lie to me Looking ahead to the fall TV season, I’m probably going to drop one or two shows that I usually recap and add a new one to my lineup. I’d heard some good things about Southland and Lie to Me, so I decided to watch a couple eps of each today.

Southland definitely seems like the meatier of the two shows. It looks like it could have some pretty powerful storylines, and I do like Regina King and Ben McKenzie. But there’s just no way I can watch a show that uses a hand-held camera. I cannot stand that in movies, and refuse to subject myself to the jerkiness and motion sickness on a weekly basis. Sorry, Southland, but what a major turnoff.

Oh — two quick notes about the Southland pilot before I discuss Lie to Me. 1) Does every show/movie about a rookie cop have to show said cop puking at his first dead body/autopsy/mutilation? So, so trite. And 2) When Ben’s partner said something about him having “90210″ written all over his face, was I the only one who thought the line should have been changed to, “You have The O.C. written all over your face”? Hee, I amuse myself.

Lie to Me seems fairly interesting so far. I like learning about all these different physical tics that are on display when someone lies, and I enjoy seeing photographs of famous people pulling the same poses. But is this really enough to carry an entire series? Won’t it start getting repetitive? Like the infamous lupus misdiagnosis on House?

The cast seems kind of iffy at this point as well. I like Kelli Williams from her days as Lindsay on The Practice, but Tim Roth is not a favorite of mine. Hell, he’s not even nice to look at for an hour and seems particularly disheveled as Lightman. But — since lots of people have raved about this show, I’m going to continue watching a few more eps to see if it grabs me or not. This could be the one added to my fall lineup!