The Lightman Group is severing ties with the FBI in season 3, which means Mekhi Phifer (a.k.a. special agent Ben Reynolds) is out of a job.
“We’re going rogue a little bit,” explains Lie to Me executive producer David Graziano. “Lightman [Tim Roth] is going to act slightly in the more old school P.I. model of a TV protagonist, [so] we’re doing away with the FBI contract [and] Mekhi is unfortunately no longer going to be on the show.
“The FBI franchise limited our storytelling a little bit because it had to adhere to the FBI structures of ‘Would the FBI take this case or not,’” Graziano continues. “The character that’s going to be our badge this season is a bent cop, Wolowsky (The Unusuals’ Monique Gabriela Curnen), who goes about business in a similar way to Lightman. There’s a mutual respect form the get-go. We’re working hard to make The Lightman Group a dysfunctional family.”
Thoughts? Smart move? Dumb move? Waiting to form an opinion until the show returns on Nov. 10?
Source: EW
Lie To Me - Season 3 - Casting News - Mekhi Phifer to Leave
1 Sept 2010
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Don't like the idea of a bent cop. I think a strong beautiful honest female cop would be great up against Lightman. No one really challenges him except maybe Hayley. Someone he can't get in the sack at least for a while but who has a strong moral compass. A balance to the wonderful insanity of the great Tim Roth but a cop that gets the job done. We don't love dysfunctional, there's enough shows like that we love the chemistry and how everyone cares about each other and works with each other using their own strengths and weaknesses to tell a great story. If it turns into 'what can we do to really screw everyone up this week' I'll stop watching. Don't mess with a good format.
ReplyDeleteOh..NOOOO! I really liked him in among the Lightman group. Sod it all. :( No wonder Torres is about to whomp Cal in the promo.. hehe.. talk about making that relationship even more distrustful and angsty!
ReplyDeleteBut boooo-hiss for letting a darn HOT man and excellent actor like Mekhi Phifer to go. :( Will be missed!