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Season 2 of “Lie to Me” Starts Tonight

Don’t forget Season 2 of “Lie to Me” starts tonight! Go Monica Raymund, “Ria Torres” (the TV natural).

Monica Raymund: The TV “Natural”

“Lie to Me” Returning Next Season

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Tonight was the season finale, and I must say it rocked. They got it right on the money and kept me on the edge of my seat (which not every episode did). I enjoyed reading the faces because the actors did superb. I could actually call out the shots, because the expressions were spot on much of the time! Very cool. I’m looking forward to next season!

Funny thing is while I love watching the actors, my husband is superb at picking up and predicting the plot, for which I have zero ability. He always says, “Want to know how it is going to end?” to which I say “Yeah.” What he says afterward is usually right on the money and I have no idea how he does that! I can’t do that for all the tea in China.

Lie to Me This Week

I missed “Lie to Me” last night. When I tuned in at the normal time, I found American Idol was on, so I changed channels. Then when I went to delete American Idol from my DVR later in the evening, I played it for a second, and I happened to catch the announcement that “Lie to Me” has been moved to the hour before. With that, this morning, I tuned in online to watch the episode I missed. (Episode 6 “Do No Harm”).

I loved one scene this week more than any of the others. Read moreIt was the scene where Dr. Cal Lightman was asking Samantha 20 questions, but she refused to answer. Dr. Lightman, however, didn’t need words. He read her body language–from swallowing, to the slightest of head shakes, to tenseness in her grip, if I remember right.

Samantha acted out that scene beautifully! She pulled it off perfectly. It was as good as real life!! And Dr. Foster did well, too, with supporting body language. At one point, Dr. Foster gave a supportive head shake expressing her beliefs. It was great. Both Samantha and Dr. Foster kept me in the moment, which few actors do, and I loved it!

This scene shows one of the ways I have innately read people for years and why people thought I was psychic, when clearly, I am not.

Now granted, these body language signs, while they are indications of things, they should never be taken as concrete evidence. They can mean different things or happen for more than one reason, but if you investigate what these indications are telling you, you will often find out that you were right more often than you are wrong.

Bravo Fox! Great job! I just loved this scene, and I liked tonight’s episode a whole bunch. I can’t wait to see more.

What were your thoughts of the show last night?

Naturals of Deception Detection & Abuse

“Lie To Me” this week had a scene where Dr. Cal Lightman and Ria Torres, the natural, were talking about abuse. Dr. Cal Lightman said that because Torres suffered from abuse, that is why she became so good at reading body language. In another episode, Lightman said Torres was good because she didn’t have a higher education, so she had to rely on non-verbal communication more.

I wondered, after I saw those shows, if people wondered if I was a victim of abuse, or if I didn’t have a degree. I am happy to report I hold a masters of science degree, and that I was not abused as a child. I grew up in a solid home with no abuse of any kind. I had and still have loving parents.

I did have a traumatic childhood in school, however. I was bullied for years, I believe, because I was an ultra-sensitive child. If you said you disliked me, I was the type to cry my eyes out. If you told me to go away, I cried for hours. I had the thinnest skin on the planet and with that, I suspect, kids picked up on it and played me to the hilt. I became a victim to my own softness, and it took me until junior high to break out of it. I was highly taunted and teased for many years. It was very traumatic for me.

But if people who are abused develop this “sixth sense”, than there should be a lot of Truth Wizards out there, a lot more than the one percent identified by science. I personally don’t think this explains it.