The season moves beyond the office to reveal the "traumas" that drive the team: Lie to Me: Season 2 - Amazon.com

: He balances his genius with the volatile task of raising his teenage daughter, Emily , while managing a complicated bond with his ex-wife, Zoe Landau .

: In the episode "Sweet Sixteen," flashbacks reveal how Lightman and Foster met. Lightman was working for the Pentagon on counter-terrorism in Ireland, while Foster was a psychologist tasked with discrediting him if he became a whistleblower regarding a botched assassination.