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(Jeffrey Buchanan and Ria are talking about Cal)
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: How many times has he lied to you?
Ria Torres: Excuse me?
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: Well, he said you were a natural, so you must have caught him in some big, fat ones.
Ria Torres: (laughing) Yeah, maybe one or two.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: One or two? Oh, he's mellowed out. Back in the day, he was pathological.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: How many times has he lied to you?
Ria Torres: Excuse me?
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: Well, he said you were a natural, so you must have caught him in some big, fat ones.
Ria Torres: (laughing) Yeah, maybe one or two.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: One or two? Oh, he's mellowed out. Back in the day, he was pathological.
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Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: That boy lied, cheated and stole his way through Oxford.
Cal Lightman: I never stole.
Cal Lightman: I never stole.
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Cal Lightman: This is new.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: (laughing) I asked Grace not to let anyone back here. I'm going on Larry King to talk up the new flu vaccine, so this is just, you know, saving time.
Cal Lightman: Does your missus know how much you spend on make-up?
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: Not unless you want Larry King to know how you got drunk and talked your way past White House security--
Cal Lightman: Never happened.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: Oh, that never happened? Well, this never happened, either.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: (laughing) I asked Grace not to let anyone back here. I'm going on Larry King to talk up the new flu vaccine, so this is just, you know, saving time.
Cal Lightman: Does your missus know how much you spend on make-up?
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: Not unless you want Larry King to know how you got drunk and talked your way past White House security--
Cal Lightman: Never happened.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: Oh, that never happened? Well, this never happened, either.
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Peters at the State Department: Where's the chia pet?
Gillian Foster: Loker?
Peters at the State Department: Yeah that guy definitely needs a shave and a haircut.
Gillian Foster: He monitoring the closed circuit cameras so we can do a stress analysis on the Yeminis. (smiling and waving to the camera mounted on the wall) I'm sure he'll appreciate the tip.
Gillian Foster: Loker?
Peters at the State Department: Yeah that guy definitely needs a shave and a haircut.
Gillian Foster: He monitoring the closed circuit cameras so we can do a stress analysis on the Yeminis. (smiling and waving to the camera mounted on the wall) I'm sure he'll appreciate the tip.
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Peters at the State Department: We hired you to focus on the other side of the table, not ours.
Eli loker: Well, we catch the lies wherever they come from.
Eli loker: Well, we catch the lies wherever they come from.
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Cal Lightman: (pointing to Ria) You think this one is ever going to stop talking back?
Gillian Foster: I hope not.
Gillian Foster: I hope not.
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(Cal and Ria are arguing about Gillian and her problem with her husband.)
Cal Lightman: Yeah, congratulations. Once again, you’ve arrived at the apparently foreign destination of none-of-your-damn-business.
Cal Lightman: Yeah, congratulations. Once again, you’ve arrived at the apparently foreign destination of none-of-your-damn-business.
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(Cal and Ria are arguing about Gillian and her problem with her husband.)
Ria Torres: (sighs) Man, I don't get you.
Cal Lightman: Good. Stop trying.
Ria Torres: Fine, pretend like you don't give a damn what's going on with her. I know you do.
Ria Torres: (sighs) Man, I don't get you.
Cal Lightman: Good. Stop trying.
Ria Torres: Fine, pretend like you don't give a damn what's going on with her. I know you do.
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(Cal and Ria are arguing about Gillian and her problem with her husband.)
Cal Lightman: 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
Ria Torres: She's your friend.
Cal Lightman: You're not listening to me. In this workplace, with everything that we see, we have to be very clear on the rules.
Ria Torres: You and Foster have rules?
Cal Lightman: If there's something she wants to tell me, she will. Everything else, everything else I see, I ignore. I trust her to take care of herself.
Cal Lightman: 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
Ria Torres: She's your friend.
Cal Lightman: You're not listening to me. In this workplace, with everything that we see, we have to be very clear on the rules.
Ria Torres: You and Foster have rules?
Cal Lightman: If there's something she wants to tell me, she will. Everything else, everything else I see, I ignore. I trust her to take care of herself.
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Cal Lightman: Okay. How many people in this is world do you trust? How many?
Ria Torres: I don't know, ten.
(Cal stares at her.)
Ria Torres: Six.
Cal Lightman: Right. Well, when you get to my age, it'll be three.
Ria Torres: I don't know, ten.
(Cal stares at her.)
Ria Torres: Six.
Cal Lightman: Right. Well, when you get to my age, it'll be three.
