Positively Positive Review – Lie To Me: Lack of Candor

by Mokibobolink on Nov.10, 2009, under Crime, Drama, Television

Mekhi Phifer and Tim Roth in Lie to Me, season 2, episode 6 “Lack of Candor”. Image from www.daemonstv.com Lie To Me Lack of Candor

As I watch Tim Roth’s Lightman practically dancing his way through a scene, I am struck by two things. Number one, the guy never seems to sit still for more than a second. Number two, he really enjoys what he’s doing. The only thing is, I’m not sure who is enjoying it more – Lightman or Roth himself.

The week’s episode had the Lightman group once again helping out one of their own. Last time it was Lightman who got into a spot of bother (as the English might say), but this time it was Agent Reynolds.

One of my favorite scenes was when Lightman got into Reynolds’ face until the other man finally slammed him against a wall. The pure glee in his eyes as he got the guy to do what he’d wanted all along, (which was fight back), was excellent. From then on, the two of them were working together. Especially after Lightman erased the footage of Reynolds admitting to murdering a man while undercover – effectively putting them both in the same boat to prove how he was truly on Reynolds’ side.

They team up on Reynolds’ handler from the case, played wonderfully by Alicia Coppola. And rather than a pretty predictable outcome of her getting caught by threatening Reynolds or somehow coming off as the “bad guy”, she instead is caught because she tries to protect him.

In the end I saw another reason why I like this show. Much like some of my other favorites (NCIS for one), this one has a group of people who treat each other like family. When Reynolds tried to thank Lightman for all his help, he is told to shut up because “family doesn’t need to stand on ceremony”.

Overall another great episode that ended with a line that shows how much these characters really care for each other.

More Lie To Me…

Lie To Me, Season 2, episode “The Core Of It”

Lie To Me, Season 2, episode 2 “Truth Or Consequences”

Lie To Me, Season 2, episode 3 “Control Factor”

Lie To Me, Season 2, episode 4 “Honey”

Lie To Me, Season 2, episode 5 “Grievous Bodily Harm”

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