A mini cast reunion from ‘The Shield’ has been scheduled for this spring on Fox’s ‘Lie to Me’. Executive Producer of ‘The Shield’, Shawn Ryan rounded up six members from his old TV show – they include Benito Martinez, Catherine Dent, Kenny Johnson, David Marciano, Cathy Cahlin Ryan and David Rees Snell. Unfortunately, the star from ‘The Shield’ Michael Chiklis will not be part of the get-together.
The plot for this particular episode titled ‘Pied Piper’ involves a little mixup where Lie To Me’s normal crime fighters Lightman (Tim Roth) and Zoe (Jennifer Beals) speculate as to whether they actually sent the wrong child murderer to jail.
Marciano will be playing the character of Jason Wilkie who is an inmate who Lightman helped to convict for murdering a kid over 17 years ago. The child victim’s uncle and aunt, are played by Dent and Martinez. Wilkie’s younger brother will be played by Snell and his ex-girlfriend, by Ryan. They in turn lead Lightman to his new suspect in this episode, photographer Malcolm Hessler who will be played by Johnson.
Although the actual date of airing for the return of the TV show in midseason is yet to be confirmed, it has been scheduled for spring in 2010. The winter finale of Lie to Me was aired on December 14, 2009.
Shawn Ryan, creator of The Shield won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series during his period on the TV show.