Secret Santa

As this episode happens at Christmas time, it seems that it would be quite cold (not likely T·shirt weather that some soldiers were wearing) and there would be snow on the ground in Afghanistan at that time of the year.

Must be due to global warming I suppose...

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During the holiday season, Lightman goes to Afghanistan to assist in a mission to rescue two captured marines, and his only source of intelligence is an American expatriate.

During the holiday season, Lightman goes to Afghanistan to assist in a mission to rescue two captured marines, and his only source of intelligence is an American expatriate.

Emily and Gillian are organizing the Christmas party of The Lightman Group. Out of the blue, Mrs. Lennox from the US Government tells Cal that the president has assigned him to go to Afghanistan to interview a Taliban prisoner that insists to tell that he is American. Further, he might know the location of two American POW. Cal travels to Afghanistan but lies to Emily saying that he will go to Florida. He interviews the prisoner, Franko James Vincent, and he learns that he was left behind by the US Government. Meanwhile, his chief Ed Komisky arrives at The Lightman Group and wants to see his interrogation online.

"Secret Santa" is a different episode of "Lie to Me", with Cal Lightman finding the truth about a Taliban prisoner. The plot is entertaining, but the poor Franko's situation is strange and maybe common in USA. But his redemption in the end is top-notch. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Secret Santa"

I don't know why it's only a 7.6, or why the other review says it's a 5, but for me, this episode is actually among the best they made. Maybe it's because afghanistan is so overused on this type of shows, but that's exactly why I liked it. They took this concept of a mission in afghanistan or whatever that most crime shows end up having, and they made it their own, this isn't really the good against the bad, as much as it is the good in the bad, and the bad in the good. I really liked it, but that's my opinion.