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Lie to Me Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2009 - 2010
Human lie-detector machine Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) is back for Season 2. Mekhi Phifer (FBI agent Ben Reynolds) and Hayley MacFarland (Cal's daughter, Emily) join the cast of regulars, and "The Shield" creator, Shawn Ryan, is the new showrunner. Jennifer Beals guest stars in the season premiere episode "The Core of It" as Cal's ex-wife, Zoe Landau. Meanwhile, a woman with multiple personalities (Erika Christensen) says she saw a murder. Whodunit? Maybe one of her personalities. Also: Max Greenfield ("New Girl") and Melissa George ("Alias" and "In Treatment) guest star in the mid season episode "The Whole Truth."
Episode 1
The Core of It
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 60 mins
Season 2 premiere: A woman with multiple personalities (Erika Christensen) could be either a witness to a murder---or the killer. Meanwhile, the government hires the Lightman Group to question a possible Supreme Court nominee.
Episode 2
Truth or Consequences
Mon, Oct 5, 2009 59 mins
Zoe (Jennifer Beals) enlists the Lightman Group to probe a college-football star accused of statutory rape; Foster and Loker visit a religious compound to determine if it's a dangerous cult. Pollack: James Marsters. Mr. Reed: John Carroll Lynch.
Episode 3
Control Factor
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 59 mins
While vacationing in Mexico, Cal and Emily get involved in the case of a missing American woman. Back in D.C., Foster and Cal's rival, Jack Rader (Marc Blucas), investigates tainted blood in area hospitals.
Episode 4
Honey
Mon, Oct 19, 2009 59 mins
A man (Garret Dillahunt) is determined to prove that he didn't murder his wife, and his effort to do so puts the Lightman Group in danger.
Episode 5
Grievous Bodily Harm
Mon, Oct 26, 2009 60 mins
An old friend of Cal's (Lennie James) attempts to pull him into a criminal conspiracy. Meanwhile, the Lightman Group probes a high-school student's murderous threats.
Episode 6
Lack of Candor
Mon, Nov 9, 2009 59 mins
Cal and Gillian probe the murder of a witness in a government case and discover that Agent Reynolds (Mekhi Phifer), the star witness in the case, is hiding something in his past.
Episode 7
Black Friday
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 59 mins
A troubled teen who believes he was abducted as a baby wants to learn about his past. Meanwhile, Loker investigates a deadly stampede at a megastore the day after Thanksgiving.
Episode 8
Secret Santa
Mon, Nov 23, 2009 60 mins
Cal spends the holidays in Afghanistan, where he relies solely on an American expatriate to help a mission to find a pair of missing Marines.
Episode 9
Fold Equity
Mon, Nov 30, 2009 59 mins
Cal, Foster and Reynolds go all in to find a missing finalist from the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, where Cal must determine if the other players are being straight with him about the disappearance. Meanwhile, an analysis of Loker's latest relationship allows him and Torres to get better acquainted in the process.
Episode 10
Tractor Man
Mon, Dec 14, 2009 59 mins
A protesting farmer parks his explosives-packed tractor near the U.S. Treasury building. Meanwhile, Loker plays babysitter to third-graders stuck in the Lightman Group offices.
Episode 11
Beat the Devil
Mon, Jun 7, 2010 60 mins
Cal suspects that a charming psychology graduate student is a murderous psychopath, but the young man's teacher (who has a history with Cal) is protecting him. Meanwhile, Loker and Torres probe a claim by a teacher (Howard Hesseman) that he saw a UFO .
Episode 12
Sweet Sixteen
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 60 mins
Cal and Gillian look back over events in their lives---including the therapy session at which they met---after a former colleague of Cal's at the Pentagon is killed in a car bombing.
Episode 13
The Whole Truth
Mon, Jun 21, 2010 60 mins
Cal is a witness at the trial of a woman (Melissa George) accused of murdering her much-older husband, a business tycoon.
Episode 14
React to Contact
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 60 mins
Cal confronts unsettling truths in his past as he and his team try to save the lives of an Iraq War vet and his family.
Episode 15
Teacher and Pupils
Mon, Jul 12, 2010 60 mins
After a housing-project shooting, the D.C. police ask Cal to read the face of a paralyzed victim, who can move only his eyes.
Episode 16
Delinquent
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 60 mins
Torres recalls a difficult childhood and shares an uneasy reunion with her incarcerated half sister (Alyssa Diaz) after the latter's fellow inmate disappears from a juvenile corrections facility.
Episode 17
Bullet Bump
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 60 mins
When a gubernatorial race in Virginia turns deadly following the death of a young woman at a campaign event, the Lightman Group is tapped to explore conflicting scenarios of foul play.
Episode 18
Headlock
Mon, Aug 2, 2010 60 mins
Cal risks being exposed as a gambler when a fighter is found dead in an underground fight club. Meanwhile, Foster's romance with Burns (Max Martini) is threatened when she discovers a secret.
Episode 19
Pied Piper
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 60 mins
Cal and Zoe (Jennifer Beals) are called to witness the execution of a man (David Marciano) they helped send to death row 17 years before---and face the possibility that he's innocent. Marciano is joined in the cast by fellow alumni of "The Shield," including David Rees Snell, Catherine Dent, Benito Martinez, Kenneth Johnson and Cathy Cahlin Ryan, the wife of "Lie to Me" executive producer (and creator of "The Shield") Shawn Ryan.
Episode 20
Exposed
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 60 mins
Foster's boyfriend, Dave Burns (Max Martini), is kidnapped, and Cal must track him down with the help of Burns' mysterious ex-partner.
Episode 21
Darkness and Light
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 60 mins
A young woman's disappearance leads to an investigation of crime in the pornography industry.
Episode 22
Black and White
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 60 mins
Season 2 finale: The probe of the murder of Cal's friend, a journalist who was investigating political corruption, tests Cal's relationship with Reynolds and the FBI. Meanwhile, Cal is uncomfortable with Emily's newfound interest in dating.
