Poker Face is a different storyline that revolves around a girl, CharPoker Face Season 2 Episode 8 review lie who has some supernatural power to detect anyone lying around her. Now, she is stuck with an unusual team of con artists who ought to solve a mystery with her help. To test her, a guy named ‘Guy’ came beside her to scam her at the hotel breakfast table. Charlie sees right through him which made him extend a hand for partnership in his team.
Charlie’s superpowers are often misunderstood as her skills in catching people’s lies or her being a human lie detector machine. She has caught people’s lying tongue many times, and when the question ‘how’ arose, she brushed it off. However, this boy named ‘Guy’ isn’t satisfied with the answer and wants to know what Charlie has been hiding all this time. He also mentioned in front of Charlie that she might not be able to detect lies the way he does. According to him, his Poker face was much more unidentifiable than hers.
Guest Star Appearances in Poker Face Season 2
The eighth episode of Poker Face Season 2 “The Sleazy Georgian” has a lot of guest appearances, as expected. All sweet and funny, John Cho has contradictorily chosen a role of a guy named ‘Guy’ in the series as a guest appearance where he is a clever thief. He manipulates and scams the people to steal their precious belongings and money. He is not a good person if we see his behavior toward his partner, Manny.
Another guest to our screen is Melanie Lynskey who is playing the role of Regina, someone who has fallen for Guy just for temporary fun in her life. Moreover, if you watch the episode, Guy and Regina do look like a couple screaming romantic chemistry between them. However, it won’t last long enough.
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What did Happen there?
Episode 8 is a spiral in its way, in which you will get lost without a rope. You will be able to see that a crime has happened, but you won’t be able to figure out what happened if you have lost the rope. You will just see that maybe Manny shot Guy, and then Regina shot Manny, which was completely out of the plan they made. Then you’ll see that the gun is full of blanks, but anyhow, Manny still got shot mysteriously. What was their plan in reality? What did happen in the episode?
You will not get this whole situation if you just stop the video and second-guess how it even happened. This is because the explanation is hidden somewhere in this episode only. Charlie was not clear about this incident until she found out about Regina.
The Final Twist of Poker Face season 8
This TV show is getting famous for its unique story and its plot twist,s which will make the audience crazy. However, few instances were there where the plot flattened a bit. For instance, the baseball episode had started on a very strong note, attracting a lot of audience, but then slowed down simultaneously. This never happened with the eighth episode, which kept the interest even throughout the episode.
From the start of the episode, Guy can be seen pulling tricks on everyone. He grabbed the bag full of cash and ran away before Regina could get her hands on it. Later, he pulled out a note from the mark’s pocket as he knew Charlie had put in some warning against her. You can say that Charlie has advanced from Charlie in the thinking process. Here is where the twist came. Guy runs away with the cash, leaving Manny behind to die, while Charlie pretends to kill the mark. It was all a planned trap to stop Guy, which worked. Charlie, Manny, and Mark were all okay.
Guy understood their plan when he flipped his bag upside down, only to find the vouchers Charlie used to collect to have free breakfast at hotels all over the country. His plan to steal $400,000 failed miserably. The end of this episode clearly showed who is best at maintaining their Poker face, as said by Guy.
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Conclusion
The eighth episode has the most satisfactory ending in all its 16 episodes released yet. The guest appearance took all the limelight and appreciation for making this episode a success with their acting. They played the role like it was them in real which made the audience engage more in this episode. Moreover, the plot was detailed and nicely implemented.
