Inspired by a real-life behavioral scientist, this FOX drama tells the tale of a deception expert who helps uncover the truth for the FBI, local police, law firms, corporations, and individuals.
Cast: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund, Mekhi Phifer, Hayley McFarland, Kristen Ariza, Jennifer Beals, Tim Guinee, Sean Patrick Thomas, Melissa George, Chris Krauser, Max Martini, Jessica Wright, Erik Rondell
Foster's former patient, one of the founders of a social-networking app, comes to the Lightman Group when she thinks she's being squeezed out by her partner. When she turns up dead a short time later, Lightman fights against the prevailing evidence to expose the truth behind the murder.
A baby goes missing, and her mother accuses an unknown person of the kidnapping. When Lightman sees she's hiding something, he digs deeper and discovers a family in need of repair.
Lightman is hired to investigate three high school students responsible for a fatal traffic accident, which takes a turn for the better when he finds the heroic paramedic who was first on the scene.
Lightman is hired by a wealthy woman to do a background check on her new boyfriend, so he digs deep into the man's past to find out the truth about this social chameleon.
Lightman is called to a mental hospital to determine if a patient is being held against his will. Attempting to have the patient released, Lightman finds himself descending down a path that forces him to question his own sanity and brings him face-to-face with his own past.
The terminally ill owner of a successful chain of restaurants hires Lightman to fulfill his dying wish: track down his daughter's killer. In the process, Lightman uncovers the twisted dynamic of the fractured family empire, leading him to suspect sibling rivalry as the motive and that the patriarch's sons might be somehow responsible for the death of their sister, who was first in line to run the family business.
Lightman helps a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's solve the puzzle of her fractured memory. In the process, he unearths a secret that could prove deadly in the present.
Lightman goes head-to-head with the leader of a self-help empire to free a wealthy woman who may be under the control of the cult-like leader. When Lightman begins to investigate, things get personal as he suspects the group of threatening him and his daughter, Emily.
When Lightman investigates a coal mine explosion that killed six miners, he suspects that foul play may have been involved. To find the truth, he puts his life at risk and descends below the surface. Meanwhile, the FBI comes back to The Lightman Group looking for help with another case, and Foster and Torres offer to work pro bono.
While vetting an art museum staff for security leaks prior to a major exhibition, Lightman meets a beautiful woman who entangles him in a game of cat-and-mouse.
The Lightman Group is hired to examine police profiling techniques in the wake of an incident involving Wallowski, and Internal Affairs attempts to leverage Lightman's relationship with Wallowski to get him to incriminate her.
Lightman tries to exonerate a falsely accused man from a hostile mob. Meanwhile, in the process, Lightman helps a mother and daughter reconcile by uncovering a secret.
Lightman tries by all means to stop a man filled up with revenge from robbing a bank.