The show is created by Samuel Baum, the screenwriter of "The Evidence" and the executive producer of "24" and " Arrested Development ". The plot setting seems to be very similar to the " The Mentalist " currently being broadcast by CBS . But there is one significant difference between the two: the show is based on real people and real events. The play is inspired by the real research of behavioral expert Dr. Paul Ekman . Its main research direction is the recognition of human facial expressions, emotion analysis and interpersonal deception. He is able to unearth clues buried deep in human faces, bodies and voices, and then reveal the truth and lies in criminal investigations to the world. The male protagonist in this play, Cal Lightman, leads a local private research organization called the "Lightman Group", as long as the government, FBI, local police, legal companies, large corporations and even individuals encounter the truth in the process of finding the truth about something Whatever the trouble, Cal Lightman and his research team will come to help.
In a sense, this setting is very similar to another FOX crime drama that "scientists dominate the investigation process"-" Bones ." The one who assisted Cal Lightman in the investigation was the early founder and famous expert of Behavioral psychology. : Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams, "The Practice"). Gillian is a gifted psychologist and a professional partner of Lightman. The two match each other and complement each other in this field-Gillian pays attention to the overall situation and Lightman pays attention to the details. They Being together can be a good balance of cooperation. Lightman needs someone like Gillian who can see through human behavior to guide him-whether he is aware of it or not.
Another assistant of Lightman is named Eli Loker (Brendan Hines, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), the chief researcher, who is good at thinking but not good at words, and it seems that he has never been a liar. On the contrary, he was unhappy that humans like to lie, so he decided to implement what he called "radical honesty." He said anything on his mind at any time, and he often paid the price for it. Ria Torres (Monica Raymund, "Law and Order: SVU") is the newest member of this team. He is quite talented in insight into body language. It seems that "born" is a perfect "living polygraph"-no need to go through Through training, we can see through people's hearts. This ability makes her role in the team extremely important-Ria is often keenly aware of the details that colleagues overlooked.
