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LIGHTMAN’S RELATIONSHIP WITH REYNOLDS AND THE FBI IS TESTED ON THE SUMMER FINALE OF “LIE TO ME” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, ON FOX

Season Three Premieres Wednesday, November 10

The Lightman Group investigates the murder of a journalist friend of Lightman’s who was exposing a corrupt politician, a case that tests Lightman’s relationship with Reynolds and the FBI. Meanwhile, Emily’s newfound interest in dating makes her father uncomfortable in “Black and White,” the summer finale episode of LIE TO ME, airing Monday, Sept. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (LTM-222) (TV-14 D, L, V)

Cast: Tim Roth as Cal Lightman; Kelli Williams as Gillian Foster; Brendan Hines as Eli Loker; Monica Raymund as Ria Torres; Mekhi Phifer as Ben Reynolds; Hayley McFarland as Emily Lightman.

Guest Cast: Conor O’Farrell as Asac Dillon; Carter Jenkins as Rick; Brian Goodman as Dale Anslinger; Lee Tergesen as Gordon Cook; Jennifer Marsala as Anna; Jennifer Christopher as Julie Kinell; Giancarlo Esposito as Beau Hackman; Monique Gabriela Curnen as Sharon Wallowski; Michael Dempsey as Herman Farr; Bryce Lenon as Harry Ford

“It’s just a fun alternate universe with all these people you’re accustomed to seeing in a certain environment,” Shield creator and Lie to Me executive producer Shawn Ryan tells TVGuide.com of the stunt episode (Monday at 9/8c on Fox). “It was different, but I think everyone was just really happy to see one another again. I think it meant more on a personal level even than a professional level. We had a very tight-knit group on that show, so to be able to reunite … was very nice.”

Ryan says he immediately began looking for ways to bring Shield actors to his new show when Season 2 began, but then got greedy. “I started thinking, ‘Why am I looking to just get one or two of them if I could maybe get more?’” he says.

A member of his writing staff then crafted a story that could support the extra faces. At the center of the episode are Benito Martinez and Catherine Dent as Charlie and Faye Sheridan, a married couple whose son was murdered 17 years earlier. When the couple joins Lightman (Tim Roth) and Zoe (Jennifer Beals) to witness the execution of murderer (David Marciano), Lightman suddenly suspects they’re watching the wrong man die.

When the Sheridans are targeted again, Lightman turns to the executed man’s younger brother (David Rees Snell) and ex-girlfriend (Cathy Cahlin Ryan) for answers. All roads lead to a mysterious photographer (Kenny Johnson), who becomes the key suspect. (All three are also Shield alums.)

“It was fun to find a new chemistry,” Martinez says of the experience. “We found a whole, new completely different vocabulary and relationship that was organic to these characters. What was instant was our trust for each other. With Catherine, we knew each other in and out, and that trust was there.”

Martinez, who also guest-starred on Ryan’s CBS drama The Unit says he welcomes any opportunity to collaborate with his former boss. “He’s one of the good guys,” he says. “If Shawn asked me to pull cable on a show, I’d probably do it. He’s that kind of guy. … He has talent, and he cares about aking the journey together, as crazy as it might be. His talent takes you places that are outside the norm, and as an actor, it’s fantastic, it’s risky.”

Ryan promises that Lie to Me fans won’t see the regular characters get short shrift to make room for the guest stars. “We also find out the past of how Zoey and Lightman fell in love and how their daughter Emily came into the world,” he says. “There’s a lot of juicy stuff.”

Ryan, who has stepped down as showrunner for Lie to Me’s third season to focus on his new Fox series, Ride-Along, says the episode eschews in-jokes or any winks at his previous creation. He does, however, hope that Shield fans who tune into Lie to Me for the first time stick around.

“We take the show pretty seriously, and we wanted the show to stand on its own for those people who aren’t Shield fans,” says Ryan, adding that he hopes Lie to Me will continue and thrive. “I have emeritus status — I’m not completely out of the picture, although I am certainly not responsible for the good work that they’ll do this year.”

Special thanks, as always, to TV Guide for allowing us to reprint the article in its entirety.

A MISSING WOMAN IS LINKED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE ADULT FILM INDUSTRY ON AN ALL-NEW “LIE TO ME” MONDAY, AUGUST 30, ON FOX

The Lightman Group investigates the disappearance of a young woman, which leads them to uncover a criminal element in the adult film business in the all-new “Darkness and Light” episode of LIE TO ME airing Monday, Aug. 30 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (LTM-217) (TV-14 D, L)

Cast: Tim Roth as Cal Lightman; Kelli Williams as Gillian Foster; Brendan Hines as Eli Loker; Monica Raymund as Ria Torres; Mekhi Phifer as Ben Reynolds; Hayley McFarland as Emily Lightman

Guest Cast: Dean Norris as Dawkins; Natalie Dreyfuss as Molly; Haley Ramm as Amy; Jennifer Marsala as Anna; Patrick Fischler as Olson; Jon Sklaroff as Larry; Marcus Giamatti as Fentris; Jos Viramontes as Dr. Blake; Tiffany Hines as Lacy

FOSTER’S BOYFRIEND IS ABDUCTED ON AN ALL-NEW “LIE TO ME” MONDAY, AUGUST 23, ON FOX

Max Martini (“The Unit”) Guest-Stars

After Foster’s boyfriend, Dave Burns (guest star Martini), gets abducted, Lightman tries to track him down with the help of Burns’ mysterious ex-partner in the all-new “Exposed” episode of LIE TO ME airing Monday, Aug. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (LTM-219) (TV-14 D, L, V)

Cast: Tim Roth as Cal Lightman; Kelli Williams as Gillian Foster; Brendan Hines as Eli Loker; Monica Raymund as Ria Torres; Mekhi Phifer as Ben Reynolds; Hayley McFarland as Emily Lightman.

Guest Cast: Max Martini as Dave Burns; Danai Gurira as Michelle Russo; Keston John as Moon; Edward Hendershott as Preston; Darrell Lake as Harris; Christopher Stanley as Agent Williams; Carmen Argenziano as Gus