Preview of “Lie to Me”

Fox has uploaded four clips from the pilot of “Lie to Me”, which premieres this Wednesday night. I thought you might enjoy getting to see a preview.

I really enjoyed watching these clips. They were somewhat “healing” for me. They reflect my own experiences in life, quite beautifully. It feels so good to say “There! That’s how I feel!” It feels even better to watch Dr. Cal Lightman do what I’ve always wanted to do in my adult life, but chose not to: call people out on their lies! That’s what was so healing for me. Yes, I see life through very similar eyes, and at times, it gets overwhelming.

Furthermore, I have tried to offer others glimpses of what it is like to see through my eyes when people ask, only to see people gloss over in a fog of unknowing when I try to explain it. I’ve learn to accept I was not someone who was easily understood, but this show offers hope for me. It’s exciting. It feels good. People will finally understand what it is like to have this ability (and to be me).

Fox, at least from the pilot previews, has nailed it.

Read moreThree of the four clips really “hit home” for me.

I really related to Clip 2. I work for myself and I have been in countless business meetings where I have seen heaps of *stuff*. I would have loved nothing better than to unload it, or call people out on it just like Dr. Lightman does in this clip. Would it ever feel good!! But of course, to actually do so in real life wouldn’t go over well. I can tell you, people would write you off as a loony! So watching Dr. Cal Lightman do what I’ve always wanted to do with the audience on this side–now that’s healing!

I also got a great chuckle out of clip #3 for the same reason as clip #2.

In clip 4, when Dr. Cal Lightman walks out of his office and on to the streets, he sees one lie after another. In February of 2007, I wrote a post I titled the “difficult side” (of this ability). I wrote about all the emotions that I encounter when I am out in public and how it can be overwhelming for me. I also see lies, too, from time-to-time as shown in this video, though not as frequently –it just depends where I am, and more or less if I can hear people talking. This clip is not “unrealistic”. I was actually taken by it after watching it. I was like “Wow”. They captured it. They got it. They nailed it!

The only thing I didn’t get was in Clip 1. Why do they use a polygraph? It doesn’t make any sense. Is it simply for effect–for show dramatization?

Thankfully, I have a very caring and compassionate husband who is willing to listen to all my experiences, and lets me vent out all the stuff I see, because much of what I see is not “socially acceptable” to talk about. It’s not politically correct. It’s the stuff that we as a society don’t talk about, we don’t want to face, that we would rather deny and bury. It’s the stuff we hope that no one else sees. It’s the stuff sometimes even I won’t dare to write about here on my blog because it is too damn personal for the people whose lives I see into without ever asking to!

What do you think of the pilot clips?