Again, he agrees to take it to the FBI, but first, he wants Charlie to compete in the poker match. Naively, Charlie takes this straight to Sterling. Eventually, she cracks the passcode and finds the incriminating photograph in Natalie’s recently deleted folder. Next, Charlie breaks into Natalie’s home and steals her tablet. And here she spies a crime-scene photograph of Jerry holding the gun in his right hand, but she knows he was a lefty. Charlie then pays the County Sheriff a visit, played by Rian Johnson regular Noah Segan ( Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery). It is a complex, yet clever plot device that Johnson uses for the utmost tension. They can’t silence her until she has bested Caine. She verbalizes her concerns with the actual murderers, but they need Charlie alive. It’s a devilishly clever setup, Charlie knows something is amiss with Natalie’s death and she starts to poke holes in the case. The human lie detector thinks something is off with Natalie’s death and she starts to investigate things further. Charlie agrees to the deal, but on hearing of Natalie’s death, her mind wanders elsewhere. Sterling Frost Jr wants Charlie to con him out of his hard-earned money at one of these private poker games, to teach him a lesson. The oil rig tycoon has been spending less and less in his casino over the last few months and they have discovered that he’s been running secret games on their property. The new boss proposes a plan to fleece high roller Caine. Sterling Frost Jr wants to utilize this gift and make her rich in the process. She used this power to her obvious advantage, winning many poker games on an unbeatable streak years previously, but Sterling’s father figured her out and told all the other casinos, essentially blackballing her from ever gambling again. Sterling Frost Jr has taken over the casino business from his father and after three months on the job, his father has finally updated him on Charlie’s gift.
Here’s where Rian Johnson unveils Charlie’s superpower, which separates her from the other detectives in the genre. It’s also made painfully apparent that she cares dearly about her friend Natalie, who will soon be brutally murdered.Ĭharlie is sent to meet with casino boss Sterling Frost Jr, and she assumes she is about to be fired. A quick montage illustrates how charming and well-loved Charlie is, as she schmoozes customers and laughs with her colleagues.
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The series rewinds back to before the murders, with Natalie driving her co-worker to Frost’s Casino. Introducing Charlie Cale, who isn’t a detective or a private investigator, but a cocktail waitress, working at the same casino as Natalie. So, there’s our murder setup, but where is our intrepid investigator? He frames it so it looks like Jerry shot his wife and then himself.
Cliff drives to Natalie’s home, where he shoots the maid and her husband. Instead, he orders Cliff to go and silence the maid. Sterling isn’t going to have one of his top players, wealthy businessman Kazimir Caine arrested on his watch though. deletes the incriminating evidence and lies to Natalie, telling her that they will sort this out and contact the FBI immediately, before sending her home. Cliff takes this information to his boss, the casino’s new owner Sterling Frost Jr. Natalie takes a photograph of this heinous crime and goes straight to Cliff (Benjamin Bratt), the head of the casino’s security. The audience are never shown this image, but we understand it is a revolting, illegal endeavor nevertheless. Poker Face opens with casino maid Natalie Hill (Dascha Polanco) entering the high roller’s suite, where she discovers a horrifying image on an open laptop screen. This case-of-the-week style detective show introduces viewers to Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, with “Dead Man’s Hand” working as her origin story. Johnson swaps Benoit Blanc and big-screen cinema for a more personable, small-scale approach, bringing his first original series to Peacock. Rian Johnson is a clever man, if you’ve seen any of his films, especially his Knives Out murder mysteries, then you will be fully aware of the director’s intricate plotting and perfectly sculpted whodunits.
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