TV Recap: Lie To Me's "Better Half" - Page 3

Torres’ case explores the flipside of that contention. She has to find out if gangsta rapper Caden killed a member of a rival group. Torres and a police detective meet Caden, who is in full rap style, surrounded by beautiful woman and full of insolence. But as soon as he is in private, Caden shows a very different face, clearly upset over neighbourhood friend Dante’s death. Loker susses out that Dante was gay and Torres’ suspicions then move to rival rapper Little Sid. However, he too has a public face and a private one, and not only is his rivalry with Caden for show to sell albums, so is his ostensible homophobia. In this world, everyone has a face for public consumption that is very different from the private one. And that duplicity costs Dante his life and Caden his love.

Another talk with Caden reveals he loved Dante and was planning on making their relationship public. The problem is homosexuality does not fit well into gangsta culture and Caden’s cousin and manager, “B,” knows coming out will cost everyone their luxurious lifestyle. He killed Dante because for him, the luxurious life is the prize they have been working for and worth any amount of duplicity. But Caden refuses to accept that view. He wanted to end the duplicity in his life and gain a lover, even if he lost fans. For Caden, there is such a thing as too little honesty in a relationship.

On the A case, Zoe’s honesty comes under scrutiny as she disregards Cal’s belief Frank was honestly surprised by his wife’s affair with Garcia and did not set the fire. Lightman realises his ex-wife doesn’t consider his professional advice vital to the case, so she came to him for a personal reason. Zoe finally confesses her relationship with Roger is not on the rocks—it’s heading the other way. Roger proposed. Cal is shocked at the idea of Zoe remarrying, and their daughter Emily is shocked that Zoe took so long to tell Cal.

Emily shows Cal that parents cannot protect their children from issues in the marriage—she sees far more than either Cal or Zoe want and always did. And what she sees is Zoe is not at all sure about Roger’s proposal because she’s not at all sure how she feels about Cal. His daughter’s perceptiveness lets Cal see Frank and Cheryl’s daughter knew about her mother’s affair and lied to her brother about Garcia setting the fire. But Cal still doesn’t know who set the fire—or what to do about his own daughter’s revelations.

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