The Worst Episodes of Lie to Me
Every episode of Lie to Me ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Lie to Me!
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Lie to Me" is "The Canary's Song", rated 7.1/10 from 660 user votes. It was directed by Seith Mann and written by Samantha Corbin-Miller. "The Canary's Song" aired on 11/8/2010 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Smoked".
7.1/10 660 votes#1 - The Canary's Song
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2010
When Lightman investigates an explosion that killed six coal miners, he suspects foul play may be involved and goes below the surface to find the truth; the FBI seeks the Lightman Group's help with another case.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Samantha Corbin-Miller
7.2/10 634 votes#2 - Smoked
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2010
Lightman is hired by a terminally ill restaurant owner to find his daughter's killer as his dying wish.
Director: Kate Woods
Writer: David Slack
7.3/10 690 votes#3 - Headlock
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 8/2/2010
A fighter in an underground club is found dead; Foster discovers a troubling secret.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 698 votes#4 - The Royal We
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2010
While defending a wrongly accused man, Lightman uncovers a dark secret that helps a damaged woman and her daughter.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 667 votes#5 - Dirty Loyal
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2010
The Lightman Group gets hired by Internal Affairs to investigate an incident that involves Det. Wallowski and her partner Det. Farr.
Director: Michelle MacLaren
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 651 votes#6 - Beyond Belief
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2010
Lightman goes head-to-head with the leader of a self-help empire to free a wealthy woman who may be under the control of the cult-like leader. When Lightman begins to investigate, things get personal as he suspects the group of threatening him and his daughter, Emily.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 633 votes#7 - Saved
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/2011
Lightman investigates three high school students responsible for a deadly traffic accident.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dailyn Rodriguez
7.4/10 749 votes#8 - React to Contact
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/28/2010
Lightman is confronted with unsettling truths about his past while trying to save an Iraq war veteran.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 693 votes#9 - Exposed
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 8/23/2010
After Foster's boyfriend, Dave Burns (guest star Martini), gets abducted Lightman tries to track him down with the help of Burns' mysterious ex partner.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: David Graziano
7.4/10 735 votes#10 - In the Red
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2010
Lightman tries to stop a man intent on revenge from robbing a bank.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 670 votes#11 - Double Blind
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2010
Lightman becomes involved in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse when he meets a beautiful woman at an art gallery. Meanwhile, Torres is still reeling after her fatal mistake.
Director: David Platt
Writer: Dailyn Rodriguez
7.4/10 673 votes#12 - Veronica
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2010
Lightman tries to help a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's piece together her fragmented memories, but it uncovers a deadly secret.
Director: Michael Nankin
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 624 votes#13 - Gone
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/2011
A baby goes missing, and her mother accuses an unknown person of the kidnapping. When Lightman sees she’s hiding something, he digs deeper and discovers a family in need of repair.
Director: Adam Arkin
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 802 votes#14 - Fold Equity
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2009
Lightman, Foster and Reynolds travel to Las Vegas to help locate a missing finalist in the World Series of Poker. Lightman uses his skills to read the other competitors' faces to figure out which one knows about the disappearance. Meanwhile, Loker and Torres analyze Loker's new relationship, and as a result, get closer to each other.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 1,401 votes#15 - Moral Waiver
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2009
When a female soldier charges a commanding officer with sexual assault, Lightman is brought to Fort Meade to find out if there's any truth to the accusation. Meanwhile, the Lightman Group is hired to determine whether the young star of a college basketball team accepted a bribe to play for the university.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Josh Singer
7.6/10 1,226 votes#16 - A Perfect Score
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2009
The murder of a teenage girl – who is the daughter of a powerful federal judge – leads The Lightman Group to a highly competitive college-prep school where getting to the head of the class means everything. The team also investigates a NASA test pilot accused of intentionally crashing a $250 million aircraft
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 1,184 votes#17 - Love Always
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/2009
At a state wedding, Lightman and his team work to prevent the assassination of a South Korean ambassador. But when someone else is shot, Lightman exposes long-held family secrets and lies to identify the assassin.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 1,005 votes#18 - The Best Policy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2009
When Lightman is hired to find a corporate spy at a pharmaceutical company, he discovers a high-level conspiracy surrounding a new drug that could put thousands of lives at risk. The team is also hired by the State Department to assist with negotiations for the release of two Americans imprisoned in Yemen.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Rasheed Newson, T.J. Brady
7.6/10 970 votes#19 - Life Is Priceless
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/8/2009
In the wake of a building collapse in a small town outside Washington, Lightman is brought in to determine who is at fault, and he discovers a massive cover-up. Meanwhile, the team is hired by a "dot-com" billionaire to determine if his girlfriend loves him for the right reasons.
Director: Clark Johnson
Writer: Dustin Thomason
7.6/10 985 votes#20 - Better Half
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2009
When Assistant U.S. Attorney Zoe Landau, Lightman's ex-wife and Emily's mother, enlists Lightman to help investigate an arson case in which the only eyewitness is a 5-year-old boy, it quickly becomes clear that she and Lightman still have feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Foster and Torres question a rapper who is suspected of murder.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Josh Singer, Ilana Bar-Din Giannini
7.6/10 806 votes#21 - Lack of Candor
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2009
After a federal witness is killed, the US attorney arrives at the Lightman Group to take the next witness in line, Reynolds, into protected custody. Cal feels that the US Marshals Service cannot protect Reynolds, so he takes him "hostage" and demands that he be able to run the investigation into the witness's death. During his investigation, he finds out that while undercover Reynolds did drugs and killed a man and wants to keep it a secret to avoid prosecution after he finds out that his handler (Alicia Coppola) did not properly report the event. Through his own undercover operation, Cal records the handler admitting that she led Reynolds to believe that everything was all set legally, and the US attorney subsequently takes her into custody. Meanwhile Loker and Torres discover that the original witness was killed after the cell phone that his mistress provided was tracked to his safe house's location.
Director: Eric Laneuville, Terrence O'Hara
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 820 votes#22 - Black Friday
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2009
The Lightman Group helps a teenager who believes he was abducted as a baby, while Loker and Torres try to figure out what caused a deadly stampede at an electronics store.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 703 votes#23 - Bullet Bump
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/26/2010
The Lightman Group investigates when a young woman is killed at a political rally in Virginia.
Director: James Hayman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 681 votes#24 - Black and White
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 9/13/2010
The Lightman Group investigates the murder of a journalist and friend of Lightman’s who was killed while exposing a corrupt politician
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 623 votes#25 - Rebound
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2011
A wealthy woman asks Lightman to look into her new boyfriend's background.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Ehrman