Lie to Me | |
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Genre | Crime drama Police procedural |
Created by | Samuel Baum |
Starring | Tim Roth Kelli Williams Brendan Hines Monica Raymund Hayley McFarland Mekhi Phifer [1] [2] |
Opening theme | "Brand New Day" by Ryan Star |
Composers | Robert Duncan Doug DeAngelis Peter Nashel |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 48 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Brian Grazer Vahan Moosekian Daniel Sackheim Samuel Baum David Nevins Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain Alexander Cary David Graziano Shawn Ryan Daniel Voll Steven Maeda |
Producers | Alexander Cary Jeffrey Downer Tim Roth |
Cinematography | Sidney Sidell Joseph E. Gallagher Alan Caso David Geddes Florian Ballhaus |
Editors | Devon Greene David Post Rick Tuber David C. Cook David Siegel Padraic McKinley Thomas R. Moore Gib Jaffe Monty DeGraff Marta Evry Thom Noble Suzy Elmiger |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Production companies | Imagine Television Pagoda Pictures Samuel Baum Productions MiddKid Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
Original release | |
Network | Fox |
Release | January 21, 2009 – January 31, 2011 |
Lie to Me (stylized as Lie to me*) is an American crime drama television series created by Samuel Baum that aired on Fox from January 21, 2009, to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightman Group accept assignments from third parties (commonly local and federal law enforcement), and assist in investigations, reaching the truth through applied psychology: interpreting microexpressions, through the Facial Action Coding System, and body language. [3] In May 2009, the show was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes; [4] season two premiered on September 28, 2009. [5] On November 24, 2009, Fox ordered an extra nine episodes for season two, bringing the season order to 22 episodes. [6]
On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that Lie to Me received a 13-episode third season pick-up. [7] [8] The third season of Lie to Me was originally set to premiere on November 10, 2010. On September 28, 2010, the date was moved up to October 4, 2010, because of the cancellation of Lone Star . [9] On May 11, 2011, Fox canceled Lie to Me after three seasons. [10]
The show is inspired by the work of Paul Ekman, a specialist on facial expressions and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Ekman has been an advisor to police departments and anti-terrorism groups. He was a scientific consultant in the production of the series. [11] The lead character of Lie to Me, Cal Lightman, is based on Ekman.
Season one opens with Cal and Gillian hiring a new associate: TSA officer Ria Torres, who scored extraordinarily high on Cal's deception-detection diagnostic, and is in turn labeled a "natural" at deception detection. Her innate talent in the field clashes with Cal's academic approach, and he often shows off by rapidly analyzing her every facial expression. She counters by reading Lightman and, when he least expects it, peppers conversations with quotes from his books.
It was gradually revealed that Dr. Lightman was driven to study micro-expressions as a result of guilt over his mother's suicide. She claimed to have been fine in order to obtain a weekend pass from a psychiatric ward, when she was actually experiencing agony (which parallels an anecdote in Paul Ekman's book "Telling Lies").
For a small number of the early episodes, Lightman would team up with Torres to work on a case, while Foster and Loker would team up on a separate case. Occasionally, their work would intertwine, or Foster and/or Lightman would provide assistance on each other's cases. As the first season progressed, the cases became more involved, and all four of the main characters would work together on one case for each episode.
In addition to detecting deception in subjects they interview, Lightman and his team also use various interviewing and interrogation tactics to elicit useful information. Rather than by force, they use careful lines of questioning, provocative statements, theatrics and healthy doses of deception on their own part. In the show's pilot episode, Lightman is speaking to a man who is refusing to speak at all, and is able to discern vital information by talking to him and gauging his reaction to each statement. This approach is also taken in several other episodes (e.g., "Do No Harm").
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | January 21, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | |
2 | 22 | September 28, 2009 | September 13, 2010 | |
3 | 13 | October 4, 2010 | January 31, 2011 |
Samuel Baum was the original showrunner and head writer on Lie to Me. Brian Grazer, David Nevins, and Steven Maeda were executive producers. Katherine Pope, former president of NBC Universal's TV studio, signed on as a consulting producer, working on the final four episodes of the first season. [19] Shawn Ryan, creator of The Shield and The Unit , took over as show runner for the second season. [20] [21]
Lightman Group offices use the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at 801 Mt Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C. 20001.
The show's theme song, "Brand New Day", was performed by Ryan Star.
