#cal lightman

[thebellekeys]

leave him alone that's my emotional support grumpy middle aged white man with a layered past and zero bitches who's also really good at his job

[emmanelson]

LIE TO ME- 1x01 "Pilot" premiered 15 years ago today (January 21, 2009)

"Emotion looks the same whether you're a suburban housewife or a suicide bomber. The truth is written on all our faces."

[onlyactivewhenexhausted]

you guys need to watch 2009 show Lie to Me so that there’s more fanfics about it. This show has no fandom and it’s absolutely tragic

[u2frommars]

Tim Roth Cal Lightman Special Post gifs part 2

[vaticanomenon]

they invented the sunshine/grumpy dynamic

[gallifreyanfrog]

Disney+ recently added Lie to Me* so I rewatched it all over again and oh my God the feelings it brought back !!!

I was obsessed with this show back in the days when I was 14, had a big crush on Tim Roth and was shipping Callian so hard !

Broke my heart when it suddendly ended and watching the finale again made me so sad once more, that show truly deserved a better (and actually just proper) ending and I'm not okay knowing that Cal and Gillian didn't get their happy ending :(

[timroth-1]

I love you, Cal 🥰

[jacnaylor]

[the-last-rat-standing]

This is a smaller list I've whittled down from a larger list from @creativepromptsforwriting. (Original link for the full list)

I liked all the ideas, but thinking of Slibbs and Callian, I liked these the best:

"You're all I ever wanted. I'm sorry I can't say it sober."

"I can't wait for the room to stop spinning, so I can focus on your face again."

"I would love to hear those words in any other place than this bathroom, holding your hair back."

"This is not a dream, I think. In my dreams we're usually kissing."

"Can you keep a secret? I am madly in love with you. But psshh."

"I fell in love with you." "No, you fell down the stairs. You should really learn to hold your liquor."

I'm leaning towards #1, 3 and 5 for Callian (#1 & 3 is Cal to Gillian, #5 is Gillian to Cal). #2, 4 and 6 are Slibbs. All Jack to Gibbs. And #5 would work with Jack to Gibbs, too.

What do you think? Preferences? Different pairing to the quote? It's not like I have to use the exact wording, so if you think with some modification it might fit someone else, who would that be?

[emmanelson]

One of my favorite scenes from the pilot of Lie To Me which aired 16 years ago today (01.21.2009)

[teddysloved]

Oh what I'd give to watch Lie to Me for the first time

[166hours]

Hearing Cal tell Gill “I always have more trouble reading you than anyone else” at the end of an episode all about how he struggles to read someone when he’s distracted by attraction… I am losing it

[u2frommars]

Tim Roth Cal Lightman Special Post gifs part 4

[raidermomma]

The lack of Lie to Me fanfics is disturbing. Nobody looked at Tim Roth as a lie detection expert and thought "Challenge fucking accepted"?

[vaticanomenon]

scenes that make you want to write an essay part 1

[teaandslushies]

Augh, late Season 2 was off the hook.