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AnimeMania

AnimeMania

Poker Face is a 10 episode TV Series with a four episode premiere on January 26, 2023 on Peacock, with the rest of the episodes being released weekly.

Follow Charlie on a cross-country road trip in her ‘69 Plymouth Barracuda as she meets a rogue’s gallery of characters and avenges a new injustice each episode, armed with little more than her uncanny ability to detect lies and a genuine appreciation for her fellow humans (and the occasional dog).
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Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale
Joseph Gordon-Levitt 
Stephanie Hsu 
Adrien Brody 
Dascha Polanco 
Lil Rel Howery as a town sheriff who insists there was no foul play.
Chloë Sevigny
Benjamin Bratt
David Castañeda
Ellen Barkin 
S. Epatha Merkerson
Judith Light
Clea DuVall 
Shane Paul McGhie
Angel Desai
Jasmine Aiyana Garvin
Leslie Silva
Cherry Jones
Luis Guzmán
Hong Chau
Reed Birney
Rhea Perlman
Chelsea Frei
Rowan Blanchard

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shapeshifter

shapeshifter

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Chock full o' talent, zero serial killer arcs, and sprinkles of humor throughout: What's not to love? 
Count me in. 

So this is listed as a "comedy." 
Does that mean short episodes?

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shapeshifter

shapeshifter

On 1/15/2023 at 2:22 PM, AnimeMania said:

Poker Face is a 10 episode TV Series with a four episode premiere on January 26, 2023 on Peacock, with the rest of the episodes being released weekly.

Would it be overly optimistic and/or would I jinx it if I started threads for the first 4 episodes?

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Irlandesa

Irlandesa

7 hours ago, Cranberry said:

It has a 100% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes now (29 reviews in so far). On Metacritic it has an 85 at the moment ("Universal Acclaim") with 23 reviews in. Looking good! I'm excited; I've been anticipating this one for a while.

I suspected it'd be good because I had seen some critics complain about Peacock's strategy to embargo the (sure to be positive) reviews until a day before the show would air instead of using the reviews to build up some steam.

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shapeshifter

shapeshifter

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Here's the schedule for release of the episodes on Peacock:

Here Is the Release Schedule for 'Poker Face':

  • Episodes 1 to 4 - January 26
  • Episode 5 - February 2
  • Episode 6 - February 9
  • Episode 7 - February 16
  • Episode 8 - February 23
  • Episode 9 - March 2
  • Episode 10 - March 9

——from Newsweek (1/26/23), beware of spoilers in the article.

I apologize for whining in the first episode thread about them expecting us to watch 4 episodes in one week;
there are 2 weeks between the release of the first 4 episodes and the 5th episode. 
After that [the first 4] they are weekly.
Still seems weird, but perhaps a worthwhile experiment.

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Ms Blue Jay

Ms Blue Jay

A lot of streaming services do this. Apple, Hulu (I think).  I actually think I prefer this format over Netflix (binge them all at once if you're addicted) or cable (week to week episodes).  But man, it's going to be hard to wait week to week after this binge.

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Irlandesa

Irlandesa

14 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

I apologize for whining in the first episode thread about them expecting us to watch 4 episodes in one week;
there are 2 weeks between the release of the first 4 episodes and the 5th episode. 

No.  It's a week between them all. Feb. 2 is this Thursday.

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shapeshifter

shapeshifter

4 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

No.  It's a week between them all. Feb. 2 is this Thursday.

Oops. Right.😊
Well, now that I’ve seen 3 of them, the scheduling of the episode releases sort of makes sense: There’s 4 for those who prefer to binge, followed by 6 for those of us who like to dissect and autopsy our murder mysteries individually.

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Ms Blue Jay

Ms Blue Jay

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It's good, but I don't have to pay so that's hard to answer.  For any Canadians interested in watching this, it's streaming on CityTV on Demand.  I did not have to pay extra for it, it's just there in my On Demand options.  You just have to search for it.

https://www.wherecaniwatch.ca/poker-face-natasha-lyonne-peacock-canada/

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However, if you already get Citytv through a cable, satellite, or similar TV provider such as Rogers Cable, you should be able to watch Poker Face (which is spelled with two words, not as "Pokerface") on demand through your TV service, as we explain below.

