After he graduated in , he was hired by M He met his wife, Zoe a year later and married her in , when she was 2 months pregnant, right before he was sent to Bosnia during the Yugoslavian Wars in , When he returned, a few months later, he resigned and they moved to the Washington DC where their daughter, Emily was born. Together with his friend Gillian, he started the Lightman Group, which hires out his expertise in microexpressions to solve crimes.
Cal can tell when people are lying, because he can see their emotions even when they try to hide them. Interests… lying to people, the science of expressions, and gambling. Relationship Status… divorced.
Challenge… solving crimes while not getting arrested. Cal has some unorthodox methods of solving crimes, some of which are quasi-illegal, and some of which are not easily believed by law enforcement agents.
His team is there to help him make the case into something a lawyer can actually prosecute. After convincing Doctors of the hospital that she was well enough for a weekend pass to see her children and husband, she commited suicide.
In the video of the session with the doctors her facial expressions appeared happy but obviously she was not. Lightman studied the video, trying to see what the doctor missed and this is what led to the discovery of microexpressions. In a few episodes it shows Lightman rewatching the video, and has been noted that he has watched it hundreds and hundreds of time.
Torres believes he still feels guilty for his mother's death. Lightman has had problems with crime in the past, including illicit gambling and robbery, which he did with Terry Marsh , his longtime friend with whom he has a rocky and distant relationship. Terry's family took Lightman in after his mother committed suicide.
One time when he and Terry were on the run from the police as kids, Terry acted as a decoy for Lightman, saying to him, "You're supposed to use that brain of yours for something," and then criticizing himself for his way of life. Terry ended up serving three years in prison. Lightman continues to refuse to completely obey laws.
He regularly uses loopholes in laws as well as minor infractions to help him with his investigations. He is always shown to be caring and friendly towards Gillian Foster.
In Moral Waiver Ria Torres catches Gillian's husband Alec in a lie and asks Cal why he hasn't told her as he obviously can tell that he is hiding something. He tells her to stay out of it as it doesn't concern her.
In Love Always Alec is shown to be erratic and irritated when the Lightman Group doesn't let anyone leave from a wedding because of a murder attempt.
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