The scripts are a hard-boiled throwback spiked with terse threats and dry humor, but Charlie plays the snarky, skeptical fly in the ointment, almost like a modern-day time traveler who finds herself in a ’70s crime drama. Johnson, fresh off the Netflix hit film Glass Onion, directs the premiere, and his camera dances with nimble pans and zooms. We do get a bit of continuing plot with the aftermath from Reno, but mostly, each week starts fresh, like its own mini movie - which is honestly a nice break from today’s overly serialized TV dramas. After a premiere that’s densely packed with clues and twists, Poker Face settles into an easygoing groove, with a laidback Lyonne setting the tone. We see the full crime first, just like we did on Columbo, so there’s no real suspense about whodunit, but we still want to see how Charlie will figure it out using her superhuman lie-detecting skills. Black Friday Deal: Get Peacock for Just $1.99/Month for 12 MonthsĮach episode of Poker Face is a new story with a new mystery and new suspects, with Lyonne’s Charlie serving as the connective tissue.