Lie to Me 2.10 - Tractor Man - Review Posted by Matt at Wednesday, December 16, 2009 View Comments Labels: Lie To Me, Recaps

This week on Lie to Me, Harold Clark parked his tractor trailer in front of the US Treasury Department Annex demanding to speak to the President on the phone, to air grievances stemming from his farm being foreclosed.

I did not feel that this was Lie to Me's best showing. I think there were some good ideas, such as the premise, but as we got further into the A story, some things felt forced. Torres' role in the story in particular seemed like she was a pawn that had to be at the right place when they figured out that the person holding Mrs. Clark hostage in return for his demands being met was still there.

I don't think they did enough with the effects of having Reynolds' boss' appearance to shake things up in the Lightman Group.

Still, there were interesting things, like Lightman accompanying Reynolds into the field. We also got the idea that there is some sort of hierarchy to which Reynolds is responsible, and there was Lightman's awesome "signal" of the bomber scene. Even though it ought to be obvious with Lightman contracted to the FBI, it's easy to forget that everyone's got a boss.

If the goal of the A story with Harold Clark was designed to force the B story, it's a shame.

On the other hand, I did largely enjoy the B story. I really enjoyed Loker with the kids and I thought Felicia Day was fantastic as their teacher, Miss Angela. I think this plot worked much better than the A story.

I was surprised, given that the last episode featured what I thought was random sexual tension between Torres and Loker, that Torres didn't appear just in time to see Miss Angela kiss Loker.

I'm a little disappointed that this episode didn't contain as much awesome as "Honey" earlier in the season, but it had its moments. I think if they tried one B story, e.g. the Loker and Miss Angela story + Torres being around to get jealous, or Lightman and the FBI brass above Reynolds, or Torres' first mission on her own without another member of the Lightman Group it would have congealed much more nicely.