Some of our friends work in TV (and filtering the good from bad), we have been mildly addicted to Lie to Me. Tim Roth brilliantly plays Dr. Cal Lightman, a renown  Scientist who can read people’s faces. Far fetched cases and twisted employee dynamics make for a more than captivating recipe.  However, it’s the telling the truth in a creative partnership that is really interesting.

Highlighted with layers of intelligence and complexity, the relationship between Lightman and Foster as business partners – demonstrates the fine balance that is required to make a real partnership work.  As the viewer waits for them to slip up, kiss, or for Foster to get fed up and take her talent elsewhere – the writers make it apparent that they really do need each other.

It’s total business transparency, not because of a conscious choice to unveil the truth, but simply because they can’t fake it.