Torres is mired in guilt when she finds out the second bomber, Rashid, was one of the young men she interviewed at the mosque. Horrified that she missed him, she feels responsible for the second round of deaths. Cal tries to reassure her everyone is capable of errors, saying, “I need your focus, love.” His language is personal and caring — but his priorities become clear as he takes a phone call meant for Torres, with the information Dupree is missing and presumed at the mall. Foster assumes they will tell Torres, but Lightman argues Torres already feels responsible for the deaths, and if she thinks she caused her boyfriend’s death, she will shut down and be useless to the case. Cal’s ruthless streak that surfaced so clearly last week is on display this week, as well.
At the same time as Cal learns the news about Dupree, Foster takes a phone call of her own, and it’s clearly distressing personal news of some kind. Lightman notices his partner’s sadness, but accepts her statement that she is alright. With both Torres and Foster, he maintains his focus on the case, though he still puts out every feeler he can to locate Dupree, including a call to Zoe. With Zoe, he concentrates on their personal relationship long enough to ask her to go straight home when she is done work, avoiding public places. Zoe knows Cal well enough to respond that he always did have a funny way of saying he loved her. Clearly, the two of them are still working out how they feel about each other.
Foster takes Torres to interview the parents of Rashid, the second suicide bomber. To their surprise, Rashid’s description does not fit the usual loner profile and his parents do not appear to be hiding anything. Rashid’s cousin looks ashamed when his uncle professes that he and his family love America, but explains that he can’t believe he missed Rashid’s plot when he was so close to him.
Loker is also puzzled at what he’s finding from the tapes of the two suicide bombers given to the team. He can’t find any markers for the kind of disgust that generates killers. Cal agrees, saying, “These are the faces of innocence.” Reynolds confirms this assumption when he gets the information the bomb had remote detonators. These two young men were as much victims as the other people killed in the blasts. Lightman’s stance against labeling suspects prematurely holds up even in dire circumstances like these.
Article comments
1 - KC
Lie to me got picked up for the fall. It will be on after House on Monday's.
2 - Gerry
Yes, and I think Monday evening will be fantastic, as I'm a fan of both shows. However, so far, only thirteen episodes of Lie To Me have been ordered, with "24" taking its place at mid-season--I'm not so happy about that. Hopefully, there will be a place in the schedule at mid-season for Lie To Me by the time it arrives.