Poker Face Season 2
Overview
Charlie Cale still can't help herself: people lie to her, she hears it instantly, and somebody usually ends up dead before she's finished her coffee. Season two keeps Rian Johnson's glorious throwback format — show us the killer up front, then watch Natasha Lyonne's gravel-voiced drifter wander into the aftermath and poke at it until the truth falls out — and takes it back on the road: a new town, a new liar, a new body, week after week. Lyonne remains the best reason to watch anything. Charlie's basic decency is the whole engine here, because she could walk away from every single one of these cases and simply can't. The guest-star bench this year is ridiculous in the best way, full of big names clearly having the time of their lives playing murderers, schemers and small-town oddballs. There's leftover danger from last season still dogging Charlie early on, too, which gives her wandering a little extra edge. Think of it as comfort TV with a body count — funny, warm-hearted, and quietly furious on behalf of the little people who get stepped on.
