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Brendan Sexton III

Review: Poker Face, "The Sleazy Georgian" | Season 2, Episode 8

Josh Spiegel

6/12/25, 4:00 PM

Review: Poker Face, "The Sleazy Georgian" | Season 2, Episode 8

Sometimes, the most enjoyable parts of a formulaic TV show are when the people making that show choose to zig instead of zag. Formula-shifting installments can take many forms, whether it’s because a show does a bottle episode or an ensemble show focuses just on one character for a specific hour. For Poker Face, a show that has taken many (if not all) of its dramatic cues from procedurals like Columbo, perhaps the easiest way to upend the formula is simple. What if there was an episode of Poker Face where no one gets murdered? What if there’s no mystery for Charlie Cale to solve?

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