Lie To Me returned on Monday. Good episode, I thought. No mystery, per se, more of a cat and mouse game. Love Jason Dohring who, as always, reminds me of Ed Norton. Anyone else watching this?
Yup. I’m glad they turned it into a summer show - it was suffering with comparisons to “The Mentalist” (which I also enjoy). I do love Cal’s joy at the game - the psychopath got it completely right - he was loving it. That line at the end was lovely, so cold and matter-of-fact - “I wanted her bike.”
I got annoyed with this show last season, but decided to give it another try. I wasn’t impressed with the premiere: it suffered from the same lack of suspense/drama/anything interesting happening that bugged me before. When the protagonist solves the puzzle in the first 2 minutes and we all know that he solved the puzzle, what’s the point of the rest of the show? It was nice to see Howard Hesseman, though.
I like the premise enough to give this season more of a chance, but I won’t be suprised if I wind up cancelling my TiVo season pass. Again.
Also, is it just me or did Cal’s accent get thicker?
The challenge wasn’t in solving the puzzle, it was in beating him: actually being able to catch him and prove it. They only had one witness, and she was unreliable. (And of course there’s no forensics unit on the show.) So Cal had to outthink him to catch him.
Of course, I was convinced that there was a twist coming. I thought that while Dohring was indeed a psycho, he didn’t commit all the murders. I thought that Howard Hesseman did at least one of them, and was scoping out the opposition with his UFO story.
I don’t know anything about this show, including what it’s about, but I loved Jason Dohring on Veronica Mars. Maybe I’ll check it out.
I thought it was a solid return for the show. I enjoyed the back-and-forth between Cal and the psycho. I also liked the scene where the psycho chatted up Cal’s associate.
There are definitely flaws in the show, but it’s an enjoyable hour of television. IMHO obviously.
For me, that part isn’t challenging enough. Maybe if there were some element of chance that he might not be able to catch the bad guy/prove it was him, but we know from the start that Cal will prevail.
Okay episode. The psychopath kept giving too much away though. He didn’t really play the game as well as it was initially set up.
Cal and Gillian are apparently not together. They seemed to be together and then not so clear in the poker player episode. Etc. The writers need to make up their minds.
The UFO subplot seems to be set up to be a recurring topic. But Hesseman’s role is apparently a one-off.
Rowena King (the prof.) is one of those very good actresses who keeps popping up on the usual one-hour dramas. While it seems she is set up to be a returning guest star, I suspect she might not return.
In the first scene, where Dohring was giving alternate explanations for Nixon, and then showing up Cal, I thought they were heading toward his joining the team. Then Cal was all “he’s a psychopath” and dashed those hopes. He needs to be on a regular series. He was great on Veronica Mars, and good (but kinda wasted) on that CBS vampire show after VM.
I was hoping that maybe he’d be a recurring bad guy, sort of Lightman’s Hannibal Lecter.
I’m only watching in case Felicia Day comes back.