World-renowned behavioral science professor Alec Mercer uses his unique expertise in psychology, body language, emotion and more to help solve difficult, high-stakes cases. With the support of his research assistants, his tech-savvy sister and his ex-wife — who also happens to be an FBI agent — and guided by his fierce curiosity about human decision-making, Mercer truly has solving crime down to a science. By asking the right questions, making observations no one else can and studying every scene in new ways, there’s no case too tough for his brilliant mind to crack — except maybe his own mysterious past.
The pros:
– a black lead and multiple POC characters
– Jesse L. Martin
– this is one of the only new non-reality shows on the fall schedule due to the strikes
The cons:
– another procedural
– Lie to Me only lasted 48 episodes
– loosely based on Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, a professor at Duke who has faced multiple accusations of data fraud and academic misconduct, which have resulted in an academic suspension and a retracted paper
– only seven episodes were filmed before production was shut down by the strikes which means the overarching mystery probably will not be solved any time soon
