"Lie to Me" Black Friday (TV Episode 2009) Poster

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(2009)

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8/10
The Trampling and the Biological Parents
claudio_carvalho13 January 2024
The Lightman Group is hired by the owner of a store that is sued in 20-million-dollars for trampling in Black Friday with many victims. Meanwhile, Cal, Gillian and Em are approached by the angry teenager Max Roland that has discovered that his parents are not his biological parents. Cal promises to find his real parents and investigates his origins with Dr. Foster. Loker and Torres are assigned to resolve the Black Friday's case that may be the solution for the financial problems of the group. But the truth prevails in The Lightman Group.

"Black Friday" is a weird episode of "Lie to Me", with two segments. The lead one is the investigation of the biological parents of the ungrateful teenager Max Roland, who has parents that love him and decides to hind his biological parents despite the lovely treatment he has. Disgusting segment in this episode, but well -resolved in the end. The other one is relative to a havoc in an electronic store in the Black Friday. Loker, as usual, spoils the case with his questionable sense of truth. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Black Friday"
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6/10
watchable fare - good for it's genre
greg-201-51978918 June 2012
Warning: Spoilers
I saw this in the channels a few weeks ago at the end of season 1 so didn't bother, but found they were running season 2 in the mornings.

Tim Roth is enjoyable and his accent certainly lends colour and interest. Wish I had the teams gifts having seen his teenage daughter explain what it's like having a human lie detector for a Dad. Teenagers beware if we all develop this skill.

There are some similarities in genre to 'The Mentalist' but the humour is different and I probably enjoy this more. Lets see if it becomes as predictable.

Look out for the bit about 15 mins in where they first state the parents are lying as they flash an image of Milli Vanilli. Must have been an kn joke by the producers, if you don't get it look them up.

I did feel the FBI team members were irrelevant in the script and it could have been filmed without.

The Mentalist, Numbers if you like these you will like this.

Rated 6/10 because its not bad but a bit generic. Will review the others as they come
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