Poker Face S2E3: Whack-a-Mole
So, Beatrix Hasp. A year has passed since the vengeful crime lord's original threat to kill Charlie Cale (over the phone, at the end of...
Poker Face S2E2: Last Looks
One of Poker Face's biggest strengths has been director Rian Johnson's contacts list, as he's able to get heavy hitters like Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes...
Poker Face S2E1: The Game Is a Foot
When we last saw Charlie Cale, she had gotten out of trouble with mobbed-up casino boss Sterling Frost, only to get into deeper trouble with...
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...