(“Like Cain from Kung Fu ,” as Sam Jackson says in Pulp Fiction, which is conveniently playing in Charlie’s trailer in the opening episode.) Inevitably, everywhere she goes, somebody gets murdered, and it’s up to Charlie to sniff out the truth. When this skill earns her some dangerous enemies, Charlie goes off the grid and on the run, bouncing from town to town and from job to job. Natasha Lyonne ( Russian Doll ) stars as Charlie Cale, an affable burnout with the uncanny and infallible ability to tell when a person is lying. From its “howcatchem” story structure, to its playful tone, right down to the goldenrod typeface of its opening credits, the new Peacock series Poker Face is a delightful revival of the episodic, star-studded movie-of-the-week mystery, complete with a quirky and lovable sleuth of its very own. Now, Johnson has teamed up with star/producer Natasha Lyonne to give that same modern polish to another beloved detective series, Columbo. Not that whodunnits or formula mystery fiction had gone anywhere - CBS has any number of government acronyms on the case - they’d just stopped being any fun. With his smash hit mystery Knives Out and its recent sequel Glass Onion, filmmaker Rian Johnson gifted 21st century America with its very own analog to Agatha Christie’s gentleman detective Hercule Poirot. Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in ‘Poker Face.’ Evans Vestal Ward/Peacock
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