The sleek, involving first episode, written and directed by Johnson, is among the best.
Following the Columbo pattern, she drives a beat-up car and is underestimated by criminals – played by a line -up of guest stars popping in for a single episode – who are taken in by her supposedly innocent, confused questions. But intuitive, kind-hearted Charlie may be the most likeable, least acerbic character she has ever played, someone who can wear well over the course of a series. Lyonne has the same wry sensibility and delivery she has brought to other characters, most recently as the time-shifting heroine in the Netflix series Russian Doll. "The real trick of it is figuring out why, why somebody is lying," she says. As in Columbo and plenty of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes, we first see the crime take place, and go on to watch how Charlie figures it all out.
Natasha Lyonne stars as Charlie, an accidental crime-solver with an unfailing ability to look someone in the eye and know when they're lying – a handy talent whether you're gambling at cards, her former profession, or running into murderers at every stop on the road, which is where the series takes her. – 11 of the best TV shows to watch in January His throwback to murder-of-the-week shows works perfectly well today, although the shambolic hero played by Peter Falk is now a croaky-voiced heroine with wild hair and a mobile phone. But as he did in the character-driven whodunnit films Knives Out and Glass Onion, Johnson has designed this show with a shrewd sense of how to give nostalgia an update. Columbo is its main touchstone, and like its inspiration, Poker Face is sly, easy, escapist fun. As the game unfolds, the friends will discover what is really at stake.Take a look at any episode of the old detective series Columbo and you'll see that the title's yellow letters and font are echoed precisely in Poker Face, created by Rian Johnson.
But to play, they'll have to give up the one thing they spend their lives trying to keep. Set in the world of high stakes poker, Crowe stars as tech billionaire and gambler Jake Foley who gives his best friends a night they'll never forget, a chance to win more money than they've ever dreamed of.
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