Lie to Me

To the new year.

To the new year. may it be better than last year.

Ahh! I know it will be.

Carlos, I need you to bring negotiations to a close.

Not a problem, Mr. Greene.

Mark and I will take care of it.

Hey, how you doin', man?

How you doin', Carlos?

Good. Good.

So, uh, can we, uh, talk about the deal.

Of course. Just follow me.

So I, uh, had a chance to take a look at the numbers.

Ohh!

Mr. Greene's proposal wasn't a request, Nick.

Yes, but feel free to take as much time as you need to think about it.

Uhh!

Uhh!

10, 9, 8, 7...

6, 5, 4, 3...

2, 1!

Happy New Year.

So I sign this and I'm good, right?

As long as you testify, you'll have total immunity,

With new identities for you, your wife, and kids.

What about Kimi?

Come on, Mark. I can't put your mistress in witness protection.

Just like I told my wife,

I'm not leaving Kimi.

Elliot Greene's not a forgiving man.

You don't sign, we cut you loose.

You'll be dead in a day.

Welcome to your new home.

Drive! Get out of here!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Get away from the window.

What?

Get away from the bloody window.

What's going on? why?

A sniper just killed Mark McLaughlin

while he was in protective custody.

Is he someone from one of our cases?

No, no, no, no. He was a case Reynolds was working

before he came here.

All right, Lightman, don't say another word, ok?

McLaughlin was Reynolds' running buddy

in an assortment of crimes, right?

You're not supposed to know anything about that.

You work here. I know everything.

Does somebody want to fill me in?

Reynolds was undercover for 2 years

trying to dismantle Elliot Greene's organization in New York.

Yep. Greene, the Wall Street guy?

Yeah.

Mobster, killer, extortionist.

Mark was the lead witness in the case against Greene.

Yeah, now he's dead.

Reynolds is the next in line to testify.

The U.S. Attorney's on his way over. Wants to put you into protective custody.

You sound like you have a problem with that.

Yeah, I do. They got a spotty track record at best.

Would you bet your life they could keep you safe out there?

No, I didn't think so.

All right, so what do you have in mind?

Follow me.

Hi. you're the U.S. Attorney, right?

Garrett Denning. Where's Agent Reynolds?

He's in the loo.

Uh, this is Foster.

Why is he in there? We have to move now.

Well, 'cause your last witness got his head blown off.

And he works here. My office, my rules.

You're way out of line.

Now, he is my new lead witness, and he's leaving with me.

Right. Well, that's bulletproof glass,

that's reinforced door. He stays until I put in the code.

So you're holding him prisoner.

Hostage.

I'll release him if my demands are met.

Give me agent Reynolds now or I will have your company shut down

and charge you with obstruction of justice.

Oh, well, that's not gonna get him out of there.

We are all concerned about Reynolds' safety,

so let's just try to work out a deal.

Oh, you have a list of demands, do you?

Yeah. secure our building until we know he's safe.

That's unnecessary.

U.S. Marshals are fully capable of protecting Agent Reynolds.

You don't sound too sure about that.

The only ones I don't trust were the 3 guarding McLaughlin.

Only they knew where he was going.

My office is conducting an investigation

into those Marshals.

Yeah. you give them to me,

and then I'll let Reynolds go. His life's in danger.

You ask him who he trusts to get to the bottom of this, you or us?

You were the only ones who knew the safe house location.

One of you gave up your witness.

It's not possible.

If there was someone dirty on my team...

They all flash fear when they hear Elliot Greene's name.

What did this guy do?

He was a Wall Street fixer.

If a Hedge Fund was looking for inside information,

Greene's people did whatever it took to get it for them.

What did it normally take?

Blackmail, kidnapping,

torture, murder.

Our identities were kept secret,

even from each other.

Which one of you did Greene get to?

The U.S. Marshals don't hire turncoats.

Uh, just a minute.

Can I borrow you?

All right, this gentleman here

is from the U.S. Attorney's office,

and it is his job to put whichever one of you 3

killed McLaughlin, in prison.

Right, well, you two, ok, go on.

Out. Go on.

I want to talk to you.

What did I do?

Well, those two were scared they might be working with

someone connected to Greene.

Only you showed additional fear

when you were threatened with jail time.

So what did Greene do? Did he pay you off?

Did he threaten your family?

No.

Something else.

What, did you simply not like McLaughlin?

Mark was an obnoxious lowlife and scumbag,

but I didn't want him dead.

Hey.

Keep an eye on him, all right?

What does that mean? We question the marshal

or wait for Lightman to come back?

Hmm. I don't know.

But I'm sure it's some kind of test.

So is that our guy or not?

Uh, what can you tell me about the case now McLaughlin's dead?

Well, his death is a disaster.

I have to restructure my entire approach to the trial.

And without Reynolds, I don't have a case.

Does his voice sound like his face looks to you?

There was a distinct upturn in his vocal pitch

When he mentioned McLaughlin's death.

Did you have him killed?

That's absurd. He was our lead witness.

Yeah, but he was at a meeting with you

just before he was murdered, right?

You knew the exact place and time he was being moved.

Well, of course. I'm an assistant U.S. Attorney, for God's sake.

And yet you're happy he's dead.

Oh, it makes sense. He had a rap sheet a mile long,

And he only cut a deal with you because you had him by the throat.

I mean, if it was me,

I would much prefer a highly decorated FBI Agent as a witness.

Did you have Mark McLaughlin killed?

Are you people on drugs?

Did you have any idea he was about to be murdered?

Absolutely not.

That's the truth.

Thank you. Now get back in there with that marshal.

He's a puppet. I'm much more interested

in the guy who's pulling the strings.

You want me to get you in front of Elliot Greene?

Yeah. Absolutely.

If you want the truth.

This'll tell you if I have swine flu?

Nah. Nah.

It's a prerequisite for a body cavity search.

I'm kidding.

Just kidding, Mr. Greene.

So, how are we feeling today?

Fine, I guess.

What, just fine?

It's not every day the lead witness

In a case against you gets killed, is it?

Who are you?

I'm a friend of the witness that's about to step in

to keep you behind bars.

I'm also a doctor.

And you're entitled to a lawyer.

Don't need one.

Tell me, how'd you get to McLaughlin?

Did you pay off one of the Marshals?

Did you threaten him?

Someone higher up the food chain, then?

No, it's not that either.

It is funny, isn't it?

A man gets killed, today you're facing another murder count.

That's funny.

Tell your friends I'm confident

I'll be cleared at trial.

You believe that, don't you?

I have nothing to fear.

You think you can kill my friend?

Who's your friend?

The man I know as Carlos? Benjamin Reynolds, right?

If you think that federal agent