why is it guys named White are always black and guys named Black are always white?
- Gillian Foster: Am I going to be sorry you're here?
- Eli Loker: Barry White. Jack Black.
- Cal Lightman: What do you see?
- Gillian Foster: I see a skeptical, emotionally distant scientist obsessing over facial twitches.
[edit] A Perfect Score
- Loker: (To Emily.) You terrible. Awful. Like Gene Simmons when it’s really, really humid.
[edit] Love Always
- Eli Loker: You know, my father always used to say that there are four rules for getting married. You need a woman who loves you unconditionally, a woman who always challenges you, a woman who you always want to make love to and, most important of all, you have to make sure that none of those women ever meet.
- Gillian Foster: Would you look at that cake, I can dive fully clothed in there.
- Cal Lightman: That's quite a vision.
- Gillian Foster: I love weddings. Such a beautiful celebration of love and hope. Plus there's cake.
- Cal Lightman: Bride's pretending she's a virgin. The groom's pretending he's found "The One". And the in-laws pretend they like each other. It's Christmas for liars.
[edit] Unchained
- Cal:(To a prisnor making a statement saying he has changed) Thats a charming story.
- Cal: (Same interview) Do you mind? I missed lunch
- Chief Morrow:So who is lying?
- Gillian: They all are
[edit] Do No Harm
[edit] The Best Policy
- Cal Lightman(to RiaTorres): Well congratulations. Once again, you’ve arrived at the apparently foreign destination of none-of-your-damn-business.
[edit] Depraved Heart
- Cal Lightman: Where have you been?
- Gillian Foster: Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Cal Lightman: I'm a little busy right now. I could have used you a couple of hours ago. I called you, I think, twice.
- Gillian Foster: Just a minute. Please?
- Cal Lightman: What? What do you want?
- Gillian Foster: I'm on my way to meet with Carolyn Holland. I just wanted to make sure that you were okay.
- Cal Lightman: I'm fantastic.
- Gillian Foster: You know, because I can put Holland on hold for a while until things quiet down around here.
- Cal Lightman: No, I told you. I'm fantastic.
- Gillian Foster: You didn't make it to your meeting with the mayor.
- Cal Lightman: I canceled it.
- Gillian Foster: No, actually, you didn't, and it's been on the books for three weeks.
- Cal Lightman: Well I meant to cancel it.
- Gillian Foster: Cal.
- Cal Lightman: Go mother someone else. Everyone back to work, please.
[edit] Life is Priceless
- Gillian Foster: I have an early morning meeting tomorrow, I'm going to need you and Loker to take it.
- Ria Torres: You find Dr. Lightman?
- Gillian Foster: FEMA confirmed that he's at the disaster site. I'm going to drive out there now while there's still one or two people that he hasn't had time to alienate. [She walks off]
- Ria Torres: [Thinks for a moment then calls after her] Better drive fast.
- Kevin Warren: My men need engineers and rescue workers not a couple of freakshow shrinks.
- Cal Lightman: She's the shrink, I'm the freakshow. Sorry we usually wear labels.
- Gillian Foster: Why do people always think they're the only one with a secret?
- Cal Lightman: Human nature, I suppose.
- Gillian Foster: [sits down and sighs] If the mayor had told the truth...or Blunt...had been honest about his illness, none of this would've happened. If the lies...hadn't come together.
- Cal Lightman: They always do.
[edit] Better Half
- Zoe Landau: [walks into the room] I'm not sure we'll need it.
- Gillian Foster: We still have a receptionist here, don't we?
- Zoe Landau: You used to be so charming, back before you became God.
[edit] Undercover
[edit] Blinded
- Cal Lightman: Ooh, you look good in black and blue.
- Gillian Foster: Yeah, well, we're quite a pair.
- Cal Lightman:[sits down] I'm sorry, love.
- Gillian Foster: He wouldn't have gone this far unless you were under his skin.
- Cal Lightman: Not worth it.
- Gillian Foster: You get hit, and it's okay? I get hit and suddenly, it's time to throw in the towel?
[edit] Sacrifice
- Emily Lightman: You know, my mom's been spending all this time with Dad. I mean, they think I don't know. It's like they don't even remember how bad it was.
- Gillian Foster: They'll have to figure it out for themselves. Maybe it will be different.
- Emily Lightman: You don't believe that. [pauses] He's so much happier when he's with you.
[edit] Season 2
[edit] The Core of It
[edit] Truth or Consequences
- Eli Loker: Wacky religions, they don't bother me because they're no wackier than the mainstream ones.
- Eli Loker: Last I checked, talking to invisible people was usually diagnosed as schizophrenia.
[edit] Control Factor
[edit] Honey
[edit] Grevious Bodily Harm
[edit] Lack of Candor
[edit] Black Friday
- Cal Lightman: Hey, how'd it go with the suits?
- Eli: Well I got us the job, where were you?
- Cal Lightman: None of your bloody business. No, I figured your were up for it so... It's probably a gross overestimation on my part.
- Eli: Nah, I appreciate the confidence boost.
- Cal Lightman: Well selling's the easy part, it's delivering that's the tricky party and that's what you've promised. So you and Torres are on your own, you think you're up for it?
- Eli: I've read every major study on group behaviour cover to cover, this is my wheel house.
- Cal Lightman: Fascinating, well time'll tell.
- Eli: Any other words of inspiration?
- Cal Lightman: Yep: We need the money, and don't embarrass me.
