Poker Face Season 2’s First Teaser Provides Us Homicide, Mayhem, and A number of Cynthias Erivo

Each era has its personal iconic TV detective and we’re 100% all about this era’s being Charlie Cale. Charlie is the principle character in Poker Face, the superb Peacock present from minds of Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne. Lyonne performs Charlie who’s, on the floor, only a very cool chick… with one particular twist. She has a superhuman skill to know when somebody is mendacity. Sure, it’s superhuman. Johnson confirmed it for us.

In season one, we noticed Charlie clear up homicide after homicide similar to the superb TV detectives who proceeded her, and now, in season two, she’s again on the highway. Extra murders, extra bizarre places, and extra massively well-known visitor stars for her to work together with, together with a number of individuals performed by latest Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo of Wicked. Right here’s your first take a look at season two of Poker Face, which returns Might 8.

We might go on and on about how superior that appears even in a small dose, however why not let Johnson and Lyonne do the speaking?

“Charlie Cale is again on the run, and in season two we’ve taken her journey to the subsequent stage one homicide thriller at a time,” the duo stated in a press release. “From minor league baseball to large field retail, from funeral properties to alligator farms and even a grade faculty expertise present, Charlie navigates her crime fixing existential road-trip with deadpan wit, human empathy, and her signature uncanny lie-detecting skill.”

“To deliver season two to life, we pulled visible inspiration from American 70s cinema, all of the stuff we love like Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich,” they continued. “However the spine of this present is TV—the type of TV we grew up watching, episodic case of the week gems like Columbo and The Rockford Recordsdata and Quantum Leap. Every episode is a mini film, present in its personal world with a novel tone and vibe, that includes an eccentric lot of characters performed by a very gonzo parade of visitor stars. We nonetheless can’t imagine we set to work with rockstars like Cynthia Erivo, Katie Holmes, John Mulaney, and Awkwafina (and plenty of many extra, the checklist is kinda dizzying), who all dove into the sport with pleasure and got here able to play.”

“Twelve killer new episodes are coming your manner. Buckle up and see you on the highway!”

We couldn’t be extra excited to just do that. Watch season considered one of Poker Face on Peacock right now.

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