Network: FOX
Who Is In It? Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund, Hayley McFarland
What to Expect: The No. 1 broadcast drama of the summer returns for its third season with the episode, “In the Red.” Lightman (Roth) goes to great lengths to prevent a man fueled by revenge (guest star Shawn Doyle) from robbing a bank. In the process, Lightman sets to right a wrong by holding a guilty man accountable for his actions.
The upcoming season of Lie to Me sees the relationships and dynamics of The Lightman Group tested as a wedge is driven between Lightman and Foster (Williams), creating devastating consequences. Now that the Group has split from the FBI, Lightman is free to operate on the margins of the law. Meanwhile, with Lightman under pressure from his publisher to finish his book, a group of university students have been enlisted to help him focus on this project he’d rather ignore than complete.
Where We Left Off: Expert “micro-expression” reader Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his group assisted the FBI in tracking terrorists who had targeted Washington, D.C., with further federal work possible for Lightman.
What to Expect: After the show -- inspired by the work of psychologist Paul Ekman -- got a midseason start, its ratings accelerated on stories that involved more overt action outside the Lightman office. That path is very likely to continue in the drama's second season, especially with the arrival of new executive producer Shawn Ryan, who has built his reputation on such series as The Shield and The Unit.
