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"Poker Face" returned for Season 2 (Read our review here), and I couldn't be more thrilled. The wonderful series of little streaming of Rihan Nsonson is what is called "Howcatchem" than "Whodunit": While there is murder in the center of each episode, these are not murder Mysteriesat least not in front of the audience. Borrowing a page from Playbook "Columbo"Every episode tells us who the killer is in advance. From there, it depends on the main basin of the show, Charlie Kale, to break the case. Unlike Columbus, Charlie, as Natasha Lyon plays, is not a professional detective. However, she has an unusual ability to know when someone is lying; It is basically a detector for human lies. Because of this gift, Charlie is always able to say when the killer bends the truth, and she usually takes her to save the day and catch the villain - a decision she often accepts in hot water.

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There is something incredibly comforting about the "face poker", which is strange as each episode starts by being forcibly killed. Indeed, there is a certain darkness of the show: the killers of celebrity guests are often greedy, opportunistic people who kill money, independently preserving or from pure alubmorea and/or despite that. And yet ... "Poker Face" is somehow warm and vague (and funny). Part of it is related to the appeal of the show: Nsonson and his team are trying to refer to well-worn TVs, such as the aforementioned Columbus and Rockford's files. As a result, "poker face" feels both nostalgic and fresh at the same time.

I was a fan of Season 1 of "Poker Face" (Here's my review of that season) But I think I like season 2 even more. For one thing, while Season 1 was solid, there were one or two episodes (I see you, "monkey time") that didn't land with me. With Season 2, all episodes (or at least all the episodes I've seen; I were given 10 out of 12) are a hit. Moreover, Season 2 also fixes one of the biggest problems I had with season 1: quickly rounds the plot that the show just didn't need anymore.

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Because Charlie is not a Real The detective, a "poker face", had to find a way to explain why she continues to stumble in different cases of a mystery of murder. I get that. And yet, the idea that the show is cooking has never done much for me.

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In the episode of the premiere, we learn that Charlie is a cocktail waitress operating in a casino, driven by the distorted Sterling Frost Runior, played by Adrien Brody. Frost is responsible for the murder of one of Charlie's associates, and Charlie eventually decides the crime-action that causes ice to commit suicide rather than suffering from the consequences.

Unfortunately, Frost seems to be the son of a powerful gangster played by Ron Perlman. Frost Runior is revenge against Charlie for his son's driving in suicide, which sends Charlie on the run. Most of the season 1 has Charlie to move from one city to another to avoid death. Season 1 eventually tried to wrap this story ... just to re -introduce it. While Charlie is able to get out of the situation with Frost St., she finds herself directed to death again With a completely different gangster, Beatrix HASP, played by Rea Perlman. Once again, Charlie is on the run.

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Again: I get why a "poker face" introduced the whole idea "Charlie is on the run" as a way to move it from one city to another, so that it can stumble into unusual jobs involving various killings. But I was never particularly interested in that plot (maybe? Maybe?). The show worked best when he only allowed Charlie to do his job, and every time he reminded us of the plot involving gangsters trying to kill her, a "poker face". I was worried Season 2 I had to continue to make the same mistake, and of course, as the new season begins, we get a funny small editing where Charlie continues to change jobs and locations like hitman guns towards her.

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But fortunately, the writers of "Poker Face" seem to have realized that they simply do not need this story of Charlie constantly on the run. The third episode of Season 2, titled "Whack-a-Mole", morely completes things. First, Beatrix HASP finally rubs Charlie and requires the human lies detector to help her find a rat (or maybe a mole?) In her organization. The snow turns out to be HASP's own husband, played by Richard Keane. Unfortunately, he ended up killing because of the actions of a corrupt FBI agent played by Johnon Mulani.

In the end, however, things are resolved and, with a little encouragement from Charlie, FBI agent Luca Clark (Simon Helberg), HASP agrees to raise the Charlie's life agreement. She is no longer on the run, "poker face" goes on, and the results speak for herself. Charlie still finds herself stumbling into the mysteries of murder, but at least she doesn't have to worry about the killers of her tail contracts, and the show is better for this decision.

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The first three episodes of Poker Face Season 2 are now moving peacock, with new episodes arriving Thursday.