Lie to Me 1x2

Moral Waiver

Season 1, Episode 2

& Lightman: The problem with all polygraph tests is false positives. Innocent people can fail if they feel an increase in any emotion... anger, fear, sexual arousal. Not just guilt. Your polygraph is no better than the egg at telling us which emotion it’s responding to.

& — How much did we spend on this damn project anyway?
    — Uh, not much. I’m sure we can recoup most of our costs.
    Lightman: Now, that was lovely.
    — What?!
    Lightman: A gestural retreat. His step backwards. Means he doesn’t believe a word he just said. He’s lying.

& Sheila Lake: I’m not naive, okay? When you sign up to be one of four women in a platoon of 30 guys, guys who aren’t gonna see another woman for six months, well... like they say in girl scouts, “be prepared.”

& Lightman: I love a man in uniform, you know?

& Lightman: Unpleasant truths, human mortality, a mustache on a woman — three things we’d all prefer to ignore.

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& Lightman: Sheila lake made two mouth shrugs when she was describing the rape. That’s a classic gestural slip. It means she has no confidence in her words. The woman was lying.

& Lightman: The absence of emotion is... just as important as the presence of emotion. Now, you need to learn that. When women listen to a rape victim they believe, they reflect certain emotions. They blush, avert their eyes, hunch their shoulders. These women exhibit none of that. They’re not showing any reflectors. So they don’t believe her.

& Gillian: Chicken dumpling?
    Lightman: Oh, no. Never eat meat I can’t see. No. Really. No. You have no idea what’s in there.

& Gillian: When asked about playing pro ball... chin thrust.
    Lightman: He’s angry.
    Gillian: Very. Earl White should be on top of the world. Why is he secretly angry?
    Lightman: I spot the liars. You’re the feelings department.

& Torres: How did she beat the polygraph? ... Valium?!
    Lightman: Yeah. Takes the edge off. Mutes the emotional response.
    Torres: You... you drugged her so she could lie?
    Lightman: Never let the facts get in the way of the truth.

& Torres: You had a slight gratitude smile.
    Lightman: What, you’re surprised? Really?
    Torres: You know, just because I don’t know your science doesn’t mean I don’t know things.
    Lightman: You know, when you don’t know the science, you don’t see the whole picture. People can get hurt, you know?
    Torres: What was that? What happened?
    Lightman: What?
    Torres: Shame. When you said people get hurt, you showed shame.
    Lightman: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
    Torres: You’re lying.
    Lightman: Get used to it.


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