 

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isalicat

isalicat

On 1/29/2023 at 1:30 PM, SunnyBeBe said:

Has anyone watched it?  Is it worth Peacock+? It sure looks awesome.

I decided it was worth $4.99 after seeing the first ep and the second episode did not disappoint. I had Peacock+ previously for some other program and cancelled after that was over - like Disney+ (which I got to watch Andor and since its just a $1.99 add on to Hulu, which I love, I've kept it for now) I can't find much, if anything, I want to watch on the *entire channel*, which is pathetic. So I'll probably watch this series to the end of the season and cancel again.

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On 2/1/2023 at 1:51 AM, Ms Blue Jay said:

Rian Johnson was on Seth Meyers tonight!  Pretty cool to see him talk and how he is.  Natasha Lyonne will be on tomorrow night!

Full segments are/will be on YouTube.

I saw Lyonne, star of Poker Face, on Myers.  She is the most unique personality that I have seen in a long time. I’m not sure what to think about her.   Omg, had to look up her bio.  Hmmm…..Yep, definitely going to subscribe to Peacock+ this weekend and start with Poker Face.  

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SoMuchTV

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On 1/29/2023 at 4:30 PM, SunnyBeBe said:

Has anyone watched it?  Is it worth Peacock+? It sure looks awesome.

I saw this deal and thought it was worth trying.  Reviews of this series pushed me over the top. There have been a few Peacock series that sounded interesting so I think there's enough worth trying a year's worth (at $30).  It says the deal's good for "a few days" but I was still able to use it this morning.  (This is the tier with ads.)

 

https://thestreamable.com/news/deal-alert-get-peacock-premium-for-just-2-49-per-month-for-the-next-year-40-percent-off

 

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Ms Blue Jay

Ms Blue Jay

Looks like the Seth Meyers episode with Natasha Lyonne reruns Friday

Friday, Feb. 10 | Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face) and Adam Pally (Who Invited Charlie?). Keio Stroud sits-in with the 8G Band. (Air Date: 2/1/23)

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TakomaSnark

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On 2/21/2023 at 7:10 PM, SnarkShark said:

 

Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’ Will Submit as a Comedy at the Emmy Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

 

 

I'm kind of conflicted about that. Yes, there are a lot of comedic elements but the show is largely based in drama with black comedic elements through it. It's tone reminds me a lot of old school primetime dramas - L.A. Law and St. Elsewhere in particular - that absolutely had absurdist elements running throughout, as Poker Face does, but never would have been classified as comedies. Poker Face literally begins with

Spoiler

someone being murdered because she (presumably) discovered child porn on someone's computer.

I assume looking at the landscape, they think it will have a better shot against the comedy competition but... I just think this is the definition of category fraud.

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shapeshifter

shapeshifter

29 minutes ago, TakomaSnark said:

…looking at the landscape, they think it will have a better shot against the comedy competition but... I just think this is the definition of category fraud.

Agreed, but this is par for the course these days. 
For example, the excellent series Barry went this route and garnered Emmy wins for the lead actors and the technical crews:  emmys.com/shows/barry

Although, with Barry, both Bill Hader and Henry Winkler are known as comedians, whereas Natasha Lyonne has gained name recognition in her other drama series. 

Grace and Frankie, The Kominsky Method, Why Women Kill, Monk, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Only Murders In The Building are other examples of excellent “dark comedy” shows that could also be described as dramas.

They’re my favorite kind of shows. Too bad there’s not a Dramedy category.
But with award ceremonies running too long, Dramedy is not going to be added, regardless of the strength of the argument in favor of adding the category, given the huge increase in numbers of shows across platforms these days. Dramedy would give more shows a crack at winning well-deserved awards. IMO

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Irlandesa

Irlandesa

At least Barry is a 30 minute series and was largely comedic for the most part until perhaps the most recent season.  But even the most recent season has some outright comedy that I don't really get from Poker Face.  And Poker Face is 45-60 minutes each episode.

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peeayebee

peeayebee

So happy to see Natasha nominated. I like the other nominees (the ones I've seen), but I really think she's the most deserving. Poker Face would be so much less without her.

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aghst

aghst

I thought she talked the way she does for the Russian Dolls role but then seeing her do the same in Poker Face, I guess it's her thing.

Didn't see the Slums of Beverly Hills, which was a long time ago.  Be curious if she was doing it back then as well.

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