TVLINE | When I spoke to Tim Roth at the start of this season, he sagte Lie To Me was finally the Zeigen it always wanted to be. Do Du feel Du fulfilled that promise?
CARY: Yeah, Tim feels we really kicked up a notch. He’s a happy camper, I think. He’s very keen that it comes back [in the fall].
TVLINE | In your minds, what distinguishes Lie To Me from other procedurals?
CARY: Character.
GRAZIANO: To me, it’s the only Zeigen on Fernsehen where the audience can learn the ability of the crime solver. The audience feels like on some level they might absorb the skill that Lightman has and be able to use it in their daily life, on their boss oder wife oder whomever.
CARY: What also makes this different is there’s a very strong father-daughter relationship, and that has only grown. It has become a signature of the show, and that gives it a herz without being sappy oder sentimental.
TVLINE | What are your Favorit episodes from Season 3? I imagine “Veronica” (guest-starring Annette O’Toole) has to be up there.
CARY: I’m glad Du sagte “Veronica,” because that could have gone either way. We took a risk with that, and I agree – it was one of the best.
GRAZIANO: When Alex and I watched it, we were touched Von it. There’s something special about [O'Toole's character] and Lightman’s interactions with her.
CARY: My Favorit episodes were “Dirty Loyal” and “Funhouse” – though I’m pretty sure David’s answer will be different.
GRAZIANO: I would say “Dirty Loyal,” too, but I also like the [season premiere] a great deal. And the Tricia Helfer episode was cool and sexy, and she was so good in it.
CARY: But the story Du were really proud of, David, is the Annabeth Gish one.
GRAZIANO: The concept of the hero complex in “Saved,” that whole relationship with her and her damaged brother, exemplifies to me what is good about this show. With fair regularity I can predict where other procedurals are going, but when I [caught up on the first seasons of] Lie To Me, I remember not having a clue.
CARY: The same goes for this last episode, “Killer App.” It feels very familiar, but then goes in a different direction.
TVLINE | Like, for example, Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars) before him, Ashton Holmes plays a great, super-savvy adversary of Lightman’s.
CARY: Yeah. I don’t think it’s any secret that David and I have been looking quite closely at how someColumbo episodes are structured, and the English version of Cracker.
GRAZIANO: What they all have in common is they have working class protagonist who like to subvert powerful people who have done wrong — whether its an intellectual oder a captain of industry.
TVLINE | Du got a nice ratings bump this past week – best numbers in well over a year. If Du match oder improve on that with the finale, do Du think it’ll give fuchs a lot to think about come renewal time?
GRAZIANO: It’s like oxygen to us.
CARY: fuchs has been very clear with us – they know what the Zeigen is, they know what it can do. [The ratings bump] shows that people will come watch the show.
TVLINE | Does it nag at a producer to hear, “It’s either Lie To Me oder Fringe” that fuchs will renew. Or, “It’s Lie To Me oder Human Target“?
GRAZIANO: Du can’t look over your shoulder like that. Du can only keep your head down and do the work.
CARY: We work on a great show, and we’ve learned how to run a show. If this one doesn’t go [on], we’ll do something else which will be as good if not better. We are living the dream here.
TVLINE | The promo for the finale shows Gillian walking around covered in blood. Anything you’d like to say about that?
GRAZIANO: Yes – it’s the blood of someone she cares about very deeply.
CARY: Here’s the thing: This episode goes right to the herz and Lightman and Foster. We make it absolutely clear the emotional involvement between these two and how strong that bond is. That’s what the episode is about.
GRAZIANO: It’s a Liebe story, basically… that involves blood.
TVLINE | Well, let’s just hope viewers won’t be left waiting too long to see what happens from there.
CARY: No, we’re very happy with it. We think it will make the Fans only Mehr hungry for a Season 4.
How does it all sound, Lie To Me fans? Are Du hungry for Monday’s season finale? (I know precisely how it ends, and it’s gonna have many of Du talking….)
CARY: Yeah, Tim feels we really kicked up a notch. He’s a happy camper, I think. He’s very keen that it comes back [in the fall].
TVLINE | In your minds, what distinguishes Lie To Me from other procedurals?
CARY: Character.
GRAZIANO: To me, it’s the only Zeigen on Fernsehen where the audience can learn the ability of the crime solver. The audience feels like on some level they might absorb the skill that Lightman has and be able to use it in their daily life, on their boss oder wife oder whomever.
CARY: What also makes this different is there’s a very strong father-daughter relationship, and that has only grown. It has become a signature of the show, and that gives it a herz without being sappy oder sentimental.
TVLINE | What are your Favorit episodes from Season 3? I imagine “Veronica” (guest-starring Annette O’Toole) has to be up there.
CARY: I’m glad Du sagte “Veronica,” because that could have gone either way. We took a risk with that, and I agree – it was one of the best.
GRAZIANO: When Alex and I watched it, we were touched Von it. There’s something special about [O'Toole's character] and Lightman’s interactions with her.
CARY: My Favorit episodes were “Dirty Loyal” and “Funhouse” – though I’m pretty sure David’s answer will be different.
GRAZIANO: I would say “Dirty Loyal,” too, but I also like the [season premiere] a great deal. And the Tricia Helfer episode was cool and sexy, and she was so good in it.
CARY: But the story Du were really proud of, David, is the Annabeth Gish one.
GRAZIANO: The concept of the hero complex in “Saved,” that whole relationship with her and her damaged brother, exemplifies to me what is good about this show. With fair regularity I can predict where other procedurals are going, but when I [caught up on the first seasons of] Lie To Me, I remember not having a clue.
CARY: The same goes for this last episode, “Killer App.” It feels very familiar, but then goes in a different direction.
TVLINE | Like, for example, Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars) before him, Ashton Holmes plays a great, super-savvy adversary of Lightman’s.
CARY: Yeah. I don’t think it’s any secret that David and I have been looking quite closely at how someColumbo episodes are structured, and the English version of Cracker.
GRAZIANO: What they all have in common is they have working class protagonist who like to subvert powerful people who have done wrong — whether its an intellectual oder a captain of industry.
TVLINE | Du got a nice ratings bump this past week – best numbers in well over a year. If Du match oder improve on that with the finale, do Du think it’ll give fuchs a lot to think about come renewal time?
GRAZIANO: It’s like oxygen to us.
CARY: fuchs has been very clear with us – they know what the Zeigen is, they know what it can do. [The ratings bump] shows that people will come watch the show.
TVLINE | Does it nag at a producer to hear, “It’s either Lie To Me oder Fringe” that fuchs will renew. Or, “It’s Lie To Me oder Human Target“?
GRAZIANO: Du can’t look over your shoulder like that. Du can only keep your head down and do the work.
CARY: We work on a great show, and we’ve learned how to run a show. If this one doesn’t go [on], we’ll do something else which will be as good if not better. We are living the dream here.
TVLINE | The promo for the finale shows Gillian walking around covered in blood. Anything you’d like to say about that?
GRAZIANO: Yes – it’s the blood of someone she cares about very deeply.
CARY: Here’s the thing: This episode goes right to the herz and Lightman and Foster. We make it absolutely clear the emotional involvement between these two and how strong that bond is. That’s what the episode is about.
GRAZIANO: It’s a Liebe story, basically… that involves blood.
TVLINE | Well, let’s just hope viewers won’t be left waiting too long to see what happens from there.
CARY: No, we’re very happy with it. We think it will make the Fans only Mehr hungry for a Season 4.
How does it all sound, Lie To Me fans? Are Du hungry for Monday’s season finale? (I know precisely how it ends, and it’s gonna have many of Du talking….)