Cal & Emily moments rocks

Emily: Would you ever lie to protect me?
Cal: You’d never put me in that position.
Emily: That’s a deflection, and a little naive, by the way.
Cal: You see, you’ve been spending far too much time hanging around in my office.
Emily: Just answer the question, please.
Cal: I’d lie my ass off to protect you.
Emily: Me, too.

Lie To Me s2x21 - Darkness and Light

Fold Equity

Ria: So I’m leaving work early, maybe get a pedicure on the way home.
Eli: It’s good we’re not in Vegas.
Ria: Oh, I can catch up on my reading.
Eli: I have a date tonight.
Ria: Oh.
Eli: A third date.
Doug: Come on.
Eli: Sorry, Doug.
Ria: With a girl? A human girl?
Eli: Oh, ha ha. You’re so… not funny. Foster’s sent us a video file to score.
Ria: Oh, one file shouldn’t take too long.
Eli: Oh, no.

Lightman: Congratulations. Once again, you’ve arrived at the foreign destination of “none of your damn business”.
Torres: Man, I don’t get you.
Lightman: Good. Stop trying.
Torres: Fine, pretend you don’t give a damn of what’s going on with her; I know you do.
Lightman: Sit down. Look, in case you haven’t figured it out yet, it’s different when you’re one of us. Everybody has things they don’t wish to share.
Torres: But she’s your friend!
Lightman: You’re not listening to me. In this workplace, in everything that we see, we have to be very clear on the rules.
Torres: You and Foster have rules?
Lightman: If there’s something she wants tell me, she will. Everything else—everything else I see—I ignore. I trust her to take care of herself.
Torres: Wow. Where did you get religion?

Most of the time lying is bad, right? Even if you think you’re doing it for a good reason. Trust me: life’s a lot easier if you learn to tell the truth.

No Butt

Lightman: There is no bomb in that trailer.
Steel: If you’re wrong, it’s your ass.
Lightman: Well, if I’m wrong, in five minutes, I won’t have an ass, will I?

Black Friday II

Cal: You want to tell me how we went from a 7-figure payday to nothing?
Loker: It wasn’t an ideal outcome…
Cal: No, it wasn’t. We can barely keep our heads above water. You decide to go ahead and sabotage a potential elephant account. I mean, what did you do? You put in 40 full hours on this? And then there’s Torres’s time? You have any idea where that’s coming from?
Loker: Your pocket.
Cal: Bloody right, my pocket! You promised me you’d deliver.
Loker: Shifting blame from the guilty party… That wouldn’t have been the truth.
Cal: You see, that choice… That choice… That’s how you make your contribution to this firm. We could go dark, for all I care. We follow the truth here. Right? No matter the cost to our egos or our wallets.
Loker: So, if I’d have taken the money…
Cal: I would have sacked you.
Loker: Hey, can I get one of those “attaboy” speeches from yesterday?
Cal: I’ve run out.

“A lie’s still a lie even when it’s white.”

Pilot

Gillian: You think I’m naive just because I don’t share your twisted view of the world.
Cal: That and you read romance novels.
Gillian: Yes, I do. Because they make me happy. A pursuit I highly recommend to you.
Cal: Truth or happiness, never both.

Secret Santa II

Recycle

Sweet Sixteen II

Gillian: Cal, you ok?
Cal: Yeah.
[…]
Gillian: No, no, no, I’m good. I’m good. I can help myself up. Ohh…
[…]
Cal: You all right?
Gillian: Yeah.

Cal: Things change.
Gillian: But people don’t.

Counter-terrorism

Gillian: Why did you choose to work in counter-terrorism? It is a choice.
Cal: Well, the power of terrorists, it lies in the fear of the innocent. I want to, um… Take that power away, you know?
Gillian: Why?
Cal: I got a daughter.
Gillian: You know that in the war against terror, there’s often collateral damage. As awful as that sounds.
Cal: I’m sorry—what—what are you saying?
Gillian: Some collateral damage can be avoided.
Cal: You talking about my Emily?
Gillian: We would be irresponsible… Not to talk about Emily.

