In January 2023, Rian Johnson (Knives Out) introduced the world to Poker Face, a case-of-the-week television series starring Natasha Lyonne as the resident sleuth.
Sure to fill the mystery-shaped hole in anyone’s heart, the story follows Charlie Cale (Lyonne) as she hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda, encountering an assortment of strange people and even stranger mysteries that she can’t help but crack.
Inspired by case-of-the-week mystery TV shows like Columbo and The Rockford Files, Poker Face is an old-fashioned episodic series revolving around Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, a woman with the innate ability to tell when someone is telling the truth.
When Charlie’s ability gets her into trouble with a shady cowboy, played by Ron Perlman, she has no choice but to go on the run when he sends a hitman, played by Benjamin Bratt, to go after her.
She packs up her whole life and takes her vintage…
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