Due to her incredible ability, Charlie can’t help but solve the crimes as she merrily rolls along.
Right there, imagining a performer with Lyonne’s truly singular gifts playing a human lie detector test is comedic gold, yet Johnson puts her on the road in her Plymouth Barracuda and sends her on a series of mysteries, plunging her into new scenes with new characters committing fresh crimes. Here’s the conceit Lyonne plays Charlie Cale, a woman with the incredible ability to determine whether someone is lying. Instead, critics are calling Poker Face a royal flush.
Russian Doll herself, Natasha Lyonne? The pairing is too perfect, and the conceit of their new mystery series is too delicious, so you’d be forgiven for assuming that Poker Face (Peacock) would merely deliver a pleasing new diversion, a pair of Jacks if you will. Knives Out himself, Rian Johnson, and Ms. Who better to revive the mystery-of-the-week concept than Mr.
