LIE TO ME, the compelling new drama from the producers of 24, stars Tim Roth ("The Incredible Hulk," "Reservoir Dogs") as DR. CAL LIGHTMAN, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to discover not only if someone is lying, but why. When someone shrugs one shoulder, rotates a hand or raises the lower lip, Lightman knows he's lying.
Based on the real-life scientific discoveries of Paul Ekman, the series follows Lightman and his team of deception experts as they assist law enforcement and government agencies to expose the truth behind the lies.
Paul Ekman is the major force behind Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
and author of many definitive books on the topic with others such as Erika Rosenberg and Wallace V. Friesen. Here's how his site describes what his group does:
The Paul Ekman Group - pioneers in research on emotions and deception - provides training programs that help individuals and groups better understand emotions and become more effective at distinguishing truth and lies. Emotions Revealed training increases your ability to recognize and regulate emotions in yourself and in others.
Hope this one lasts,