Lie to Me: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Lie to Me Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
In the Red
Oct 4, 2010
Lightman tries to stop a man intent on revenge from robbing a bank.
The Royal We
Oct 11, 2010
While defending a wrongly accused man, Lightman uncovers a dark secret that helps a damaged woman and her daughter.
Dirty Loyal
Oct 18, 2010
The Lightman Group gets hired by Internal Affairs to investigate an incident that involves Det. Wallowski and her partner Det. Farr.
Double Blind
Oct 25, 2010
Lightman becomes involved in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse when he meets a beautiful woman at an art gallery. Meanwhile, Torres is still reeling after her fatal mistake.
The Canary's Song
Nov 8, 2010
When Lightman investigates an explosion that killed six coal miners, he suspects foul play may be involved and goes below the surface to find the truth; the FBI seeks the Lightman
Beyond Belief
Nov 15, 2010
Lightman goes head-to-head with the leader of a self-help empire to free a wealthy woman who may be under the control of the cult-like leader. When Lightman begins to investigate,
Veronica
Nov 22, 2010
Lightman tries to help a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's piece together her fragmented memories, but it uncovers a deadly secret.
Smoked
Nov 29, 2010
Lightman is hired by a terminally ill restaurant owner to find his daughter's killer as his dying wish.
Funhouse
Jan 10, 2011
Cal Lightman questions his own sanity while he tries to get a patient released from a mental hospital.
Rebound
Jan 10, 2011
A wealthy woman asks Lightman to look into her new boyfriend's background.
Saved
Jan 17, 2011
Lightman investigates three high school students responsible for a deadly traffic accident.
Gone
Jan 24, 2011
A baby goes missing, and her mother accuses an unknown person of the kidnapping. When Lightman sees she’s hiding something, he digs deeper and discovers a family in need of repair.
Killer App
Jan 31, 2011
Foster’s former patient, one of the founders of a social-networking app, comes to the Lightman Group when she thinks she’s being squeezed out by her partner. When she turns up dead