"Lie to Me" Moral Waiver (2009)

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Director:

Adam Davidson

Writers:

Samuel Baum (creator)
Josh Singer (written by)

TV Series:

"Lie to Me" (2009)

Original Air Date:

28 January 2009 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Lightman's team investigates cases involving a staff sergeant accused of raping a soldier, and a star college basketball player accused of taking a bribe from a wealthy booster.

Plot Keywords:

Record | Rifle | Brother Brother Relationship | Military Police | Arsonist

Cast

Tim Roth	...	Dr. Cal Lightman
Kelli Williams	...	Dr. Gillian Foster
Brendan Hines	...	Eli Loker
Monica Raymund	...	Ria Torres
Charles Parnell	...	Major Harris
David Anders	...	Staff Sgt. Russell Scott
Rob Brownstein	...	Secretary Adam Miller
Vince Corazza	...	Deputy Whitmore
Alicia Lagano	...	Sheila Lake
Scott Alan Smith	...	Jeremy Levine
Amy Rosoff	...	Private Rebecca Metz
Rance Howard	...	Joe Metz
Scott Atkinson	...	Howard Taft
Theodore Perkins	...	Earl White
Byrne Offutt	...	DHS Deputy

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Surround)

Company:

Imagine Television

Quotes:

Dr. Cal Lightman: You know, I wanted to...
Ria Torres: Yeah, I know.
Dr. Cal Lightman: What?
Ria Torres: You had a slight gratitude smile. What, are you surprised? Really? You know, just because I don't know your science doesn't mean I don't know things.
Dr. Cal Lightman: You know, when you DON'T know the science, you don't see the whole picture. People can get hurt.
Ria Torres: What was that? What happened?
Dr. Cal Lightman: What?
Ria Torres: Shame. When you said people get hurt, you showed shame.
Dr. Cal Lightman: I don't know what you're talking about.
Ria Torres: You're lying.
[...]

Don't lose sight of the point

The point of this episode isn't to bash on the military, it's to bring to light the fact that there are women serving in the military who are raped by their male counterparts. Don't take this as "oh, they're saying that all men rape women. Now us men are the bad guys". There are women in the military that share the same experiences as the character in this episode and their story has the right to be heard. Shindler's list wasn't meant to be an attack on the German people and this isn't meant to be an attack on the military, unless you find it offensive that bad things do happen in the military. The argument has been made that this is from the left liberal side. So does that mean brining to light some uncomfortable truths is liberal and covering them up is conservative? Also it's been 18% of rape cases are false which would mean that 72% of them are real and even more of them go unreported. It's amazing how upset people get when someone points out some uncomfortable facts. The truth is that the women in the military, or wherever, deserve better from us males. Who do you think that's raping them, other women? This episode is important because for too long the plight of women go unnoticed or slammed by those who are clearly too misogynist to know night from day. This does happen, not often, but it is a truth and I applaud this episode for brining it up. Women should not be treated as liars. The military keeps us safe. We love them. There is nothing wrong with wishing for a better tomorrow, a place where women don't need to be afraid of being raped (which they do, by the way). Women are people too.