Lie to Me: ... is really, really good. It's probably great. Over the course of the
season it became a show that I watched pretty quickly after airing, though that had a lot to do with the girl liking it a little more than I did. There's a lot of little details and touches that make the show and the cast work really well, and Tim Roth is the ultimate glue that has to hold the show together, and he pulls it off easily. The show's only sticking point is the "science," and not even the conceit of the science - that actually comes off pretty believably, especially in Roth's hands. The show is shot well enough that it accentuates the "micro-expressions" that Roth and his crew are supposedly experts at detecting, to the point that you can easily jump right on top of them and play along, like any good procedural should let you. It's actually in the hands of the cast that the science falters, as though they don't quite believe it themselves. Talking about work gets everyone just a little too stiff, and it doesn't come out quite right in conversation. Maybe it's a lost in translation thing... the rest of the time, the cast is great, and the premise allows a lot of room for expansion, even away from the typical legal procedural fare. I get the impression it was a big success for Fox, so expect them to pour some more money on it over the next couple years. B+
season it became a show that I watched pretty quickly after airing, though that had a lot to do with the girl liking it a little more than I did. There's a lot of little details and touches that make the show and the cast work really well, and Tim Roth is the ultimate glue that has to hold the show together, and he pulls it off easily. The show's only sticking point is the "science," and not even the conceit of the science - that actually comes off pretty believably, especially in Roth's hands. The show is shot well enough that it accentuates the "micro-expressions" that Roth and his crew are supposedly experts at detecting, to the point that you can easily jump right on top of them and play along, like any good procedural should let you. It's actually in the hands of the cast that the science falters, as though they don't quite believe it themselves. Talking about work gets everyone just a little too stiff, and it doesn't come out quite right in conversation. Maybe it's a lost in translation thing... the rest of the time, the cast is great, and the premise allows a lot of room for expansion, even away from the typical legal procedural fare. I get the impression it was a big success for Fox, so expect them to pour some more money on it over the next couple years. B+
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