The Best Black Friday Deals on Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+, Prime Video and More Streaming Services Her backstory and purpose is established in the first episode - which sees her going toe-to-toe with Benjamin Bratt and Adrien Brody - and she serves as the beating heart of the road-trip murder-mystery show as it swerves its way through distinct stories and locations with each new episode. She’s not a detective by any recognition of the law, but her unique skill of being a “human lie detector” - and her innate desire to right some of the wrongs in the world - places her in the center of a weekly murder mystery plot in the 10-episode series. In Poker Face, Lyonne (who also executive produces, writes and directs) stars as Charlie Cale. “I didn’t really anticipate exactly how much it just is the only thing people think of in terms of storytelling.” “Serialized storytelling in the world of streaming just has the gravity of a million suns right now,” the filmmaker tells The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the Peacock series’ Jan. But the Knives Out director didn’t realize how hard of a sell that would be. Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne wanted to buck the binge model with their new TV show, Poker Face.
