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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...

Directed By: James Hayman

Written By: Samuel Baum, T.J. Brady, Rasheed Newson, Ethan Drogin

  • TV-14
  • FOX
  • Jul 26, 2010
  • 44 m
  • TV-14
  • FOX
  • Jul 26, 2010
  • 44 m
Lie to Me
S2 • Episode 17
Bullet Bump
Air Date: Jul 26, 2010
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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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Episode 1 • Sep 28, 2009 • 43 m
The Core of It
Dr. Lightman tries to figure out whether a woman with multiple personalities witnessed a murder, while Torres interrogates a judge who is being considered for a Supreme Court appointment.
Episode 2 • Oct 5, 2009 • 43 m
Truth or Consequences
Zoe 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.
Episode 3 • Oct 12, 2009 • 43 m
Control Factor
While 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.
Episode 4 • Oct 19, 2009 • 43 m
Honey
A man holds Dr. Lightman hostage, claiming that he did not kill his wife and demanding that The Lightman Group help him find the killer.
Episode 5 • Oct 26, 2009 • 43 m
Grievous Bodily Harm
An old friend from Lightman's past comes for help, and gets Lightman involved with a dangerous man being investigated by the FBI. Meanwhile, the rest of the team tries to find the high schooler behind a dangerous and threatening video.
Episode 6 • Nov 9, 2009 • 43 m
Lack of Candor
Agent 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.
Episode 7 • Nov 16, 2009 • 43 m
Black Friday
Dr. Lightman and Dr. Foster help an angry teen find his birth parents, while Eli and Ria try to figure out who was responsible for a fatal "Black Friday" trampling incident at an electronics store.
Episode 8 • Nov 23, 2009 • 1 h
Secret Santa
During the holiday season, Lightman goes to Afghanistan to assist in a mission to rescue two captured marines, and his only source of intelligence is an American expatriate.
Episode 9 • Nov 30, 2009 • 42 m
Fold Equity
Dr. Lightman, Dr. Foster, and agent Reynolds go to Las Vegas to investigate the disappearance of an unlikely finalist in a poker championship, and none of his fellow finalists are above suspicion.
Episode 10 • Dec 14, 2009 • 42 m
Tractor Man
A frustrated farmer with a bomb drives his tractor to Washington and demands to talk to the president, and Cal is brought in to find out who's really calling the shots.
Episode 11 • Jun 7, 2010 • 44 m
Beat the Devil
Dr. 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.
Episode 12 • Jun 14, 2010 • 43 m
Sweet Sixteen
An 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.
Episode 13 • Jun 21, 2010 • 42 m
The Whole Truth
Cal 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.
Episode 14 • Jun 28, 2010 • 1 h
React to Contact
A decorated war hero who is suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder claims that someone is trying to kill him, and Dr. Lightman is brought in to investigate.
Episode 15 • Jul 12, 2010 • 44 m
Teacher and Pupils
Dr. Lightman allows a wealthy client to shadow him as he tries to find out who critically wounded a Washington D.C. police officer in an apartment building taken over by drug dealers.
Episode 16 • Jul 19, 2010 • 45 m
Delinquent
Dr. 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.
Episode 17 • Jul 26, 2010 • 44 m
Bullet Bump
The 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.
Episode 18 • Aug 2, 2010 • 1 h
Headlock
The 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.
Episode 19 • Aug 16, 2010 • 1 h
Pied Piper
The future of The Lightman Group could be in jeopardy when it appears that an executed prisoner that Dr. Lightman helped convict may have been innocent of the crime.
Episode 20 • Aug 23, 2010 • 1 h
Exposed
After Dr. Foster's boyfriend is kidnapped, Dr. Lightman discovers that he is an undercover DEA agent who may have killed the father of his kidnapper in the line of duty.
Episode 21 • Aug 30, 2010 • 1 h
Darkness and Light
The 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.
Episode 22 • Sep 13, 2010 • 1 h
Black and White
Dr. Lightman's journalist friend is murdered while investigating political corruption, and agent Reynolds is critically shot during the ensuing investigation.

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