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(Jeffrey Buchanan tells Cal that A'isha Walker was paid for selling the formula, which makes her guilty.)
Cal Lightman: I'm not easily fooled, Jeffery.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: I know. That makes her one hell of a liar.
Cal Lightman: I'm not easily fooled, Jeffery.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: I know. That makes her one hell of a liar.
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(Cal and Torres go to visit A'isha Walker in jail.)
A'isha Walker: What do you want?
Cal Lightman: Well I love being duped. It doesn't happen often, but you know, I'm intrigued. So we can either chit-chat or you can tell us the truth.
A'isha Walker: I gave you the truth and you ran right back to Vandeman.
Cal Lightman: (laughing) You're incredible. (to Ria) She's incredible. (to A'isha Walker) You're incredible. You know, it's not hard to find a good liar, but a truly great one, that's rare.
A'isha Walker: What do you want?
Cal Lightman: Well I love being duped. It doesn't happen often, but you know, I'm intrigued. So we can either chit-chat or you can tell us the truth.
A'isha Walker: I gave you the truth and you ran right back to Vandeman.
Cal Lightman: (laughing) You're incredible. (to Ria) She's incredible. (to A'isha Walker) You're incredible. You know, it's not hard to find a good liar, but a truly great one, that's rare.
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Ria Torres: 'Jeffery encouraged me to come see you?'
Cal Lightman: The walls of the FDA have ears.
Ria Torres: Yeah, well, then I'm sure they could tell that you were lying, too.
Cal Lightman: The walls of the FDA have ears.
Ria Torres: Yeah, well, then I'm sure they could tell that you were lying, too.
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(Gillian and Eli are watching Deputy Ambassador Rafid on TV.)
Eli Loker: He's almost comical with the sound off.
Gillian Foster: I'm trying to concentrate here.
Eli Loker: Well, he's got the best posture I've ever seen. It's like Mussolini.
Gillian Foster: He's trying to make himself looks bigger. Men, gorillas, blowfish, when they want to appear dominant they puff themselves out.
Eli Loker: This guy is definitely compensating for something.
Eli Loker: He's almost comical with the sound off.
Gillian Foster: I'm trying to concentrate here.
Eli Loker: Well, he's got the best posture I've ever seen. It's like Mussolini.
Gillian Foster: He's trying to make himself looks bigger. Men, gorillas, blowfish, when they want to appear dominant they puff themselves out.
Eli Loker: This guy is definitely compensating for something.
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(Cal accuses Jeffrey Buchanan of conspiring with Vandeman.)
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: You know something? For somebody who's studied emotions their entire life, you really don't understand them, at all.
Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan: You know something? For somebody who's studied emotions their entire life, you really don't understand them, at all.
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Cal Lightman: I prefer to get the truth in person, but sometimes you just have to make do.
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Emily Lightman: I'm just saying, you know, you need to stop dwelling in the past. You know, forge on. Fight the good fight.
Cal Lightman: Where'd you get this crap?
Emily Lightman: Oprah, mostly.
. . .
Emily Lightman: You really should try, you know, opening up to me.
Cal Lightman: Is it Oprah?
Emily Lightman: Eh, it might be.
Cal Lightman: Where'd you get this crap?
Emily Lightman: Oprah, mostly.
. . .
Emily Lightman: You really should try, you know, opening up to me.
Cal Lightman: Is it Oprah?
Emily Lightman: Eh, it might be.
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Gail: Still overcharging the city and everyone else for stuff that's unusable in court?
Cal Lightman: You still offering my wife unsolicited martial advice?
Emily Lightman: Ex-wife.
Cal Lightman: (turns to look at Emily) Ex-wife.
Cal Lightman: You still offering my wife unsolicited martial advice?
Emily Lightman: Ex-wife.
Cal Lightman: (turns to look at Emily) Ex-wife.
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Cal Lightman: I understand how you feel. If there's anyone to blame for this, I'll find them.
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Eli Loker: So what, we, uh, we get back in with the Devil's Spawn and we see what she knows?
Gillian Foster: The 'Devil's Spawn? What is with you on this one?
Eli Loker: This pompous douchebag flies around the country on his private jet, he gets people to give him their hard-earned money -- steals it-- and then they act like we are are persecuting him.
Gillian Foster: The 'Devil's Spawn? What is with you on this one?
Eli Loker: This pompous douchebag flies around the country on his private jet, he gets people to give him their hard-earned money -- steals it-- and then they act like we are are persecuting him.
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Cal Lightman: Where have you been?
Gillian Foster: Can I talk to you for a minute?
