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Poker Face

Charlie Cale is Columbo for the streaming era.

Photo: Karolina Wojtasik/Peacock

Having already defined the modern mystery movie with Knives Out and Glass Onion, writer-director Rian Johnson turns to the small screen with Poker Face, a mostly episodic new mystery series streaming on Peacock.

Natasha Lyonne stars as Charlie Cale, a woman with an uncanny ability to tell if somebody is lying. When circumstances force her to hit the road, Charlie keeps getting in situations where somebody is dead and she’s the key to identifying the killer. The show, by virtue of its episodic nature, has an all-star cast of supporting players, including Adrien Brody, Time Blake Nelson, Stephanie Hsu, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hong Chau, Chloë Sevigny and many more.

  1. Episode 10 The Hook
    Poker Face Season-Finale Recap: How Deep to Dig the Hole Poker Face has one last big reveal up its sleeve.
  2. Episode 9 Escape From Shit Mountain
    Poker Face Recap: What Are Men to Rocks and Mountains? Joseph Gordon-Levitt crackles with chaotic energy in Poker Face’s best episode yet.
  3. Episode 8 The Orpheus Syndrome
    Poker Face Recap: Don’t Look Back Other installments have made Charlie’s role small, but in this episode (directed and co-written by Natasha Lyonne), she’s almost unnecessary.
  4. Episode 7 The Future of the Sport
    Poker Face Recap: Listen, All Y’all, It’s a Sabotage What is Charlie’s life at this point but a series of left turns?
  5. Episode 6 Exit Stage Death
    Poker Face Recap: There Are No Small Roles This week’s episode feels like an experiment — can you make a satisfying episode of Columbo that barely stars Columbo?
  6. Episode 5 Time of the Monkey
    Poker Face Recap: You Can’t Kill the Revolution Irene and Joyce’s murder is pretty badass to watch — like if The Golden Girls joined Fight Club.
  7. Episode 4 Rest in Metal
    Poker Face Recap: You Can’t Un-murder Someone Doxxxology’s got a killer new song.
  8. Episode 3 The Stall
    Poker Face Recap: The Dead (Meat) Poets Society When two brothers who run a barbecue stall have a beef, Charlie uncovers a meaty conspiracy.
  9. Episode 2 The Night Shift
    Poker Face Recap: Little Miss Galahad Despite the Columbo inspiration, Charlie is a drifter with a strange power, not a detective with any jurisdiction.
  10. Episode 1 Dead Man’s Hand
    Poker Face Series-Premiere Recap: A Knives Out TV Mystery Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s weekly whodunit kicks off with a fun low-stakes romp.
  1. Episode 12 The End of the Road
    Poker Face Season-Finale Recap: Cold Blooded Depending on how strong your detective skills are, the reveal of the big bad may not come as a shock by the time it arrives.
  2. Episode 11 Day of the Iguana
    Poker Face Recap: Cold Blooded Now it’s Alex’s turn to go on the run, thanks to an assassin played by Justin Theroux.
  3. Episode 10 The Big Pump
    Poker Face Recap: Milk Money Despite her best instincts, Charlie can’t help but get involved in an investigation into the dangers of gym culture.
  4. Episode 9 A New Lease on Death
    Poker Face Recap: Poetic Justice Charlie relocates to New York City and immediately gets involved in a rent control-related murder.
  5. Episode 8 The Sleazy Georgian
    Poker Face Recap: The Grifters John Cho and Melanie Lynskey guest star in a con-man story that delivers one delicious twist after another.
  6. Episode 7 One Last Job
    Poker Face Recap: Feel the Heat This week’s crime-romance mash-up results in the best episode of the season so far.
  7. Episode 6 Sloppy Joseph
    Poker Face Recap: Child’s Play The lack of a big-name guest star and a weak ending make for a middling episode.
  8. Episode 5 Hometown Hero
    Poker Face Recap: Bad Bet These episodes are always more interesting when Charlie is closer to the killer than the victim.
  9. Episode 4 The Taste of Human Blood
    Poker Face Recap: Florida Man A meth-addled alligator drags this series into “too goofy” territory.
  10. Episode 3 Whack-a-Mole
    Poker Face Recap: Rat Catcher The Everybody’s Live boys star in Poker Face’s version of The Departed (with Rhea Perlman in the Frank Costello role).
  11. Episode 2 Last Looks
    Poker Face Recap: Ashes to Ashes Only Natasha Lyonne could direct an episode so dedicated to the beauty and horror of moviemaking.
  12. Episode 1 The Game is a Foot
    Poker Face Season-Premiere Recap: Imposter Syndrome Cynthia Erivo’s multiple performances are a reminder of what makes the show so successful.

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    Poker Face Took Patti Harrison on an ‘Awesome and Horrifying’ Ride“When I read that, I got a nosebleed, my butt bled, my ears bled, in pure joy and shock.”
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    How Long Can Poker Face Keep Doing This?“This” being “emotionally devastating Charlie.”
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    Cue Up the Poker Face Movie CurriculumGrab your remote and invite a good buddy over to watch these cult classics, genre favorites, and underseen gems inspired by season two.
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    Poker Face Stacks the DeckBy discarding some old story lines and going all in on the guest-star baddies, season two proves this series can play the long game.
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    The Recipe WorksElsbeth and High Potential illustrate the enduring appeal of quirky crime-solving-TV comfort food.
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    Why Does Poker Face Look So Good?The cinematographer is a self-taught coder who makes digital video look like film.
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    Poker Face’s Best Guest Stars, RankedSo many suspects, so many character actors!
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