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Season 1

  • S01E01 Pilot

    • January 21, 2009
    • FOX

    The son of Jehovah's Witnesses is accused of killing his teacher after being caught leaving the scene of the crime. Meanwhile, the team is hired by the Democratic National Committee to investigate a case where the Chairman of the House Ethics Committee is suspected of paying for sex.

  • S01E02 Moral Waiver

    • January 28, 2009
    • FOX

    A commanding officer is charged with sexual assault and brought to Fort Meade to find out if the accusations are true. Meanwhile, the young star of a college basketball team is suspected of accepting bribe money in exchange for playing for the school. The Lightman Group is hired to determine whether or not the young star took money for his cooperation.

  • S01E03 A Perfect Score

    • February 4, 2009
    • FOX

    A powerful federal judge's daughter is murdered. The Light Man Group investigates a competitive college-prep school where everyone wants to be at the head of the class. The team also looks into a NASA test pilot accused of crashing a $250 million aircraft, on purpose.

  • S01E04 Love Always

    • February 18, 2009
    • FOX

    Lightman and his team try to prevent the assassination of a South Korean ambassador. But, when another member of the entourage gets shot, Lightman reveals family secrets and lies to identify the shooter.

  • S01E05 Unchained

    • March 4, 2009
    • FOX

    Lightman and Torres interrogate an imprisoned gang leader who claims to be rehabilitated. If the gang leader is freed, he might help fight inner-city violence or return to his life of crime. Foster and Loker investigate the death of a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty.

  • S01E06 Do No Harm

    • March 11, 2009
    • FOX

    Lightman and Foster investigate the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl who may have been murdered. Meanwhile, Loker and Torres must determine whether a famous peace activist is who she claims to be and if her bestselling memoir is true, but Loker's attraction to the socially conscious woman may be clouding his assessment of her.

  • S01E07 The Best Policy

    • March 18, 2009
    • FOX

    When Lightman is hired to find a corporate spy at a pharmaceutical company, he discovers a high-level conspiracy surrounding a new drug that could put thousands of lives at risk. The team is also hired by the State Department to assist with negotiations for the release of two Americans imprisoned in Yemen.

  • S01E08 Depraved Heart

    • April 1, 2009
    • FOX

    Lightman becomes obsessed with his investigation of two young women who committed suicide. Meanwhile, the team tries to recover billions of dollars for investors who were bilked by a Ponzi scheme.

  • S01E09 Life is Priceless

    • April 8, 2009
    • FOX

    In the wake of a building collapse in a small town outside Washington, DC, Lightman is brought in to determine who is at fault, and discovers a massive cover-up. Meanwhile, the team is hired by a "dot-com" billionaire to determine if his girlfriend loves him for the right reasons.

  • S01E10 Better Half

    • April 22, 2009
    • FOX

    When she enlists Lightman to help investigate an arson case in which the only eyewitness is a 5-year-old boy, it quickly becomes clear that she and Lightman still have feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Foster and Torres question a rapper who is suspected of murder.

  • S01E11 Undercover

    • April 29, 2009
    • FOX

    The Lightman Group gets embroiled in the controversial case of a policeman who shot a potentially innocent teenager. Meanwhile, investors who were bilked by a Ponzi scheme are suing The Lightman Group for botching the recovery of their money.

  • S01E12 Blinded

    • May 6, 2009
    • FOX

    Ben Reynolds, an FBI agent who's been pursuing a serial rapist terrorizing the Washington area, partners with The Lightman Group for its toughest case yet. Lightman infiltrates a prison to befriend Andrew Jenkins, a convicted criminal and a pathological liar who the serial rapist may be copycatting. Meanwhile, Torres and Loker search Jenkins' fan mail, and Foster questions one of the rapist's recent victims.

  • S01E13 Sacrifice

    • May 13, 2009
    • FOX

    After a terrorist bombing outside of Washington, DC, FBI Agent Ben Reynolds calls on The Lightman Group to help identify those responsible and prevent more attacks. The case takes a personal turn for one member of the team and begs the question of whether honesty is indeed the best policy. Zoe helps Lightman with the investigation and both are concerned about their daughter's safety.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Core of It

    • September 28, 2009
    • FOX

    The Lightman Group investigates a murder case where a woman with multiple personalities may either be a witness or the killer. Meanwhile, the U.S. government hires the firm to interrogate a potential Supreme Court nominee.

  • S02E02 Truth or Consequences

    • October 5, 2009
    • FOX

    Zoe enlists the Lightman Group to investigate a star college football player accused of statutory rape. Meanwhile, Foster and Loker travel to a religious compound to find out whether it is actually a nefarious cult.

  • S02E03 Control Factor

    • October 12, 2009
    • FOX

    While on vacation in Mexico, Lightman and Emily become involved in the case of a missing American woman. Back home, Foster investigates tainted blood in D.C. area hospitals with Lightman's rival, Jack Rader.

  • S02E04 Honey

    • October 19, 2009
    • FOX

    Eric Matheson, a man suspected of killing his wife, is brought in for questioning by the Lightman Group. Determined to prove his innocence, he takes drastic measures that put the team's lives in danger.

  • S02E05 Grievous Bodily Harm

    • October 26, 2009
    • FOX

    A face from Lightman's past pulls him into a dangerous criminal conspiracy, testing his friendship and loyalty. Meanwhile, The Lightman Group investigates a high school student's homicidal threats.

