All we know is that there is a bitter history between this man and two women, leaving us to assume they are justified in their murderous actions. Epatha Merkerson and Judith Light) conspire to kill a recently admitted resident named Ben (Reed Birney). Episode 5, "Time of the Monkey," sets up the world of a nursing home where two rebellious women named Joyce and Irene (played by S. Below is every episode from season one, ranked.Īs already mentioned, every episode of Poker Face plays on the audience’s expectations so as not to get repetitive and to enrich the central mystery.
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The result is a mystery series that plays fair but does so by its own rules. Episodes will show us one side of the story, then shift gears to another perspective, casting light on unanswered questions we might not have even noticed the first time around. We know who did it and how they did it, but we don’t always know why. Poker Face ups the ante by toying with our expectations. The mystery isn’t about whom the killer was, instead, we wonder how the detective will catch them. The structure of every episode is similar to that of Columbo: the audience is privy to a murder during the first act that the detective must spend the rest of the story solving. However, following the murder of her friend at the hands of her employer, she finds herself calling on her gift to solve a series of murders as she flees across the United States. Her “gift” has gotten her into a lot of trouble in the past, so she serves drinks at a casino to stay out of trouble. The series revolves around Charlie Cale ( played by Natasha Lyonne), a former gambler-turned-cocktail waitress with the uncanny ability to know whenever someone is lying.
Perhaps best known for his mystery films Knives Out and its sequel Glass Onion - as well as writing/directing the divisive Star Wars chapter (via The Washington Post) The Last Jedi - Johnson has helped birth a series that owes a lot to the prestigious history of crime fiction with his signature spin on the genre’s tropes. Poker Faceis a mystery series created by filmmaker Rian Johnson.
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