(A snarky recap of this week’s episode)
The Premise: After a soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder nearly shoots his own son in what he claims was a home invasion, The Lightman Group investigates.
The Personal: Cal confronts memories of his estranged father. A neurological test interprets his brain’s response to a photo of the paterfamilias, as well as pictures of his daughter, ex-wife, and partner. Cal/Ria shippers are pissed.
The Resolution: With the aid of Foster’s virtual reality program and some interesting role play, the soldier recovers repressed memories of witnessing a war crime. His captain is taken into custody, and he begins his recovery. Anyone playing the Lightman/Foster drinking game takes off work the next day.
What We Learned from this Episode:
• Peen is to Torres as Kryptonite is to Supergirl. When Ria misses signs of the captain’s deception because she’s busy making eyesex babies, it becomes apparent that the natural’s sexuality is her weakness—in more ways than one. Though Monica Raymund is inarguably an extremely attractive woman, the recent push to make her Lie to Me’s resident hot chick limits her character’s potential by reducing it to a stereotype.
• Cal has daddy issues. According to the latest version of his backstory, Cal has never been close to his father but remains grateful to him for supporting his education. Sure, that doesn’t quite gibe with what we’ve been told in the past, but it does open the door for Emily—and us—to meet her grandfather.
• Cal has very deep and complex feelings for Foster. While Emily evokes feelings of love and Zoe triggers his fight-or-flight response, the intensely complicated emotions he associates with Gillian cause his brain to glow like a Lite Brite.
• Foster’s into role play. Just don’t ask her to take off her shoes.
