The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.
Air date: 2010-10-04
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Lightman tries to stop a man intent on revenge from robbing a bank.
Air date: 2010-10-11
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: While defending a wrongly accused man, Lightman uncovers a dark secret that helps a damaged woman and her daughter.
Air date: 2010-10-18
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The Lightman Group gets hired by Internal Affairs to investigate an incident that involves Det. Wallowski and her partner Det. Farr.
Air date: 2010-10-25
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Lightman becomes involved in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse when he meets a beautiful woman at an art gallery. Meanwhile, Torres is still reeling after her fatal mistake.
Air date: 2010-11-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: When Lightman investigates an explosion that killed six coal miners, he suspects foul play may be involved and goes below the surface to find the truth; the FBI seeks the Lightman Group's help with another case.
Air date: 2010-11-15
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Lightman goes head-to-head with the leader of a self-help empire to free a wealthy woman who may be under the control of the cult-like leader. When Lightman begins to investigate, things get personal as he suspects the group of threatening him and his daughter, Emily.
Air date: 2010-11-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Lightman tries to help a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's piece together her fragmented memories, but it uncovers a deadly secret.
Air date: 2010-11-29
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Lightman is hired by a terminally ill restaurant owner to find his daughter's killer as his dying wish.
Air date: 2011-01-10
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Cal Lightman questions his own sanity while he tries to get a patient released from a mental hospital.
Air date: 2011-01-10
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A wealthy woman asks Lightman to look into her new boyfriend's background.
Air date: 2011-01-17
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Lightman investigates three high school students responsible for a deadly traffic accident.
Air date: 2011-01-24
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A baby goes missing, and her mother accuses an unknown person of the kidnapping. When Lightman sees she’s hiding something, he digs deeper and discovers a family in need of repair.
Air date: 2011-01-31
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Foster’s former patient, one of the founders of a social-networking app, comes to the Lightman Group when she thinks she’s being squeezed out by her partner. When she turns up dead a short time later, Lightman fights against the prevailing evidence to expose the truth behind the murder.
