Eli Loker quotes from Lie to Me

We hired you to focus on the other side of the table, not ours.

Eli loker

Well, we catch the lies wherever they come from.

Eli Loker

He's almost comical with the sound off.

Gillian Foster

I'm trying to concentrate here.

Eli Loker

Well, he's got the best posture I've ever seen. It's like Mussolini.

Gillian Foster

He's trying to make himself looks bigger. Men, gorillas, blowfish, when they want to appear dominant they puff themselves out.

Eli Loker

This guy is definitely compensating for something.

Eli Loker

So what, we, uh, we get back in with the Devil's Spawn and we see what she knows?

Gillian Foster

The 'Devil's Spawn? What is with you on this one?

Eli Loker

This pompous douchebag flies around the country on his private jet, he gets people to give him their hard-earned money -- steals it-- and then they act like we are are persecuting him.

Ria Torres

Yesterday he was watching some video of an old British woman when I walked into his office.

Eli Loker

Brown hair? About 40?

Ria Torres

Yeah.

Eli Loker

Lightman probably spent about a thousand hours watching that film. Her name was Louise Mason. She was a patient of one of Lightman's professors when he was in grad school. She had been in the psych ward about a month when that was recorded. She told the professor she was fine. No one could see she was actually in agony. Lightman finally got the idea to slow down the film and that's when he saw the agony on her face. That's what led him to discover microexpressions in the first place.

Ria Torres

Well, I hope they didn't let that woman off the psych ward.

Eli Loker

Well, she got a pass home for the weekend and killed herself. They didn't know to look for microexpressions then. Nobody knew they existed.

Eli Loker

I just figured that if his daughter was guilty, a man like Holland wouldn't hesitate to eat his young.

Gillian Foster

Look at a man like he's the devil and you'll never understand his motives.

Eli Loker

You have to put these people away or they will keep coming back like a cancer. You cannot let them think they can do this and not get punished.

Gillian Foster

When you're the boss, make whatever call you want.

Gillian Foster

It was very convenient for you.

Eli Loker

Why would I lie about this, Gillian? This job means everything to me. You think I wanna lose it?

Gillian Foster

You're deflecting. Did you leak it?

Eli Loker

Of course not.

Gillian Foster

Okay. (she walks back to her desk)

Eli Loker

'Okay,' you believe me or 'okay' I'm not showing any signs of lying?

Gillian Foster

(without looking at him) Get back to work.

Ria Torres

Yeah, what is it?

Eli Loker

It's about the case I'm working on with Foster.

Ria Torres

I heard the Feds found out about the daughter.

Eli Loker

I called Justice and told them about Carolyn Holland.

Ria Torres

What? No, no, no. No, no, no. You're not telling me this. (Eli nods) You lied to Foster? You stopped those people from getting their money back, their retirements?

Eli Loker

We cannot let people like Carolyn Holland get away with this.

Ria Torres

Are you out of your mind?! Why did you tell me this?

Eli Loker

(looking away) I had to tell somebody.

Ria Torres

Why me?

Eli Loker

I don't trust anybody else.

Ria Torres

You shouldn't trust me, either. They didn't catch you?

Eli Loker

I took a sedative to relax my face. And I know--

Ria Torres

I don't believe this. You gotta tell them. It's the only chance you have of not getting fired.

Eli Loker

What? No! They won't find out.

Ria Torres

(leans in to stress) Lightmen will.

Long and short is, I'm about to ask my girlfriend, Nadia, to marry me.

Eli Loker

Oh, Mazel Tov. It's a good thing you're starting young. It took my dad five times to get it right. Affair, alcohol, green card problems... affair.

Ria Torres

Yeah, well, it's not always so easy to be open about money.

Eli Loker

I always tell women exactly how much money I have in the bank on the first date.

And you wonder why you never get a second.

But she lied to me.

Eli Loker

Well, why are you in love with Nadia? She's charming, she's intelligent, and, oh, wait for it, she's beautiful. How is her beauty any different from your money?

I don't know.

Ria Torres

Exactly. Just be honest with her.

Eli Loker

And yourself. (pauses) And get a pre-nup.

Ria Torres

I cannot believe that you are asking me to cover for you. You’re the one who blew the Hollins case. You lied about it; you’re the reason we’re being sued.

Eli Loker

It’s not just about me. If what I did gets out, Lightman is in serious trouble. The investors will bankrupt him and they’ll turn this place into a day spa.

Ria Torres

So, I shouldn’t lie to save to save your ass, I should lie to save the company.

Eli Loker

Sarcasm aside, yes.

Ria Torres

You haven’t been lying long enough for you to be any good at it.

Eli Loker

Before you say anything, it was me. I blew up the deal. I went to the SEC, I lied to Foster about it. I still think it was the right thing to do, but no one else was involved. It was just me.

Cal Lightman

I knew that.

Eli Loker

You did?

Cal Lightman

Yeah. Yeah, I’ve known that all along.

Eli Loker

Why didn’t you say anything?

Cal Lightman

Because I decided to run a test.

Eli Loker

What kind of test? (pause) The lawsuit. That was a test. You lied to everyone in the office so you could treat me like a lab rat?

Cal Lightman

No, no I was testing Torres.

Eli Loker

Why?

Cal Lightman

I could tell she knew what you’d done, I mean, there’s no surprise there, but we have a lot of secrets here, so I wanted to see if she could keep one under pressure.

Eli Loker

Are you gonna fire her for not turning me in?

Cal Lightman

No, I would have fired her if she had. Loyalty is crucial here. But you, on the other hand. What you did is inexcusable, and involving her is selfish, disrespectful, and just plain stupid.

Eli Loker

I’ll empty my office.

Cal Lightman

Nah, you can stay. You can stay, but from now on, you’ll be paid what you’re worth, which is nothing. You’re an unpaid intern. It’s that, or you can leave.

Loker

Do you really believe that there's a man in the clouds who will solve your problems if you make a wish to him?

Gillian

So being a scientist means I can't believe in God?

Loker

Well, last I checked, talking to invisible people is usually diagnosed as schizophrenia.

Ria

Maybe you should let me talk to him.

Cal

Maybe you should remember whose name is on the door.

Zoe

She might be right.

Cal

Oh, says the woman who's bringing up personal gripes from law school.

Loker

We're not here to judge, remember?

Gillian

How can I not judge someone who creates their own harem, and tosses out the competition when they hit puberty?

Loker

Judge him? How can I copy him?