Lie to Me - Tv series! The truth is written all over our faces - Review

Today I want to share with you one of my favourite TV series "Lie to Me", which unfortunately was ended after only 3 seasons, and I personally don't understand why, especially since has received so many appreciations.

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In 2010 he received two awards at the People's Choice Awards: Favorite TV Crime Drama and Favorite TV Crime Fighter.

The film is based on Paul Ekman discoveries psychologist, who studied emotions and their relationship with body language and facial expressions. Making it a basic classification of emotions: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise, amusement, contempt, embarrassment, excitement, guilt, pride, relief, gratitude, shame and pleasure.

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Dr. Cal Lightman is the main character, played by Tim Roth, who is a brilliant psychologist expert on body language, especially the micro-expressions. This is also the founder of a private company who help investigate various misdeeds applying psychology. He is divorced and has a daughter, Emily Lightman, being the only one who have managed to lie him for several times. She doesn't like it when her father tries to "read her", but she appreciates his ability.

A short biography of Tim Roth 

Tim Roth was born on May 14, 1961, in London. Tim grew up in salubrious surroundings of Dulwich community. At 17, Tim went to Camberwell School of Art to study sculpture, working more in bronze. He participated for a role in a musical adaptation of Dracula and landed the role of Count. 

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"That was the best choice I ever made," he remembers. Then he started to play various roles in theater, during which was supported financially by selling commercial space in newspapers by telephone. "I was not good at all," says the actor. 

Alan Clarke influenced him enormously, and this is prominent in Roth's directorial debut, The War Zone. After completing production Made in Britain, Clarke sent him beside Tim, knowing that there are auditions, there is the role of Mike Leigh Meantime. From here, Tim Roth's career climbed following "The Hit" starring Myron. But how was a fall in UK film industry in the late 80's he moved to the US. The first big role came only in Vincent and Theo by Robert Altman in Van Gogh's role. - Biography source -

A short biography of Kelli Williams

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Kelli Williams, born on June 8, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actress known for her roles in The Practice and Lie to Me.

She is the daughter of actress Shannon Wilcox and plastic surgeon John Williams. Her parents divorced when she was 13 years old. She earned her Screen Actors Guild card, appearing in advertisements and in several other commercials for children. She began her television career with a supporting role in an episode of the CBS series Beauty and the Beast, as the first victim in The Caseof of the Hillside Stranglers.

The actress said in the Marie Claire magazine that she has made breast implants when she was 19, but it has taken out after 3 years. She speaks French and Spanish, and she is voluntary in the Young Storytellers Foundation. - Biography source -

Dr. Gillian Foster, plays Lightman's colleague

Even if she is married, during the show can be observed a tension and teasing between the two. Eli Loker, another character who take part of Lightman's team, is the type of man who can't never lie, and sometimes seems lacking in diplomacy and rude. 

They also hires Ria Torres because Lightman noted the innate talent of her since she worked at TSA. Between Ria and Lightman, there are divergent, most of the times because he envies her for the talent she has, especially that he had to learn everything he knows.

The character of Dr. Cal Lightman brings a little irony and sarcasm as Dr. House, and with the idea of "I am the best in my field and you desperately need me."

The scenarios of the episodes are interesting and exciting, and I can say that you can learn from these series, and you can apply what you learn. It has intrigued me very much this idea of discovering a person from the body language and facial expressions. But, at the same time, it can be very hard for a person who could read your face expressions, to have a family or friends because they will think that you will try to read them even if you don't do it.

The point is that when you speak to a person you have to have eyes contact, and if you read all the micro-expressions, how you will deal with them when you find out that the person is lying to you. 

A short video with micro-expressions

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Dr. Paul Ekman on Expression and Gesture and Their Role in Emotion and Deception - Part 1 

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Summary:

Lie To Me is an American television series. The main character is Dr. Cal Lightman who, aided by his colleague, Dr. Gillian Foster, detects deceit, people lies, analyzing body language and microexpressions and uses his talent for its clients. Cal and Gillian hires Ria, who seems to have a natural talent in detecting lies. Between the two there seems sometimes disagreements, perhaps because Lightman had to learn everything he knows, while Ria has a trained eye. During episodes, the team solved various cases of murder and also cases that are not so serious.