The show received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 24 reviews on Metacritic. [22] Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker awarded Lie to Me a B− rating and wrote "Lie to Me is derivative yet well crafted, predictable yet ever-so-slightly novel… it's no wonder that Fox thinks it's got itself a potential hit". However, he also commented "if this review were a face, Dr. Lightman would say it had a forced smile: hopeful, but dubious, about Lie's chances." [23] Tom Shales, writing for The Washington Post , said "Lie to Me seems an unusually meaty, thoughtful and thought-provoking crime drama – another police procedural, yes, but one with a dramatic and mesmerizing difference… easily one of the season's best new shows." [24]
In the United States, the viewing figures declined as the series progressed. The pilot episode was seen by 12.37 million; however, by the final episode of the first season, it was down to 8.46 million. The most viewed episode was episode three, "A Perfect Score", which attracted 12.99 million. The second season premiered on September 28, 2009, to 7.73 million viewers. [25] The season two finale was watched by 4.94 million viewers in the U.S. on September 13, 2010. [26] The third season, which had its premiere moved forward to October 4, 2010, was viewed by 5.87 million people in the U.S. [27] The series' official cancellation was announced by Fox on May 10, 2011. [28]
Season | Episodes | Original airing | Rank | Viewers (in millions) | Notes | Network | |||
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Season premiere | Season finale | TV season | |||||||
1 | 13 | January 21, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | 2008–2009 | #29 [29] | 11.06 [29] | Fox | ||
2 | 22 | September 28, 2009 | September 13, 2010 | 2009–2010 | #57 [30] | 7.39 [30] | [Note 1] | ||
3 | 13 | October 4, 2010 | January 31, 2011 | 2010–2011 | #78 | 6.71 [32] |
Lie to me was nominated for two awards at the 37th People's Choice Awards and won both of them. [33]
The series was broadcast on Global in Canada, Network Ten in Australia, M-Net in South Africa, and also airs in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Hungary and Belgium. [34] [35] Lie to Me aired on Sky1 in the UK and Ireland, [36] starting on May 14, 2009. On July 20, 2009, Fox aired the premiere in Latin America. [37] RTL 5 in The Netherlands has been broadcasting it since November 6, 2009. The series debuted in Italy on September 7, 2009, on the Fox Satellite channel. The series has aired in India since September 2010.
Country | Television Network |
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Albania | Digi + |
Argentina | Fox |
Egypt | OSN First |
Armenia | Kentron TV |
Australia | Network Ten, W |
Austria | ATV |
Belgium | 2BE, RTL-TVI |
Brazil | Fox, Rede Globo, Rede Record |
Bulgaria | bTV Cinema |
Canada | Global, V |
Chile | Fox, MEGA |
Colombia | Fox, Caracol Televisión |
Costa Rica | Fox |
Croatia | HRT2, Doma TV |
Cuba | Multivisión |
Czech Republic | TV Prima |
Denmark | TV2 |
Dominican Republic | Fox |
Ecuador | |
El Salvador | |
Estonia | TV3 |
Finland | MTV3 |
France | M6, Paris Première, W9 |
Georgia | Rustavi 2 |
Germany | VOX |
Haiti | Canal Bleu |
Honduras | Fox |
Hungary | RTL Klub, Cool TV |
Iceland | Stöð 2 |
India | STAR World |
Indonesia | Fox, Rajawali Televisi |
Iran | Namava |
Ireland | RTÉ Two |
Israel | yes stars Action HD |
Italy | Fox, Rete 4, Top Crime |
Japan | Fox, TV Tokyo |
Kazakhstan | KazTRK |
Latvia | TV3, TV3+, TV6, Fox Life |
Lithuania | TV3 |
Malaysia | NTV7, Fox |
Mauritius | MBCDigital12 (Cine12) |
México | Fox |
Moldova | Jurnal TV |
The Netherlands | RTL 5 |
New Zealand | TV3 (New Zealand) |
Norway | TV2 |
Panama | Fox, TV Max |
Paraguay | Fox |
Peru | |
Philippines | Fox, Jack TV |
Poland | Canal+ Poland, FOX Life, TVP Seriale, TVP2 |
Portugal | FOX (Portugal), TVI |
Romania | Pro TV |
Russia | Channel One (Russia), TV3 |
Serbia | TV Avala, FOX |
Singapore | Fox |
Slovakia | TV JOJ |
Slovenia | TV3 |
South Africa | M-Net |
South Korea | Fox |
Spain | Antena3, Cuatro |
Sweden | TV4 |
Switzerland | RSI La 1, 3+, TSR 1 |
Taiwan | PTS |
Thailand | True Series, Fox Thailand |
Turkey | Foxlife, Fox Crime, TV2 |
Ukraine | 1+1 |
United Kingdom | Sky1, Pick TV, Universal Channel, Alibi |
Uruguay | Monte Carlo TV |
Venezuela | Fox |
Vietnam | VTV6 |
As of March 2020, all episodes are available on the streaming service Hulu. Also available on the Disney plus platform (for a fee).
Season one and two have been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4. However, while season one was also released on Blu-ray in North America [38] there has been no announcement about releasing the second season on Blu-ray. [39] The first and second season DVDs sets include deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes featurettes. [40] [41] The second season also includes "Dr. Ekman's Blog" and a gag reel. [41] The third and final season was released on October 4, 2011. [42]
Season | DVD release date | Blu-ray release date | ||||||
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Region A | Region B | |||||||
Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | United States | Canada | United Kingdom | Australia | ||
1 | August 25, 2009 [38] | September 14, 2009 [43] | October 28, 2009 [44] | August 25, 2009 [38] | — | December 5, 2012 [45] | ||
2 | November 9, 2010 [41] | January 3, 2011 [46] | December 1, 2010 | — | — | — | — | |
3 | October 4, 2011 [42] | — | November 2, 2011 [47] | — | — | Cancelled |
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