Comparison between House and Lie to Me

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Comparison between House and Lie to Me

Lie to Me is an American television series that premiered on the Fox network on January 21, 2009. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightman Group accept assignments from third parties (commonly local and federal law enforcement), and assist in investigations, reaching the truth through applied psychology: interpreting micro-expressions, through the Facial Action Coding System, and body language. In May 2009, the show was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes, Season 2 premiered on September 28, 2009. On November 24, 2009, Fox ordered an extra nine episodes for season 2, bringing the season order to 22 episodes. On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that Lie to Me received a 13-episode third season pick-up to start November 10, 2010.

Lie to Me is recognised as a Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller TV drama.

Each episode in the Lie to Me series contain numerous plot lines that end up interweaving and coming together as one, with Dr. Cal Lightman and occasionally Dr. Gillian Foster jumping between multiple plots.

In Lie to Me there are six main characters that appear in almost every episode and are key to the Lie to Me plots.

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Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth), is a genius psychologist with an expertise in body language and predominantly microexpressions and founder of The Lightman Group. Dr. Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams), Dr. Lightman's colleague and co-worker in the Lightman Group. Eli Loker (Brendan Hines), initially an employee of The Lightman Group. Loker is academically educated and acquired his skills in "reading" people through practice. During season 1, he also adheres to Radical Honesty, and thus rarely lies, even if that makes him appear rude or undiplomatic. Ria Torres (Monica Raymund), an employee of The Lightman Group, and a protégée of Dr. ...

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