Poker Face S1E10: The Hook
So here we are, at the end. And we start back at the beginning, with the death of Sterling Frost Jr., Adrian Brody’s failson casino...
Poker Face S1E9: Escape From Shit Mountain
We open on a literal mountain, as Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in an isolated cabin in the dead of winter, loaded down with creature comforts, but...
Poker Face S1E8: The Orpheus Syndrome
The past few episodes have taken longer and longer setting up the week’s murder, but “The Orpheus Syndrome” wastes no time. We see an apparent...
Poker Face S1E7: The Future of the Sport
Charlie Cale likes people. As we’ve previously observed, she’s at ease talking to people (and animals) from all walks of life, and this gives her...
Poker Face S1E6: Exit Stage Death
There’s nothing actors love more than making fun of actors, and Ellen Barkin and Tim Meadows are clearly having a blast in this week’s episode....
Poker Face S1E5: Time of the Monkey
In her 390 episodes of Law & Order, S. Epatha Merkerson never once got to say “We gotta kill that motherfucker,” which we now see...
Poker Face S1E4: Rest in Metal
This one was kinda silly. And yet, it does an admirable job of tackling something very difficult to do on television: inventing a band that...
Poker Face S1E3: The Stall
“I’m a murderer.” Usually we don’t get a confession until the end of the episode, but these are the opening words of “The Stall,” which...
Poker Face S1E2: The Night Shift
We last left Charlie Cale on the run from a menacing casino owner Sterling Frost, bleeding from a bullet wound, and headed for parts unknown...
Poker Face S1E1: Dead Man’s Hand
A while back, I wrote about Hollywood’s addiction to reboots, and how warmed-over nostalgia is ultimately empty. I concluded the best way to bring back...
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