  • S02E06 Lack of Candor

    • November 9, 2009
    • FOX

    When a government witness is murdered, the FBI hires The Lightman Group to determine who leaked the witness' whereabouts to the killers and to protect Agent Reynolds, the star witness in the case. When Reynolds refuses to testify in the case, Lightman and Foster learn he is hiding something in his past.

  • S02E07 Black Friday

    • November 16, 2009
    • FOX

    A troubled teenager believes he was abducted as a baby and turns to the Lightman Group to help him uncover the secrets of his past. Meanwhile, Loker investigates the origin of a deadly stampede that occurred at a megastore the day after Thanksgiving.

  • S02E08 Secret Santa

    • November 23, 2009
    • FOX

    During the holiday season, Lightman goes to Afghanistan to assist in a mission to rescue two captured marines, and his only source of intelligence is an American expatriate.

  • S02E09 Fold Equity

    • November 30, 2009
    • FOX

    Lightman, Foster and Reynolds travel to Las Vegas to help locate a missing finalist in the World Series of Poker. Lightman uses his skills to read the other competitors' faces to figure out which one knows about the disappearance. Meanwhile, Loker and Torres analyze Loker's new relationship, and as a result, get closer to each other.

  • S02E10 Tractor Man

    • December 14, 2009
    • FOX

    During a political protest in Washington, D.C., a disgruntled farmer parks his explosives-packed tractor near the Treasury Department building, forcing Lightman and his team to make some crucial life-or-death decisions. Meanwhile, a third-grade field trip gets stuck in the Lightman Group offices and Loker has to play babysitter.

  • S02E11 Beat the Devil

    • June 7, 2010
    • FOX

    A psychopathic, albeit charismatic, graduate student tests Lightman's ability to unmask lies when everyone falls for his charms.

  • S02E12 Sweet Sixteen

    • June 14, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman has to grieve and investigate his own past simultaneously after one of his collaborators in the military is killed.

  • S02E13 The Whole Truth

    • June 21, 2010
    • FOX

    Cal is hired by the DA to be an expert witness at the trial of a beautiful, young woman charged with murdering her high-powered, and much older, billionaire husband, and Zoe is representing her. Meanwhile, Ria lets Eli in on a little secret.

  • S02E14 React to Contact

    • June 28, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman races to save the life of man who served in Iraq while trying to outrun his own military past.

  • S02E15 Teacher and Pupils

    • July 12, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman only has the eyes of a paralyzed man to aid him in solving an urban shooting.

  • S02E16 Delinquent

    • July 19, 2010
    • FOX

    Torres and her family reach back to the bad old days after a prison incident involving her sister.

  • S02E17 Bullet Bump

    • July 26, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman deals with professional liars while investigating an incident at a political rally.

  • S02E18 Headlock

    • August 2, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman goes undercover and underground while investigating a fighting club.

  • S02E19 Pied Piper

    • August 16, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman examines the steps he used to help convict a recently-executed convict.

  • S02E20 Exposed

    • August 23, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman helps Foster retrieve her missing boyfriend.

  • S02E21 Darkness and Light

    • August 30, 2010
    • FOX

    Exposed flesh and hidden lies surround Lightman and his team as they track a missing woman through the adult film industry.

  • S02E22 Black and White

    • September 13, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman tries to uncover the truth behind the murder of a crusading reporter.

Season 3

  • S03E01 In The Red

    • October 4, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman studies the inner workings of the criminal mind while dealing with a bank robber.

  • S03E02 The Royal We

    • October 11, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman puts himself between an innocent man and family torn apart by crime.

  • S03E03 Dirty Loyal

    • October 18, 2010
    • FOX

    Internal Affairs officers lean on Lightman to hopefully force him to flip on Wallowski.

  • S03E04 Double Blind

    • October 25, 2010
    • FOX

    Artistic beauty and human beauty compete for Lightman's attention when a museum employs his services.

  • S03E05 The Canary's Song

    • November 8, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman finds himself in a deep hole while getting at what really caused a tragic mining incident.

  • S03E06 Beyond Belief

    • November 15, 2010
    • FOX

    Self-help turns potentially harmful when Lightman checks out the leader of a group that claims to improve lives.

  • S03E07 Veronica

    • November 22, 2010
    • FOX

    Lightman tries to out-trick the tricky memory of a woman with Alzheimer's disease.

  • S03E08 Smoked

    • November 29, 2010
    • FOX

    A dying restaurateur hires Lightman to solve the mystery of his daughter's murder.

  • S03E09 Funhouse

    • January 10, 2011
    • FOX

    Discerning what bedevils a mental patient leads Lightman to confront his own personal demons.

  • S03E10 Rebound

    • January 10, 2011
    • FOX

    Lightman helps a woman uncover her boyfriend's past.

  • S03E11 Saved

    • January 17, 2011
    • FOX

    Lightman investigates a group of students involved in a fatal car accident.

  • S03E12 Gone

    • January 24, 2011
    • FOX

    When a woman claims her baby was kidnapped, Lightman suspects she is hiding something.

  • S03E13 Killer App

    • January 31, 2011
    • FOX

    One of Foster's former patients turns up dead shortly after expressing concern that she is being squeezed out by a business partner.