POKER FACE: Episode 2.1

Name: POKER FACE: Episode 2.1
Item: POKER FACE: Episode 2.1
Author: Review

"Five Sisters, One Killer"

Family Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.

Entertainment Quality:

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Language
Violence
Sex
Nudity

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What You Need To Know:

The first episode of Season 2 of POKER FACE, streaming on Peacock, follows Charlie Cale, a nomad woman who travels the country while on the run from gambling moguls trying to kill her. Each episode follows Charlie as she solves crimes with her exceptional ability to detect when someone is lying. In the first episode, a mother of five grown quintuplet daughters is sick and dying, and her daughter Amber takes drastic steps to get her hands on the inheritance, while Charlie Cale is on the case. Will Charlie detect the lies and expose Amber’s conniving ways?

POKER FACE: Episode 2.1 has high production value, and the series is extremely entertaining, but it contains language and violence throughout. POKER FACE has a moral worldview, as Charlie uses her God-given talent to help people by detecting lies. However, the series also features a humanistic worldview, with characters who prioritize their interests. Because of this, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for all viewers.

Content:

(B, HU, LL, VV, A, M)

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

A moral worldview, as Charlie uses her God-given talent to help people by detecting lies. However, the series also features a humanistic worldview, with characters who prioritize their interests; Language: Several cuss words throughout, including multiple “F” words;

Violence:

Fighting, guns shooting at a person, a woman is pushed off a cliff and her dead bloody body is shown, a sharp object is dropped onto a foot and blood splatters out;

Sex:

No sex;

Nudity:

No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

Alcoholism is mentioned;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

None and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Characters lie, murder, and exhibit selfishness to gain access to an inheritance.

More Detail:

The production quality is high, and the series is extremely entertaining, but it contains language and violence throughout the series. POKER FACE has a moral worldview, as Charlie uses her God-given talent to help people by detecting lies. However, the series also features a humanistic worldview, with characters who prioritize their interests. Because of this, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for all veiwers.

Season 2 of POKER FACE is off to a good start for fans of Season 1. In the first episode, a mother of five grown quintuplet daughters is sick and dying. Because she was a selfish mother who took all her children’s fortunes, no one mourns her loss. One of the sisters, Amber, learns that her mother is leaving her entire inheritance to Felicity Price, the long-lost fifth sister. Amber takes drastic steps to get her hands on the inheritance, while Charlie Cale is on the case. Will Charlie detect the lies and expose Amber’s conniving ways?

The series is thrilling and excellently written, keeping viewers entertained and on the edge of their seats throughout, with many exciting details to solve the mystery at hand.