Lie To Me - s2x12 - Sweet Sixteen

Better Half II

Cal: That’s it, then? People just change and then they move on?
Zoe: Are you saying that I’m the one that changed?
Cal: You left me. You left.
Zoe: Yeah, I left because of you.
Cal: Oh, it’s my fault now?
Zoe: No, I’m saying you should take a hard look at what happened before you start blaming me.
Cal: Hey, I saw what happened! I saw what was happening! You know, I could see the doubt. I could see the doubt when you were standing on the bloody altar!
Zoe: Everyone has doubts, Cal! Everyone! At the altar, with their friends, in the maternity ward, staring at the very best thing that’s ever happened to them, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only thing that they feel. But you, you just…you saw every doubt, every fear. By the end, that was all you could see. You couldn’t let go of anything.
Cal: I was trying to be honest.
Zoe: Yes… I know. I know. But I can tell you, sweetheart, there really is such a thing as too much honesty in a marriage.
Cal: So, what do you want? You’d rather be with someone who doesn’t really know you, then?
Zoe: How about someone who doesn’t need to know everything about me? Who I can surprise on his birthday. Who doesn’t need to point out every time I’m even remotely attracted to another man.
Cal: Someone with his head up his ass?
Zoe: Someone who doesn’t study my eyebrows when I’m standing in a thong.
Cal: Why are you here, then? Why did you hire me, eh?
Zoe: It’s a tough case.

(Lie To Me 1x10)

Cactusguy

Emily: I got you a cactus.
Cal: Why?
Emily: Why not?
Cal: What have you done?
Emily: I haven’t done anything. I just… it reminded me of you.

(Lie to Me, 2x14 - React to Contact)

1x01

Cal Lightman: And I thought the truth would set you free.
Gillian Foster: Speaking of which, do you still have that note that I brought you? I want it for my office.
Cal Lightman: [Handing over the note] You really are a pack rat.
(Note reads: Bring this to me in 5 minutes and look grim.”)
Gillian Foster: You could have just told me what this was for.
Cal Lightman: Nah. You’re a terrible liar.
Gillian Foster: Normal people think that’s a good thing.
Cal Lightman: You saying I’m not normal?
Gillian Foster: Good night. Go home.

Better Half

CAL: I’ll be fine.
GILLIAN: Cal.
CAL: I’m in complete control of myself, which is more than I can say for you following me into the men’s room.
[A woman exits a stall, looks at Cal and leaves the room]
GILLIAN: The women’s room, Cal. The women’s room.

Blinded

REYNOLDS: That should tell you. Lightman asked me to get those photos made when first discover that Camille was missing.
RIA: So, Camille’s not dead?
REYNOLDS: We don’t know yet.
RIA: Lightman knew it from the beginning. It was all set up, he planned the whole thing. All of it. Even letting Jenkins see through him at the prison.
ELI: Yeah, he set up a false power dynamic; build up Jenkins’ confidence, lower his defenses.
RIA: Lightman played me too. He pushed me to disobey him because he knew it would trigger Jenkins.
GILLIAN: The Long Con. One of Lightman’s favorite moves.
RIA: You knew?
GILLIAN: No idea.
RIA: He is scary good.

The Core Of It

GILLIAN: You know, I lied earlier when I said that I was devastated about the divorce. I’m not. For the first time in five years, when I get dressed in the morning I don’t automatically reach for something black or brown or navy blue; I’m wearing pink today, Cal. Pink, because I like pink, it makes me happy! Which is something that I have not been in a very long time. I’m divorced, I’m free and I’m happy and if you do something to screw that up—
CAL: I won’t. I promise I won’t.

There’s a funny thing about trust, ‘cause it’s a matter of faith. I mean, you can never really be sure of it.

Cal Lightman

Cal: He needs me to believe that he’s reformed, but when I talk to him with my mouth full, this is what we get. Nostrils flared. Lips tightened. Anger. He can’t control himself.

(The expression of Ria’s face, the recognition on it, brings chills down my spine every time I watch these scene.)

GILLIAN: You can’t go to that place again.
CAL: I have never been to Afghanistan in my life.
GILLIAN: You know what I’m talking about, Cal.
CAL: Two missing Marines, love.
GILLIAN: Fear’s healthy. Don’t forget it.
CAL: Right you are. Goodbye, darling.

Cal Lightman | Lie to Me, Season 2

"Great chess players think one move ahead. But it’s always the right move."

Delinquent III

[Gillian starts sobbing.]
GILLIAN: No, no…
CAL: Come here, darling. It’s okay, it’s okay. I had no idea you were such a cry baby.
[Gillian laughs and pushes him.]
GILLIAN: Cal, they were just kids. I could tell by their voices. There were three boys, and a girl.
CAL: From Covington. Where the bloody hell’s the cops, then?
GILLIAN: No. They’re just going to take Ava back to juvi, and they’ll arrest you for taking her. We can take care of this on our own.
CAL: You’re supposed to be the sensible one here.
GILLIAN: Yeah, and you’re supposed to take unnecessary risks.
CAL: Not when it comes to you.

Delinquent II

CAL: Foster!
GILLIAN: Yeah! I’m in here!
CAL: What the bloody hell happened here? Are you alright, love?
GILLIAN: Yeah, I’m fine. I’m fine. Everything’s…everything’s… it’s fine.

