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Season 1 – Poker Face

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2023

Mystery & Thriller

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A mystery-of-the-week series following Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road in her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but solve. Guest stars are plentiful throughout, from Ellen Barkin and Adrien Brody to Luis Guzmán and Chloë Sevigny. An inverted detective series, also known as a "howcatchem" and popularized by "Columbo," the crime and perpetrator are shown at the beginning of each episode, and follows Charlie as she tries to solve the mystery.

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With the incomparable Natasha Lyonne as an ace up its sleeve, Poker Face is a puzzle box of modest ambitions working with a full deck.

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Nick Hilton

Independent (UK)

As a reinvention of the hour-long mystery story, it manages reverence to its forebears with the challenge of delivering a distinctive new twist.

Rated: 4/5

May 30, 2023

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Ed Power

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It’s gripping, grisly when it needs to be, and Lyonne is charm on a stick.

Rated: 4/5

May 26, 2023

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Lucy Mangan

Guardian

A good time – especially if you take it in single doses so your credulity doesn’t risk being overstretched – is there to be had.

Rated: 3/5

May 26, 2023

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Joonatan Itkonen

Toisto.net

It’s the best series on streaming right now, and considering what a stacked year of amazing shows we’ve had, that’s saying something.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 3, 2024

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

Poker Face employs creative storytelling (just about every episode has an extended flashback to show us how we got to where we are) and the repartee from Lyonne is often screamingly droll.

Dec 28, 2023

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Akhil Arora

AkhilArora.com

Our beloved deconstructor of whodunnits—Rian Johnson—set the stage for this howdunnit, with a woman with an uncanny ability landing herself in bizarre situations week after week. (Or did the situation find her?)

Dec 22, 2023

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Mark L

This is modern day Columbo and Miss Natasha Lyonne has a roughest and sweet likeness about her and very funny I like both season it also well written.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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Audience Member

I loved the series, the plot is very good, the mysteries surrounding the main character are very good, where nothing escapes a lie from Charlie Cale.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Jed M.

It’s silly and mindless entertainment….PERFECT!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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LABEL 2

假借推理之名的社会面面观，大部分单元剧的质量还可以。喜欢第四集。

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Gonzalo G

Love the Show!!! Loved the first episode and I cant wait to keep watching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Rob A

Season one was a fun (occasionally frightening) modern day take on Columbo. The episodes are loosely connected yet self contained, and Natasha Lyonne - like Peter Falk before her - carries the show.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/07/25

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Chloë Sevigny

Ruby Ruin

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Taffy Boyle

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Trey Mendez

Judith Light

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Episode 1

Aired Jan 26, 2023

Dead Man's Hand

When a close friend of hers meets an untimely end, Charlie Cale, a casino cocktail waitress with an uncanny knack for identifying lies, is determined to unravel these mysterious events -- even if it endangers her own life.

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Episode 2

Aired Jan 26, 2023

The Night Shift

Wounded and on the run, Charlie is forced to make a pit stop in desolate New Mexico, where she tries to clear the name of a trucker framed for the murder of a local.

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Episode 3

Aired Jan 26, 2023

The Stall

Charlie takes a job at a family-run Texas BBQ joint and must use her perception skills to sniff out the truth behind a shocking death.

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Episode 4

Aired Jan 26, 2023

Rest in Metal

Charlie goes on tour with has-been metal band Doxxxology, a motley crew of dejected rockers who've spent decades trying to write a new hit; Charlie suspects foul play when one musician winds up dead.

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Episode 5

Aired Feb 2, 2023

Time of the Monkey

While working at a retirement home, Charlie makes friends with two rebellious old ladies who may have taken matters into their own hands.

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Episode 6

Aired Feb 9, 2023

Exit Stage Death

Charlie's waitress job at a dinner theater is interrupted by a tragic death onstage during a performance by two washed-up television stars; when she starts to investigate, deadly motivations come to light.

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Episode 7

Aired Feb 16, 2023

The Future of the Sport

While working at a go-kart complex, Charlie becomes involved in a bitter feud between an aging race car driver and a hotheaded young upstart, whose rivalry has explosive consequences.

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Episode 8

Aired Feb 23, 2023

The Orpheus Syndrome

A special effects artist unearths a past project to find closure from the guilt of a fatal on-set accident, but when old demons resurface, Charlie is left to unravel a new deadly plot.

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Episode 9

Aired Mar 2, 2023

Escape from Shi... Mountain

Charlie finds herself stranded in a motel during a blizzard, where she must decipher the deadly tension between her questionable companions to survive the night.

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Episode 10

Aired Mar 9, 2023

The Hook

Charlie faces her greatest challenge yet when she is caught in the crossfire of a deadly power play that puts her in the sights of two ruthless crime syndicates and the FBI.

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