Cal Lightman: I'm a little busy right now. I could have used you a couple of hours ago. I called you, I think, twice.
Gillian Foster: Just a minute. Please?
Cal Lightman: What? What do you want?
Gillian Foster: I'm on my way to meet with Carolyn Holland. But I just wanted to make sure that you were okay.
Cal Lightman: I'm fantastic.
Gillian Foster: You know, because I can put Holland on hold for a while until things quiet down around here.
Cal Lightman: No, I told you. I'm fantastic.
Gillian Foster: You didn't make it to your meeting with the mayor.
Cal Lightman: I canceled it.
Gillian Foster: No, actually, you didn't, and it's been on the books for three weeks.
Cal Lightman: Well, I meant to cancel it.
Gillian Foster: Cal.
Cal Lightman: Go mother someone else. Everyone back to work, please.
Gillian Foster: Can I talk to you for a minute?
Cal Lightman: I'm a little busy right now. I could have used you a couple of hours ago. I called you, I think, twice.
Gillian Foster: Just a minute. Please?
Cal Lightman: What? What do you want?
Gillian Foster: I'm on my way to meet with Carolyn Holland. But I just wanted to make sure that you were okay.
Cal Lightman: I'm fantastic.
Gillian Foster: You know, because I can put Holland on hold for a while until things quiet down around here.
Cal Lightman: No, I told you. I'm fantastic.
Gillian Foster: You didn't make it to your meeting with the mayor.
Cal Lightman: I canceled it.
Gillian Foster: No, actually, you didn't, and it's been on the books for three weeks.
Cal Lightman: Well, I meant to cancel it.
Gillian Foster: Cal.
Cal Lightman: Go mother someone else. Everyone back to work, please.
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Ria Torres: Yesterday he was watching some video of an old British woman when I walked into his office.
Eli Loker: Brown hair? About 40?
Ria Torres: Yeah.
Eli Loker: Lightman probably spent about a thousand hours watching that film. Her name was Louise Mason. She was a patient of one of Lightman's professors when he was in grad school. She had been in the psych ward about a month when that was recorded. She told the professor she was fine. No one could see she was actually in agony. Lightman finally got the idea to slow down the film and that's when he saw the agony on her face. That's what led him to discover microexpressions in the first place.
Ria Torres: Well, I hope they didn't let that woman off the psych ward.
Eli Loker: Well, she got a pass home for the weekend and killed herself. They didn't know to look for microexpressions then. Nobody knew they existed.
Eli Loker: Brown hair? About 40?
Ria Torres: Yeah.
Eli Loker: Lightman probably spent about a thousand hours watching that film. Her name was Louise Mason. She was a patient of one of Lightman's professors when he was in grad school. She had been in the psych ward about a month when that was recorded. She told the professor she was fine. No one could see she was actually in agony. Lightman finally got the idea to slow down the film and that's when he saw the agony on her face. That's what led him to discover microexpressions in the first place.
Ria Torres: Well, I hope they didn't let that woman off the psych ward.
Eli Loker: Well, she got a pass home for the weekend and killed herself. They didn't know to look for microexpressions then. Nobody knew they existed.
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Eli Loker: I just figured that if his daughter was guilty, a man like Holland wouldn't hesitate to eat his young.
Gillian Foster: Look at a man like he's the devil and you'll never understand his motives.
Gillian Foster: Look at a man like he's the devil and you'll never understand his motives.
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Gillian Foster: (to Ria) Just because you can see everything doesn't mean you can understand it.
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Cal Lightman: You shouldn't think about that stuff, love.
Emily Lightman: What am I supposed to think about?
Cal Lightman: Celibacy.
(Emily laughs.)
Emily Lightman: What am I supposed to think about?
Cal Lightman: Celibacy.
(Emily laughs.)
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Cal Lightman: There must be some reason why they killed themselves.
Gillian Foster: I know you don't want to hear this again, but I'm going to say this to you anyway. It doesn't matter how many you find a reason for. It wasn't your fault.
Gillian Foster: I know you don't want to hear this again, but I'm going to say this to you anyway. It doesn't matter how many you find a reason for. It wasn't your fault.
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Eli Loker: You have to put these people away or they will keep coming back like a cancer. You cannot let them think they can do this and not get punished.
Gillian Foster: When you're the boss, make whatever call you want.
(Gillian closes the door on Eli. He walks away angrily.)
Gillian Foster: When you're the boss, make whatever call you want.
(Gillian closes the door on Eli. He walks away angrily.)
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