The B story had a few issues of its own. It picks up Loker’s lie in "Depraved Heart" to Foster on whether he exposed the Ponzi scheme to the authorities. Loker dragged Torres into his lie and now both of them have to worry about Lightman realising their part in the investors losing millions so the guilty woman could be prosecuted. Torres’ boyfriend, Dupree, tells her in his opinion, friends do not drag friends into their messes, and if they have to lie to keep their secrets, they do so alone. Torres asks whether that means he keeps secrets from her, and Dupree laughs that of course he has big secrets because he is a very good friend, which sounds like foreshadowing to me.
Torres and Loker have to define their boundaries as they both face an inquiry on whether they took part in the leaked information. To Loker’s relief, Torres is a stand-up girl, leading him to call her “good people” to Dupree. Dupree smacks him down by reminding him he is an Ivy League guy, with lots of support, while Torres will be without any resources if she’s fired. Loker is left to ponder how ruthlessly he involved Torres in his lie, while I wondered how Loker’s rich background fits into his hatred of rich folks getting away with crime.
Loker soon learns that Lightman didn’t have to ponder on what happened with the Ponzi scheme at all. He knew immediately that Loker was the whistle blower and that he told Torres. When Loker confesses all, he realises the whole inquiry was just Lightman testing Torres’ loyalty to the group. Loker is taken aback at how ruthlessly Cal is treating Torres, but Lightman deals him an even harder blow, as he reduces him to the level of unpaid intern if he wants to stay working at the Lightman Group.
I was a little taken aback at how easily Torres and Loker are fooled by Wexler the fake investigator. I know they both are focusing of lying rather than detecting, and they are scared, but it feels a little odd these lie detecting marvels don’t suspect a thing when they are interrogated by a fake. I can only assume Cal found the world’s best liar for his scheme.
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1 - Phillip Winn
Cal's comment in the last second of the show sounded odd to me, so I rewound: definitely dubbed in. Not because that's not what he said the first time, but because they wanted it to be more clear, no room for confusion. Interesting.
2 - Phillip Winn
Oh, also, it's possible that the investigator didn't know he was being used, and was honestly trying to find the leak.
3 - Gerry
Hi Phillip, thanks for dropping in! I guess it is possible the investigator thought he was conducting a real inquiry, but I don't know that it makes sense to me that Cal would risk the agency's well being to conduct a test on Torres. What if she had folded? Once Cal sets a real inquiry in motion, he can't just stop it when he wants. It would be out of his hands. My impression was he set the whole thing up himself.
I think you picked up on a very interesting point with that "Night, love." It does suggest that there's more to come with the relationships among Cal, Foster, Alec and Zoe. Zoe clearly resented Foster's interference last week. Foster resented Cal's this week, though resentment may be too strong a term--she appreciated the sentiment, leading me to wonder just exactly what the sentiment is. And I also wondered if Foster is still fooling herself to some extent, and Cal knows that but will back away at her request. We had a lot of scenes with Alec lying and I may be wrong but I think at least one of them was to Foster with no one else around. Why use code words when they are alone? That use of "love' by Cal does suggest complications will be ensuing.
4 - Kate
"Zoe clearly resented Foster's interference last week. Foster resented Cal's this week, though resentment may be too strong a term--she appreciated the sentiment, leading me to wonder just exactly what the sentiment is. And I also wondered if Foster is still fooling herself to some extent, and Cal knows that but will back away at her request. We had a lot of scenes with Alec lying and I may be wrong but I think at least one of them was to Foster with no one else around. Why use code words when they are alone?"
Apparently eps 10 and 11 were swapped, which means originally this was to air before Zoe was introduced. If it had been that way, it may have been even more puzzling for Gillian to tell Cal to stay out of her life, while getting involved in his.
As for whether she's fooling herself: it's possible. Or, maybe she does know something but just doesn't want Cal getting involved. It did seem like he sensed there was something more going on. (Something she was trying to "hide".) And you bring up a good point about Alec lying to her when no one else was around. (I think there may have been a scene or two in "Love Always" where that happened. Though, now I'm not sure if they're saying he was using at that time, and maybe that's why he was acting strange.??)
Anyways, good recaps! :)