Secret Santa

CAL: I know. I know. You shouldn’t have had to see that, Em.
EMILY: I was scared, Dad. I was really scared.
CAL: Me too. Me too.
EMILY: So, is it naive to ask you - beg you, really - to never do anything like that again?
CAL: No. Well, yeah. A little bit.

Moral Waiver

Cal: [watches a food vendor prepare his sandwich with his bare hands] You wash your hands today?
Vendor: Uh, yeah, of course. [rubs the back of his neck]
Cal: Do you have any kind of pain in your neck?
Vendor: Uh, no. Why?
Cal: People touch it when they lie. It’s a classic manipulator…You been to the bathroom today?
Gillian: Cal!
Vendor: Uh, no. [lifts his hand to rub his neck again but catches himself]
Cal: Oh, great. [raising his voice] Anybody else want a side of feces? Anybody? SIDE OF FECES?

Grievous Bodily Harm

GILLIAN: We’re a team! And you risked your life without letting us help you.
CAL: I wouldn’t be here at all if weren’t for Terry Marsh.
ELI: Fine. So where does that leave us?
CAL: That leaves you all fired!
RIA: You gotta be kidding, I didn’t even wanna do this intervention.
CAL: Just you then. Just you are fired, for having no spine.
RIA: I don’t believe this.
CAL: Good. ‘Cause I’m lying. Oh what, you didn’t spot that? Did your emotions get in the way? You should really work on that.

So sweet

Delinquent

CAL: Well?
EMILY: You can’t tell?
CAL: You failed.
EMILY: I passed!
CAL: Yes! Well done, girl. Well done.
EMILY: So, can I drive home?
CAL: No. You’re not driving again.
EMILY: What? No, come on!
CAL: Nah, you crashed my car.

Foster: I love weddings. They're such a great celebration of love and hope. And there's cake!
Lightman: Oh yes, the bride is pretending she's a virgin, the groom is pretending he's found "the one", and the in-laws are pretending they like each other. It's Christmas for liars.
Foster: Yet, still lovely.
Lightman: You really are idiotically happy, aren't you?

You're not just a pretty face, are you darling?

Sweet Sixteen

CAL: So, are you ever going to tell me?
GILLIAN: He came to me. In the middle of the night, before our first session. Not to my office, to my house. My house. I’d never seen him before, and I never saw him again. He told me to do what I had to do to keep you quiet, or Doyle wouldn’t be the only to lose his wife and daughter. If I’d told you that, it would have been proof positive of a cover up, and you’dve never let it go. I couldn’t let you do that. To you, your family. You’d never have gotten to blow the whistle. He would have cut you down before you put it to your lips.
CAL: So, all that talk about you being a bad liar, that’s just an act. Right? That’s a lie.
GILLIAN: Depends on the lie.

I need this in high-res

Like now.

Cal: Now I know what it’s like to work with beautiful women.
Gillian: He’s talking about your friend Clara Musso.
Cal: Yeah, and her.

Hayley & Tim

Dead. Of cuteness. Hayley’s so lucky to get to work with him!

Black Friday

GILLIAN: Did Calculus get harder since we took it?
CAL: That’s what I said!
EMILY: It’s alright, I’ll just figure it out myself. I mean, you’d think with the intellectual stock I come from, though.
GILLIAN: Apples always fall farther from the tree than you think.
CAL: Well, there’s something to be grateful for, right then.
GILLIAN: How was Thanksgiving?
EMILY: Oh, you know. Dad lectured -
CAL: I did not lecture.
EMILY: Mom fretted -
CAL: I didn’t lecture!
EMILY: So much to be thankful for. I mean, don’t you think I’m getting a little old for make-believe family holidays?
CAL: Well, that’s how your mom likes it, love.
[Emily goes to answer the door.]
GILLIAN: You’re a little odd.
CAL: Why?
GILLIAN: The apron.
CAL: I think it’s becoming.

(A tattooed human lie detector walking around in a flowery apron. It doesn’t get manlier than that.)

Cal & Gillian

Cal - Loker

“What do you mean you kissed my daughter?”

The Whole Truth

Ria: Just ask, Loker.
Eli: …So you sleep with women too?
Ria: Wow. You just went to a whole new level of blunt.
Eli: Well, I mean, it has serious ramifications. My competition may have just doubled.

Control Factor

GILLIAN: Hey! Hey! Give that to me!
CAL: [Reading] Don’t hate me too much, ‘cause I’m full of admiration.
GILLIAN: Give it to me.
CAL: So, who sent the flowers, then? ‘Cause you know I’m the jealous type.
GILLIAN: Welcome home, Cal.

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