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Summary Inspired by a real-life behavioral scientist, this FOX drama tells the tale of a deception expert who helps uncover the truth for the FBI, local police, law firms, corporations, and individuals. Dr. Cal Lightman and his team are effectively human polygraph machines, and no truth can be concealed from them. The Lightman Group is headed by...

Created By: Samuel Baum

  • 2009
  • TV-14
  • FOX
  • 2009
  • TV-14
  • FOX

Lie to Me

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 21, 2009
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 220 User Ratings
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Summary Inspired by a real-life behavioral scientist, this FOX drama tells the tale of a deception expert who helps uncover the truth for the FBI, local police, law firms, corporations, and individuals. Dr. Cal Lightman and his team are effectively human polygraph machines, and no truth can be concealed from them. The Lightman Group is headed by...

Created By: Samuel Baum

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
64
64% Positive
16 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
64
64% Positive
16 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review

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90
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. The strength of the premise combined with first-class production make this easily one of the season's best new shows.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
80
Roth's Lightman is not nearly the curmudgeon Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) is, nor is he as entertaining, but Lie to Me has the makings of a fine procedural for viewers who can't seem to get enough of this type of series.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
75
The show's gimmick does extend beyond reading expressions--they analyze voices and psychoanalyze answers--and the show does have its amusing moments. What it doesn't have is any sense of surprise, and once the novelty factor wears off, you just wonder whether there's enough here to sustain a series.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
70
Lie to Me, based on the real-life lie-detection work of Dr. Paul Ekman, doesn't extend much beyond its genre's borders. But if you're fascinated by the poker-game elements of crime-solving and a man obsessed with "tells," you may connect with this show.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
60
It's through such visual devices that Lie to Me repeatedly aligns viewers with Lightman's view. In much the same way, the show frequently cuts to commercials via photos of celebrities looking variously guilty according to FACS, so that you might recognize the expressions Lightman describes, and so feel that you can see what he sees.
By Cynthia Fuchs FULL REVIEW
50
I found Fox's Lie to Me, about a brilliant deception expert, to be predictable, standard fare.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
38
Unless creators can shift Mr. Orange's deception detective into an area viewers won't see coming every week, Lie to Me's science gimmick is sure to wane thin soon into its short first season, a truth that doesn't bode well for a series renewal.
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Universal Acclaim Based on 220 User Ratings
8.5
91% Positive
200 Ratings
6% Mixed
13 Ratings
3% Negative
7 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 220 User Ratings
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6% Mixed
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3% Negative
7 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Imagine Television
  • Samuel Baum Productions
  • MiddKid Productions
  • 20th Century Fox Television
Initial Release Date: Jan 21, 2009
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

People's Choice Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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