Lie to Me

No distractions. No histrionics.

Everyone on the ground!

You stay with him until I reach the teller window.

He'll take care of the cameras and the lights.

Me and the others will control the situation...

While you open the safe.

We're in, we're out.

I need a gun.

Writing a book like this is like...

Well, it's not easy.

You know, it's like a high-wire act really.

I mean, especially since the whole thing hinges on a science...

Which, take my word for it, in the wrong hands would be a gaping yawn.

You've got to make sense of what you see, you see?

The human face is like a puzzle. It...

You got to know what to look for.

Um, this book, it's just...

It's not gonna write itself. You know what I mean?

Are you saying your science is like art?

Small "a."

Well, he's selfish.

Some say brilliant, but a bully.

He's dangerous. He's a narcissist.

And, uh, I can see that you are...

You're wondering how it is I've managed to work for him this long.

And, uh, you know, the truth is I don't know.

I don't know. But the point is that I'm here now.

Dr. Lightman, let me be completely clear.

- You look like you could use a drink. - Beg your pardon?

Glass of water... just to clear the throat, you know.

Back in a jiffy.

Torres, in two minutes, right,

I want you to come in my office and tell me I'm needed urgently.

Needed urgently where? I don't know. I don't care.

But make it good, all right? Okay.

Yeah, no problem. Uh, why?

Is this the torres group already,

or is it still the Lightman group?

Right.

It's tap water.

You know? Hope that's all right.

Save the planet and all that. You know what I mean?

My client... DeWitt and Jones publishing...

Is tired of waiting for the book they contracted you to write over two years ago.

They now need evidence that you're working in good faith...

Commensurate with the generous advance they paid.

In other words, deliver the book before the end of the quarter,

or next time we see each other will be in court...

And you'll be facing charges of misrepresentation and, uh, fraud.

End of the quarter?

I mean, what do they think I'm writing here... a check?

That'd be an elegant way out.

Save the inevitable lien on your assets.

My advice to you... Write the damn book.

It's just tap water! It's not poison!

Who was that?

That was someone with more contempt for me...

Than they have for the planet, which is saying something.

She's a 24-carat pit bull, that one.

But then you already knew that, didn't you? Thanks for the heads-up.

Have you written even one word of this book?

Which, by the way, you failed to ever tell me about.

The hard part is in here. Thank you for calling district bank.

The rest is easy. Please select from the following options.

- Let's hope so, for all our sakes. - Meaning?

This is a business. You may not care about your responsibilities to the rest of us,

but please stop acting like you're not even aware of them.

Dr. Lightman. You're needed in the lab urgently.

Press 1. You're late.

- Corporate accounts, press 2. - And you're leaking.

Your approximate wait time is 11 minutes.

Ah, bollocks.

I need to access my account, please.

Now.

You see that, right? You see that?

They always look at me like that.

I mean, do I look like a criminal to you?

Don't answer that. Cal Lightman.

Hi. Pleased to meet you too.

Now pay attention. Keep up.

You see these two? They're on the rocks.

She's had it up to here with him, and, uh, he blames her.

So now it's all down to the money.

And see this one over here?

That's your average honor student, that is.

Or meth-head. Possible to be both.

But I digress.

I didn't catch your name.

That's because you haven't given me a chance...

How you doing? You all right?

Yeah.

So are you looking for someone, or, you know, are you just casing the joint?

What? No, it's all right.

Your secret's safe with me.

As long as you cut me in.

So, uh, when are you gonna do it then?

Do what?

Rob the bank.

was it something I said?

Thank you.

Oh, that's interesting.

How much time did you do then?

Listen, buddy, whatever you're selling, I'm not buying, all right?

State or federal?

How do you know I was in?

My money's on state.

When'd you get out? Was it days ago?

Weeks?

I've been in exactly the same place as you are now.

I doubt that.

Here you go, sir.

In answer to your question, I read faces.

- I didn't ask you anything. - Yeah, you did.

Not only that, I used to work in that bank.

So I got the added edge.

- You worked in that bank? - Yep. Corporate office downtown.

Why? Nothing.

You sure about that, are you?

What's my face saying right now?

You want to hit that bank so much, it scares you.

I want to hit that bank as bad as you do. Worse probably.

Can I just eat my breakfast in peace?

Good luck. You're gonna need it.

- Mr. Lightman. - Let me guess.

Bad news about my account, which you're secretly enjoying.

Sorry to keep you. Sandy Baxter, branch manager.

Tell me I'm wrong, Sandy.

Tell me my accounts haven't suddenly...

And mysteriously been frozen.

Maybe you'd like to discuss this somewhere a little more private?

Oh, pull the other one.

Mr. Lightman, there's really no need to adopt that tone with me.

First off, to you, Sandy, it's Dr. Lightman.

Dr. Lightman. Of course.

Secondly, you're about to get robbed.

Excuse me? Robbed. You know?

Cleaned out. Hit hard.

Guns and that. You follow?

Here you are.

So he was mapping your camera blind spots.

I know this 'cause I backed him out of one,

which is why you see him now.

So he's a pro? If he was that good,

it'd take me a little longer than two minutes to spot him.

Why didn't your rent-a-cop spot him?

You see the world differently, Mr. light... Dr. Lightman.

You notice things others don't.

He recognized him, which makes me think inside job.

John agro?

He's been at the bank eight years. I know his wife.

No one robs a bank alone.

Can you prove any of this?

I intend to. You can't prove a thing.

Well, even so, I'd call the cops if I were you.

And tell 'em what... the facial tic guy says we're about to get robbed?

No cops then. That's what you're saying.

Correct.

That doesn't come cheap.

You think, you and me, we can work together.

Is that it?

You think you can follow a few simple instructions?

Simple instructions?

You know this man?

Never seen him.

Why the fear of someone you've never seen before then?

I'm telling you, I don't know the man.

Oh, that's just not true.

So if you've never seen him...

You've either smelt him or you recognized his voice.

Recognized his voice.

See how your face flinched?

Directly linked to the muscles in your sphincter.

On my way home a few nights ago, some guys came up behind me.

Blindfolded me, took me to a room, handcuffed me to a rail.

They wanted blueprints and the combination to the vault.

They knew what they were doing.

And they'd done their research.

They knew my wife has lupus,

where she goes to the doctor,

where my daughters go to school, which classes they take.

They threatened my family.

You haven't given them anything, though, have you?

Right?

But you came this close.

When you recognized his voice in the bank,

you figured your time to think was over.

I'm gonna need those blueprints...

And the combination to the vault.

You have 'em?

What do you need the blueprints and vault combination for?

You froze my assets. I froze our assets, Cal.

It's funny, 'cause I remember hiring you, but I don't remember marrying you.

You're going to do something insane to help that bank guard.

Absolutely certifiable.

Please tell me there's a method to your madness.

A man's family got threatened. You know what I mean?

Two of 'em actually. Two family men? Who's the other one?

The guy I saw casing the bank, right?

He's not exactly your armed-robber type. You know what I mean?

A little bit more to him than meets the eye.