Lie to Me

Beato Michaeli Archangelo,

beato Loanni Baptistae,

sanctis apostalies Petro et Paolo.

Confiteor deo...

Faye. Charlie.

Dr. Lightman.

I'm sorry about, um, Dave and Sue.

Yeah, to lose their son and then die in a car crash.

Life is so unfair.

Beato Michaeli archangelo,

sanctis apostalie Petro et paolo.

It's time.

It's about time they killed this monster

for what he did to our nephew.

Death by injection's too good for this unrepentant son of a bitch.

Ah. Well, what can I say?

Confiteor deo omnipotenti,

beatae Mariae semper virgini.

You ok?

Ah, don't answer that.

I'll shut up now.

... Omnipotenti, beatae Mariae semper virgini,

beato Michaeli archangelo.

I'm an innocent man.

Go to hell.

The pied piper was a rat catcher

who was tricked and didn't get paid.

He stole the children of Hamelin so the rich would remember the day.

I didn't take little Rex.

The pied piper did.

I need to talk to the governor.

Cal.

Um, no. You see, he's telling the truth

when he says he didn't take the boy. Can I speak to the...

have you lost your mind? Is he on the phone?

- Is that the governor on the phone?! - What are you doing?

The governor can't speak to you.

He can't speak to me, or he won't speak to me? Come on.

Oh, no. I'm good. Come on.

For 2 weeks, this guy makes terrifying phone calls to the family,

kidnaps their 8-year-old son, and brutally murders him.

He deserves to die.

Big talk is easy when you're not the executioner.

You think I'm afraid of that?

Show me the switch, I'd be happy to throw it.

Yeah, well, it's gross that he's had

3 hots and a cot for 17 years,

but the real issue's that Jason Wilkie

randomly chose my nephew.

It could have been anyone's son.

Putting him to death,

I mean, that's about ensuring public safety

and deterring other crimes.

That was Charlie Sheridan, uncle of the murder victim,

speaking to us earlier.

Jason Wilkie never confessed to the kidnapping

and gruesome murder of 8-year-old Rex Sheridan 17 years ago.

A last-minute stay of execution

could only come from the governor of Virginia.

Can't believe Lightman is in there.

Why is Lightman in there?

It's the first case he worked on that led to a death-penalty conviction.

Plus there's the Zoe connection.

This just in.

Jason Wilkie was just pronounced dead,

the 104th person to die by execution

in the state of Virginia since 1976.

Hey. I need the case files for the Wilkie trial...

the transcripts, the tapes... the lot.

Go to City Hall.

I... I can't. It'll take too long.

And you kept copies. I know you did.

You made the paper.

Look, it's over, Cal. Please,

for both our sakes.

Look, I saw Wilkie lie dozens of times during his trial,

all right, but last night, he was telling the truth.

Wait. So you're telling me,

the woman who prosecuted Wilkie

based in large part on your science,

is that you got it wrong?

No, I didn't get it wrong.

When? Last night or 17 years ago?

Both.

How's that possible?

I don't know. That's what I'm trying to figure out.

I didn't do it, I swear.

- Do what? - Oh, good.

I thought you guys were fighting about me.

No, we're not fighting. We're just having...

We're not fighting. We were having a work-related discussion.

Here you are.

Mwah!

So, hey, congrats on making the paper.

I thought teenagers didn't read newspapers anymore.

They do when their dad goes nuts at an execution.

Yeah, well, don't let it go to your head, all right?

You ready for school?

Uh, yeah. I forgot to tell you I don't need a ride.

Hannah's parents just got her a new Prius...

hint, hint... so she's picking me up.

Look, I need those files, so, please.

I need you to hear something.

Now, this is the call that Rex Sheridan's parents

received 17 years ago

just days before he was kidnapped.

I'm gonna get you.

Ready or not, here I come.

All right, now get this.

You know Faye and Charlie Sheridan,

the aunt and uncle of that same little boy that got murdered?

Well, Mrs. Sheridan came back home

after taking the kids to school this morning,

found this message on their answering machine.

I'm gonna get you.

Ready or not, here I come.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

Well, maybe some clown is just

playin' silly buggers, you know,

after watching Wilkie on tv all week.

Well, look at the sound wave analysis.

This is new FBI software.

Each voice has features as unique as fingerprints.

The 2 callers are identical,

17 years apart.

This is no copycat.

Do you think that Jason Wilkie could have

made this recording before he was arrested?

Well, if the governor had taken my bloody phone call,

we'd know for sure, wouldn't we?

Well, doesn't it prove it wasn't Jason Wilkie?

Did we help execute an innocent man?

I could do this alone...

if you'd prefer.

You think I got the wrong person 17 years ago.

Don't you?

Yes.

I think you could have made a mistake.

So do you.

Zoe was a young prosecutor

eager to get a conviction,

and you wanted to help her.

You still do.

Do you charge by the hour for this?

Classic. Deflection.

Classic Cal Lightman.

No, look. I saw a man executed last night.

Go on.

Well, I... I saw something on his face I'd never seen before.

Well, what did you see then?

Um, well, I don't really know what it was.

But you need to follow it to the ends of the earth,

no matter what, knowing you.

All right.

Come on, then.

Have you reached your children?

Abby and Brady are upstairs.

Our oldest son, Oliver,

he's driving back to college in Baltimore.

We haven't been able to reach him yet,

but the FBI is waiting for him there.

Oh, my God. Brady just turned 8.

Rex was 8 when he was abducted.

Vinyl, still the best, eh?

It's brilliant.

It's the best.

The heavy metal piece, that's fantastic there.

Excuse me. What are you doing?

I thought you might have had a safe.

That sign means a lot to us.

Oh, really?

The home fed diner

is the first property my father purchased.

Oh. No offense intended.

So where's the tape?

What tape?

The one that you used to fake the...

the voice mail you just got,

one from 17 years ago,

the creepy nursery rhyme tape.

That one. Where is it?

You think we faked that message?

Oh. Alphabetized books.

Ah, that's a red flag if ever I saw one.

Hey. Wait a minute!

Charlie, you got a little quiet all of a sudden,

you know, for someone who's got such a loud mouth.

You can't come in here and...

No, that message that you claim

you got, that was a hoax.

I mean, you've been on tv for years.

You've made a career out of getting Jason Wilkie executed.

Well, now he's been done, hasn't he?

So how are you gonna maintain your victim status?

What's wrong with you?

First Wilkie did it. Then he didn't. Now this?

Either you enjoy inflicting emotional pain,

or you're a complete fraud, Dr. Lightman.

Well, you're right.