Kevin's Watch

Watched the first series last week and really enjoyed it especially so because Tim Roth is great as the cenral character.

The backdrop is pretty simple with Roth as an expert in detecting truth and lies through facial expressions and body language. The plots are basically an exploration of scenarios where he can use this method. In a way it has elements of House (Holmes) in it with the detection of minutea allowing insights into situations that the ordinary folk don't see. He also has a House-like team around him that is learning and bouncing off him and each other. The team allows for a sub plot so that there are two stories in each episode.

How it will progress I'm not sure, but the first 2/3 of the series were pretty good, tho' I felt they were flogging the horse a bit as the series conclude. However Tim Roth plays his role superbly and it may be they need to get a few characters and actors in to lift it to his level.

Worth a look (IMO).....

That is quite popular here at the moment. I have seen bits and pieces and I keep meaning to grab the full series and watch it from start to finish. Tim Roth is certainly great for the role!

The Roth character (Lightman) messes with his team's heads a lot, which allows the writers to add a caper element to some of the episodes.

It's not groundbreaking TV, but Lightman is entertaining.

I like this show. It doesn't hurt that I don't have to reach for the remote after House, either.

I was not too keen on Roth at first, having last seen him as the Abomination, but I have to say he's making this series into something intriguing.

Have this set to record the series on my PVR, great series.

I watched most of last season, but lost interest for some reason. It's like every episode was kinda like the one before, not sure... I just burned out on it I guess.

I like the show, but his horrible posture gets to me sometimes.

i love cal lightman. even his bad posture. in fact, his bad posture
is kind of endearing.

what i like to watch is lightman's choices about when to lie and when to tell the truth. i like to watch him make the decision. it's constant with him.
he's always deciding. and always thinking of creative ways to lie AND tell the truth.

roth's acting is completely detailed in this role.

Do you think that Lightman sounds an awful lot like Lie To Me?

um hm. /nod nod

Lie To Me = Lightman ... brilliant!

Glad to see this show back. Had a bit of a Luther (which really deserves its own thread) vibe to it. I like it. I'm tired of the 'guess the killer' motif. I much prefer the contest nature of it when the antagonist is known up front.