--- title: Scandal Star Kerry Washington On Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon description: The Scandal star is an expert human lie detector in a game called "Box of Lies" canonical: https://time.com/3425318/kerry-washington-jimmy-fallon-box-of-lies-on-tonight-show/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-24T14:42:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:24.318Z og:title: Watch Kerry Washington Call Jimmy Fallon's Bluffs on the 'Tonight Show' og:description: The 'Scandal' star is an expert human lie detector og:url: https://time.com/3425318/kerry-washington-jimmy-fallon-box-of-lies-on-tonight-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d51f1f1c2bd3670/6986a50ecd804d0ea7cccf0e/screen-shot-2014-09-24-at-9-55-54-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-09-24 at 9.55.54 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Kerry Washington Call Jimmy Fallon's Bluffs on the 'Tonight Show' twitter:description: The 'Scandal' star is an expert human lie detector twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d51f1f1c2bd3670/6986a50ecd804d0ea7cccf0e/screen-shot-2014-09-24-at-9-55-54-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Kerry Washington Call Jimmy Fallon's Bluffs on the _Tonight Show_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 24, 2014 2:42 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 24, 2014 2:42 PM UTC Last night, Kerry Washington dropped by the _Tonight Show_ and joined Jimmy Fallon for a recurring segment called “Box of Lies.” It’s a game that requires contestants to guess whether or not the other player is lying about the contents of various boxes chosen at random. (Previous contestants include[ Jennifer Lawrence ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhJIA8moL5s)and [Tina Fey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmtIl6okgAE).) The _Scandal_ star turned out to be pretty good at this game and totally ended up besting Fallon — though neither of them are any good at keeping a straight face or stifling their giggles. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3425318/kerry-washington-jimmy-fallon-box-of-lies-on-tonight-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3425318/kerry-washington-jimmy-fallon-box-of-lies-on-tonight-show/"},"headline":"Watch Kerry Washington Call Jimmy Fallon's Bluffs on the Tonight Show","datePublished":"2014-09-24T14:42:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:24.318Z","description":"The Scandal star is an expert human lie detector in a game called \"Box of Lies\"","url":"https://time.com/3425318/kerry-washington-jimmy-fallon-box-of-lies-on-tonight-show/","keywords":["Newsfeed","jimmy fallon","Scandal","Kerry Washington","celebrity","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d51f1f1c2bd3670/6986a50ecd804d0ea7cccf0e/screen-shot-2014-09-24-at-9-55-54-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d51f1f1c2bd3670/6986a50ecd804d0ea7cccf0e/screen-shot-2014-09-24-at-9-55-54-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-09-24 at 9.55.54 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3425318/kerry-washington-jimmy-fallon-box-of-lies-on-tonight-show/","name":"Watch Kerry Washington Call Jimmy Fallon's Bluffs on the Tonight Show"}}]}] ```